johno_sam

Hi Marisa, It will be in my own right, as 482 Medium Term Visa has a direct pathway to Australian permanent residency after three years.

I am in a very similar position, not sure whether to go for PR in two years or head back to London.

Hi all, After some advice from you all; I left England back in April 2016 at the age of 26 to go backpacking around the world, one thing led to another and I ended up in NZ for a year before moving to Australia a little over three years ago on a WHV. Being away this long was never my plan when I left, but here we are and I do not regret it for one second. My last three years in Australia have been so up and down, hated sydney when I first arrived from Queenstown, missed home and family on and off, doing farmwork, getting sponsored, not getting sponsored, making friends and friends leaving due to visa’s or Covid-19... Finally I got sponsored just before my WHV was up and I decided to go with it. I only took sponsorship because I was unsure whether to go home or not and saw staying here for the time being as an easier option. After a family holiday, I had decided I was going to move home in 2021. Once again, I changed my mind and decided I would stay and go for my PR, which I can get in 2023. We are now in Jan 2021 and I have never felt this lonely over here and for the past month have not stopped thinking about going home to the UK. I have all my family there, friends I grew up with as well as many friends I have made in NZ and Australia. I guess my questions are: when do you stop living in limbo and just decide to take the plunge? Is it normal to be this up and down about Australia vs UK? Is it worth me sticking it out for another two years (I will be 34) to get my PR to potentially just go back to the UK?

Hello all, I have been away from the UK a little over three years now, having travelled and lived in both NZ and Australia (currently in Sydney). I have visited the UK three times in three years and every time I leave to come back out I find it so so hard! I haven't really felt homesick since leaving the UK, but since my last visit home a few months ago I have yearning for London, my friends and family but I am so nervous to make the decision to go back and feel so stuck... any advise?