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Interesting to read this we are now in our 7th year and love it we moved to Sydney and built our home a couple of years ago here. We took our kids back to visit the UK last Christmas, our youngest who was 9 when we came over had been pining for the UK for 6 years. We had a great time and loved seeing family and friends, hubby and I had been back a few times for family reasons but it was the first time for the two youngest. Since coming back our youngest son hasn’t mentioned going to live back in the UK, he is still proudly English but he sees his life in Aus now. Our eldest son lives and works in Melbourne with his Aussie fiancée, we all have citizenship now (it is SO worth getting), our wages weren’t bad in the UK but they are amazing here and we love our jobs. We are very thankful for everything we have and enjoying seeing more of Australia every year we are here.

I react very badly to mossies here in Aus, I had no idea they were so bad. I reacted badly to gnats in the UK and here in Aus in my first summer I was like a buffet for them. I found if I got more than 10 bites at once (the most I’ve had is 16) I started to feel quite sick. I’ve tried about every spray on the market and the one I really like is ‘GO’ which can be bought in woolies or coles. I can go to BBQ’s and walk out in the evenings and stay bite free although an occasional one might get me on an area I haven’t thought to spray (like my eyelid!). I also am very careful when I go out at dusk, I spray and still try and cover most of my legs and arms with clothing. Problems come when I don’t spray repellent and are out and about in the day and random mossies bite me. Some of the worst have been- out for a few minutes putting washing on the line, putting petrol in my car, talking to the NRMA while my car was being fixed. I can’t predict those and those bites have been absolutely vicious!!! I’m in Sydney.

Have to say that we had a lovely meal at his restaurant (one of our most expensive ones too), was appalled to find he'd been underpaying his staff.  I do wonder if the charges effected business - I don't think we'd have gone knowing that.

Hi guys .. 
first time ever to a forum!!! But looking  for some positive information on emigration to oz with 3 children and a wife! [emoji23] 
places 
work 
cost of living etc.. 
 
any help would be appreciated
thanks in advance guys [emoji106]
 
 

Hi we lived in the Sutherland Shire too when we moved over here 6years ago with 3 kids. We rented in Illawong we had moved in the middle of the GFC had sold our house for less than we paid for it and found to our dispair we couldn’t afford to buy anything anywhere in Sydney as the prices went crazy as soon as we got here. We came on PR. Eventually we bought a cheap piece of land in south west Sydney in a new suburb and have just moved into our new home we built there. We never imagined it would take so long to get our own place though.
We absolutely love Australia and became citizens last year. Keep going I really promise you it’s worth it, both my husband and I work in the CBD and have quite a commute each day but it’s worth it for great jobs and our lovely home. Our kids most importantly are settled and happy. We go back to the U.K. at the end of the year for a holiday to catch up with family it will be interesting how the kids find it!

Foreign birth certificate

Bank card

Bank statement with your address (you can go to your Aus bank and ask for one over the counter) this is probably the easiest and quickest as you need something with your address on and you won’t have a utilities bill

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Edit: Sorry just seen you don’t have a bank account!

Do you have a job offer letter? Or any official gov letter like a visa offer etc

Problem is with online shopping I like to try stuff on first, even in the U.K. I go into my fav shops - FatFace and White Stuff and see things I love then try them on and I look like a bag lady [emoji1] nothing better than being able to try before you buy!

Hi all!
 
Recently moved from London to Melbourne, and seriously struggling with shops! UK highstreet spoiled us and we took it for granted!
For a bit of background, I'm 27.  Back home it would almost always be Next, Marks and Spencers, House of Fraser, River Island, New Look, warehouse, Oasis, and some bargains from Matalan and Primark. My style is simple and (i hope) young... LOL
 
Does anyone have any tips for shopping out here? Any go to stores for particular items? I feel like there are very low quality stores (such as cotton on) that I thought might be on Matalan/primark level but aren't, and then higher end things, but not very much in the way of something in the middle!
Anything I need im running to Zara and H&M at the moment, just out of habit, although i think they're AUD prices are outrageous!
There are so many important issues that you carefully consider before a move like this, you don't prepare for comical problems such as this... I feel as though everything else is under control and this is stressig me out! That can only be a good thing i suppose, if this is the biggest worry!!
 
Thanks in advance for any help!

This was 5 years ago, no I didn’t track anything, NMC just said they would send it and even though AHPRA sent me an email saying they were still waiting for it, they actually had received it!

Very frustrating I agree. Mine was sent by mail from NMC and there weren’t any problems with it reaching AHPRA. Maybe get them to email it too it’s worth trying but they will still need a hard copy. They need a direct route NMC - AHPRA so surely email would be fine if they were able to verify NMC email account which should be very easy.

Also it means if you were overseas and got into trouble if any kind, as an Aus citizen, the Australian government would assist and represent you. The U.K. one would too but if you’re living in Aus it would make sense to want support from the Australian government.

Yes you definitely have to be onshore. You can do it online the day you arrive.

