Migrate to Australia

We got an email this morning from our agent who says we have a Case Officer!! We got our medicals brought forward from 22nd December to 9th December and have to get our CRB’s done asap. I have a lovely form to fill in (Form 80) about my employment history, relatives, addresses for last 10 years etc, this is because I am the wife of the main applicant. I am glad we have an agent because he will check everything first in case of mistakes etc. Our agent has been worth his weight. We only applied 28th June and it looks like it may be January when we get the visas!! Exciting yet scary!! If only we could sell the house for £120K we’d be laughing!!

We had never considered this until our daughter was born, then we just wanted a better future for her. We finally got our application in at the end of June 08 and have booked our medicals for December 22nd! Typical that the timing coincides with the recession, the stumbling block will be if the house doesn’t sell as we need to do that to finance it… but you never know, anything can happen and it’s exciting to see what that might be! Once we decided it’s something we just have to do or forever wonder ‘what if?!’

2.7 years ago I met a random guy on vacation. In an obligatory fashion as societal niceties require, I told him I would visit him “someday”. Our eccentric long distance relationship continued. And continued, with trans-pacific trips, expensive phone calls, long letters and heartfelt e-mails. And then I realised I did really love him.

I could have married him. Like all the other men I’ve gone out with, he brought it up. But I have too much pride. I’m not going to be his young Asian bitch (not that he would have ever saw me like that). So I went into the corporate world, put on a suit and went through possibly the most unhappy, repressed two years of my life ever. It is pretty amazing how I’ve emerged still sane, still optimistic and hopeful.

It was worth it. I now have the visa label in my passport and I’m leaving the country to be with my man in 3.5 months. Of course being an immigrant have its share of issues; but who cares! I’m going to Australia!

My life dream

I’ve spent a year living in New York, a year living in Chicago, and 25 years living in the UK.

I’m thinking about Migrating to Australia as my final big move. There is a lot to consider before I do, but I’m wondering how sure I have to be that its the right thing to do?

If I don’t, am I going to look back on it as a missed opportunity? Does the UK have anything left to offer?

I love Australia!

i was bored. so i decided to give it a go. after all, i was only filling in some details to check my eligibility for an online application, right? so i go on. about 10 minutes later, i’ve moved seamlessly into filling in personal details. weird, i think, this eligibility check thing is really long. then i get this page asking me for my credit card details. um, sure. what, the back button doesn’t work? wtf?

sigh. and that is the story of how i accidentally applied for immigration. the days following were spent taking lots of leave to get penal clearance checks, medicals, scanning the stuff etc. not too mention much agony over my credit card debt (RM6,290.55!!!!!!) i’m all set now, the meds have actually been finalised. but thanks to the holiday season, there’s a delay in processing and the suspense is pretty much killing me.

hoping to be with my baby by october this year. can hardly wait. would leave earlier but my sis-in-law got knocked up and i don’t want to miss out on the excitement of being a first time aunt. now how on earth am i gonna get the hundreds of books in shelves all the way there? hmmmmm.

i got my shit together, had everything photocopied and certfied by a Justice of the Peace and shipped it all off under registered mail to melbourne today. fingers crossed!

turns out getting sponsorship is completely unnecessary, just a misunderstanding of technical issues on my part.
1. submit skills assessment to nia (called them yesterday)
2. submit all documents to aspc
3. meds and pcc
4. wait…......

but most importantly, get down 12 months of relevant work experience. only nine more to go!

1. beg uncle for sponsorship
2. print necessary forms
3. get necessary documents
4. verify documents
5. post money order to oz government
6. cross fingers and pray