Malkitek

Hi,

I probably have no useful advice as we live in Adelaide, have a permanent visa and don't have kids but my hubby works offshore on ships (ROV pilot) and wouldn't want to live near the airport as we see it often enough

Your family is probably used to the offshore lifestyle but just a wee note to say I have found it harder here than when we were in the U.K although I'm not really sure why? I have friends here, I have a full time job, only real difference is I don't have my parents here but that was only a monthly visit anyway. Maybe cos it's so lovely being here I want him here all the time! But I've got used to it and it's his job so we just suck it up and enjoy the money and the free time when he's home! (With a fair bit of moaning on the phone to him while he's away!)

good luck

gill x

Hi,

just wanted to say we ended up bringing our cat last minute as our adopter fell through. She was nine, very timid, a skin condition and titanium pin in her leg! She came out of quarantine looking better than we had last seen her! She's moved home twice (no more moves, we've bought a home now) and she has been great! She loves the sun so much, loves being outdoors (well as long as she can skulk about in bushes, she'd never just walk down the street). We haven't regretted it for a minute and it helped me settle in so much more easily to have her here! She is now 11 and has become a right sook

Gill

Hi

I'm in Adelaide and oh can be anywhere in world working. He did it in uk too but seems harder here. But he gets to come home to a gorgeous place it always makes me feel better knowing loads of people have to do it too!

Hi,

I am in Adelaide so a different ivf clinic, but my uk experience to aus is night and day. We are being treated in a private clinic which is part of a public hospital. The access is fantastic, was virtually impossible for us in uk as hubbie works offshore but they have bent over backwards for us here. Very professional and honest. Our clinic bulk bills half cost then we pay half and get various amounts back on Medicare too. Get more back the more you spend in a year! Our clinic is now trialling bulk billing so our next frozen cycle we won't pay anything! And this started ten months after we arrived in aus as permanent citizens.

Good luck

Gill x

Hi,

we moved one of the most nervous cats to adelaide two years ago. First wander around new house she skulked around, but we had bought a wee hidy hole bed for her and as long as she could retreat to it she was fine. Two years later she is such a happy sun worshipper she has never been happier! Now we have the move from rental to our own house to navigate!

Gill x

Hi,

I'm a nurse and in SA I get four weeks annual leave with the public holidays on top of that so about six weeks. Sick leave I get 115hrs a year, that does accrue over the years if not used. There is also long service leave after ten years but I'm ages away from that!

Gill x

Hi,

Flew back from Glasgow last month with connection to Adelaide of 1 hr 50 mins. Flight was on time but then put into holding pattern for 30 mins over Dubai, and then was on bus for about 20 mins. There were loads of people with short connections to Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne and we were all collected together off the bus and hustled through the airport at speed to our next flights, which had been held. Not even time for the loo, but me and my bag made it to Adelaide!

Gill x

Oh yes my poor wee killer has a bell, and at one point a large sonic device that shrieked when she leapt, but nothing seemed to work in the UK! She has no luck here though (thank god)

gill x

Hi,

My cat was a monster killer in Scotland, birds, mice anything that moved! We brought her over to Adelaide and was very worried abouth the gorgeous local birds, but she hasn't caught one yet and in fact is a wee bit bullied by them! In 16 months she has caught a few butterflies and a few lizard tails, but otherwise enjoys strolling around in the sun! very glad we brought her.

gill x

Hi,

When practising for the reading I found I couldn't much of it because the topics were often so random and generally uninteresting to me, so I also went the route of reading the questions first and then scanning for the answers, rather than reading the whole text first. I also think was right plan for me as was sooo nervous that doubt I would have remembered much through sheer panic!

Good luck!

Gill x

Hi,

we had to pay the quarantine fee at least a week before our cat left it, so they would release on time. Is not ideal, but our cat was in a different city than us in quarantine, as there is not one in Adelaide. She looked great when she was flown to us from Sydney.

gill x

Hi, a wee bit different but my hubbie had just been in hospital for four days with abdo pain, and altered liver function tests, the week before his medical. He was still due to go back as an outpatient to review his liver function. I advised him not to mention it unless asked but bless him he blurted it all out straight away. I think we had a particularly sensible doctor, but she did tell him that it wasn't important for this type of medical, it wasn't what they were looking for, and it wouldn't matter. He passed no problems.

Cheers

gill x

Hi Stacey,

my oh works off shore on ships, and probably the worse bit for me is there is no planned roster so he goes and we don't know how long for! So at least you would know when your oh was coming back!

He did the same job from Scotland, and it is harder for me here, but it's his job, we need it to get settled and buy a house here, and it does keep the relationship honeymooney! I do think I would struggle with him home every night! (I did bring the cat, which helps!)

worth a shot for a ticket to oz, you can manage I'm sure!

cheers

gill x

Hi,

we are a couple in early forties without kids and we live in Adelaide. We had always heard of Adelaide as a family place, and it is, but great for laid back couples too!

Have lived in Sydney, and visited all other big cities. We live just south of Hallet Cove in Port Noarlunga and it is gorgeous. We arrived midwinter last year and are now midwinter again. You do get rain in winter but usually seems only for a hour or two then it clears. The sunny days in winter are glorious! The spring and autumn were lovely, and summer really good. Can't complain about the weather. It's cool at night in winter but I sleep better!

We were planning to come over to live in Queensland but after hubbie had a job in humid part of India I couldn't convince him! Coming from Scotland, we love the size of Adelaide, it's affordable, and laid back. Loads of areas to explore, we drove up to the Flinders for a weekend a month ago and were blown away how gorgeous it is. I have an hours drive into work which isnt ideal but still am so happy when come over the hill and see the south on the way home.

