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Hi everyone, 

 

My husband and I were just wondering if there was an equivalent to Premium Bonds by NS&i  over in aus ?

 

Thank you

Can’t believe it but we’ve been on this ride for 15 years ! Started with chats about a life by the sea and slowly built from there. now we have PR visas , sold house and flights booked . Quarantine here we come!

It's done automatically, no need to do anything.

Thank you x

Hi guys , we are PR visa holders and moving over in October.

 

We are going to book our flights direct with airline but my query is who books the quarantine ? Can’t find out easily online .

 

Thank you

Hello,

 

How soon after getting to aus were you all able to get car finance?

Did they require proof of employment ? Or ask for bank statements etc ?

 

Thank you

 

Xx

Wollongong! Such a great lifestyle and many people commute to sydney for work. In the northern suburbs look at thirroul, bulli, woonona and in the south look at shellharbour, shell cove, kiama and gerringong. 

Really?? I heard bad things about drugs and crime ?

Hi guys,

 

We have premium bonds here for our children. I don’t know a lot about them, they were a gift. Does anyone have them in aus from the uk? Do I just change our address for them and it’s that simple?

 

 

Yes, all Australian banks are covered by a bank guarantee of up to $250,000.

What’s the scheme called

I would think more of a concern is finding a job when the economy is likeley heading for a recession.  We want to go this year, but I am not about to quit a highly paid job and jump into a recession in WA.  We are holding off putting the house back on the market for now, but I would certainly complete and move into rented if it hadn't fallen through.

Problem is no one knows what the economy is going to do and how long do u put your life on hold for?
We’ve been talking about this move for 14 years and now we were days away from buying flights. Kids ages are perfect but if we stay we have to put our son into a school here and the deadline has passed, I’ll need to return to work, and how long is the piece of String to get my house back on the market. If our buyers aren’t spooked we’ll continue as planned , quantas have said the following (post below) which is all we can go by. Our air bnb have said they’ll still have us if there’s availability. So. I think we just need to get there at this stage

Hi all, over in the UK there is the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), up to £85,000 per person, per institution is now protected if a bank, building society or credit union goes bust. In other words, if the bank collapses, savers will get any money in these accounts up to £85,000 paid back in compensation.

Is there an equivalent in Australia ?

This is a real worry for anyone trying to emigrate right now. We have flights booked to return to Aus but will now delay. If we give up our UK rental, pack & ship our furniture etc, then Australia decides to close it's borders, then we will have no where to live. Staying with relatives here is not an option, and staying in an AirB&B could end up being very costly if the situation drags on and on.
And if we did actually get to Australia, I think it has the potential to get very messy and disruptive, and costly !! We're staying put for a while despite our eagerness to get back to Aus.

I’m also replying to another message on top of yours
What type of visa have you got ?
Even if it closes borders, I think they have to let residents in which is what we are.
Our friends in Spain are still being allowed into food shops which I would imagine would continue all over the world because there’s a lot of elderly and disabled that dont access the internet .
We’re in a tricky position because of our house. I’m expecting a recession after this and the value of our house could take a huge downturn and effect our life when we do get there. Plus I’m on maternity leave so I’d be forced back into work if we stay and my daughter into nursery when she’s very little. I agree it’s messy and costly but for us , that’s staying here too. I almost wish we had a rental to just hang on to. We can’t really stay with family due to our animals as well , they don’t like animals of any kind.
For us the cost of staying put, is worse than going.

Hi Quoll, happy travels back to Aus.
We're supposed to be returning first week of May but will now cancel and sit it out for a while longer here in the UK. As you say, I doubt our hotel / apartment will allow us to self isolate so trying to re establish ourselves would be extremely difficult. Luckily we can keep our rental here, otherwise we'd be homeless.
Really feel sorry for those booked to emigrate right now, I know how much planning and organisation that involves.

Why wouldn’t they let you self-isolate ?
I’d rather just get there and deal with the two weeks. Just gotta hope to actually get out

Quite possibly. That's why on Thursday we decided to fly out tomorrow. We have find before completion on my dad's house.

Just not possible for us . We have to get our animals to the vets for their final stuff, work notices to see out

So our house is due to exchange any day and then we are on 28 days to consolation.

I’m so so scared that we won’t be able to fly by the time it’s all done. 2 kids and 3 animals.

NZ closing borders , surely aus is next

My OH, 2 kids and I are emigrating imminently, just waiting for house to exchange and complete!!!

 

To begin with we will be a single income family as I will be settling the kids. My OH is a mechanical project manager so hopefully will find work. And I’m a special needs teacher when I return to work.

 

We will be initially renting a Airbnb in Sydney’s northern beaches as we have spent a lot of time there during our previous visits and really like the vibe, amenities, eateries, shops and accessibility to beaches and Sydney.

