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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / July 2005We're back and good news :-)
Just got home earlier today after going to Bangkok and Chiang Mai with Dennis and some friends from back home. We had a great trip, great to see friends again and of course great to see Dennis after his usual month long work absence. Our friends enjoyed their time here and definitely did their fair share of shopping. They lucked out with the weather too, it was nice the whole time except for the last couple of days in Chiang Mai it was rainy. But they were white water rafting during the worst rain anyway, so it didn't matter. We took a Thai cooking class together and that was fun, we all ate so much we had to roll back to the hotel. Dennis and I bought a couple of shelves which are being shipped to us in a week or so. We have a ton of pictures but strangely they all seem to be of the 4 of us at some sort of restaurant with drinks! Can't figure out how that happened ;-) Anyway, here's the good news. We received an email from Australia immigration asking us for the deposit of a large sum of money to hold in trust for a year in order to finalize our application. So all we have to do now is transfer the money into the holding account and we will be getting our visa :-) Yay, double YAY!!! We're so excited, now we can finally stop living in limbo and get on with our plans for the future. We figure we will probably be leaving Thailand around April. I'll be sad to leave when the time to leave comes but it's time for a change. Need to set down some roots and Margaret River, Australia is the place, woo hoo :-) Anyway, enough gushing. Vino was happy to see us after our week away but he's developed a terrible lying habit. He's trying to tell us that he never got any gooshy food while we were away. But I know he got plenty because the big container that I'd left in the fridge is nearly empty. I still have over 2000 posts to catch up on, so I'll just send out blanket purrs to everyone who needs them for now. -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > Anyway, here's the good news. We received an email from Australia > immigration asking us for the deposit of a large sum of money to hold > in trust for a year in order to finalize our application. So all we > have to do now is transfer the money into the holding account and we > will be getting our visa :-) Many concatulations! Purrs for a smooth transition when it happens Gordon & the TT (FF in 3 days, yay!) > in trust for a year in order to finalize our application. So all we > have to do now is transfer the money into the holding account and we > will be getting our visa :-) Yay, double YAY!!! We're so excited, Great news!!! Congratulations!!! > time for a change. Need to set down some roots and Margaret River, > Australia is the place, woo hoo :-) Make sure to get a house with a guest bedroom... you never know when out of town crazy cat people might show up... :)  SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > Just got home earlier today after going to Bangkok and Chiang Mai with > Dennis and some friends from back home. We had a great trip, great to [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > I still have over 2000 posts to catch up on, so I'll just send out > blanket purrs to everyone who needs them for now. That's wonderful news about the visa. I shall look forward to next April's posts about Vino & Co. settling in Margaret River. :-) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) A house is not a home, without a cat. > Just got home earlier today after going to Bangkok and Chiang Mai with > Dennis and some friends from back home. We had a great trip, great to [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > Check out pictures of Vino at: > http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album Welcome back, Britta! I'm glad you guys had fun. Great news about the Visa, you must be very excited. But what's with the great deal of money to be "held"? They get to use your money (earning interest on it) just so you'll have the privilege of moving???! That seems a bit shady (and to think Australia used to be a penal colony that people tried *not* to get sent to! ;> Hugs, CatNipped >> Just got home earlier today after going to Bangkok and Chiang Mai >> with Dennis and some friends from back home. We had a great trip, [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > (earning interest on it) just so you'll have the privilege of > moving???! That seems a bit shady (and to think Australia used to be > a penal colony that people tried *not* to get sent to! ;> > > Hugs, > > CatNipped Many countries do this. My parents had to have a huge pile of cash in order to get into Canada from West Germany too. For our visa it wouldn't have been necessary if Dennis was under 35, but since he's soooo old now (37), we need the money in order to make up enough points to qualify for the visa. The money sits in the account for a year and collects interest and you get to keep the interest at the end when you get your money back. Unfortunately, I doubt it goes into any sort of high interest earning sort of investment, but what can you do? We're just happy we've saved the money and don't have any problem making the deposit. -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album >> Just got home earlier today after going to Bangkok and Chiang Mai >> with Dennis and some friends from back home. We had a great trip, [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] > > CatNipped That was my first thought - kind of like the Nigerian scam emails. "Hi, you send your money and we will send you..." Seems odd that Australian immigration would communicate this via email rather than written documents. Jill >>> Just got home earlier today after going to Bangkok and Chiang Mai >>> with Dennis and some friends from back home. We had a great trip, [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >>> tell us that he never got any gooshy food while we were away. But >>> I know he got plenty because the big container that I'd