OK so the last one was nearly 2,000 posts so I thought it was probably time you had a nice clean and shiny one. The link to the old one is here.

Enjoy!

Me first! Well, second. We wanted to get it up to 10,000, but I can see we'll have to do that when you're not looking MP.....

OK, we`ll start the thread seeing as we got our red star today .The elation has not worn of yet but its dampened a bit by the house still not being sold and we are going nowhere until it is . We have until 19th Feb 2011 to use the visa but as we are now in our 60s and 70s would like to be in Oz as soon as possible.Lets hope things inprove soon on the housing market.
We have a Q. grant letter said passport does not need a label so does this mean we dont have to send passports to High Commission for validating ?

good luck to those still waiting
Chris & Rob

Beat you by a whisker.

We had an information sheet with our grant letter (last May) giving details of where to send the passports. Part of the fun was seeing those expensive stickers in there. Don't know if it works like that any more though.

Cheers

Steve

and 1927 were Congratulations

Congratulations Chris & Rob. We've just moved off the bottom rung of the ladder (tracker) - still waiting for acknowledgement but payment taken.

The 'shock' was that it was on the credit card statement but we didn't know it had gone through yet, rather than the amount (which we were expecting)

I was trying to say congrats to you both after such a long ride.

Hi we are in the same state as you in we are waiting for acknowledgement and will then get Steve to put us on the tracker.
CONGRATULATIONS chris and rob hope yu are in the sunshine soon
pete

Where is everybody?

Oh there you all are I hope Allan and Ros can find us on the new thread.

CONGRATULATIONS to all recent CO and visa recipients!! New thread page and new life door opening! The sun is out here in SA and the last few days have been warm and glorious (cold at night but that is OK) - if this is winter - give me more!

CONGRATULATIONSGood luck with getting to Oz. I dont have sticker in passport either, but no problems so far.

Congratulations , after all the months waiting

But ??? WOT NO STICKERS? for all that hard work,? modern technology overtakes again.

Regards
Elaine.

Hi, even the new guys can find this new thread! Congratulations Chris and Rob - hope that the house sells quickly and you can get on your way.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to say hi! We appreciate it. We are now settling down for the long wait. Cheers, Allan and Ros