Well we all had out Medicals and X-rays which went well (Chichester Westgate Surgery). They cost us around £500 but I sent them via DHL for £20 and they arrived in the Sydney HOC on Monday 27th October 2008. The Doc said all was good so hopefully they should clear in Syndey around the 17th November 2008.

We also had our Police checks back and sent them to our Case Officer. Just waiting to hear back from her now to say they are cleared.

WE HAVE A CO!!!!!!

Well Logged into the Immi Website on the 2nd October and noticed our application was "being processed further" Clicked on the Document checklist and all documents had changed to "MET", meaning all has been approved. The Case officer had now requested out Police Checks and Medicals.

Well I phoned up Chichester Clinic and booked up the X-Rays for the 8th October 2008 and the medicals for all 4 of us on Friday the 9th. :-)

The Police check forms have also been done and I just need to now post them.. When everything has cleared (hopefully in a month) we should have our VISA FOR OZ

Will then be time to start looking at the other details around emigrating! Dog/flights/removals etc. We still plan to move out in July/Aug 2009!!! Lina would have finished college then!

CRASH - Our house sales fell through

Not updated for a while... Well last week the buyer of our house pulled out at the last minute. We were hoping to Exchange contracts and move into a 3 bed rented place. It's all out the Window now and we are back on the Market!! We shall see what develops.. It's just a joke as we have been messed around by an idiot!

Well the In-Laws left for Sydney on the 8th September and they are loving it! Brian pretty much started work straight away and Laima has been checking out the shops etc. We are not sure whether they will be staying in Sydney for the duration of the year or if they will go to Brisbane! We shall see.. We are still waiting for some piccies!!

Robbie has started school and Miah in pre-school. Now that the house has falled through - we are going to stay in the UK a bit longer. Lina is going to finish College and her last exam is in June. Robbie will finish up his 1st year close to that also. We may even rent our house out and go at that point. There is no way we are going to accept a silly offer on our house even if the market is as sh*t as it is!!!

The VISA process is speeding up! The DIAC are really ploughing through the Case office allocations for May 2008 now. There are applicants all around us getting CO's and even VISA grants!! I am checking everyday to see whats happening. I cannot believe it's happened this quick!!

When I get some pics sent from Sydney - Will need to post them up!!

SOLD

Well we have now sold the house to a cash buyer and he wants to move in in September. Perfect for us as we will be back from Florida then!

Time to start looking for a rental.

Oz new tax year!!

The Oz tax year starting from July 1st and VISA's are now being issued again after a good 3-4 months of not much happening. Obviously our visa has only been in for just over a month but it will be nice to seem them start moving into 2008 applications soon!

Out house has been up for sale since the start of June 08' and we have had quite a few viewings. Had an offer yesterday which is good. Now pushing to get a bit more out of the buyer and then try to get out into renting asap.

We all go to Florida in exactly 6 weeks time!! cannot wait ! (The Villa Pool PIC above). It would be nice to finalise this house sale and move out before then (this guy is a cash buyer) we shall see!!
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Lina's mum and dad have their VISA and are waiting on a start date of new job in September. So should know about that soon.

Progressing & waiting now!!!

Well we have now had my skills confirmed from the ACS in Sydney. I passed with 2231-79 (nec) & Security MODL points. VERY PLEASED! That was on the 22nd May 2008.

We have now lodged our 175 Permanent residence VISA on the 27th May 2008 and had confirmation from the DIAC. Finally uploading all the necessary documents.. there are loads!!!

Want to move to Sydney

January has gone and Feb is here already!! Last month myself, wife and 2 toddlers decided we were going to start the long road in applying for permanent Visa's, to move, live and work in Sydney.

Its going to be a long year ahead but we are all exited already!!