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Wow, I came back to check on this thread and that's quite the discourse! I was looking to convince my wife to move a number of years ago, and she even said yes! I pulled the plug because I knew that she wasn't ready. It hasn't come up since then. In the past couple of years, I've made a contact in Australia and have been working on projects with them. There now may be the opportunity to move over to do even more lucrative work, but it still comes with the realisation that it may not be right, who knows how any of us feel in the future? We are looking to evaluate all options to see if it could be done. If we move, I will have a lucrative job waiting for me, where I am my own boss and can decide if I want to take 3 months back home. Working from home on the job is entirely possible anyway. If this is to happen the money needs to be right as well. It may only be for 4-5 years anyway and I would hope to be able bring family members over to help with some of the home-sickness. This has been a very judgemental experience, accusing me of constant nagging is almost upsetting. Sometimes opportunities arise that are hard to turn down. I'm also on the fence and need to be convinced it is the right move, now I have kids it will be hard to take them away from their grandparents and friends. So, we are assessing our options and would have thought there would be a bit more of a convivial chat about this...I'd hope this isn't the general welcome people receive.

Yeah, that's pretty much it. The kids are 9 & 6 so not really critical years yet. I definitely wouldn't want the kids to miss out on their education and the idea would be that the whole family comes back for 3 months in the year. It's not ideal, just working through all the scenarios, but distance learning would be an interesting avenue. We did it for a whole year anyway in Covid!

This is quite a strange one but trying to evaluate options. I may have the opportunity, next year, to move to Hobart, but my wife has a lot of things that need to fall in place. One of which being that she wants to be back in NI for the NI summer. Has anyone come across anyone that has been able to work with split schooling such as this? Any advice? Note - This will not be a nail in the coffin of the move if it isn't feasible.

Tell her that the colours that they take on are different when you're in Australia. Either that or tell her you flushed them down the loo! Then use that as an explanation as to the why water flows down the toilet/sink!

Tell her that the colours that they take on are different when you're in Australia. Either that or tell her you flushed them down the loo! Then use that as an explanation as to the why water flows down the toilet/sink!

Just tell her that you did bring them, and buy new ones! She's 4, she'll never know!

Just tell her that you did bring them, and buy new ones! She's 4, she'll never know!

The shipping won't be much, we'll just be shipping essentials so don't envisage a large outlay. Reading around it seems like £5k would be approximately the cost for the dogs, with flights around £1.5-1.8k, I can see £10k being about right. But I could be wrong, haven't looked into it all. We have to sell our house, which should net us around £15k, and 2 cars, around £2k, pay off some stuff, maybe £5k, so we should be in good enough shape. That's another thing though, selling the house, that could prove to be long and arduous and we won't be able to pay for anything until that is done. So that could be another delay! Everything really adds up, in time and money, whenever you start to think about it! Dunno about relocation allowance at the minute, I'm pretty sure they'd help us out to some degree, I suppose I'll have to wait and see.

Thanks for the info lebourvellec. I think we will leave the application until after the baby is born but I'll try to get the ball rolling regarding the sponsorship. I just think that asking someone if there will be a job in a years time for me is a bit strange. But I suppose asking now won't do any harm. Another question...dogs. We would be looking to move our 2 dogs over, would we need to start planning for the various vaccinations, etc, now? Gonna need about £10k for all this aren't we! With dogs, flights (how much is it for a baby anyway?!), shipping...It's an expensive business this. I'm gonna have to give up everything until we go to afford it!

Ok, it's been a couple of months since I've been on the forum. Last I was seen I was discussing trying to convince my wife over the opportunity to migrate with a young child. She is pregnant, due in November, I think we have came to an understanding about moving to Australia. We will be looking to move to Tasmania (Hobart), we have family and friends based there and one has always said that he would do his utmost to get me sponsorship to move over. (He is the manager of an IT firm and I am a software developer.) My wife would also love to study nursing, and we have seen that there is a 2 year fast track course in Hobart. I think I read somewhere recently that this might be being discontinued though. So my questions are: - With my wife looking to study Nursing, if there is a course in 2014 she will need to apply by August 2013. Which means we will have to have a PR visa. Is this timescale doable with an employer sponsored visa? - With the child on the way, we would need to include the child on the visa application. Does this mean we have to wait until November before we can apply? Would this impact the timescales for the visa, bearing in mind the date we would need to have PR by? - When would be the earliest you would advise travelling with a new born baby? I was thinking 6 months, which would bring us into May 2013 before being able to travel. - Should I begin the process of getting in contact with the family friend with the job offer now? Seeing as we may not be moving for up to a year would this not be premature? - What should the chain of events be for us in this situation? Is there anything else we need to do? Is there anything else you need to know for an informed decision?

A 12 inch trampoline isn't going to be much use! :wink: