joek62

Hey Island,

I hope you've managed to get sorted out by now. I've had similar problems.

The reason for animals being transported within a few days of the owner applies to all pet transfer due to HMRC tax reasons, all pets must arrive 5 days either side of the owner.

It's getting crazy now due to covid - I had a price, flight and flight date agreed with PetCarriers and just when I thought it was all sorted, Petcarriers came back three weeks before the flight date with an $1800 price increase, that was 40% rise...there's a lot of exploitation going on from the airline,  hope not from the carrier agents.

I transferred my cat from Singapore to Sydney almost seven years ago - it did it all myself at a fraction of the cost agents charge but no airlines allow people to do it by themselves from Australia...that's exploitation in itself.

My cat is flying 'Business' whilst I am flying Economy...crazy shit...!?

If you make it, then look me up for a beer or coffee, as you'll need friends no doubt.

Joe

@vijayuk

I'm 54 too, l've been in Sydney for over 3 years and I'm sorry to let you know but wanting to move to Australia forever may be more difficult than you realise. The cut off point for permanent residency and citizenship is 50 years old unless you are a professional who earns in the region of above AU$140,000 per annum for a three year period prior to application - l don't, so l can only stay here as long as l am working and renewing 4 year sponsorship visas, once l cannot get a visa renewed then l must leave Australia within 60 days.

The rule prior to 50 years old are, working for the same employer on a sponsorship visa for two years, you are then entitled to apply for a permanent residency which lasts for 5 years; you are then entitled to apply for citizenship after two years PR, which is virtually guaranteed as the PR is the more difficult of the two to acquire.

Sorry to burst your bubble.

Good luck.

Joe

Hi Helen,

My name's Joe and I live near you at Cremorne. Even though the Northshore is very beautiful and ultimately very liveable, it's not where the action is. I haven't been on PIOz for quite some time but l'm back looking for some social stimulus again.

I've been here in Sydney three years and l have found it quite difficult making friends outside of work, of course my good work friend have families and lives of their own.

I met a few guys on PIOz a couple of years back and the three of us became really good friends, alas one of the guys had to return to the UK, and the other has since met a girl and had a baby - hence my return to PIOz in search of new friends.

I'm pretty clued up on the CBD bar scene here, especially the hidden bars (l like that quirky sort of thing), for something a little more hipster-ish head to Surry Hills and for 'alternative' have a look at Newtown, it reminds me a bit of Camden Town in London; then there's Oxford Street, which is very gay appreciative shall we say, and Kings Cross which has had a bad rep for such a long time, but has taken on a transformation in the last year due to good policing and licensing restrictions.

I know this is all difficult to do on ones own, l'm in the same boat, but If l find some Brit social get togethers, l'll let you know.

Take it easy.

Joe

Hi there,

I moved my cat from Singapore to Sydney back in 2014.

Just to confirm there is a designated quarantine facility on the outskirts of Sydney - she had to remain there for the mandatory 10 days because she arrived from a non-risk class A country in Singapore (no record of rabies for over 50 years).

She had to go through a full vet assessment and inoculation procedure in Singapore by Authorised Vets which was time scheduled.

Other than flight cost, which was in the region of SG$350, there was a quarantine cost of lodging and food of around AU$600, then she was clear for collection.

The whole procedure was straight forward and systematically efficient, l had no complanits and my cat was very well taken care of.

I was very satisfied.

Tip: Do not drug you cat for the flight, it is entirely unnecessary - an animal, even though afraid at the time, has a mechanism to deal with fear, they retreat into a safe dark corner, make themselves small, and stay alert. This serves them well in the the wild and the alertness is imperative until they realise there is no danger and then they relax.

Drugging removes the alertness and this causes more stress and confusion as they are unable to digest what is happening.

Good luck

Joe