steves53

Thank you to everyone who has replied to my post. I have to say WOW, it seems that there is so much more involved in moving to Australia than our son thinks there is and even ourselves. It is something that is going to need so much more research and thinking about before even making some sort of decsion about what myself and wife should do. The financial side of things for visa's is huge, also the long waiting lists and this would hit our finances very hard and that is not something that you want at the moment with everyday living costs going through the roof. Losing all that we have here in the UK, other family members, friends a nice home, our jobs, would be hard to give up. Then there is the chance that just because our son and partner have settled in Australia, we may not find it so easy, despite them being there, the tug of the UK maybe to much to give up. As has been suggested in the comments it maybe better for us to just visit for holidays.

Hi i am new here, so this is my first post. We are a married couple 59 (m) & 56 (f), within the last year our son (27) has moved to Australia (Brisbane) with his partner and wants us to move to be with him. He has told us that it will happen, we are not so sure. My wife has relatives in Brisbane who have lived there for 20+ years, whether this makes any sort of difference we do not know. The jobs that we have at the moment are not on the skills required list, do they have to be or can you find a job once you get to Australia. The only income that we would have would be any proceeds for selling our house and company pensions. We do not want to get to deep into the process of moving from the UK if it is virtually impossible for us to do so. If anybody can give any advice in this matter it would be greatly appreciated. Many Thanks.