The process for my Australian spouse visa has officially got underway now! Just a short while ago I went through the medical required by Australian immigration, which included x-ray, blood test, and general prodding here and there.
It wasn’t such an ordeal as I thought it was going to be, though it was the first time I’ve had blood taken from me. After getting there early I was in and out within 40 minutes - and now have a slight bruise and plaster (band-aid) on my right arm!
Things for the application are generally coming together now - a few more pieces of evidence to get, and then hopefully in a few weeks time it can all go to the High Commission in London. The clinic I had the tests today will send the forms straight to London in a couple of weeks when the blood test comes back. I’ve also found a forum recently with people who are applying or have applied for Australian immigration - in some parts helpful regarding evidence, in other parts not helpful as some people who reply to posts aren’t totally clued up on all the requirements, and ins and outs of it all. (I’ve spent a lot of time looking over the DIMIA website in great detail, like I did with the IND website for Dawn’s UK visa)
No news on the job front from either of us just yet. We’re hoping to see a show in London tomorrow - the tickets were given to us as a wedding present. A friend from uni, Elliott, is playing drums in the band for the show! Hopefully we can still get there with the recent additional developments on happenings in our capital.