Immigration Forum / Australia and NZ / December 2004

Hey dudes!
After numerous set backs we have now recieved our police checks and
passed the medicals. How long do you think it will be fo the visas?
Also whats the best way to set up Aussie dollar bank accounts (HSBC seem

My wife and I are leaving the UK for Perth on 8th Jan (to work for a
year before coming back). There are only7 working days left before I
leave and I haven't been very organised because of heavy work pressures
so have a few questions in different areas and would be grateful for

Hi, I am new to the forum, so please be gentle!
Need a bit of help regarding Spouse visa's - I have been in Sydney just
over 4 years - currently 18 months into a new business 457.  My Aus
partner and I wish to move to brisbane (his home town) but I will not be

Hope you all had a good christmas.
I have sent my papers to DIMIA on 23rd of this month. I know I got a
long way to go. Im wondering, usually how many days the DIMIA office
would be closed during Christmas and the Newyear's eve. I know the CO's

Dear friends,
I submitted my application to the DIMIA on July 10th 2004, and I
received their acknowledgement several days after.
I have not had any news from them since that letter.

I and the wife have already got our PR Visa.
We have already made the INITIAL ENTRY.
My wife was the Main Applicant.
On my PR Visa, there is statement

hope someone can help,
My brother is a motor mechanic looking at emigrating to Australia on a
Skilled Independent 136. He's just looking at TRA assessment, can anyone
give us a rough idea of how long the assessment takes? Also how much

Anyone had medicals SE London, North Kent ?
Can only see Whipps Cross in E.London
Cheers
Kevin

hi all again.
i fel a bit thick asking this question,it doesn't matter how many times
i read it ,i still can't make up my mind.it refers to q63(form
47sk,skilled ind)it asks you to complete" if you are applying under

Me and my wife are planning to apply for Australian PR. Me and my
wife are both qualified and I want to claim her qualification points.
My question is do I need to get her qualification assessed by ACS
along with me?

Great news, after 6 years together Andy and I are getting married, that
is one relief but another worry.
We are planning to get married on the 4th June and Migrate at the end of
June.  However, I am worried about sorting out my visa with my new name.

Hey guys, I have my interview next week at the embassy in Berlin.
Im going for a de facto spouse visa. Im german and my partner is
australian. I first met her 1997 in melbourne and we have been in a
serious relationship for more than 6 years now.

I am waiting for my student visa (masters by coursework), but I heard
that if it has no further stay condition, then I will not be able to
extend it for further study, immigration, or any type of visa.
Is this true, and in which cases this condition is applied to the visa?

Well my application (136 non MODL) has been with DIMIA since the first
week of March 2004. Since then I have heard NOTHING :-(
My agent had been informing me along the way that I should have heard
something by Sept-Oct. These came and went without hearing a thing. I

I need your help. This is especially for the persons who applied for
TRA. Hubby and I want to sent his application to TRA as a Dental
Technician. We didn?t use any agent, we did it by ourselves. He did
formal training as a Dent. Tech. for 3 years and he has a another 3