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Forum: Australia
Jan 27th 2011, 9:18 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,052
Posted By jacm

Re: Inspiration needed....

Hi, Thank you all for your kind comments.... I have tried to go down the renting route but OH not keen - which I can understand as our cottage had been rented out before we brought it and we had to...
Forum: Australia
Jan 25th 2011, 12:24 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,052
Posted By jacm

Inspiration needed....

Hi, I am really unsure what to do next... We got our PR back in 2008 which we validated in Dec 08 /Jan 09. Came back and put the house on the market and waited... and waited... reduced it and...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Jan 16th 2011, 10:16 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,392
Posted By jacm

Re: Experiences of the IELTS...

Hi, Try not to worry too much, I too did one and passed (for extra points for visa and for nursing registration). There are a number of good websites you can practice on - I just googled 'ielts...
Forum: Australia
Jan 16th 2011, 10:02 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 953
Posted By jacm

Re: Finally convinced him to go! Yippee!

Hi, Well done ....
Can I ask how you finally convinced the OH to go???? We got our PR just over 2 years ago, we were going but could not sell the house and then the recession! so then we were not...
Forum: The Barbie
Mar 11th 2010, 1:29 pm
Replies: 551
Views: 32,104
Posted By jacm

Re: Whinging Pom House Seller (Nov 08 onwards)

Hi
We too have been trying to sell for just over a year now!! Haven't been on much as I found it too depressing...:(
Have reduced probably as much as we can but now the exchange rate is the bigger...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Mar 19th 2009, 9:58 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 515
Posted By jacm

Re: anyone get their meds done in the Midlands

:thumbsup:I can echo to go to Handworth wood - really helpful, great with the kids and all sorted in one visit! We both had existing health conditions and they were really helpful with what info to...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Jan 24th 2009, 11:07 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 1,292
Posted By jacm

Re: uploading documents for a 175 visa

We added all our family passport photos onto one page (scanned) and then labelled them - they were accepted okay.
Forum: The Barbie
Jan 24th 2009, 11:01 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 388
Posted By jacm

Don544 - Thank you

Many thanks to Don544 and family who made us really welcome on our recent validation trip..... :thumbup:

Not sure if you are working for the tourist board but you certainly sold...
Forum: Australia
Dec 19th 2008, 10:55 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 869
Posted By jacm

Re: Question for campers

We too have camped in a tent (2 adults and 2 kids) and must agree with the earlier post. The camping was easy, campsites amazing and folk friendly..... It was fantastic - so much so we are off...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Dec 17th 2008, 12:52 am
Replies: 4
Views: 729
Posted By jacm

Re: Handsworth Wood Medical Centre

We used them, family of 2 adults plus 2 kids) found them really helpful, friendly and efficient.
Forum: Australia
Nov 16th 2008, 9:42 am
Replies: 3
Views: 567
Posted By jacm

Re: Holidays in Aus with 7 & 3 year old - advice please

We camped a few years ago with a 4 year old and 8 year old - spent 4 weeks camping along the west coast. It was a dream holiday for us all and can recommend it!! The campsites were great (NPark...
Forum: Australia
Nov 9th 2008, 7:34 pm
Replies: 228
Views: 21,364
Posted By jacm

Smile Re: ***Moving to Perth 2009?***

We (2 adults & 2 kids aged 9 and 11) are moving out to Perth (region somewhere...) as soon as the house has sold. We are flying out on Xmas day to validate staying over new year.... hoping to have a...
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 22nd 2008, 10:35 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 708
Posted By jacm

Re: Anyone ever done a camper trip with a toddler?

We have spend loads of time (long holidays) in a VW camper with our 2 kids whilst they were aged up to 11 (the oldest) and we only stopped then as they were really to large to fit comfortably into...
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 14th 2008, 7:55 pm
Replies: 34
Views: 2,166
Posted By jacm

Re: House Sales?

We waited for our visa until we put ours on the market - just in case we did not get the visa!! now we really regret this as we could be waiting ages to sell and we now just want to move!!! Can't...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Oct 14th 2008, 7:43 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,426
Posted By jacm

Re: Visa application before IELTS - is this ok??

I applied being 5 points short for the 175 (cos time was against us for my age) and then took the IELTS before the application was assessed.... it worked for us though as ours was granted a few weeks...
Forum: Australia
Oct 14th 2008, 7:39 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 2,025
Posted By jacm

Re: Xmas Day Flights

We are flying with Emirates on xmas afternoon from Manchester on our validation trip... guess he will have already visited our house with the childrens presents earlier in the morning though!!!
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Oct 9th 2008, 8:11 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 598
Posted By jacm

Re: Collection of visa? (175)

we went as a family in person last week to get our 175's in our passport, it was more for the children than us but a great thing to do. They are only open 9 till 11 for visa's and we started the...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Oct 2nd 2008, 10:19 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 566
Posted By jacm

Re: Medical Report question/Consultant Letters

Hi, Both my husband and I took specialist letters for our medicals (long histories!!). The evisa system went to 'met' for my medical 5 days afer they were received and then my husbands took a week...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Sep 20th 2008, 10:21 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,263
Posted By jacm

Re: THANK YOU!!!!

Hi Nige, thank you for the congrats.... and I certainly do remember that dreaded IELTS - and I remember opening the results more.... I think that was even more scarey!!!! Mind at least I did not...
Forum: Australia
Sep 20th 2008, 1:56 pm
Replies: 740
Views: 66,250
Posted By jacm

Re: Who else is going to have to validate their visas due to house not selling?

Hi, We too are having to have an expensive validation trip (2 adults + 2 kids) - although we know we will find the trip useful looking at areas and will enjoy it!! Can't afford to rent the house out...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Sep 10th 2008, 6:08 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,263
Posted By jacm

THANK YOU!!!!

Sorry I meant to put this in the immigration thread but in my excitement it all went wrong!

Many thanks to all of you who have answered my strange queries... I have just checked and our...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Jun 1st 2008, 7:45 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 576
Posted By jacm

Re: IELTS - Apply for 175 when waiting for exam?

Hi, I was advised that this was okay and so submitted my evisa application, then sat the ielts, got the results - uploaded them and then used the 'contact us' link to inform DIAC. I am still waiting...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Apr 24th 2008, 10:14 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 780
Posted By jacm

Re: Questions 6 & 7, form 26??

We recently had our meds and have two children aged 8 and 10 - we put school child in those sections - and the dept/doc did not advise it was incorrect! Hope that this helps...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Apr 23rd 2008, 10:41 pm
Replies: 3,697
Views: 140,526
Posted By jacm

Re: February 2008 Applicants

Hi, Hope you don't mind me joining the Feb thread?? We submitted our visa app on 3rd feb online... just had meds... waiting for police checks to come back... and addicted to this site! Finding the...
Forum: Australia
Apr 17th 2008, 8:59 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 2,542
Posted By jacm

Smile Re: At what point did you tell your relatives about your decision to emigrate?

I agree it is a difficult one.... we told my parents of our plans really early on even before our skills were assessed - and they were great (but then they did live there for four years a long time...
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