Its getting so close…

well there have been a few changes to my canadian plans since i first applied.  Like some of you it seems that I am not going to be studying the courses that i first applied for, and it seems that i may not know the exact courses that i will be taking until i actually get over [...]

9 days till Canada

Last time I posted I had five weeks to go, it’s all gone in so fast and in 9 days time I’ll be getting on a plane right now!!
I think I’ve finally managed to get everything sorted. When I first applied people told me it can be a little stressful at first but it gets [...]

Trouble with bank accounts

Hello again!
I have just returned from trying to set up a different bank account for my trip. Just a tip-off I got from a friend who told me that Nationwide allow free cash withdraws worldwide which obviously for us globe-trotters would be very useful. The problem is that Nationwide don’t do student accounts which means [...]

3 weeks in…

hi all, so settled in now and loving it here, except the rain! took some photos the other day of the uni as it is such a nice campus! got to say the photo that i saw of adelaide uni from glas uni did not reflect this campus very well, i was pleasantly suprised and [...]

Visa

As a few other people have said, the visa appointment actually only lasts a few minutes. The waiting takes around an hour, but if you have all your forms ready and printed off from the computer (e.g., the emails sent to you, the DS156 and DS158), financial proof, the photos and the self addressed envelope, then [...]