SarahL

I just googled one way travel insurance and lots of options came up. This one specifically says it lasts for a while so you can get settled: https://www.go-walkabout.co.uk/one_way_travel_insurance.php

Good luck with it all. Doing viewings is stressful so I hope you don’t have to do too many more!

Did you manage to sell your house? We have sold ours (subject to contract) for a second time as our first buyer pulled out very late in the process but luckily it sold again within a week of being back on the market, phew!

Thanks. Have you moved over yet?

I don’t think anything we did made them respond any faster. Unfortunately you just have to wait! Have you uploaded a copy of the babies passport as they need that for the HAPID.

Excellent advice. Unless necessary I would avoid adding formula until you return home as that’s a whole load more stuff you would have to take! Travelling with an infant is easier than you think. Much easier than with a toddler anyway Enjoy your trip

Yes I mentioned it. If you are concerned then call the medical practice where you will have the medical and ask if they will need to see any sort of letter from the specialist. We did ours in London and they just wanted to see my prescription. I was on 100 micro grams at the time so fairly high (for me).

I have an underactive thyroid and have been on levothyroxine for 10 years. The doctor that carried out my medical didn’t seem the least bit concerned and it didn’t impact my visa in any way. If your wife’s condition is more complex then you may wish to follow the advice above and contact an agent. Good luck with the visa process

Haven’t read your other posts so not sure if this is relevant to you but you could go over on a working holiday visa and work as a teacher. Would get some more points for Australian experience and at least you would be waiting in the sunshine!! If you go this route then make sure you get your Australian (state specific) teachers registration done before you go as that takes months!! Good luck

The medical for the our children (toddler and baby) just involved a physical exam. The doctor felt their tummies and backs, looked in their ears and mouths and then measured their height and weight. No X-ray, urine or blood test but I believe children from some countries do require a blood test. Yes it has to be a panel physician so the same place you have the adult medicals. They will be able to tell you the cost as that is dependent on where you have it done. Unless a medical professional has told you not to vaccinate your baby I would urge you to do some serious research on the matter. It’s important that you are aware of the implications of your baby catching any of those life altering/ending diseases and whether you think it’s worth taking the risk. Added to that, the Australian government do not look kindly on those that choose not to vaccinate and withhold some benefits and restrict access to childcare and education during the event of an outbreak. I am not judging you, trying to make the right choices for your child can be hard but in this case I hope you think long and hard about this as it could potentially impact your child for the rest of their lives. Good luck with the visa process

Good luck with selling your house

Yes we received our visa grant last week, 6th February.

We are putting ours on the market next week. Lots of decluttering, cleaning and tidying to be done!

We visited during July/August 2017 as my husband had never been to Perth before and we wanted to be sure it was right for us.

No pets so no problem there but good advice for anyone that refers to this later on. Good to know thanks. Which bank did you go with? We are moving to Perth.