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    Skiing in New Zealand starts now

    Lake Wanaka’s 2009 ski season is officially underway with all four fields open for business.   Good snowfalls throughout May combined with a prolonged period of cool and calm weather, ideal for snow making, has equipped the mountains across the region with one metre bases providing the best opening conditions in a decade. A cold front moving [...]

    Temporary skilled migration to Australia falls by 25%

    The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) , has reported that the current global economic crisis is affecting skilled migration to a number of western countries, including Australia, reports the Irish Times. According to the report, entitled International Migration Outlook, the crisis is hitting immigrants harder than native-born workers, with unemployment levels among immigrants almost doubling [...]

    The most popular places to live in Australia

    The south-west of Western Australia and south-east Queensland are Australia’s most popular places to live, according to figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The report also shows Brisbane was the only capital city in Australia which grew from “internal migration” -  showing a net increase of 40,000 people from elsewhere in Australia. It seems that Australians are beginning to [...]

    More than 8 out of 10 Brits tempted to move abroad says Immigration New Zealand

    Some eighty five per cent of Brits have considered, or could be persuaded, to move abroad permanently as a direct result of the economic downturn, according to a survey undertaken by Immigration New Zealand. The survey also revealed that more than forty percent of us believe that the UK is one of the worst affected [...]

    New option for the Great Ocean Walk – now for women only

    A new four-day, women-only Great Ocean Walk has been introduced by hiking specialists bothfeet. One of the world’s best coastal walks, bothfeet takes this icon trail and makes it sublime. Still a great walk at its core, the trip also includes a half-hour massage, morning yoga sessions, spa-inspired cuisine and regional wine with dinner, while [...]
     

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    Hi John - the magazine looks great but I can't bring myself to buy them anymore. You make it look so lovely, inviting and possible but we are trying to forget about our visa application for the moment. The reality is that it is very difficult to g...
    Kim and James added a blog post18 hours ago
    Up to now I have been singing the praises of our agent....... In a bit of a panic we e-mail the agent to double check where she thought our application should be. On line application done end of March 2009. I know, we've only been waiting 3 months...
    One more thing on IELTS. There are two different exams - Academic and General. For visa purposes you only need to sit the General exam. The Academic is only to test your English if you are seeking a University place.
    When I sat the exam last year the fee was £100 - it may of course have gone up since then. I sat mine with eurocentres in London as that was convenient for me, but if you go to www.ielts.org you'll find the full list of test centres. The three wri...
    I'm an ACA rather than an ACCA but this might help. When the ICAEW provided the certification that I'm a member of the institute and the syllabus for the ICAA they included a copy of a letter from the EU Commission (who apparently require employee...

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    Kim and James

    lack of communication over application times

    Posted by Kim and James on 3 July 2009 at 11:09pm

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    IELTS Test

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    John

    Issue 40 now available

    Posted by John on 29 June 2009 at 11:27am — 1 Comment

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    Published author .....

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    John

    Visa processing times

    Posted by John on 24 June 2009 at 12:33pm — 2 Comments

     
     

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