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Hurrah - woke up this morning to news of visa being approved! So just under 5 weeks to process - every chance yours might be done in time if lodged this week...

Ah right yes - sounds tight if planning to fly in just ~5 weeks from applying but if mine is in the process then that's only taken 4 weeks. Just as back up I've made sure all our normal visitor visas are in place so we will be flying over whatever the situ..

29th January - had first query on it this morning from them so I think it must be in process - how about yourself?

5 weeks today we fly out to Perth - 1st April - house sold and scheduled to complete on same day(either utter madness or great timing..), cars to sell, life to pack and erm visa still to land......keeping calm though and all planned out I hope with accommodation, removals all lined up and finger on the buttons of other things ready to say go - just need my magic 457 to be granted or I'll be in a spot of trouble #timetosweat Keep faith gar374 - we didn't have a sniff of a viewing or a sale for 6 months and then it happened, exactly at same time I found the right job which was a bit lucky

Yeah spoken to the NAB a couple of times but unresolved - that was with agent in UK who spoke to bank in Aus...maybe direct would be better so might try that...cheers

I'm with EE and they did say it was probably a phone network issue. They did however say once the money is transferred they will email me to confirm it was in account. Guess I was a little nervous that my life savings all disappear out of sight for a week or so until I've activated account but I know it's all above board really...keep watching the pound rise which is main thing $2+ by end of March I hope

I've also signed up with NAB and Moneycorp in readiness for transferring funds, however whilst I've found NAB very easy to communicate and deal with they can't seem to send me a simple text with the passcode for me to enable online access to my account !? Not that I can do anything with account but it's a bit of a basic ask that can't seem to be done - Current advice is wait until I get over there and activate accounts...is this a common problem experienced?

Ah Feel good post this! Bitter winds, cloudy skies with sleety showers and max of 3c.... Run ? No Cycle ride ? No thanks Park? No chance Bring on our first winter in Perth....

Hi Scotty, I just fired an email to our employee services department and asked for letter of reference for employment. That was it really, no drama - emailed back within 48 hours or so with standard letter. That was a year ago now and no-one was any the wiser internally until I announced I was leaving at start of year. Guess it depends how big your organisation is and if they adhere to confidentiality standards...

Had to do the same and was also worried at first but just went directly through our HR department who issued me with an employee reference letter. Never stated what for and never had to - large companies deal with this daily so should be okay.

Yeah - might have been an off day! Food was good on etihad flight actually so I'd probably think same as you. Need to save up those beer tokens

Thanks - no it was okay, but staff attitude left a lot to be desired - especially on return journey. They acted really put out if you asked for anything versus singapore staff who were so polite and friendly throughout. On my own I'm not bothered but I have 5 Children so it's quite important and worth a bit extra...

Congratulations on visa - I've flown with both and much prefer Singapore for service and attention specifically for children. Still pending my golden email for visa but just booked my one way tickets with Singapore for 1st April...here's hoping!

Phew...reading this was starting to think it was just us...we have the odd night off but rare! 56 sleeps until we arrive in Perth and I'm guessing not many nights will go by without some form of medicine

Oh doesn't sound good...we are using Santa Fe too - just pending visit and quote from John Masons next week. Checking over details in previous quotes I had from Crown And PPS, both had clearance fees included. Crown states 'normal' clearance fees so makes me wonder what this means exactly. Response sounds bit odd to me - sounds like you had choice to exclude or include these fees and you chose to exclude upfront? With Crown and PPS this wasn't discussed as something to opt out of....