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I don't know how to close this thread. Given the fantastic advice and insight from some of the posts, we have decided to scrap the trip over in favour of going straight for the 189 application (which was our original plan) to save us £1000's and enable us to take more with us when we get there. I can't thank all who posted enough for taking the time to give me your opinions, we really appreciate it. Cheers
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Cheers PomCop. As I mentioned in a few post earlier, it is looking like that is the plan. Emailed GoMatilda to get our application underway so just waiting to hear back from them. I am not too concerned about homesickness for me as I have lived abroad before (in China and in Greece) but I am concerned about my wife and kids. We agreed that we would give it 2 years minimum to see how everyone gets on and we would keep money back in the bank in case it didn't work out to get us home.
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Thank you so much Lady Rainicorn, your post and snifter's and Gbye Grey Sky's have helped massively. As I mentioned above, my wife and I are re-thinking our plans and your post has possibly pushed us back toward our original plan of just going for it. Can't thank you all enough for your advice. Steve
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Thanks Snifter, really appreciate this. Valuable experience is far better than anything else. We are now re-thinking our plans. Cheers
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Gbye Grey Sky, thank you so much for this reply. My wife and I have just been talking about pretty much what you have said just now. As it stands it is looking more and more that we just take the plunge. I have no doubts at all but my wife does (although this is seemingly becoming less and less) and if I had my visa handed to me today I would get going immediately. With all the costs assigned to going for 1,2,3 months etc, it is looking like it will outweigh the cost of the visa app and the flights there. Perhaps after all this we may end up just going on permanent. Thank you again
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We always planned to sell the house as we want to leave the town we live in. The extended trip was a by-product of selling up. If we were not successful with the app (which we should be as my job is on the skills shortage list) then we would relocate anyway. I am not looking for a 'try before you buy' visa, I am looking to give us as much time as we need to decide it is what we want.
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Thank you for this reply, it is brilliant. I can get in on a 189 so I am comfortable with selling my house. If we are not successful with the app (there is no reason why we wouldnt be) we are looking to leave our own town in any case so the trip to Oz was a by-product of us agreeing to move. We have been given options by the school in regards to work so we can keep up with it if necessary and home-schooling is one of them but something I would rather not do if we can have them educated professionally. The plan is to go straight to Brisbane and look around there for home, school, places of work etc but also have a holiday too, hence the 3-6 month thought. Thanks again
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I am a skilled engineer so I qualify for a 189 so would not entertain a .457 at all. Cheers
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Surely we can rent before we move to Australia?
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Hi Quoll. Thanks for replying. I am in between a rock and a hard place as all of our money is tied up in our house. If we sold the house and rented in the UK until we were ready to go surely that would be proof of residence here in the UK before?
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Thank you Sammy for bringing that up. Two of my children are of school age and we would like them to be schooled while we are there. I know some people tend to think that we don't need to go for 3 months to decide where we are going to move to but I disagree as we want to get it right first time. Are you aware of what visa we would need to apply for in order to get them into school please?
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Thank you Skani, this is what I was looking for. Thank you Rammygirl.
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Hi Bungo Perhaps I wrote my question a little less clearly than it read when I made it. My point is that there are options where you pay, don't pay, can stay without leaving, have to leave every 3 months etc etc. I want to get the right one and don't want to have to pay for flights to leave the country after three months if we decide to stay that long. Ideally I would like a 6 month or 12 month visa so we can decide when to leave. I just need to know if these are free or if you have to pay. I want to make sure I get everything right in advance of my visa app next year. Thanks
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Hi All My wife and I decided upon emigrating (subject to successful visa app of course) a while ago. We are now at the stage where we can being planning as our house is almost ready to go on the market. We are planning a 3-6 month trip out there before hand to stay in places we want to look at before we decided where to live when we move there. However, I am getting bamboozled with varying options on the tourist visa side of things. Some people say you don't need to pay, you can stay for 12 months without leaving, you can't stay for 12 months, you need to leave every 3 months, it is free, it is £150 .... the list is endless. I would be hugely grateful if someone could please give me some advice as to what Tourist Visa is recommended for us. We are 2 adults and 4 young children. We want to stay between 3 and 6 months and don't want to have to leave before the end of the trip (ie, after 3 months). Thank you in advance of your help/advice Steve
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Thanks for answering. Glad you are happy with the choices you made too. After accidentally staying for 7 more years I can see that it is still the right place to aim for. Thanks again
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Hi. Tried to pm you a week ago or so. I am a hydraulic testing systems installation engineer (since May 2004) which is high pressure pipework (4500 psi under test) and I would like to know if you are still looking for pipe fitters?
