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Hi Emily, It's Laura using my parents account, I did try to add you on facebook but there are a lot of Emily Woodhouse's listed, can you private message me on this website to describe your profile picture

Hi, We arrived on the Central Coast in November, family of 5 and got a lovely rental ok with no jobs. My husband is also an Australian citizen but I don't think that particularly swayed the outcome.We put a pack together of all our ID documents, a copy of our bank statement to prove we could cover the rent. We offered to pay more up front but they didn't take that option. We also put in a letter outlining our family, what our plans in Australia are and that we had been home owners in the UK and took pride in our home there and would look after any rental in the same way. Good luck with everything.

Thanks for your replies, that's put our mind at rest. We can just get on with worrying about everything else now

We arrived in Australia on Saturday and the first stop was to fly to Tamworth to visit family and drop off our luggage. We have budgeted for 4 months to spend the time checking out the areas we have considered settling in, look for jobs, rentals and schools. My husband is an Australian and I have a permanent visa. We have 3 girls, 16, 7 and 5 years. Our question is, because we don't know exactly where we want to stay we can't commit to a rental right now which also means we can't enrol the girls in schools, is it a problem that they will probably be out of school from now until the new school year starts at the end of January? someone one has told us this is illegal to do this and we could be prosecuted, obviously this has worried us and really not sure what to do now, any advise will be greatly appreciated.

Yes you can and thank you, it's a great feeling, :biggrin: good luck with your journey

:biggrin: OMG I'm so happy, my visa was granted 10 minutes ago!!!

Congratulations Pointyhats, perfect timing for you, mine was lodged the same day as you, I'm not jealous at all that yours has been granted and mine hasn't :daydreaming:

Congratulations christinaon18!! I've got the same case officer as you and applied 7th Feb so I'm hoping I may have your luck and get a grant soon although I'm being patient and working to the 8-9 month waiting time. Just out of interest, do you get notified by email or via post?

I work outdoors as a green keeper on a golf course pretty much every day! I start in the dark with a head torch on no matter the weather with no umbrellas and no roofed vehicles. Its a tough job in winter when its cold and wet, but lovely in the summer sunshine watering the greens with shorts and sun glasses on. I think the scenery looks nice when its cold but it doesn't feel good. Granted the rain provides the green but its not nice to work in. I am planning a move to the Gold Coast or central NSW where i hope to experience a good few more days sunshine. I know it rains and pours there too and gets blisteringly hot but i,ll try my luck

Hi Iron Chef hope you can help advise me here, 2001 Toyota Land cruiser Colorado (Prado) 4x4 3 ltr turbo diesel Automatic 170 000 miles Air con Uk value £6000-7000 Aus value $14000- 16000 NSW Thank you.

Once they have citizenship can they still arrive in Australia on their British passports or do they need to have Australian?

Thank you for your help, we did think that would be the case but just wanted clarification.

Hi All, My husband is an Australian and we're moving to Australia next year. I'm applying for a spouse visa along with my daughter from a previous relationship (we have her fathers consent sorted) my husband and I have 2 daughters that have British passports but we're applying for thier Australian Citizenship. If this is granted and we apply for their passports, do they still need to go for through the visa applicaton process with medicals etc or do they go the same as my husband and not have to aply apart from being listed on the Spouse visa? Hope someone can advise. Many thanks, Tracey

Hi, Does anyone have a template for the statutory declaration for a migrating child that they could email me please. It would be gratefully appreciated. If you can help, can you send a private message and I can give you our email address. Many thanks, Tracey

I know GCSE's are not recognised in Australia but does anyone know if HSCS are recognised in the UK? My daughter is going to start Year 10 in Australia in Jan 2014 (Year 11 in the UK) which means not taking her GCSE's in the UK. If the worse case scenario happened and in 2-3 years time she decided to come back to the UK, would her Australian exam results be of any use? Any advise appreciated, many thanks.

Sydney! North shore hospital 1975

Good question, I also have a chainsaw which i would love to take (MS200T to your husband ). Someone must have already shipped one? I guess the problem is the nature of the work they do, ie cutting diseased and rotten foreign wood. Surely they can treated with chemicals or quarantined or something? I hope someone here can help.

I did not note anything suggesting violence. Imagine you were the dad and loved the child more than anything, you cant just abduct her.

Thank you so much for your replies and Danielle, you have put my mind at rest. I think I would want a smaller company anyway so your comments are very reassuring.

I’m hoping someone on here can offer some advice to me please. My husband is an Australian, I’m British and we’re moving to the Gold Coast in June 2014 with our family. Not 100% sure on the area at the moment but considering Helensvale, Robina area or nearer Coolengatta. My concern is employment for me. I have no formal qualifications and the 4 jobs I have had in my working life, I have started as receptionist and then progressed within the job over the years. I have been in my current employment for 11 years, working for a relatively small manufacturing company in a job I really enjoy. I am an office co-ordinator, liasing with customers on the phone and via email, using excel for reports, word and outlook daily and generally overseeing the smooth running of sales, purchasing and despatch. My question is how easy or difficult do you think it would be to find office employment with no formal qualifications, just experience and, is there anything I could be training for in the 2 years before we arrive that would help me in any way? I’m worried that being ‘unskilled’ and 45 years old that I won’t find any work and will be overlooked for someone younger with qualifications . I'm presentable with a good telephone manner,excellent timekeeping etc, etc. Any advise will be appreciated. Many thanks.

Jimmy Barnes aka the screamer is compulsory listening in Oz

I enjoyed browesing through this site and thought I would share. http://goldcoast.asia/

Hi we are planning to move to Aus in 2014 after our eldest has completed her GCSE's. We have decided (so far) on the Goldcoast because it offers a piece of everything for us. So we are also investigating the suburbs and the characters they have. Helensvale and Currumbin look lovely but have you seen how awesome the shopping center is in Robina!!! Check this link http://www.robinatowncentre.com.au/directory

We are good for furniture I think (just brought last year) Might be thinking about collecting up a quality tool kit here from Halfords and maybe push bikes too if they are cheaper. I have aToyota Landcruiser here in the UK but think with the shipping cost it may not be worth it knowing there are plenty in Aus. Are there any cars that are worth considerably more over there to counter the shipping cost (budget maybe £5-10k) per car. I will stock up on quality M&S underwear too thanks

What would be worth buying before a move to Australia from the UK? Are bicycles, tools or certain makes of car, garden furniture or even clothes worth spending out on as an investment before you get there and find out that you should have. Alternatively what is cheaper in Aus that you should just sell before you go and replace out there? Would our tv's work or our pc? hmmm