Matt Corr on September 20th, 2009

Femke now has her residency visa, so now we move on to setting up our own lives together. First was getting joint bank accounts all sorted out. We reviewed all the major banks and decided to end up with Bankwest for our needs. So far we are impressed with the services and the internet banking [...]

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Matt Corr on August 28th, 2009

After getting the official go ahead from Berlin a few weeks earlier than expected we were very happy she was able to go there and pick it up! Femke was a little cautious and concerned that something else might go wrong. I did my best to re-assure her but I was a little concerned too. [...]

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Matt Corr on August 13th, 2009

Time for another update I think! Back together again! Femke successfully arrive in Australia after a very long flight on the morning of the 24th of July. We were happily reunited at the airport after me waiting very impatiently. We then set off for four days of relaxation at Lillypillys cottages which is located near [...]

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Matt Corr on June 12th, 2009

It’s been over 2 months since my last update,  so it’s about time I gave a  status update: We were waiting for: the New Zealand Police check the Chinese Police Check. In the last week of April we got the NZ Police Check, so that was good! We just had to wait that out. Thanks [...]

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Matt Corr on April 13th, 2009

Time for a little Visa update. As you can recall from the last update, our list of things to do is this: Matt will fly back to Australia. Femke will stay in Holland and continue work at her current job. Matt will need to get a job in Brisbane. Once I have a job we [...]

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