New to this

[billynhenry]

Well here we go, have decided that Oz appears to be the best future for us and the kids. We are about to start the process of applying. We have applied for the Australia needs skills expo in London and are waiting to here. Do we search the site for recommendations for agents ?
Do the agents let you know about visas or do we search the immigration website. We are both on the skills wanted list.
Hoping to end up in Adelaide.
We have found the site very helpful so far, thanks to everyone who contributes.

[Cellefrouin]

Hiya, we are new to this as well! There are some great websites out there. Look at Aussie-Move.com. Regards, Caroline.

[Liz and Paul]

Hi,

We initally went to an Australian Expo, there's one in London and Manchester every 6 months - think its March or April the next ones, they are quite useful for picking up leaftlets to take home and read but you can pretty much find everything you need on the web.

There are various agents where you can do a free on-line assessment and they will tell you are eligible to apply for based on your circumstances and give you a quote - we used ASA Migration who were fantastic, we got our visas in Nov, the skills assessment application in particular needs to be really detailed and they advised us on everything, also with the visa application what to put where etc. There are lots of AGents about or you can complete the forms yourself and even do it online now.

This website can be a great source of info so it might be worth you looking back on a few threads. If you have any questions please drop us a line.

Liz

[julie2g1b]

Hi and welcome to pio

some people get lots of info from these places oh went to one in

birmingham and some say there a waste of money you my get more info

from this site as lots of diferent people on all sorts of visa's plus a

couple of good agents on here as well.

good luck as a long process.

julie

[Dez]

Hi Liz & Paul, im just beginning the visa application process, I see you are from Cannock... im in Heath Hayes Cannock.... where are you from?

[Liz and Paul]

Hi Dez,

Will drop you a PM

Liz

[Helaine]

and one of the PIO peeps will sure to have the answer, defo go with an agent as its a lot of hard work to do on your own, although some have done it and are in OZ already,
we are using Bird Migration Agents based in qld

[billynhenry]

Thanks to everyone who has replied, i'm going to ring a couple of agents this week and hopefully get the show on the road. Nice to hear from other people who are new to this too. It is scary stuff!

Originally Posted by billynhenry

Well here we go, have decided that Oz appears to be the best future for us and the kids. We are about to start the process of applying. We have applied for the Australia needs skills expo in London and are waiting to here. Do we search the site for recommendations for agents ?
Do the agents let you know about visas or do we search the immigration website. We are both on the skills wanted list.
Hoping to end up in Adelaide.
We have found the site very helpful so far, thanks to everyone who contributes.