It's also very handy for getting to Sydney etc, I'll be having my second weekend Sydney trip in a year, next month. Oh and emirates are to be flying from Dubai starting in november.

Can't help on the hubbies job front, and suppose that'll be the deciding factor!

not a bad decision to have to make really

cheers

Gill x

I'm sure you have sent your application off now but I sent mine to Canberra and they received it on the

4/5/11 and I was registered on the 5/5/11 and on the ahpra website as being registered, the staff were really helpful.

wow thats amazing! Congratulations!

Gill x

Ooh I remember registering on my working holiday visa! We turned up at office in Sydney with our paperwork, thought it might take two or three weeks, and were a bit annoyed we got registered in half an hour! Meant we could work instead of lying on the beach! How times have changed!!

Gill x

was that $220 assessment fee plus $115 registration fee?

Hi,

yes i paid both at the beginning

Gill x

Just wondering what everyone sent in fees when they applied to AHPRA. I've heard of people paying the full registration, application and assessment fee out and some have only sent the assessment fee as you only get eligibility to register now and have to go in person into the office and then you pay the registration fee

 

thanks x

Hi, I paid the whole lot and am actually registered, but have also neede to re register again this month having not yet reached oz! I do like being on the register however! It's comforting to know I can work when I get there!

Gill x

Hi Bev,

I sent a document (on headed notepaper) I made of all study days, training, mentoring, teaching etc with info on what learning outcomes etc I had achieved, then got my Charge Nurse to sign it as correct! I also downloaded a copy of my training record from the health board intranet. Mainly concentrated on last 12 months but NHS training record covered 4 years. Was a bit nervous as Oz seems to have higher hours of p.d but thought I could only be judged against U.K guideline?

You're doing so well at speeding through the applications!

Gill x

Hi All,

 

Can anyone with recent experience tell me if AHPRA accept IELTS test results and certificates of good standing when they are transferred from the ANMC after they’ve completed a skills assessment? I’m asking because under normal circumstances these two documents should come directly from the issuing authority – common sense suggests there shouldn’t be a problem but we are talking about AHPRA…

 

Any input would be gratefully received.

 

Thanks,

 

Simon.

Hi Simon,

I recently have had registration confirmed, and I had to provide only a c.v, evidence of professional education and marriwge certificate for change of name, all rest of documents were covered by my anmc assessment,

Gill x:biggrin:

You will need Skills assessment for QLD SS 176 and nursing registration.

 

Do not let the next bit put off, I am trying to sort the following problem out with QLD gov................

 

I got granted QLD SS last August and applied to AHPRA for my nursing registration at the same time, got my letter of "Eligibility for nurse registration" from AHPRA on 10 Jan 2011, but this is not good enough for Queensland. They say they want my registration certificate, but I won't get this til I appear at the AHPRA office in Brisbane with my letter of eligibility and ID. So they are refusing to send my state sponsorship nomination form on to immigration. So now I am going on a 457 temp visa so I can get out there and get that certificate.Work then while I wait for my 176 to come through. Only problem with that then is I need to offshore for 10 days and then return to validate the permanent visa. I am trying to get this rule changed with QLD but they are waiting to hear from AHPRA to confirm eligibility is all I get. They will be waiting cos AHPRA don't reply to emails. Absolute nightmare, but don't let this put you off.

If I was you I would get your registration form in with AHPRA, not sure if you need IELTS or not, they keep changing the rules. I started this whole process this time last year so had to sit IELTS. Sure someone will have the up to date info on this. AHPRA are useless and keep changing the rules......

Hopefully QLD will have changed their rules in time for you, so you don't and others don't have to endure the rubbish I am dealing with currently. On QLD's SMP criteria for nurses it says you must have eligibility to nurse, I have this and have pointed this out but not good enough. I will get them to change the rule............DETERMINATION !!!!!!!!!!!:arghh:

Helen ,

What a nightmare, this is so ridiculous, especially after having to deal with the ahpra in the first place, is there no-one with some sense you can get to take this further?

Good luck, you're definetly detemined!

Gill x

Hi

Oh this is making me stress out! I read and re read then added my mum, dad, and brothers as family members not migrating (not dependents). When I submitted it they did come up and I nearly freaked out thinking I had applied for us all, (can't imagine what my sister in laws would say!) but on my online visa application check page, it is just me and hubbie so think is okay?

Gill x

Hello!

After 3 months I finally have an email from AHPRA who say that they haven't received my file from ANMC yet in Sydney, do I know where it was sent? Now maybe wrong but presumed ANMC knew where to send it, although this is the first time Sydney has been mentioned!!!??? I'm sure my form went to Melbourne? Then they have the cheeck to say that as I was registered before on a WHV in NSW in 1998, that they don't need my IELTS results! Thankfully as I am awaiting a 176 visa, I'm not under time pressure, but I do would like someone to shout at a bit!:arghh:

Has anyone needed to get ANMC send their file twice, will they do this?

Thanks

Gill x

Hi Gill

I think that should be ok, cos you could always forward the certificate of registration when you receive it. Which visa are you applying for ? 176

Annette

Thanks Annette

Yes a 176 with SS from SA, hopefully!

What are your plans?

Gill x

Hi

The answer is yes you now need registration in order to apply for 176, or at least evidence you have sent the paperwork off.

Annette

Hi

I sent a copy of the receipt the AHPRA sent me for assessment and registration fee, do you think this is enough?

Gill x