 

We are very much aware this is a costly place to live (especially on a single income) and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations of places that have a similar vibe, eateries, schools, amenities, BEACH with good job prospects and a more affordable cost of renting on one salary?

 

We visited Newcastle before, but unfortunately very briefly before we had to fly back to the UK. So only got to see a glimpse. But have heard a number of people talk about it.

 

Any help much appreciated.

My OH, 2 kids and I are emigrating imminently, just waiting for house to exchange and complete!!!

 

To begin with we will be a single income family as I will be settling the kids. My OH is a mechanical project manager so hopefully will find work. And I’m a special needs teacher when I return to work.

 

We will be initially renting a Airbnb in Sydney’s northern beaches as we have spent a lot of time there during our previous visits and really like the vibe, amenities, eateries, shops and accessibility to beaches and Sydney.

 

We are very much aware this is a costly place to live (especially on a single income) and was wondering if anyone had any recommendations of places that have a similar vibe, eateries, schools, amenities with good job prospects and a more affordable cost of renting on one salary?

 

We visited Newcastle before, but unfortunately very briefly before we had to fly back to the UK. So only got to see a glimpse. But have heard a number of people talk about it.

 

Any help much appreciated.

We really value opinions for areas from Sydney up to Newcastle (we only stayed there for 1 night) and we stayed at Noah’s on the beach and then flew home the next day
I’m a special needs teacher so eventually looking to get back to that.
We are staying in northern beaches in air b&b when we first land and then hopefully use that first month to look for rentals ( we are coming with a dog and two cats *please no mention of whether or not this is a good idea as it’s happening*
We really love the northern beaches, the look (plush green bear avalon) the vibe , eateries and amenities, beaches but Please give recommendation of anything that’s similar and we’ll be making sure we check it out.
Really thankful lovely people xx

I should add we are keeping the animals in kennels whilst in the air b&b

Newcastle area is lovely, lots of nice little towns round there. Great beaches too

We really value opinions for areas from Sydney up to Newcastle (we only stayed there for 1 night) and we stayed at Noah’s on the beach and then flew home the next day
I’m a special needs teacher so eventually looking to get back to that.
We are staying in northern beaches in air b&b when we first land and then hopefully use that first month to look for rentals ( we are coming with a dog and two cats *please no mention of whether or not this is a good idea as it’s happening*
We really love the northern beaches, the look (plush green bear avalon) the vibe , eateries and amenities, beaches but Please give recommendation of anything that’s similar and we’ll be making sure we check it out.
Really thankful lovely people xx

In that case I’d say go for Newcastle as a base - far more liveable  on a single income (unlike Sydney), good schools, and local work available (unlike the Central Coast), plus commuting to Sydney for individual projects is practical (I used to travel from Sydney to Newcastle quite a lot for projects).

We didn’t explore Newcastle much so not sure I could start there . I will definitely be working again at some point but maybe not for another year.

What does your husband do?

He’s a mechanical project manager for domestic and commercial.

Huh?   You don't need a job to get most PR visas, in fact that would be impossible because no employer is going to wait over a year for those visas to be processed.  The vast majority of migrants arrive with no jobs. 

Yes exactly . We were even told by an employment agency, not to bother applying for jobs until we know an arrival date because we’ll go to the bottom of a pile and won’t be looked at seriously.

Certainly a profession in demand. Have you thought more about the regional areas in NSW? Sydney is a BIG place and not one I'd like to live in (we've been in Queensland for 20 yeasr) and there are some lovely regional cities including rural and coastal areas.

Hi
We are heading to the northern beaches first, we like central coast too . Air b&b first and then a rental within the budget. We’ve never visited the rest of Australia but will take the time to do so but my son needs to start school in January next year so not a huge amount of time to look around

Having no job to come to would be my biggest concern. Australia, particularly Sydney is VERY expensive due to the cost of just living [emoji846]
What is your profession that got you in on the skills shortage if I may ask?

Early years teacher [emoji1305]

I think you are moving to the Sydney area?  Every supermarket sells dried herbs and spices and there are some very good little shops which specialise in herbs and spices.
https://www.greenvalleyspices.com/

Yes but I have a whole cupboard full here and we are shipping stuff anyway

Hi all,

We all have permanent visas and due to land in aus in May

My sons passport was due to expire quite soon and as it is a child’s visa in his photo he was just a few months old I decided to get a new one sorted whilst still here and just update the details.

I’ve just received his new passport yesterday and went online to log the change. It appeared to be simple but then it now says upload certified copy of passport .

Once I do this , does anyone have a clue how long it’ll take for the visa to be on his new passport ?

I’m worried that the box to click to suggest im finished uploading his new document is ‘submit application’.

I really thought it would be as simple as updating new details without having to get new documents certified since we already have the visas approved .