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Forum: Australia
Apr 24th 2007, 4:37 am
Replies: 21
Views: 3,090
Posted By Mr Pencil

Re: Advice on Ashmore, Gold Coast

Hi

My wife’s uncle & aunt live in Ashmore & we have stayed with them a couple of times. The bits of Ashmore I’ve seen seem fine, broad leafy streets & nice houses. It’s about a ten minute...
Forum: Australia
Apr 4th 2007, 4:55 am
Replies: 51
Views: 4,983
Posted By Mr Pencil

Re: Does anyone fly Quantas?

We’ve flown Quantas & they were fine, the only trouble is you risk getting a BA plane on one of the legs (old aircraft, surley staff). The best airline I’ve found is Singapore.
Forum: Australia
Mar 8th 2007, 3:06 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,052
Posted By Mr Pencil

Re: A bunch of questions please

Thanks for taking the time to reply - really useful.

Mr P
Forum: Australia
Mar 8th 2007, 3:04 am
Replies: 32
Views: 2,630
Posted By Mr Pencil

Re: everyone`s got a reason for going to Oz....

Because we can. We been a few times & really like it and we want an adventure before we too old. We’ve got family there that we get on with really well and we can always come back if we want to.
Forum: Australia
Mar 7th 2007, 3:45 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,052
Posted By Mr Pencil

A bunch of questions please

Could I ask few questions from all you guys over there in OZ, if you don’t mind. We have our visa & are preparing for the big move. We are moving to Queensland. Here goes.

1. How much does it...
Forum: Australia
Feb 16th 2007, 6:48 am
Replies: 12
Views: 594
Posted By Mr Pencil

Re: We’ve got a visa

Artist/illustrator won awards & internationally published.

All the best to everybody else who is wating for visas.

Cheers
Mr P (off to the pub)
Forum: Australia
Feb 16th 2007, 6:34 am
Replies: 12
Views: 594
Posted By Mr Pencil

Re: We’ve got a visa

Hi

We applied in January last year. We have got until Jan ’08 to validate.

Mr P
Forum: Australia
Feb 16th 2007, 4:57 am
Replies: 12
Views: 594
Posted By Mr Pencil

We’ve got a visa

We got an email today with a visa grant letter. What a great feeling to know we are free to live & work in Australia. I must say we did all the application ourselves & the people at DIMA were very...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Jan 22nd 2007, 6:57 am
Replies: 6
Views: 502
Posted By Mr Pencil

Re: Certifying docs - Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi

We used a local solictor to certify our documents - he did it while we waited. I can’t remember what he charged for our birth cetificates etc. as that was nearly a year ago but he has just...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Jan 18th 2007, 2:44 am
Replies: 2
Views: 408
Posted By Mr Pencil

How long does it take now?

Our medicals were completed last week, doc said everything was fine and I posted off the police clearances etc, today. Can anyone tell me how long it takes to get the visas & what’s the procedure...
Forum: Australia
Jan 2nd 2007, 7:02 am
Replies: 9
Views: 670
Posted By Mr Pencil

Re: Do we sell or rent out our house in uk

Of course, I wasn’t suggesting for one minute that the poster doesn’t take professional advice on tax matters. It would be foolish not to. I just thought it may be helpful to them to know what an...
Forum: Australia
Jan 2nd 2007, 5:24 am
Replies: 9
Views: 670
Posted By Mr Pencil

Re: Do we sell or rent out our house in uk

I was looking into this but was advised that if you rent your house out for more than a year for tax purposes it is no longer regarded as your main residence. This means you have to pay Capitlal...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Dec 27th 2006, 2:47 am
Replies: 8
Views: 748
Posted By Mr Pencil

Re: Couple of questions please

Thanks for all the advice. I’ll post on here to let you know how it all goes.

Cheers
Mr P
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Dec 22nd 2006, 5:15 am
Replies: 8
Views: 748
Posted By Mr Pencil

Couple of questions please

OK I’m probably being a bit dense here but I would like advice on a couple of points please. We’ve managed to sucessfully complete all the application ourselves so far & we don’t want to screw...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Dec 7th 2006, 11:25 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 593
Posted By Mr Pencil

Re: Medicals requested ... does this mean?

Yep booked for January 9th - which was the earliest they can do, so fingers crossed.
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Dec 7th 2006, 9:16 am
Replies: 8
Views: 593
Posted By Mr Pencil

Medicals requested ... does this mean?

We’ve just had an email requesting our medicals and police checks - does this mean that if the meds are OK we are in? We don’t anticipate any problems with the meds.

Cheers
Pencil
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Oct 20th 2006, 5:52 am
Replies: 25
Views: 2,036
Posted By Mr Pencil

Re: Is The Dream Over Help

If you go to the Queensland Ambulance Service website they are inviting paramedics from the UK to apply for them. Hope this helps.
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Mar 29th 2006, 7:20 am
Replies: 70
Views: 4,316
Posted By Mr Pencil

Re: Why do YOU want to move to Australia?

We’re going because my wife has a lot of family there, we’ve visited and like the lifestyle and climate and we fancy an adventure before we get to old and stuck in our ways.
Forum: Australia
Jan 24th 2006, 4:09 am
Replies: 59
Views: 3,268
Posted By Mr Pencil

Re: New year, so apart from me,any more january applicants?

Hi everbody,

We sent off our application last week. It was a huge package. I am going for the hard to get distinguished talent visa. It took months to get all the references I needed from...
Forum: Australia
Dec 28th 2005, 7:50 am
Replies: 41
Views: 2,925
Posted By Mr Pencil

Re: So, why are you going?

Yes, that’s something my other half always says when we get to Australia - she’s come home.
Forum: Australia
Dec 28th 2005, 5:35 am
Replies: 41
Views: 2,925
Posted By Mr Pencil

Re: So, why are you going?

Are you glad you did?
Forum: Australia
Dec 28th 2005, 5:10 am
Replies: 41
Views: 2,925
Posted By Mr Pencil

So, why are you going?

Being new to these forums I’ve noticed that a lot of folks want to emigrate beacause they think the UK is going to the dogs. That’s not how I see it as my family have perfectly happy lives here....
Forum: Australia
Dec 12th 2005, 4:53 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,139
Posted By Mr Pencil

Re: 1st post - advice please

Thanks for the advice. A local solicitor will authorise all five documents for ten quid all in - a bargain.
Forum: Australia
Dec 11th 2005, 11:46 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 1,139
Posted By Mr Pencil

1st post - advice please

Hi everyone, what a great site. We are just about ready to send our visa application off. There is one question I have for all you more experienced visa applicants. Who do you get to certify the...
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