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Hi. I was going to ask the same as Kimbodia as Brisbane is our destination of choice too.
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Congrats mate
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<p><p>Hi Pablo</p></p>
<p><p>Sorry mate, I didn't know you had replied in Feb.</p></p>
<p><p>I ended up calling Go Matilda and they have been great so far. Things have changed a bit since you went in '08 I should imagine but the fees seem similar. I am going to app on a 189 after my talk with a guy called Matt. I have a wife and 4 kids so there is a bit of cost there to consider so all in all I am looking at approx £8500-£10000 (they Oz gov put the family costs up 50% if we don't start before July) so I need to get that all together.</p></p>
<p><p>Exciting and nerve shredding as it all hinges on the Vetassess and my field is specialist and it is covered under general fitter (I install Hydraulic testing systems) so if they ask me questions about what General Fitters do then I am going to be chucking £1000 away ..... fingers crossed.</p></p>
<p><p>The good news is 189 gets me permanent (the people we used last time out said we would only get in on a visa which had 2 years)</p></p>
<p><p>Thanks for the messages </p></p>
<p><p>Steve</p></p>
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Hi Really sorry to hear your bad news today. I am just getting started on mine but from the UK. I don't know much about your process but Ozmaniac above seems to have all that covered. However, I would say that if you need an agent, I was recommended Go Matilda.... they are fantastic and well worth their fees. They have offices in Oz too. Good luck
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<p><p>Hi Pablo,</p></p>
<p><p>Thank you very much for the message. I am going to contact them on Monday and see what they say. I have used a place in London at the end of 2013 and they wanted £2000, all up front, but they did run me through a whole load of questions and said I would get a 189, 190 and 457. </p></p>
<p><p>What do you know about the costs of the visa? This company said I would have to pay approx £10000 (inc their fees) for the visa (£3300), practical test/exam (£2600), written test/exam (£860), medicals & Police checks (£700 each for me and my wife) and their fees of £2000. </p></p>
<p><p>Does this seem about right to you?</p></p>
<p><p>Cheers</p></p>
<p><p>Steve</p></p>
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Hi Jac2011 Thanks for the advice. Really appreciated.
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Thank you for the reply. My skill is on the wanted list (pipe-fitting is essentially what I do which covers industrial, commercial and domestic pipework) and I do qualify for a 457. The next part is where I fall over as all the migration agents I have come across so far have not really helped. What I really need is to wipe the slate clean, forget what I have been told and start again. I will look at Gomatilda. Thanks very much Steve
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Hi I am new to PomsinOz so if this is in the wrong forum then I apologise in advance. I am a hydraulic engineer, based in NW England, looking to move my wife and 4 young children to Oz. I have 11 years continuous experience in this field, including installation of over 10000mtrs of 20-60mm steel pipework and various pieces of hydraulic equipment together with sales and servicing of hydraulic equipment. In an ideal world I would be looking for sponsorship (which I know does not come about often) or help and advice on locating reputable companies in my field. I really appreciate any replies (even the bad ones) offering any such advice Thanks for reading Steve
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Hi All, I am new to PomsinOz but not new to banging my head against a brick wall having wasted time with companies saying "we can help you" and "yeah no problem, we will get you in" over the last 12 months. My wife and I have decided to step up trying to get a 457 visa in 2015 after having a few 'companies' waste our time during 2014. I am a skilled worker (hydraulic installation engineer with 11 years consecutive experience) and my wife and I want to make the move to Australia for us and our 4 young children. Does anyone in NW England have any experiences with people who can help turn our dream into reality? Any advice would be really appreciated. Cheers Steve