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Congratulations! How exciting ! Just curious what job you have ? 

10 minutes ago, LKC said:

Completely agree with Marissa! We weren't close to our parents, and we didn't move back because we missed them, but if this is a worry for you now, then I wonder if migrating is for you. I saw my mum (dad died 20 years ago) twice in nine years. My ex's parents (we separated when we got back) came out to see us about every other year, so we saw them a little bit more often. We certainly didn't see them often.

I never mentioned anything about being worried - it was just a question 

24 minutes ago, Fisher1 said:

My daughter came to Australia in 2004. We were lucky enough to be able to visit regularly and she was able to visit the UK so between 2004 and 2017 we saw each other on average about once a year. Longest time without a visit was 21 months but we met up twice in six months after that.  We moved over in 2017.

Lovely to hear you got to move out in 2017! 

Was once a year hard or did you both get use to it as time goes on?

Today I have been thinking ‘if we make the move how often will I see my parents’ so I thought I’d come on here and see how often people saw their families once in Australia.

obviously everyone’s circumstances are different as some may not be close to parents so rarely see them but others may have close bonds with parents and see a few times a year maybe - again depending on money, work etc. 

On 08/03/2019 at 15:49, Nemesis said:

https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/help-support/meeting-our-requirements/health/arrange-your-health-examinations

Thank you

On 18/10/2018 at 08:17, Cerberus1 said:

Hi

The new link is:

https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/Panelphysicians/Documents/panel-member-instructions.pdf

This link no longer works, is there an updated link?

On 13/02/2019 at 22:40, Emma_M said:

Hi,

We are now 239 days since lodgement, case officer asked for form 80 back in October and not heard anything since, we front loaded everything too.

At least your ready to go I suppose, we still have our house to sell, my husband doesn’t want to sell until we have the visa! So looks like we’re going to need to make a very expensive validation trip as a family of 5 , which was not in the budget.

Really hoping to hear this week! Fingers crossed for you.

x

Any news yet Emma? My fingers are crossed for you x

13 hours ago, VERYSTORMY said:

I would say 30 to 35k is reasonable. 

Some things you need to consider / add to the list.

Once visa is granted, you have 12 months to make first entry to Australia from the date of police or medical check. Whichever was earlier. Many people can't do the full move in this date, so have to make a visit. So, basically, a very expensive holiday. 

Flights for actual move

Temporary accommodation on arrival

Car hire on arrival

Car purchase

If you are only shipping tools, then you will need to buy everything. From big stuff to beds. We did this and do not underestimate how much it ends up costing. For us, it was a fair few thousand but that was back in 2008.

First months rent and bond

Then you need to budget for living, paying bills and all day to day living costs until you find work. We always recommend you have enough to last a minimum of three months and ideally six months. Do not assume that because an occupation is on the skills list that they are begging for them. So, you need to pay rent, household bills, food and everything else for months.

Then, in the first few months, you leach cash like a tap. There are just a thousand little things that add up. 

Thanks for the info, I’m aware of all the costs once we get there etc a lot of our money is in our house so we could have a bit depending on what we decide to do! 

My main reason for posting was the cost of the visa process (I should have made that clearer)

2 minutes ago, Jsmull87 said:

I'm not a carpenter but I your skill looking at £800 - £1000 for the assessment. It's in two stages. On the bright side it does give you the aussie qual meaning you can get straight into working unlike the licensed trades.

White card is £50 if you do it in the UK probably a lot cheaper if you wait. Police certificates are £45 each as long as you don;t go fast track. IELTS are £150 a pop and i would budget for at least two if you need max points. Look into PTE. Some find it easier.

Shipping £3000 - £5000 for a typical family home. Just tools £500. That's roughly what i got quote for electrician toolkit and power tools. 

Don't under estimate how long everything takes too. If you are set then i would start the process now. Its taken us 18 months from skills assessment to visa grant and we are taking another 6 months to plan the move.

Oh and the agent will likely charge you between 2-3k depending on how much work they have to do.

Thanks for the info Jsmull87 it is all very useful! Congrats on your visa grant you must be so excited! 

Did you guys go through an agent for your move??  

Hi guys,

We are looking to make the move to Australia in the near future, we are in no rush to make this happen but would like it to happen in the next few years. We have been doing research on how much the whole process could cost and read peoples suggestions of having at least 35k, I know it’s not going to be cheap but I would like to know if anyone would like to share their journey & how much was spent to get everything sorted to get out there. We will be a family of 4 from UK & husband will apply for 189 skilled visa (carpenter) our children under 5.

Some costs I have come across are:

189 skilled visa for a family of 4 - 4,310GBP & Full medicals for a family of 4 - 780GBP

I know there are additional cost such as skills assessment, white card, police checks, IELTS test, shipping (mostly only tools) - could anyone give any advice on costs for these or anything I may be forgetting.

Also can anyone recommend any agents or any recommendations at all which could help us.

Thanks in advance

I have been wondering how the Brit’s who have immigrated have coped with working outside in the heat?