Visa Update

Yesterday, I received a letter from Immigration informing me that I should now apply for permanent residency. Yay!

I have only been here since March 2006, which means that I have been residing in Australia for less than two years as of today. I thought it was too soon for them to be notifying me. But, I suppose they want to give me enough lead time to process my application.

I’ve already downloaded all the forms from their site and all I need to do now is fill them up and gather enough evidence (bills, photos, tickets, etc) to support my application. It’s back to digging up old stuff again for me. It’s a good thing they don’t require huge amounts of pictures unlike last time. The challenge this time is to be able to fit everything in an A4-sized envelope. As to its thickness, maybe I’ll come up with another wedding album sort of thing. Ha!

I’ve got two months to get it organized. I hope the whole thing gets processed before our trip to Manila in May next year. Otherwise, it will only complicate the matter further. Wish me luck!