My son who is 15 likes them too he has all the tech but all of this is easy for him to give up too. He is quite lazy as in forgets to do his jobs and forgot to feed our dog last week so I knew taking his computer/PS4/iphone etc wasn’t going to hurt him so I grounded him and told him he wouldn’t be able to go to football training. That hurt him more than anything could. I’m not sure what to say, if he likes playing games with his friends can you encourage him to meet up with him for some physical games?

I get confused with the different types of Brethern.  There's Plymouth Brethern and Exclusive Brethern.  The Brethern ladies and girls I see here (saw a group of them today having a picnic) all have long hair, long skirts/dresses and a head scarf type of thing.  I don't think they are Plymouth Brethern??  OR is their another type of Brethern?

They are a law unto themselves in every respect.

I know because I was born into the exclusive brethren.

I went to high school just before the brethren started their own schools thank goodness. I was kicked out/excommunicated (they call it ‘withdrawn from’) at the age of 16 for going to the theatre to see a Shakespeare play my class were studying for English. Nothing is more important than the brethren, they believe they are special and have been born into greatness that places them above all other souls on earth. I lost all contact and forms of communication with my parents siblings and all my extended family overnight when I was kicked out and although the leadership has softened the rules slightly their dogma is unchanged. I would steer clear of any business,schools or so called charity work they do (their charity is the RRT which has a facebook page) which has ‘compassion’ as its motto. They now do charity work so they can continue to register as a charity and get tax free dollars. No other reason.

There is lots of work in Sydney for bricklayers I would think the same for Melbourne too but no idea about Brisbane. Sydney and Melbourne are extremely expensive to buy or rent!

Hi All, we lived in Melbourne on 457 visas from 2011 to 2016, since returning to Ireland and having a baby. We are looking at moving back to Melbourne hopefully mid to late 2019, and I'm just wondering if any of you know how quick we might get a mortgage.
 
I have checked my credit rating and it's very good, no outstanding or late payments etc. But I only have a cc with a low limit. My partner would be pretty much the same except for a higher cc limit, and I havent checked his so hoping his is excellent but probably not as we never had bill phones etc.
 
Upon arrival we would of course be renting, start up utilities and perhaps get a new cc with a limit of about 10k. I might get a small loan to buy a more expensive/newer car.
 
If my partner landed a perm job and I a maximum term position (the industry I would like to return to works on government contracts), do you think we would get approval within a year? Would I be better getting a perm job initially for the application then going for the job I really want?
 
I'm not looking for a discussion on how much houses are in Melbourne, we are well aware of that. I just have no idea how long we will need to be working etc. Before we can get approval.
 
Thanks!!

I have been reading articles on housing bubble softening recently but now I no longer hear about it nor am I seeing housing prices going down. Has there been any softening ?

thank you, if im honest i will apply on aged care as i have been doing this for 10 years and then look for manager roles once im out there.  would you recommend east or west coast ? for small towns near the beach ?
 

I am going to apply for the ANMAC modified assessment. I’m stumped at this point as I have no clue which code to apply under. My husband is going to be the main applicant on the visa and I am hoping to get the extra 5 points.
I am a registered nurse in Canada working as a Labour and delivery/Postpartum nurse. I am theater trained, I can scrub or scout and recover the patient.  I work with pregnant patients, triage them, manage the labour, I resuscitate the baby if needed and I continue with care for mother and baby up until discharge. I work with high and low risk patients.
Does anyone have a suggestion as to the ANZSCO code? Can I use more than one code?

yeah sorry manly sydney.  few million well manly is out then...
i would be looking for a clinical nurse manager post there

hi all, we have just returned from a holiday north or Perth and we fell in loved with the place.  Although, we are really struggling with if we go do we go perth or manly.  we have never been to manly area but its been recommended.
I would be so grateful for any advice
 
 

 
Gee that must be a tough one if it’s your kids wanting to back. It’s nice they want to keep that contact but not so great on your purse strings or annual leave allowance! I talk on the phone to my mum for in excess of half an hour every Monday - Friday when I commute to work so I definitely feel like I have plenty of contact, but I do still worry there will be a day when they aren’t here & I’ll regret all the opportunities I had to go & see them & chose not to. It’s really tough. I just wish they’d take it in turns to come here. I’ve chatted soooo many times to my parents explaining the strain they put on us by refusing to come here. We don’t have children yet but that’s another issue I raised with my mum. Her answer to everything is that she’ll pay for mine & my hubbys flight tickets every other year in exchange for not coming here...she doesn’t really ‘get it’.

Oh my goodness I feel I could have written this post except neither hubby or I are particularly close to our families but our children miss their extended family. We have been back 6 times in 5 years (not all of us together but this has been mainly due to poor health of our parents and subsequent funerals) and have booked a trip back to the U.K. this November. I have said this is the last one for a long time, we want to see the rest of the Southern Hemisphere too and the family have all agreed. We love it here in Aus and there is nothing I want more than to go and visit Broome, the Kimberley’s etc!! Besides which each trip back eats so much into our leave and it feels like going back isn’t a holiday but becoming a obligation. I think you have to say to yourself that’s enough, make the decision and use Skype!

Agree Penrith would certainly not be on my wish list as an area to settle!!