left in the >>> fridge is nearly empty. >>> I still have over 2000 posts to catch up on, so I'll just send out [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Jill Of course they are not communicating via email! Sheesh, we're not stupid! The whole thing is being handled through our migration agent who communicates with us via email first of all, to get news to us as soon as possible and then we also receive hard copies of all the documents from DIMIA. We have been dealing with this visa for over a year now and this money bond deposit is absolutely no surprise and it's all done very officially through government agencies. We will receive the money back and the interest it generates in a year (not that we expect that to be much, but we haven't been getting much interest on it for the past year either as the money has been sitting in a savings account in order to be readily accessible for this purpose). This is common and my parents had to do the same thing when emigrating to Canada from Germany in 1982. -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album >>>> Just got home earlier today after going to Bangkok and Chiang Mai >>>> with Dennis and some friends from back home. We had a great trip, [quoted text clipped - 55 lines] > Of course they are not communicating via email! Sheesh, we're not > stupid! Britta, I never intended to say you were stupid! It just sounded rather suspect, you can understand that, right? Obviously you would have immigration papers... my own maternal grandparents had papers from Scotland to Canada (although I don't know if they had to put money in trust first, never heard about that; this was back around 1918 or so). Jill >>>>> Just got home earlier today after going to Bangkok and Chiang Mai >>>>> with Dennis and some friends from back home. We had a great trip, [quoted text clipped - 64 lines] > > Jill I guess it just didn't sound suspect to us because we've been aware of this all along and we've been waiting for this request for money for months now. Maybe it just came accross that way in my message. But we knew for years that if we wait until Dennis is over 35, we would have to have the money and how it was all going to happen. Nothing shady about it and we're not worried about it. Obviously it would be nice if we didn't have to do this because we could use the money to buy our lot and build our house, but we will just wait until we get it back and rent a house in the meantime. -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album >>>> Great news about the Visa, you must be very excited. But what's >>>> with the great deal of money to be "held"? They get to use your [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > >Jill I wonder if this is the practice that made the Nigeria scams sounds so plausible to some people? I have never heard of it, but then, I've never left my country either. Britta, you gotta admit, to those of us who go nowhere and do nothing, it really sounded suspect. I just thought it was amusing, how similar it sounded to the scam. Jane >>>> Just got home earlier today after going to Bangkok and Chiang Mai >>>> with Dennis and some friends from back home. We had a great trip, [quoted text clipped - 75 lines] > Check out pictures of Vino at: > http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album I didn't have to do that when I immigrate to Canada from U.S in the '70s. But if I recalled correctly, they did check my savings. Also I was sponsored by my relatives in Canada so that might make a difference. Don't think my parents did that either when they came to Canada in the early '80s. Again my brother sponsored them. Winnie >>>>> Just got home earlier today after going to Bangkok and Chiang Mai >>>>> with Dennis and some friends from back home. We had a great trip, [quoted text clipped - 73 lines] >> Britta >> "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown >> Check out pictures of Vino at: >> http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Winnie Yes, it's much different if you get sponsored by a relative. My parents didn't have any sponsor and neither do we. Actually, we are proceeding with the process of transferring the money and got the info yesterday about where to put it. Turns out it's an Australian govt. bond and will receive 5.1% interest in a year. Not so bad, we've been getting less than that so far. We figure the sooner we put the money in, the sooner we can get it back out. We want to buy a lot and build a house, so will be needing the money for that. -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album Yaaaaaaaaaay that is great news. Suz (Spicey is napping) > Just got home earlier today after going to Bangkok and Chiang Mai with > Dennis and some friends from back home. We had a great trip, great to > see friends again and of course great to see Dennis after his usual > month long work absence. SNIP > Anyway, here's the good news. We received an email from Australia > immigration asking us for the deposit of a large sum of money to hold [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Check out pictures of Vino at: > http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album Welcome back, Britta. Sounds like a fun trip, and many congratulations on the emigration to Australia news! =o) Well...I guess it's Vino's job to make you feel guilty for going off without him. Wonder how he'll like Australia? Melissa >Just got home earlier today after going to Bangkok and Chiang Mai with >Dennis and some friends from back home. We had a great trip, great to [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] >I still have over 2000 posts to catch up on, so I'll just send out >blanket purrs to everyone who needs them for now. Welcome back and congratulations! Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/ http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) I'm so happy to hear you had a great time and I'm even happier about your visa, that's wonderful! Best wishes, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > Just got home earlier today after going to Bangkok and Chiang Mai with > Dennis and some friends from back home. We had a great trip, great to [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > Check out pictures of Vino at: > http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album <snipped> Anyway, here's the good news. We received an email from Australia > immigration asking us for the deposit of a large sum of money to hold > in trust for a year in order to finalize our application. So all we [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > time for a change. Need to set down some roots and Margaret River, > Australia is the place, woo hoo :-) Congrats on the good news. Can you immigrate while the money is in the holding account or do you have to wait a whole year? > Anyway, enough gushing. Vino was happy to see us after our week away > but he's developed a terrible lying habit. He's trying to tell us > that he never got any gooshy food while we were away. But I know he > got plenty because the big container that I'd left in the fridge is > nearly empty. When we got back after our trip, the kids LIED repeatedly to DW and I that they hadn't been properly attended. Yeah, right! There wasn't any food left (we brought our own gooshy and dry since ours are finicky eaters). > I still have over 2000 posts to catch up on, so I'll just send out > blanket purrs to everyone who needs them for now. I know what you mean. I had 5,4?? to catch up after only 2 weeks. > -- > Britta > "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown > Check out pictures of Vino at: > http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album Welcome back, Britta! Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe > Just got home earlier today after going to Bangkok and Chiang Mai with > Dennis and some friends from back home. We had a great trip, great to [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > I still have over 2000 posts to catch up on, so I'll just send out > blanket purrs to everyone who needs them for now. Congratulations! I went to have a look at the immigration department website out of curiosity and found some helpful tips for those moving to Australia. I especially liked this part: Polite behaviour "Please" and "thank you" are words which are very helpful when dealing with other people, and buying goods or services. When asked if you would like something, like a cup of tea, it is polite to say "yes, please", or just "please" if you would like it, or "no, thank you" if you do not. When you receive something or have been helped, it is polite to thank the person by saying "thank you". And some translations of terms like bloke, dunny and fair dinkum. Some important reading material I think! ;-) Kathryn >> Just got home earlier today after going to Bangkok and Chiang Mai >> with Dennis and some friends from back home. We had a great trip, [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > Congratulations! I went to have a look at the immigration department > website out of curiosity and found some helpful tips for those moving > to Australia. I especially liked this part: > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > you" if you do not. When you receive something or have been helped, > it is polite to thank the person by saying "thank you". Uh, isn't that just normal behaviour? I think most Canadians know all about politeness, I don't think we'll have any trouble there ;-) > And some translations of terms like bloke, dunny and fair dinkum. Some > important reading material I think! ;-) Thanks to reading this group for the past 6 years, I've received quite an education on Aussie slang. I think we're prepared :-) -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album <snip> > Anyway, here's the good news. We received an email from Australia > immigration asking us for the deposit of a large sum of money to hold [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > time for a change. Need to set down some roots and Margaret River, > Australia is the place, woo hoo :-) Yay, good news indeed. I hope I'll get to meet Vino on his way through Purrth. Oh yes, and his mum and dad too :) > <snip> >> Anyway, here's the good news. We received an email from Australia [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Yay, good news indeed. I hope I'll get to meet Vino on his way through > Purrth. Oh yes, and his mum and dad too :) Of course! We'll be in Purrth in 6 months probably to stamp our visa, then head back here to tidy things up for the move. When we come with Vino, he will be in quarantine for 1 month in Purrth so we will be spending much time there to visit with him. We are both looking forward to seeing you again, Helen :-) -- Britta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album >Just got home earlier today after going to Bangkok and Chiang Mai with >Dennis and some friends from back home. We had a great trip, great to [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >time for a change. Need to set down some roots and Margaret River, >Australia is the place, woo hoo :-) Great that things are finally showing some signs of moving ahead. Like a couple have already said, I didn't realize you had to put up moeny before getting permission to immigrate. Course my only experience was second hand, and way back in the mid 80s, and I guess the circumstances were different. My sister met and married an Australian while he was here in the states at college, and they moved to Australian. Didn't live there long, just a couple years, then they same back to California, split up and he eventually moved back to Australian alone. >Anyway, enough gushing. Vino was happy to see us after our week away >but he's developed a terrible lying habit. He's trying to tell us >that he never got any gooshy food while we were away. But I know he >got plenty because the big container that I'd left in the fridge is >nearly empty. Vino probably threw some wild parties while you were gone, and all the gooshy food was gobbled up by guests. (Every seen the commercial for Tidy Cat litter where the hoomins come home to a house full of partying cats.) 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