SharynY

thanks jezz!!

i'll check out air nz too!!!

am thinking of using qantas... i've always used them and they are lovely to fly with....

kath you'll get your license!!! you'll pass....!! have faith..

question..

can anyone point in the direction of where it tells you how much luggage you can take on the plane with you when you leave? i'm mostly referring to luggage that is stored under the plane - not the one you take onboard with you.................

i think the flight centre told me 2 x 23kgs (2 luggages)...... plus my carry on..........

congrats on the selling of your car!!!

congrats Valkyrie!!!! ............

i was asked about 5 questions and had to hand over photos....

our new wedding date is 15th December........ yay!!!

CONGRATS!!!!

SEE YOU BOTH MADE IT!!

actually i was sitting here last night thinking... wow.. all those nerves and now that day has just flown by!!! and went without a hitch!!!

can you believe it?

at one stage we were all going thru the NOA1's then the NOA2'S and then consulate interviews...... and now its marriage!!!

awwwwwww congrats everyone!!

fantastic photos!!!!!

ah i get ya...

weird but hey i got it!! and thats all that matters now right? yay!!

expiration date on teh NOA2 i think they said was september which was why they extended the date to january 2008. the consulate officer told me that... she was very helpful i think.... which i didnt expect.

will store it in a safe place ............

and i sold my car yay!!!!

recieved my visa last night!! woo hoo!!! and expiration date is january 2008.

now does anyone know whats in the brown envelope?...... its like telling a child they cant open their christmas presents early lol............

thanks Kym!! much appreciated!!!

carswanted.com.au

jsut rang them and they're coming out tomorrow to look at it.

thats something i guess.

good luck!!

got a question to any one who went to the US and was a Sydney resident....

if you had a car to sell - who did you sell it to?

a dealer?

private sale?

used car yard?

am trying to sell my car and i didnt want to sell it until the visa came thru..........

they told me themselves that they would extend it.... because they asked me when i was intending on flying out to the US.

i'll check on the expiry date when i get the visa, i'm sure it'll have it on there....

and thanks everyone!!

yup!! all good!!

now on to wedding planning thank god!!

i just added my review to the sydney consulate bit.............

thankyou!!

end of october......

my petition/visa window expires in September but since my fiance and i did up new letters of intent - they said thanks to those letters they will extend my visa to january 08........

so might be an idea for anyone yet to go to the consulate to do up new letters of intent..... may help as they keep these in your file.............

and thankyou!!

i'm getting it sent to my home address.............

i couldnt remember the correct suite number for my work lol.... so its going to my home one............

all good tho since the newsagency/post office is just down the road incase i need to go pick it up and sign for it............

thanks everyone!!!.....

hi Guys!! I AM APPROVED!!!!!

All went smoothly - got up at 5am to have brekkie and head over to the city - caught the train in...... and the two girls that saw me at the consulate were just lovely...... i'll post a review so you can read all about it!!

ALL APPROVED YAY!!!!

ok peeps... one hour to go before i head home from work......... tomorrow is going to be a long day - get up at 5am to get the train into the city................ 2hours earlier then my normal get up time...........

i'll let you all know how i go on wednesday.....

checked everything for the last time..... its all in order....................

my interview is tomorrow - and i'm a bundle of nerves - i've checked all the paperwork like 20 times and ticked it off the list of what to give them................

you cant help be doubtful but i know she'll get thru this just like i will....

if you have everything they ask for theres no need for them to fail you.

hi guys!!

i'm nervous as anything lol...

i got the 3kg satchel and yeah i realised i'm handing it over to them so i've already basically paid for it lol....i paid $10.10.....

anyways ... also got two more passport pics taken - american sized this time just incase!!...........and went to kodak to print out some pics from my holiday with my fiance in hawaii......

am printing out more emails today and i went over all paperwork again yesterday.....

i know i'll do fine... but you just cant help being nervous...

anyways hope your all good!!!

oh and the address i'm putting on the satchel is my work address so i'll get it first off and wont have to go to the post office to pick it up....

happy monday all!!

the country my parents come from - they issue id cards - for ID purposes..... and back then if you werent borne in that country you werent issued one... so since i wasnt borne there - i didnt get a card and hence i cant get a police check done with them..

but i've got the police check done with the australian police since i've lived here all my life really.....

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hey guys

the 3kg express post satchel - do we need to pay the postage on the reply?...... or do the consulate do that?

and remind me again -

are the australian sized passport pics enough for these guys? ... because they are very very close to the size of the american passport size............

thanks!!

i did, i emailed them on Monday to request a earlier date since sydney wasnt being locked down - and tell them that if they cant give you a earlier date if they can also put you on a waiting list - they did that to me and on wednesday i was emailed by them and told my interview was moved from october to next tuesday - ..... the girl that emailed me she was so nice....actually i have to email her today to confirm that they have my medical results as Dr Waks sent them directly to the consulate....

i recieved the new appt letter last night - yay!!

oh and on the living in another country thing.... i had the same problem - and because i wasnt issued with an ID card - i got that consulate to write a letter stating that since i didnt have one, they couldnt do a check on me, incase the US consulate questions if i even went to do it lol.....

the consulate fee you can pay at the post office and get a receipt for it and you have to attach it or have them attach it to your passport.....

but i'm taking the NOA's just incase........ rather have more then needed then less.....