Well they say that somehow life always manages to balance itself out! My husband and I have been trying to get a visa to move to Australia, for the last 18 months we have sent every single piece of paperwork they wanted, had all our medical checks done and paid all of our fees. Then with all plans being made to emigrate in April, jobs, house, family etc. etc. This has been forever in the process. Then received an email and they have put all visas on hold, that dont have a employye sponsoring/family member. So we have been put to the back of the que cant get our money back and "it is unlikely your visa will be processed until the end of 2012". GUTTED is not the word but I'm sure you can imagine our disappointment. Basically there is nothing we can do but sit and wait. So we have had a massive re-assesment and realised we are here in the UK for the next 3 years so what should we do?.
So we had a big old chat and I am going to look for a new job in another company (as my work have known about Aus for 2 years, as tried to get a transfer to no avail as Aus law is strict on jobs you can do - so have had no real career advancement out of them). Then my husband is going to build an out building at the bottom of the garden to use as his office (he works from home and currently uses the back bedroom), he also wants to get a new TV (typical man- but our old one is about 7 years old). Our families have been really supportive about our obvious disappointment and have admitted that they are happy we are staying.
Our best decision has been to buy ourselves a gorgeous boxer puppy who we pick up on 5th December. Am so excited as have wanted a dog for years and there has always been an excuse not here enough, when we get to Aus!! So Mowgli (named as on our first new year together I kept hubbby up until 6am singing the jungle book songs!) has completed a very turbulent 2009 and now have something to look forwward to - just been around the pet shop like proud parents. Yes everyone else is saying why dont we have a baby ( I am 30 shock horror!!) but we are just happy doing our thing at the moment and have agreed to start trying in a few years. In the meantime we get to be mummy and daddy to a puppy. Not sure how I'm going to wait as long until the 5th
So all in all we have just had a massive spending spree to cheer ourselves up - so thanks Australia and your immigration laws - I'm getting a new dog - woo hoo!
So we had a big old chat and I am going to look for a new job in another company (as my work have known about Aus for 2 years, as tried to get a transfer to no avail as Aus law is strict on jobs you can do - so have had no real career advancement out of them). Then my husband is going to build an out building at the bottom of the garden to use as his office (he works from home and currently uses the back bedroom), he also wants to get a new TV (typical man- but our old one is about 7 years old). Our families have been really supportive about our obvious disappointment and have admitted that they are happy we are staying.
Our best decision has been to buy ourselves a gorgeous boxer puppy who we pick up on 5th December. Am so excited as have wanted a dog for years and there has always been an excuse not here enough, when we get to Aus!! So Mowgli (named as on our first new year together I kept hubbby up until 6am singing the jungle book songs!) has completed a very turbulent 2009 and now have something to look forwward to - just been around the pet shop like proud parents. Yes everyone else is saying why dont we have a baby ( I am 30 shock horror!!) but we are just happy doing our thing at the moment and have agreed to start trying in a few years. In the meantime we get to be mummy and daddy to a puppy. Not sure how I'm going to wait as long until the 5th
So all in all we have just had a massive spending spree to cheer ourselves up - so thanks Australia and your immigration laws - I'm getting a new dog - woo hoo!