Kacan1

Thankyou! I must have been looking at old information. that site was very helpful, selecting that I'm 25-32, 5-8years experience in skill, ielts of 7 and my diploma. It gave me 60points which Im aware is the minimum so hopefully my selections are correct.

We are now very serious about starting the emigration process to Perth, having researched a lot I have a pretty good idea of what I need to do. The only thing confusing me is which visa to apply for, don't want to waste money and get refused! Im the main applicant, a nurse with 5years experience, 26 years old, have 2 kids. Husband works in security, 33years old. We are wanting to apply as permanent residents and from what I can see there is those 2 visas, I just don't know which is most suited to our situation. Thankyou.

Thanks for your reply, I mean an additional $2700 a month for utilities, car, food etc on top of rent, therefore a total of approx $5k per month

[TABLE=class: tborder, width: 100%, align: center] [TR] [TD=class: alt1, bgcolor: #F9F9F9]Hi all,Just found this site, I have posted my questions on other forums and I thought I would also post here as I'm looking for a wide range of views. After thinking of it for years my husband and I are finally starting to make steps in moving to Australia. We are considering Perth, wa and for months now I have spent hours/days scrolling different threads to get ideas of places to live, cost of living etc, it's been hard work! I am a registered nurse, been qualified 5 years now, background in respiratory. My husband is a security officer, starting a course in barbering in the next few months (1 year course) We have 2 kids, age 4 and 4 months. We do not own a home in the UK We have thought very hard about this and do not expect to move to a life of luxury. We expect to just have the same life (financially) as the UK with just a better 'life style' I'm looking for people's views/advice on whether you feel our expectations seem real or not. Having looked at various threads for months we like the look of northern Perth suburbs, tapping, carramer etc. Both working full time with a joint Salary of minimum $100k Total monthly outgoings of around $5k (rent $2300 per month, utilities,car costs, food shopping, activities etc totalling $2700 per month. Joint salary of $100k giving us a take home Salary each month of just over $7k after deductions (used an online calculator, which is probably way off!) leaving us with an extra $2k each month to do as we please after all bills etc paid. Does that seem about right so far? With us both working full time we'd also have childcare costs so may have to look at the extras we have accounted for in that $5k per money expenditure. We will be coming with no debts owing in the UK, a clean slate with £20k savings ($30k) after paying visas, flights, shipments etc. We'd be looking at buying 2 used cars approx $5k each just to get us started. I'd be grateful if anyone could advise me on whether this looks realistic to them or not? In the UK we live in a rented home, after bills etc we don't have much money left over each month, we get by pretty good with money to enjoy days out etc but not much after that, we have used cars and have worked hard to get together our savings. We are open to other suggestions of areas/states to live in which might suit our income better? not big city life people, prefer quiet communities, still with transport to the larger areas, not too far from a beach, good schools. Thankyou for taking the time to read my post. [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]