LAND DOWNUNDER

[Kath 0]

hi nip

wow sounds like they really screwed up big time with you guys...thats the thing i dont like about this visa journey.. if they stuff up they dont have any quarms about telling you to reapply and pay again huh...

the medical aint too bad ... and the interview aint all that bad either..where in oz are you...there is heaps of info in here and also the embassey info is a good place to find out things too...good luck in the rest of the journey and dont hesitate to ask anything ya like ...

hi sharyna

hmmm i would of asked my mum to open it lol the suspense would of killed me lol...maybe its just confirmation that the medical was received and u can forward the readiness forms to sydney....

will wait and see what ya tell us to really find out what it could be all guesses here mate..

hi jayde

welcome to the thread...are you doing the fiance' visa...which state ya from..what i said above also is to you mate..dont hesitate to ask anything ya like even vent about USCIS ...we all know what its like lol..

good luck to you...

ohh by the way just an update on my learners written test..

i rang up where i want to take my test cos i had heaps of questions.

what i learned is this:

with me passing the written test i am able to drive on my australian licence for up 30 days..and go for my drivers licence within that time...

after i pass (IF) my driving test i go to the licence place where they give you the card...and change my last name by showing my marriage certificate..

and i can drive alone i dont need my husband with me to drive...

just thought i would lets ya's know what i found out .. this is in the state of Ohio...so check about the reciprocal scheme and see what they tell you...toledo licence place is so uninformative..lol glad i rang bowling green lol..

so there ya go ...at the moment the car is in the mechanics to see what the damm noise is when turning...

hi ya to you all and hope all is going well..

kath

[SharynY 2]

oh yay on the license kath!!

i did ask her to open it but she was on the road and couldnt do it. i'm guessing they may of just mailed me to let me know they got the medical from Dr Waks.... either that or the pending APEC meeting is hurrying them up to get everything up to date and people thru? i'm hoping its the latter lol.....

[Elle 0]

HI ALL!!! Guess who is in the USA??? Cant believe I'm heeeere!! Im still pretty tiry - I had like 120kg worth of luggages and my carryon was heavy as as well as the other bag I had carried - so between the flight and the weight lifting sessions, I am pretty pooped! Anyone who has a LAX POE, I posted in Mo's thread for a rundown on it.

Thanks for everyones nice words about our lil Rockstar. I was thinking about him a lot in the plane. Means a lot so thank you.

My flight was Syd - LA then LAX - Chicago then finally Chi Town - Baltimore. The flight from Chicago got delayed, apparently United had some comp probs. So it was an hr late in departure and it was 35mins late in arrival. Eric thought I had changed my mind lol. I'm like awwws so cute. Cuz in the monitors at BWI they displayed on time then when it was due to land, it just disappeared off the board and someone else was like to him I think it landed, and he saw ppl come out and I wasnt there lol. Im like you're a goose. As if I would change my mind and chicken out of moving here.

I will probably sit tight and see if they send me the SSN and greencard in the mail. Otherwise, Eric has weekdays off on Aug and I will start to chase it up then. Do I need my name in the mailbox for the mailman to drop off the geencard? I thought I read that somewhere.

We are planning to go to Flordida at the end of July so I will probably be a lady of leasure until after that. Oh and we are moving to a townhouse, so lotsa furniture shopping and all the rest that comes w/a new home. Cant wait to nest!!!

To those still apart from their loved ones and stuck in this web of visa journey, hang in there! There were moments that we just were so fed up, from Vermont applications being blackholed to DCF then DCF being "cancelled" and so on...but just hang in there, cuz when you see your hun waiting for you at the airport, and you realize you no longer have to look at the time and think theres a limit on your days together and how long you can hug and kiss 'em...it is sooooo worth it!!

Dreams do come true so dont stop believing!

[Kath 0]

whooo hooo let me be the first in here to

WELCOME YOU TO AMERICA....

glad you arrived safely mate...isnt it a great feeling to hold ya hubby...

SSN not sure on the K3 whether you have to go into the office...but for the mail box.. definetly add your name and meet the postman so he knows your living with your husband now...even put your maiden name on it ...i dont know how much post got sent back because we didnt think about that...

happy you finally made it over here elle and may you enjoy your life over here...dont forget the fees going up on 30th july for your AOS mate..

take care and big smiles that your here in america ...

kath

[Rings 10]

YAY ELLE !!! OMG YAY YAY YAY - YOUR LIFE HAS FINALLY STARTED !!!

WHEW HEWWWWWWWWW!!! I am so glad for you! YAY live it up girl *HUGS*

[Niphredil 0]

hehe thanks

I'm up in Queensland, in a little town right between Mackay and Rockhampton if you happen to look. I'm actually hoping that they DON'T go all interview-happy on me due to having to organise flights and hotels. I think thats what has me anxious, having to organise all of that, and the possibility that there wont be flights, or there'd be some big shindig in town (lol Sydney as a town) that I wont get a room or... rawr. :\ Dont want to go through all this and fail because of 1 small insignificant thing...

I'm a little county girl, not into the big cities as is, I'm moving to ARKANSAS XD

[Niphredil 0]

Congrats Elle *jealous*

I'm looking forward to the day I only have to make a 1 way trip from LA to LR, and not a return

[Rings 10]

Welcome Niphredil to the Land Downunder!!!

[Kath 0]

hi nip

i have cousins in mackay and my aunt and uncle are in rocky...

dont worry on the hotels there are heaps in sydney...take a look at the embassey info i posted a website in there of the area where the consulate is and from memory i think it showed hotels too...they usually give you plenty of time to organise yourself and if you cant book hotels or flights u can always request another interview date...

we flew up to sydney from melbourne stayed in a pub about 5 min walk from the consulate...i got some pics of the consulate if you want them just give me a hoy...

hi ya rings

how you doing...what did you decided on which path to take...saw loke's arm damm what a bruise that was.. you wonder how the addicts can stand it huh...

take care

kath

[Rings 10]

Hi Kath!

I don't know what to do. They have been no help and I have called everyday and twice on most days. I e-mailed the Australian Embassy and haven't gotten a reply at all. Loke is going to call them today to see if he can get anywhere. I am going to keep bugging the ####### out of them until I have an answer though...

[jezz85 0]

Great news Elle! *grin*

I'm really happy for you girl. That'll be me in three weeks time so I haven't got a lot of time to be jealous of you being in MD.

Hows everyone going with tax time then?

[jezz85 0]

Welcome Niphredil,

Wow, you've had a long journey, I hope things go more smoothly from now on!

[Niphredil 0]

Thanks Rings and cool beans! I don't feel like I'm way out in the boondocks now

I guess I just have the jitters now. Something is always worrying me x.X if it's not flights, then it's the medical, when it's not that, then it's wondering if I have everything, and if not that, good ol 'am I wasting time?'

So close, yet to far away...

[Rings 10]

Well there is tons of time to waste while you wait sadly

I know how it is. I miss my Loke. He is in Melbourne and I am in Colorado. He is coming home soon I hope.

[Niphredil 0]

Welcome Niphredil,

Wow, you've had a long journey, I hope things go more smoothly from now on!

Tell me about it. They need to get it right so people will stop dying o.o. It seems nearly everytime I go over for more then a month, something bad happens (wait, if I go permanently, that may not be good thing either o.O)

2000 - Childers backpacker fire

2001 - September 11th

2006 - Steve Irwin and Peter Brock o.o

And these things happened THE DAY I LEAVE. (well cept for Brocky o.o)...

and NOW my husband has Hodgkins Lymphoma, maybe the bad luck is getting in early this year :\