doubter

When and where are you going?

Well done and good luck

Came back 2010 and still flat and wished i never left even though i wanted too right up until the last month or so but it seemed to late to change decision. I suppose you remember the good times but i wish i never went in the first place coz i can compare. What really eats at me is the fact my visa expires dec 2014 and i dont want to let it go and would love to go again.

My understanding is if there are no restrictions with the visa then it is what it says on the tin. I did question my PR subclass 120 once with immigration which was payed for by my employer and I has to sign a contract with them stating I would work for them for 3 years. Immigration stated there was no restrictions apart from be a good Ozzie resident but my employer could go to the trouble of cancelling the visa as I signed a contract. I left my employer within the year and returned to the UK. The visa is still valid after 2 years as I have checked on VEVO online immigration site.

Try to save as much as I could for a year with OT as it happened a little quick in about 10 months from applying for job and getting PR and having to go. Had to go to Brisbane for interview and reccie in that time as well which was an expense I could have done with out but you seem to find it. sold two cars, sold my garage for £2000, cashed a useless endowment early got £8000. Never sold house rented it. This all payed for flights, 20ft container and transfered £10500 which at the time was about $17500 Managed to buy a second hand car, rental for 10 days, get 2 kids in school and secure a long term rental with bond before I started earning on this money.If I can do it anyone can, even though I ended up back in UK due to being homesick.

I needed to change job, suburb, town maybe not country, days off were great loved OZ. A visit home would have confirmed this not a permanent move.Unfortunately the family are not feeling the same though it is currently 2 vs 2 :xmas24: Winter blues set in now even though I enjoyed the first winter back as it was a novelty. If only I knew what zi know now but I wouldnt listen at the time. I did want to move at the time rather than come back to UK and had a transfer accepted with work but wife wouldnt let the kids go through the change again which I accepted as I had to think about them as well.

Had a burning desire to back to Uk which I did after going through all the normal feelings but threw the towel in early.Read quite a few posts on how people felt or close to depression.I felt thst could have crept in even though when the time came to leave Some of those feelings had left and I was settling in much better. Having been back in UK for 2 years I have a burning desire to go back. Am I a ping pong pom or do I have issues?

I have only lived and worked in QLD and traveled quite a bit around that state so I cant really compare it to other states but there are some great places to see and lots to do. When I was talking to a born and bred Queenslander they asked me if I had ever been to WA as they had just returned from a holiday there. They said it was a beautiful place and the beaches were amazing compared to QLD. Thats a big statement to make so maybe WA is the place to be as there are some amazing places in QLD from what I have seen but its mainly about job oportunities and facilities.

Exactly what I was thinking but didnt want to say it. Jasepom, maybe there was cracks in your marriage and you didnt realise. I think you posted on the wrong thread if you are looking for full support on your decision. the majority are on Brits in Blighty. This decision will be yours alone as everybody has their own and different experience, to love or hate. I can relate to it slightly as I would go back to OZ and made the wrong decision but am moving on and living with that decision.I know that if I chose to go back it would be alone and end in divorce.

Thats my point they are kids and you can not expect them to make adult decisions. I agree nobody has a crystal ball and she may stiil feel the same in years to come but her parents have made that decision for her and they are currently in control of that decision. The forum is about expressing personal opinion and that is what I did.

I think its part of the process and you need to be cruel to be kind. My 16 year old son felt the same including myself. I threw the towel in after 8 months with backing from my son. Having been in UK for 2 years now I question that decision every morning and would go back right now. Initially my son was pro UK and anti Aussie when we returned but he is now 19 and unemployed and he has also realised and admitted we should have stayed. I needed to find the correct work life balance and it was mainly my job why I never settled. My son never really liked his school mainly because he had to go back when he had left in the UK because of the age difference. His friends were younger than him so I think that was part of his problem. You really need to network as best you can and build up as many friends as you can. Maybe it could be something as simple as your daughters school. Try and expose her to as many friends as you can. Unfortunately part of the problem is the internet and facebook etc as to why people dont settle as there is a constant reminder of your life in the UK. Way back people who did this could only communicate via letter and a phone call if they were lucky. A visit back was usually out of the question so you had to get on with it. Just be strong and persevere and she wil thank you when she is old enough to realise.

Maybe you settled in the wrong place and had a bad experience.Oz is huge and there is a piece for everyone to enjoy and miss.

You obviously didnt live in QLD

Left QLD government job after 8 months and returned to UK.signed with employer stating I would work for them for 3 years or I would have to pay relocation expenses back.they never did anything with either. Visa still valid.restrictions will be imposed by immigration not your employer.depends what you signed and what it says in writing. my immigration letter and visa label just stated i was a PR and could come and go as i pleased until the visa expired and had all the rights of an australian resident.

I felt like that.After 2 years I miss Oz,weather its beauty, loads to do and see.Dont care what others say but the weather dictates everything and that limits what you can do in the UK and I hate the cold and having to put the heating on.

Which labour agreement visa is it? I ha a subclass 120 and their was no restrictions. You are a PR. I checked with immigration and they confirmed this. Although I was supposed to work for my employer for 3 years and they could have cancelled it. they never did and it is still valid as I have cheched online via VEVO.

I think you can apply with 1 year experience as a Technician(UK) and they are sponsoring 457 visa. if you take a look at their recruitment website stjohnchangelives and go into qualified paramedics and open up information booklet it states EmT is equavalent to their ambulance officer grade 2

So you went back to OZ on your own then hoping family would follow? Did you move everything back to UK for a year and who's decision was that? Sorry to pry but I made decision to go back to UK having nagged my missis for years to leave UK in the first place. Now having been back for 2 years I dream of going back but wife will not put everyone else through it again. I try to convince myself if I just go she will follow or end in divorce. Which do I want the most? :unsure: I definitely got issues. I sometimes wish I never went in the first place, even though people tell you you would regret it if you never tried, because I can compare now and know what I am missing.

Also felt it was a huge mistake coming back to UK after a week of bleak British weather. I tell myself over and over I should have come back for a visit because 2 months after booking the flights, without my wife agreeing by the way, the homesickness had passed but things were too far advanced. At that point the kids had been brainwashed by me and were looking foreward to seeing their old friends. In hindsight I should have been cruel to be kind and cancelled the move. Would have saved me a lot of money as well. The grass is not always greener coming back to the UK either.