DJ78

Fantastic. Thanks again for some good advice. We will get onto it today as we fly out in a couple of weeks.

Thanks for your quick reply. We are British. So from what you're saying then, we don't even need the ETA and need to get the eVisitor tourist visa. Whilst writing this I have just been onto the website and looks very straight forward. Thanks so much for your advice.

Hi there, Has anybody had any experience of the following... My husband has been invited to apply for a state sponsorship visa and we are within the 60 day time frame in which to submit the application. Before we take the final steps, my parents have agreed to look after the kids for 10 days so that we can go over and see what life in Oz is like. We booked our tickets yesterday but when we looked into the Visa options for coming over as a visitor, it states the following If you have another visa pending (for example a visa under the General Skilled Migration program) you should be careful not to apply for an ETA around the same time as your application is processed through the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship. Your application for temporary ETA could affect the status of your permanent visa We haven't actually submitted the application for the Visa but have been invited. How would we stand? Please advise if you have experienced this yourself. Many thanks Danielle

It is a fantastic programme. Like you say all goes well until the DVD comes on ha ha. Some of the families make them feel so bad for going which is a bit unfair. We told our parents this weekend and they have been so supportive. My dad is delighted at the prospect of spending winter in the sun! We will try Elders. Thank you and will research some more too. Good luck with selling your furniture. It's so expensive taking everything over isn't it. Hope your move goes really well and that you enjoy being back home and that the flight doesn't feel too long with two kids in tow. I will let Dave know what you said about everyone being really welcoming. I thought that would be the case and like you say, what also helps is that you can make friends through parents you meet at school. My circle of friends has grown considerably by getting to know all the school mums since my daughter started in September. Really hope your daughter enjoys the adventure and getting to explore all the wildlife. Good luck with everything and thanks again for your number and your advice. Take care.

That's fantastic. My husband and I when we get nervous keep doing the flipping of the cards like they do on Wanted Down Under ha ha. Sounds like things are coming together for you. Must be such a relief that he has got a job too. We are waiting for my husband to get the full visa issued and then we are going to do a more serious job search. He's been looking but hasn't applied for anything yet. Fingers crossed that your husband gets the results he wants on the IELTS. So much to do isn't there! All good suggestions about the estate agents etc. We are hoping to view a couple of properties but it seems different over there. More open house days rather than arranging a viewing by appointment??? Have you any suggestions of who you registered with or should I just go on Realestate.au.com Were definitely going to hire a car too. Thanks for your response

Thanks for your advice. I've now logged onto the Adelaide site as well.

Hi there, I really hope that somebody out there may be able to help me??? My husband has been invited to apply for a Visa under a state sponsorship to Adelaide. We have two young aged 5 and 3 so it's really important that we explore and research everything properly before making our final decision to move to Australia. My parents have kindly agreed to have our kids for a short time at the beginning of August so that the two of us can visit and really see what life is like. We wish, if possible, to meet with a few families that have already been in our position so that we can see what life is like in comparison to England, warts and all. We wondered if anybody would be willing to meet with us to go through the good points and not so good points so that we can make a more balanced decision before we take the final plunge. We will be arriving in Adelaide on the Friday evening of 2nd August so this would leave us with time from Saturday 3rd August until we leave on Saturday night the 10th August. Because we can't leave our children for very long, we have such a small amount of time in order to really get to grips with Australian life, so we need to make the most of the time we have there. We don't want to see Adelaide through tourists eyes so feel that this will be a really important part of our decision making process. If anybody is at all willing to make contact with us either on the forum or in person when we arrive, we would greatly appreciate it. We look forward to hearing from somebody soon. Many thanks Danielle :smile: