Recent content by AmyJ

Interview over. Visa not approved.... YET! We had everything we needed, plus a bunch of stuff we didn't. The doctor who did our medicals forgot to fill in a couple of tick boxes on the first page of my forms! The consulate will contact him and get the required form completed. It will take...

So Hubby and my interview is tomorrow. We arrived in Sydney today, checked into our hotel, walked out to find the Consulate office (MAN! That building is HUGE!), had a early dinner so we can crash out and be nicely refreshed for 9am appointment - though we are going to aim to get there just...

Thanks Crawf33 - found the email. I knew I'd read it, but couldn't remember where / when. Haven't received our email yet, fingers crossed it turns up this week.. Our interview is 2 weeks away. I might call Sydney if it doesn't turn up this week. (not that I'm getting paranoid or anything, lol)

So this time next month, my hubby and I will (hopefully) be enjoying a loving dinner at the Opera House after a successful visa interview. I have my fingers crossed tat all the 2014 candidates will get to experience that moment!! I'm sure I read on this forum that the Sydney Consulate will...

Yup - interesting what happens when you call up and speak to a different receptionist!! This new lady was wonderful! Just asked if we had our case number, I said yes, she said good, bring it with you.... Booked us in, emailed me a list of things to bring and BAM! We were booked in for last...

Thanks OnTheGo My husband wants to get into animation. LA is where it's at and almost all the studios are in Burbank, so we figured we move nice and close. We've visited America twice - in 2012 we did a 5 week trek visiting LA, Vegas, New York, Miami and Orlando. Ended up at Disneyworld in...

Got our interview date - March 18! Suddenly seems a lot more real. I was away visiting friends for the weekend and my husband (he's the one who won) called to read the letter to me. Then he started researching through all the documents required, medicals, police checks, etc and called me...

The second week of March would actually suit me better, but we'll just have to see what date we get allocated :-) You must have struck it lucky with the medical. I was re-checking the forms tonight and you only have to provide the consulate address IF it is required to be sent directly to...

Oh - and with the police check, the form says it will be mailed straight to the embassy for visa. I'm guessing with put the physical address - Martin Place? Is there a mailing address I should be using?

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Hey AL So I call the Brisbane doctor's office yesterday - they definately won't let me book until we have the "SYD" case number that appears on the 2NL, even though I explained we only missed the Feb cut off by 30 odd places, so pretty dang sure we'll be in March. I was advised that if you...

Ok, I'm starting to stress less now - found a post on the 2013 Aussie winners thread saying they only check for DTP, MMR and the flu shot. I'm going to call the medical examination place here in Brissie tomorrow to double check. I wonder if they'll let us book in for late Jan/early Feb before...

Hi All I'm having a vaccination freakout! Just read up on the list we have to have and I'm concerned about the Hep A - I read it's 2 shots over 6 months.... I'm expecting our interview to be March which doesn't exactly leave 6 months from shot one to shot 2... Heading to the doctor's tomorrow...

Thanks Vishel Great advice on the Citibank Account - I will be looking into that this week. I was thinking of getting a money card, but if I can transfer from here to there, that will be so much simpler! The purge has begun - no such luck with my hubby and I being minimalists - we collect...

Hey Roxeegirl My understanding of the case numbers being processed is the number shown in the October bulletin, being 375, is the number they are up to, not the number they intend to process. So Oct 300, Nov 375, means they are only added 75 cases for November. Seems to be a really low...