Visa renewed

It has been two months since I submitted our paperwork for renewing the sponsorship visa and have finally heard that it has been approved. Lucky really as we have a five year lease on the motor. Neil and I caught the bus into the city this afternoon whilst Eloise was at nursery and spent a shorter than expected time queuing in the brand new offices of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship to get out passports stamped. To our surprise we have been granted a four year visa as I had only asked for two years to cover us whilst the permanent residency is being processed in Adelaide. Hopefully this means they think we are worthy citizens and grant us residency without any further ado. Then off we toddled to get out medicare cards renewed. During our administrative afternoon we managed to sneak in coffee and cake at our regular coffee shop on Adelaide Street. After all, it is my day off.