BendigoBoy

11 minutes ago, Marisawright said:

 

Personally I wouldn't say the East is safer than the West in Melbourne. 

The West has the ice.

The East has the coke.

And somewhere in between, the rest of us have soda...

Sounds like you are solid, fella.

Good luck with your application.

12 minutes ago, Island said:

Hi,

In the UK, the average uni course costs £9200 PA and a similar course in QLD for example,  BA Hons (4 years in Oz, 3 in UK) would cost $10,000 PA 

So for BA HONS in the UK £27,600 of tuition debt Vs  £20,800 tuition debt from Australia (if you did the 4 years for the Hons)...

Has anyone compared the debt that a young person completing a degree in either country would end up paying?

The interest rates or indexing that either country apply to tuition debts?

Thanks for any feedback or knowledge shared!!

Can we PLEASE stop saying the UK when we mean RUK? No tuition fees in Scotland.

46 minutes ago, Ken said:

I think it's far from inevitable that the EU will ever want the UK back. What's in it for them?

If I was an EU member state, I'd be struggling to see the benefit of allowing a febrile nation back into the fold.

De Gaulle must be grinning from above and slapping his thigh. The clever man vetoed the UK joining for solid, sensible reasons. 

19 minutes ago, Marisawright said:

Worth pointing out, that could just be the difference between city attitudes and country attitudes anywhere in the world.

Mebbe.  Mebbe.

I was back in the UK a couple of weeks ago to ship the very last things we left there in 2016 over (COVID got in the way of doing it any sooner). 

I don't think I ever realised just how Australian I am until I got to Paddington to catch the Heathrow Express, only to find the tunnel was shut.  There were quite a few other folk there in the same predicament.

Without any hesitation I just called out and asked if anyone wanted to hop in the Uber I'd just ordered to get me to Terminal 5.  No catch, no charge (I just bill it back on my expenses - no issue).  They looked at me like I had a second head for a while until they realised I was deadly serious.  On the way over to Heathrow, a couple of the folk who jumped on board explained that it was just very, very unusual for them to see those random acts of kindness post-pandemic.  Worlds apart from where I am in regional VIC: if anything, I think we've come out kinder from things these last few years.

I just thought it very, very sad that the natural response in the middle of the day to someone looking to do a good turn in a perfectly traceable manner would be to think there was a catch.  Just makes me all the more certain about where I'll be seeing out the rest of my days...

Best way to find out is to submit yourself for assessment.  I think Vetassess cover this occupation?
https://www.vetassess.com.au/check-my-occupation/professional-occupations/environmental-consultant

4 hours ago, Ausvisitor said:

It's got to be easier to renew an existing UK visa than start an entirely new one for AUS.

Even if not easier, certainly less expensive in terms of relocation costs if it's even feasible to begin with, I should imagine...

On 5/3/2024 at 9:01 PM, Monica33 said:

Has anyone had family and friends essentially forget about you after you leave the UK. Most of my family and friends do not want to engage with me much anymore. There’s no excuse these days to not keep in touch. I’ve been in Australia 17 years and it’s exhausting trying to maintain contact with people who don’t want to keep in touch.  I have a trip back soon and trying to lock in a time with my childhood friends and even my sister is becoming impossible. They are all busy. My sister has even booked herself a 2 week Mediterranean holiday the same time I’m there. I’m only there for 4 weeks and her answer was I’ll see you at some point. We haven’t had a fall out or anything, I just think it’s maybe a case of out of sight out of mind. Anyone else with similar experiences. Or is it just me

The friends (in my case), those links remain, even eight years after moving.  Heck, you could say they've gotten stronger in some ways.  Four of us meet up in Singapore regularly for a jolly together.

Family, on the other hand, I realised after seven years that I was the only one ever to make a phone call, ever to write an email, ever to send a Christmas card.  With family like that, who needs enemies.  So I gave up the trying and literally haven't even heard a peep from any of them since.  Blood is very definitely not thicker than water in my book.

7 minutes ago, Marisawright said:

Sounds like rearranging the deckchairs to me.

Probably taking lessons from Vanessa Hudson and the Qantas clowns.

Be a heck of a brave entrepreneur to offer £50-100k for folk who are emigrating and would likely be beyond the reach of the British court system should they decide not to repay.

