Kbald86

No he does not have a serious heart condition he has a valve to small from being born very prem. We live a comfortable life financially and work but not within jobs on the skills list. My college course is 2 days a week when my children are in school and nursery and my husband's course will be evenings. I wouldn't even be on here asking questions if saving that type of money wasn't possible. And no I do not expect to walk into a high paid job, I struggle to see where I've implied this in this post, all I said is of prefer to have work to come out to so I wasn't risking months with no wages coming in and children to provide for. Yes my older 3 will be under 18. Between 15 and 18. We are both 31 and yes we would bring our dog. I feel like you may be patronising me here.

Neither of us currently have a skill on the list. This is why it's a 5 year plan. We are going to the college open evening next week to sign up. I'm doing a degree in early childhood studies which I will complete June 2022 and my husband was hoping to do metal fabrication and welding and get work here to get the 3 years experience, but that being said he needs to speak with his cardiologist as to if that's a safe occupation as he has a pace maker. He isn't to worried what he gets a skill in aslong as he can get well paid work in the uk doing it. The way we have looked at it is that we have spent 13 years growing and raising our family and the time has come to work on the chapter that comes once they have flown the nest. Be it in the UK or Australia. If we aim for Australia and the skill is removed or we change our minds, we will of still got ourselves forward in life in the UK and have careers to focus on for the years between the kids flying the nest and us reaching retirement. It may seem like a far fetched plan to some but we like to set our goals high.

Thankyou for taking the time to write all of that down, it's very helpful and some useful links. It's such a huge decision and with there being so many of us it's a gamble knowing how everyone would adapt. We have 3 that are old and 3 younger and my worst nightmare would be getting there and one of the older ones leaving and going back to the UK. I understand that 5 years is a long time but to make this happen we would be saving every penny in that time to afford it. We are very good at cutting back and saving if we have a goal but our income is not high so having a rough idea of the costs involved will help us to decide if it's an achievable goal in the time frame we have. We feel we need to leave before the eldest is 18 to stand a chance of going and him coming with us. I could never leave any of them behind so if it's going to divide us we just couldn't do it. I have alot of research still to do.

Haha kids are ace at draining the bank arnt they. If we ever did move out eldest 3 would be 16+ so only have 3 to put into school. At the moment It's just a pipe dream but I'm trying to get as much info as possible so we can decide if it's something we will aim for or if it's a dream we have to let go. We would need to save a substantial amount of money every month if we were to give it a shot

I'm sure this has been asked alot but I'm new here. How much does it cost to emigrate roughly. This is our circumstances Family of 2 adults and 6 children wanting to come out on a 189 or 190 Agent who specialises in character issues One dog. (We could never leave without him. He will be 8 so still young) Flights A move cube (We don't have anything of great value so would start a fresh. Rental of a 4 bed house (We would love to go to western Australia and be no more then a 15 minute drive to the beach) Money in the bank to keep us comfortable intill we got on our feet. We wouldn't move unless we had jobs to go to as I couldn't take that risk with a family to support. I no there are lost of hidden smaller costs. I'd just like a rough idea of what to be aiming for

Thankyou for all the replies. It's so worrying thinking that we could loose alot of money. Would it be a good idea to try and take a holiday first and see if he has any problems getting a tourist visa? We are applying for his records so we can see exactly what's on them and then get a agent to take a look. He was in such a bad way back then that he isn't 100% on what is on his record. We also wouldn't be moving for 5 years and I know alot can change in that time. From what I've been reading on forums I worry that it's only going to get harder to move as the years go on.

Myself and my husband decided that we would set ourselves a goal to move to Australia in 5 years with our 6 children. We were stopped in our tracks when we discovered that criminal convictions over 12 months would instantly fail the character test. My husband had a awful childhood and was subject to abuse. He left the family home at 15 and fell into a bad crowd. Bad people took advantage of his vulnerability and offered him money to do their dirty work. He did 6 months in young offenders and then after 2 months out he got jail time of 4 years. He was on trial for robbery but they took into concideration abh, gbh and fraud that he'd also been picked up for. He came out and started to re build his life. At 24 he bought a watch from a guy for £50 the watch was a Rolex but he wasn't sure if real or not so took the chance and it turned out to be real. He thought he was quids in and took it to cash converters. Sold it for £800 happy days intill he got arrested as it had been traced via serial number and be was charged with handing and selling stolen goods. He got 12 months suspended sentence and community service. He is now 31 and when we hope to make the move he will be 18 years past his jail time and 12 years past the watch fiasco. I've googled till my brain hurt but I struggle to find many success stories. We stand to loose a awful amount of money if his visa is refused and I just don't no if we could take that risk. But a life of what ifs and giving up the dream I've had since I was a kid doesn't bare thinking about either. Is there anyone on this forum who has any experience or who knows somebody who did succeed in getting a visa.