paddy

I think you have hit the nail right on the head I think it would be very different now our kids are older , also that feeling of loosing the chance to return to au is hard to live with especially after all we went through to get our pr visa in the first place thanks all for your veiws to

We intially moved to adelaide in 2009 with my wife (who was pregnant) and 2 girls 2 and 4 at the time i found work straight away got a nice rental and settled into aussie life. We had our little aussie boy after 4 months and my OH found it very difficult looking after 2 young girls and a baby with no family to call on for help , i couldn't have much time off work as a new starter so was very hard. We had both sets of parent come out to see us which was great but devistating when they left, our australian friends were great (but didn't really realise until we had returned how great they were ) But one thing lead to another (2 grandparents and an uncle dying not helping the situation) and we returned to uk in 2011. I got same job back i had before leaving and slotted back into life with work friends, my OH has her mum and 2 sisters around her but friends she had before immigrating have moved on with there lives and she doesn't seem to fit in any more. We have a 176PR visa but was valid until july 2014 for travelling so we have applied for return visa which is now valid until march 2015, we talk aaalllooottt about australia if there is anything on tv about oz we are watching which seems to be very regularly. We are not in the best financial situation but we never are. So there we have it me my wife 2 girls now 7 and 9 and 1 aussie boy 4 do we stay or do we go, when every we talk about australia we get that warm feeling inside but if talk about not going back we both get that gutted feeling inside. :arghh: