Well this has definately been one of the most stressful processes ever! We never used an agent and we have so far had a easy process. The company that offered my husband a job, informed him to go for a permanenet residency and that they would send a letter re contract for the Visa. They are obviosuly used to this. They wanted us to apply for residency because they want the family all to go together and not have a risk of him coming back if I couldnt get out quickly with the girls.
We received a letter from our case officer who has said that the contract needs to change the wording slightly. Basically they have put that he has a 'min 24 months contract' however the following line states once this project has finished there is no contractual obligation. This mean that then he doesn't have to stay with them as he is only tied to them for thr 24 month regarding the relocation fee etc.
However the case officer states that although it proves more than a min of 12 months which is what is required for a perm residency the line re no contract obligation makes it sound that after this there will be no sustainable work.
He has contacted the company to ask for clarification and we are not waiting to see if they will agree to change the wording. OR if the company would ring the case officer. Which I have to say is very helpful and supportive. He has basically said once we get this then he will process asap as this was the only thing that did not match to his checklist.
I am stressing so much....We have wanted this for so long and we have now got the family on side, the house rented and I am just waiting to hand my notice in....but I don't believe this will happen until I am sat on that plane!
Just wondered if anyone else had experieinced the same. I have a friend over there who went through the same stuff but just wondered if people have some other stories....