Johndoe Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 NHS Pension - have other frozen theirs or transferred them? I only started paying into the nhs pension in Jan 2013, could be moving to aus this dec & not sure what to do, freeze it short term then get it transferred later when we r settled. :-/ Any advice ?? Thanks! :-)) It's not transferable. google "QROPS" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johndoe Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I just cashed ours in..was little extra towards the move and got it in about a week How did you cash in? Last time I looked at the rules you couldn't draw on it until you were 55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I have been paying mine since 2008 and have been told by NHS pensions department that my pension will be frozen untill I am 65 years old and that I would not be able to transfer it to Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samdom1 Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Had you been paying into it for a while? Not sure if there is any point in me cashing mine in, I've only had it since jan, Thanks :-) I think you can cash it in if you have had it less than 24 months...my OH did that earlier this year. Any longer than 24 months and its frozen till 55 yrs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxlornaxx Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Yeah that's right..I had it just under 2yrs..was very handy amount to add to our savings that we didn't expect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samdom1 Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 So it’s been an eventful year, I’ve been a member on here for a while, the advice I have found on here has been really helpful. I was reluctant to post anything, as after a turbulent process of a visa application, firstly being straight out refused then due to a very good migrant agent having that decision scrapped. But now the permanent visa has been granted and my family and I are now looking to sort the move.My wife and I are both nurses and would appreciate any advice anyone had about looking for jobs etc. We are really flexible about where we would work but are strongly considering the Queensland area. We are hoping to fly out early January 2014. Gary Hi Gary, sounds certainly eventful! Healthcare Australia is an agency that you might want to look at if your not sure of where you want to settle as it seems to have offices all over, ...good luck and keep us all posted on how you get on as sharing info on here can be a massive help, obviously :laugh:. Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghatch Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Hi Gary, sounds certainly eventful! Healthcare Australia is an agency that you might want to look at if your not sure of where you want to settle as it seems to have offices all over, ...good luck and keep us all posted on how you get on as sharing info on here can be a massive help, obviously :laugh:. Good Luck! Thanks for the advice its really appreciated, its all systems go here. Tickets are now booked, gulp, no job yet! I noticed your dates line and its so close to all of ours, have you got any dates in mind for arriving? Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samdom1 Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Thanks for the advice its really appreciated, its all systems go here.Tickets are now booked, gulp, no job yet! I noticed your dates line and its so close to all of ours, have you got any dates in mind for arriving? Gary Hi I understand your gulp...but isn't it incredibly exciting!! Yep we are aiming for next June/July to be moving over so that our daughter can finish her high school exams. Good luck with the job hunting :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinaisrar Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 NHS Pension - have other frozen theirs or transferred them? I only started paying into the nhs pension in Jan 2013, could be moving to aus this dec & not sure what to do, freeze it short term then get it transferred later when we r settled. :-/ Any advice ?? Thanks! :-)) Just cancelled mine awaiting refund as we speak, i dont see point in having it for such a short term will pay out pennys for such as short length of time. If anything changes you can always opt back in in April.........need all i can get to get over there every little helps lol x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aneltia Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Hi Mags, I'm Teresa, A qualified Community Nurse for 10 years, although now I am at the end of a Specialist Public Health Course (Health Visiting). I am looking to emigrate to Oz.....so I am quite new to this process. The problem I have is that I am 45 and do not really want to go down the route of a sponsored visa, for the fear my job will not be secure (although in nursing, I am hoping this is unlikely). So glad you set up this page. All information will be grateful. I am still in the UK, and just in the process of booking IELTS English test... Look forward to any info. Teresa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aneltia Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Great to see someone my age saying "not too old". How long are you sponsored fir and are you guaranteed a job on permanent basis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toodolou Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 hi nurses , i want enough docs certified for all bodies ANMAC , DIAC and APHRA for myself , and my husband and 2 kids (DIAC) , how many photocopies would you get certified in one go of each doc eg. birth cert, marriage cert, uni cert...? , im just trying to avoid multiple trips to the magistrates abd keep costs down ! thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samdom1 Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 hi nurses , i want enough docs certified for all bodies ANMAC , DIAC and APHRA for myself , and my husband and 2 kids (DIAC) , how many photocopies would you get certified in one go of each doc eg. birth cert, marriage cert, uni cert...? , im just trying to avoid multiple trips to the magistrates abd keep costs down ! thanks Hi i would get 4 colour copies of each...thats what i did and that way i only needed one trip. Btw why do you have to do general ielts too...did your average not work out at 8? