WelcomeIf you are new to Poms In Oz and migrating to Australia or currently living in Australia feel free to say hi to all the other either in or moving to Oz.
Hopefully once I have spoken to the migration agent we have chosen tomorrow I will have the required 120 points thanks to the ielts test. So, what would I expect to pay for an agent to sort out the emigration visa? Also does anyone have any idea what it would cost to ship 2 Golden Retrievers out to Australia?
SORRY CANT HELP ON DOG FRONT & I THINK COST DEPENDS ON VISA BUT WHEN I CONTACTED AGENT FOR 175 VISA WAS TOLD £3000 FEE PLUS VISA APP FEE £900 MEDS APPROX £200 PER PERSON PCS, DOC CERTS & OTHER COSTS ALL DOWN TO U SO AS U MAY GUESS I GOING IT ALONE PASSED TRA AND APPLICATION READY SENDING TUESDAY NOT AS BAD AS I THOUGHT IT WOULD B DEPENDS ON YOUR CASE HOPE THIS HELPS LET ME KNOW IF I CAN HELP ANYMORE!
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no agent,TRA passed 17/10/07 175 posted 5/12/07 Ack 8/1/08, 7/4/08 meds finalized 6/5/08 co 2/10/08 grant 8/10/08 fly out 17/11/08 whooohoo
Hi Guys Sorry Cant Help About Dogs .... But We Paid Agent Approx £2500... Thats Was For Our Tra Assesment Visa Lodgement And Agents Fees . Still Have To Do Medicals And Police Checks . Hope This Helps
Mrs Keily
__________________ TRA SUBMITTED 17/05/07 RETURNED UNSUCCESSFUL 13/06/07 ..RESUBMITTED 26/07/07 ..PASSED 30/08/07 VISA LODGED 31/08/07 .. FULL ACK ..17/01/08 PC26/03/08 MEDS 23/04/08 C/O 11/04/08 VISA 30/05/08
Agents vary enormously in what they charge for their own actual profit costs (as opposed to the fees charged by the skills assessment bodies and by DIAC, which are additional.) It is worth shopping around on price and haggling.
However, MAKE SURE that you use a Agent who quotes a fixed fee for the job, not an "estimate."
Billy & Janette (billy braveheart) have a German Shepherd, which are usually a big bigger than the average labrador/retriever. They said it cost them nearly £3,000 to have her flown from Glasgow to Perth. They used Airpets, I believe.
The cost depends on the size of the dog. There are 3 quarantine kennels in Oz - near Sydney, Melborune and Perth respectively. Therefore if you are planning to move to say QLD, you would have to add on the price of having the dogs brought to you - probably by air - once they come out of quarantine. I don't know what the quarantine kennels charge but it would be additional to whatever the pet shippers charge, plus there would be vet's bills on top.
If you pm billy braveheart, Billy & Janette can be relied on to give you all the help and advice they possibly can about this. They are a super couple.
Cheers
Gill
Last edited by Gollywobbler; 02-12-2007 at 09:40 PM.
It depends on what level of service and which agent you use.
There are least a dozen good agents out there so shop around
But make sure you use registered migration agents
The most expensive is The emigration group there cost will be close to £3500 for start to finish
In the visa application process.
Or a part way service of close to £1500.
I used them as I was very close to my 45 birthday and they provided a good
Level of service.
Plus visa app fee of £900
Medical & x-ray approx. £200 to 280 per person depending on were you have your medical done
Just wanted to let you know that we are flying our two dogs over today (aaaaaarrrggghhh) - they will currently be in Bangkok. We are using Jets 4 Pets (been great), they were the most reasonable Heathrow-Sydney cost £2,800 for both. including permits/crates/ etc.
On top of that, we have to pay for quarantine at Eastern creek, Sydney, and the flight to Townsville.
Not forgetting the cost of the vets things done in the UK - blood tests, vaccinations, sealing checks, you name it.
Very expensive mutts, I can tell you !!!
Hope that helps, let me know if you want more info. Alliekate xx
What type of dogs are they as I have been told it will cost about £2800 for 1 dog but they are big as they are Golden Retrievers and I believe the cost is based on size.
We were thinking of looking at townsville too, never been though, what is it like?
