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Hi Sarah Thank you yes me too - I think it has increased to $24000 over a 4 year period.....Wills treatment bless him is currently priced at £30K per year in the UK!!!!! You see why I am worried?!!!!! xxx

Thanks for all the responses I have contacted Peter Bollard who pointed me towards a case which I had already located on the internet from 2005 of refusal not sure if he has any specific experience in this area unfortunately. I am awaiting response from George Lombard now so maybe this will offer a few more pointers. If we get sponsorship from our friend who has a business there does that mean he is liable to pay all of the medical costs??? Or if we get private health insurance does that go part way to covering??? The problem is the migration experts want the dough first.......and theres no guarantee - all I need is to find out if one family has done it and if any of them have direct experience of this - surely its not that difficult?!!! Another major worry is that some friends of ours here have mentioned that Australia is now heading for a recession??!!! That Tasmania and the South are already partly experiencing a slump due to China's economy slowing up.....any comments on this or daren't I ask????!!!!

Thank you both - good news as I have received a personal response from Sharon Caris, Executive Director of the Haemophilia Society Australia, who although is on leave, has emailed to advise that she will be forwarding some info to help us, on her return. Fingers crossed it might not be such a wild dream!!! By the way has anyone used Katie Malyon??? Recommended to us migration lawyer in Sydney???? Thanks xxxxx

Thank you I will investigate!!!!!xx

love you shirl sure you still want to move to Perth?!!!!!! I'm thinking Sydney needs a Nikki Beach!!!! xxx

Hi all My husband and I are desperate to move to Sydney with a view to starting a new business. My husband currently runs a design agency and has done for 24 years although we would like a completely different challenge. We are lucky that we have friends in Sydney who already run a successful business and want to start an additional new business with my husband. The problem is our son, aged 3, has severe haemophilia. Haemophilia is a bleeding disorder which means that he has almost no Factor VIII which is a clotting agent in his blood. His treatment consists of me injecting him with artificial factor VIII (so no blood or plasma product) every other day. He has had no joint problems as he is on a regime of prophylaxis which is a preventative method of treating haemophilia ensuring that he always has enough factor in his blood to ensure he lives a completely normal life. The treatment is very expensive and we are lucky that this is paid for on the NHS however would this be a barrier to entry regarding a visa to Australia??? His condition and its treatment means that he lives a completely normal life and will be able to get work etc when he is older and is not disabled in any way!!!! Does anyone here know of anyone who has successfully entered oz with this condition??? Having spoken to the Australian High Commission and various Migration experts we are told that we must begin the process of application and any health issues will be resolved during proceedings. Obviously it is a very costly process to be told half way through that Will may not be granted a childs visa as a result. I have investigated and scoured the net and discovered that the haemophilia society in Australia have put forward recommendations to Australian Immigration not to deny visas to immigrants with the condition as this would be a form of discrimination however I am not aware of the outcome. The cost of treatment is very high and possible would be more than $20,000 over 4 years however r&d is changing all the time and they are already working on a longer lasting factor which may mean in 10 years time he would only need 1 injection!!! Indeed with gene therapy he may even be cured - anyway for now all comments gratefully received!!!! Thanks for reading and I hope someone out there may be able to help us!!!!! We also have two daughters 6 and 7 and they can't stop talking about moving!!!! Until we work out whether Will may present a stumbling block we can't get excited with them!!! Thanks again Sally