Tuesday, May 26, 2009

The Wait is Over!

Look what I got in the mail today:




We weren't sure how I was going to find out. A lot of people get emails from their case officers and I got a surprise when I picked up the mail (I'm not going to lie, I cried a little at the post office).

*phew!*

Here is my timeline in case anyone is interested:

16/03/09: Sent application to processing centre in Ottawa
20/03/09: Application received by Australian High Commission in Ottawa, case officer assigned.
08/04/09: Letter received requesting medical check and passport to be sent to AHC in Ottawa.
22/04/09: Medical complete.
29/04/09: Medical information received by AHC in Ottawa.
07/05/09: Passport sent to AHC in Ottawa.
12/05/09: Passport received by AHC in Ottawa.
20/05/09: VISA APPROVED!!
25/05/09: Passport received by me with visa sticker!!!!

So it turns out that on paper my visa was approved exactly two months after my application was received by them.

We are SO relieved that it's been approved and we can start planning how the next 4 months are going to go. I can actually start packing, I can start selling all the stuff we won't take with us and I can start just "letting go" of all the stuff that doesn't matter - especially when it comes to work.
Now to start making lists of stuff I have to do and figure out the logistics of it all... Getting there isn't what I'm worried about, it's the whole forwarding mail/taxes/CPP/EI/keeping credit cards stuff that I'm most worried about actually.

Wow!


Temperature: +9C
Sunrise: n/a*
Sunset: n/a*

*We're a day or two into 24 hours daylight now. Worrying about my visa being denied had me TOTALLY distracted and I forgot about it until today. It's such a gradual thing so you don't really notice when you have sunset for 2 hours vs 0hrs.

5 comments:

Jo said...

Woo-hoo! So, will you re-name the blog when you get Down Under?

Megan said...

:)

I haven't decided yet... I thought I could keep the blog but change the header at the top.

Lisa said...

Congratulations! Hooray! So excited for you.

Teri said...

YAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY!

I am so happy for both you and Glen. I bet you've just been dancing on Cloud Nine lately!

Congratulations!

Megan said...

Thanks Lisa & Teri!


We've been super happy! I keep whipping out my passport and flipping it to the visa page :-P

But now the hard work really starts... Packing (dun dun dunnnnnnnnn)... :-(