Sell House: CHECK!

Completed yet another item on our checklist. The agent just called with the good news that the buyer’s home loan was approved. We were both a bit worried about the interest rate hike, as well as the fact that another bank offered R200,000 less than they asked for. But, as they say, no worries mate. Now to pack up and move to the rental for the next couple of months.

We are also busy planning our visa activation trip - will probably go during September so we can celebrate our wedding anniversary in our future country of residence. Will be going to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, although we are only considering Brisbane and Melbourne as our final destination.

Isn’t it beautiful?

Got my passport back yesterday afternoon, and isn’t this beautiful?

VFS

OK, jumped the gun a bit and took our passports to VFS this afternoon. Was pleasantly surprised when I got there and there was only one lady waiting in the queue. It wasn’t that long when I realised that only 1 computer was working, so I waited about 25 minutes, which was not that bad.

Passports should be ready in 3-5 working days, so should have them this time next week.

A decision was taken...

Finally!!! Checked my inbox this morning at 8h32 and found the following:

“I am writing to advise that, on 21 February 2008, a decision was taken to grant a Class BN Subclass 136 Skilled - Independent to the following applicants:”

GREAT! 348 days after submitting our (paper-based) application for residency, we got it. A lot quicker than I expected. We have to make our initial entry to Australia by 21 Jan 2009. The plan is to leave in August, so that should not be a problem.

But, first things first. Need to visit VFS tomorrow morning to get the visa into our passports. The “Visa Evidencing” letter attached to the grant letter indicates that I am not allowed to visit the High Commission myself - I need to go via VFS. With the amount of people wanting to go to Ozland, it’s no surprise.

I will definitely update the blog more regularly now that the visa has been granted. So many things, so little time….

Our Oz migration blog

Welcome to our blog. We are in the process of applying for our Permanent Residency visas for Australia. We have submitted all our documentation, and now we are just waiting for the result.

The purpose of this blog is to document the whole migration process, from after the visa has been granted.