On 20/04/2024 at 18:12, Marisawright said:

However do check whether there is an outlet in the city you're moving to...

And if it has been set alight in the last few days or not. Wondered what all the sirens were on Sunday in Bendigo.

In line with what Cal says, if you think the assessment process is expensive, you'll probably be sick to the stomach when you work out the full cost of migrating.

10 minutes ago, Quoll said:

I think you'll find that Aus Unis are incredibly woke, just like UK ones which is lovely if you're into CRT, radical feminism, climate change etc and drugs and alcohol are still at the core of most social interactions.  There is also a lot of group grading - if you happen to get into a group with a load of students who don't speak English or who are so stoned they can't be bothered to go to lectures and you want a good grade then you either have to do all the work yourself for group assignments or just accept lower grades. Remember too that honours degrees are going to take you 4 years as opposed to 3 in UK so the road to honours is a longer journey. 

England, mate.  Four years for an undergraduate honours (in the main) in Scotland.

The way I've seen and heard of things going by friends who went into academia, I can't even contemplate going back to visit St Andrews any more.  It used to be a wonderful bastion of centre to centre-right thinkers with the odd SNP loony and Tory Toff thrown in.  Goodness knows what the mix is nowadays.

16 minutes ago, Tulip1 said:

There is no bridging visa for a 50 year old parent.  They would have to be a minimum of 67 years to get one. 

Even that seems overly generous to me! 

Would take an RMA to advise on the likelihood of working rights if on a bridging visa. In most circumstances if transitioning from a tourist visa, my guess would be a no to that.

1 minute ago, Sarah p said:

Thanks what options are there? 

I'd suggest you consult a registered migration agent like Paul who has posted above. You'd do well to get a professional assessment of your situation.

2 hours ago, Sarah p said:

I have worked in Sydney previously on 457. I am now 50, with over 20 years senior work experience but am I right to think all visas even employer sponsored are under 45? 

No.

Just now, Ausvisitor said:

I wrote a post once about our path to getting here and being settled in a rental property.

Now we probably spent more than some would be we weren't *exuberant* in our choices.

I can't find the post, but from recollection we spent over $40k on relocation and visa stuff between deciding to go and actually being in our rental (that doesn't include the $35k for a new car either).

Our migration agent was about $3,200 of that total cost and worth every cent

That sounds like you did it a bit on the cheap, to be honest.  I've a mate who moved over about 2 years ago who splashed nearly $65k just on the move alone. Mind you, he did fly the four kids and the two adults out in J, so that would bump it.

3 hours ago, Ben123688 said:

Australia is a great country if we dont have so many stupid uneducated politicians and fairly uneducated yet feeling so self important morons

Yes, but to be fair, W.A has lots of resources. We're better holding on to them than getting rid of them...

14 minutes ago, Bulya said:

Actually the hardest and most important part will be deciding which AFL team to support.  Life revolves around AFL 365 days of the year…

If you can't decide which team to support, just slag off Collingwood.  You'll be backed up by most of the state... and more than a few Collingwood supporters, too.

19 minutes ago, Marisawright said:

However Quoll makes a good point. If, as you say, your visa will "move quickly" it must be a 482 temporary visa, in which case you won't be able to access the apprenticeship scheme.  I'm sure your husband will want to apply for a more permanent visa asap, but that can take a year.

Add in usual caveats and warnings about 482s being temporary, no guarantee of permanent residency and the need to potentially go home on expiry here, etc.

8 hours ago, Ausvisitor said:

Is that because of all the witches looking for a co pilot?

Seriously though what's the issue with cats out there?

It was a by-law when they started building the estate: no pet cats to protect native fauna.

P.S. Kudos on Angular; less so on .Net

I've been fighting a losing battle with Vue/Nuxt 3 uplifts over the last few months... Eurgh.

Just now, bluequay said:

Sorry to hijack the thread a bit, but as you are in the business! Do you know what the market is like at the moment? Angular\.Net Developer landing in Adelaide towards the end of the year. Spent the last 20 years contracting in the UK, but I appreciate it's more permie based in Oz.

Drop me a private line, mate.  Happy to take this into the back channels and see if I can hook you up with any contacts.