Arcadia53

I’ve spent 6 months there working and living along time ago and loved it but I know things will have changed a fair bit

Brilliant thank you . Love this attitude . My wife did the ielts test yesterday and said it was hell on earth. The lady who ran it was a kiwi who was asking my wife why we would want to move to oz and in particular Perth haha

Hi all , Could some one just give me an rough idea of the cost of living for a family of 4 living in WA. We know about mortgage cost but am hoping I can get a new grasp on new costs for everything else . Thank you in advance , Pete

Thank you all , massively appreciated

Out of interest what are those costs ( roughly ) . We have an idea but may be way out . Also if you have posted before re costs apologies

Brilliant thank you . That’s fantastic to hear that you are both settling in well. How do you find the distance from parents , family etc is ? The clock is ticking for us as my wife who is the main visa applicant is 44 October so we are crossing our fingers

We are looking at Perth but our migration agent has asked if we would consider SA which we would . We are waiting until to July to see what the states are saying

Yep all sounds good to me and exactly what I thought tbf . Re sport we love it , I run my daughters football team , help coach my lads rugby team . Kids play rugby , cricket , football , they swim and do athletics amongst other things . I want to carry on the coaching when I’m out there as well . Oh and I still play football although I did find out yesterday I’m the oldest in our football group and was called gramps haha . The wife loves watching sport as well as doing the odd run as well

Thought I’d posted this yesterday but appears for what ever reason it’s not on here . Hoping to get some reassurance advice from any expats that moved over to oz in their 40’s . I’m currently 42 and my wife is 43 . How did people find the move and how are they settling now ? Abu advice we should take ? The clock is ticking on our move but I’m crossing my fingers

No fighting

Haha Marisa has commented on my posts before . On this one she has not been as blunt and a little insightful

Thank you this has been very helpful in at least making me feel better

I’m fairly up on the Aussie railway network and what you say is semi true. You are right the Aussie rail network is much like the uk rail network but is run via the state operators however the signalling design work that goes into that network is like that in the uk re private companies do carry this work out . Also like the uk the state operators have their own design offices or they at least do in Queensland . That’s my issue I know there are a lot of design houses on the east coast such as Siemens , jmd, alstom etc but not sure what there is in SA . There is also a massive government push on rail infrastructure all over Australia to the tune of tens of billions with a lot of that on the east coast . I also know like the UK they have a massive e shortage of signalling designers but also like the UK they offshore a lot of their work to India . Yep I have done a bit of research or more importantly pre covid had a few interviews just none in WA so I suppose I was hoping someone on the railway working in SA may jump on this thread .

Not responded to our migration agent since last week when they asked what I thought of SA as been off work so will find out more in the next week

Thanks Marisa

Thank you as that’s very helpful

Yes I have just read re SA offering 18-35 year olds cheap travel down there to boost skilled migration but with the wife wanting time off I will be in need of a job ASAP . Think the wife will be okay but with no degree I’m unsure as to my prospects

Hi we are looking at a 491 visa and I would like advice on selling our house and transferring 200k + to oz . Regards, Pete

Hi there , On a 491 when can you buy a house in oz ? Cheers, Pete

I have a few questions today tbf. My wife is embarking on the journey for a 491 visa and we had the view of moving to WA however with things having gone quiet over the last few years and a few nerves setting in our migration agent has asked us what we think of South Australia? What’s the current situation re the jobs market in south Australia ? My wife is a primary school head and would want a month or two off to help settle the kids into their new lives (atm 12 & and I am a signalling design engineer on the railway . Also with a 491 when can we buy a house over there as we are unsure as to whether to rent our property here in the uk out .

I believe we have gone down this route . It’s the wife who is the applicant .

We’ve gone with a 491 as a principle . Just gathering paperwork for the skills assessment ... that’s taken us a year but we are as good as there .

Haha just messaged you

Dependent on time we are good with any day

Been in the planning for 20 years . I got into my current job to enable me to move over there but due to circumstances we never did . Now it’s increasingly difficult to get a tsv with my skills so my wife has become the main applicant . We are hoping to have nailed the skills assessment by may which will have been 12 months in the making haha . Keep worrying we are taking to long but get the impression that the paper chase is the major issue