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toodolou Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Hi i would get 4 colour copies of each...thats what i did and that way i only needed one trip.Btw why do you have to do general ielts too...did your average not work out at 8? thanks will do just that, glad you said about colour photocopies as was going to just get black and white ! . My average on academic IELTs worked out at 8.5 , but for extra visa points thought i needed all 8s in each section of IELTs for diac or is that not right ? I want 20 pts for IELTs so are you saying DIAC will accept overall score above 8 for those extra points? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toodolou Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 just looked and for 20 Diac points, IELTs need 8s and above in all 4 sections , so am going to make it easier for myself now and do the general . As ANMAC only required academic above 7 s . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samdom1 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 just looked and for 20 Diac points, IELTs need 8s and above in all 4 sections , so am going to make it easier for myself now and do the general . As ANMAC only required academic above 7 s . Oh yeah...good luck with the generqal, with such great scores on academic youll do fine with general! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nursebucko Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Hello all, I am starting this whole new process, after going to down under live yesterday. I discovered my best option was to go for a Skilled - independent visa, is it the 189? Anyway, I originally was going to look into going through a migration agent, but after seeing the cost of it all, I thought I might try to be brave and do it myself. Am I right in saying that I need to start with getting ielts done, then submitting my anmac assessment, then I can apply for the expression of interest. Once that comes back with an invitation I can apply. If anyone has any great hints and tips on how to get through all this, then that will be fab xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toodolou Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Oh yeah...good luck with the generqal, with such great scores on academic youll do fine with general! i hope so , thanks alot for the encouragement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toodolou Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Hello all, I am starting this whole new process, after going to down under live yesterday. I discovered my best option was to go for a Skilled - independent visa, is it the 189? Anyway, I originally was going to look into going through a migration agent, but after seeing the cost of it all, I thought I might try to be brave and do it myself. Am I right in saying that I need to start with getting ielts done, then submitting my anmac assessment, then I can apply for the expression of interest. Once that comes back with an invitation I can apply. If anyone has any great hints and tips on how to get through all this, then that will be fab xx hello , i like you am early days with it all , thats the stages of process i understand it to be . you need to do academic ielts and get above 7s in all sections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nursebucko Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Hello Toodolou, It seems we are quite similar, as I too am an Itu nurse, but have just qualified so only have 2 months experience so far. I also have a hubby and 2 boys 6 & 7. I am going to start my ielts first then...fingers crossed, as I want all 8's so I can get the 20 points! EEK! Is it hard? Hope you get on ok, have you submitted your assessment through anmac yet? x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toodolou Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Hello Toodolou, It seems we are quite similar, as I too am an Itu nurse, but have just qualified so only have 2 months experience so far. I also have a hubby and 2 boys 6 & 7. I am going to start my ielts first then...fingers crossed, as I want all 8's so I can get the 20 points! EEK! Is it hard? Hope you get on ok, have you submitted your assessment through anmac yet? x congratulations on becoming a nurse ! i have only been registered 2 years myself and am quite new to itu (6 months) . Dont worry too much about the IELTs i worked myself up about it and it actually wasnt that bad . I didnt practice , i just read about the structure of the test and process of each part, and made note of hints and tips. i used a book bought on amazon called 'target band 7' its inexpensive, succinct and easy to read. your halfway there if your a native english speaker! i have got to do general test now as didnt get all 8s and want extra points towards my visa. Just getting things together for ANMAC. where are you heading ? have you booked your IELTs ? how are you finding itu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nursebucko Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 congratulations on becoming a nurse ! i have only been registered 2 years myself and am quite new to itu (6 months) . Dont worry too much about the IELTs i worked myself up about it and it actually wasnt that bad . I didnt practice , i just read about the structure of the test and process of each part, and made note of hints and tips. i used a book bought on amazon called 'target band 7' its inexpensive, succinct and easy to read. your halfway there if your a native english speaker! i have got to do general test now as didnt get all 8s and want extra points towards my visa. Just getting things together for ANMAC. where are you heading ? have you booked your IELTs ? how are you finding itu? haha well I have just done a practice on the listening test so far, and scored 8...so fingers crossed I shall keep practising and will book in the next month i think. I will practise them all and see how I go. Thanks for the info on the amazon book I shall check that out. Yeah I am liking ITU, but its pretty scary, am just coming off supernumary, and will go onto supervised practice...which is a tad worrying, but I do learn better when Im doing so hopefully it will be fine. Im in a cardiothoracic hospital so its pretty specialised, which im loving, but have heard that in terms of Oz, this may hinder me as it might close the gap slightly when looking for job opportunities, but to be honest. Im pretty flexible as to what I do, obviously I would prefer itu as this will be my experience by the time I get over there but we will just have to see. I was originally hoping for Perth or Queensland, but from the guys at down under live said yesterday, the market over there is pretty saturated. So I may now look at victoria or nsw. I dont mind really... Good luck with getting all your ANMAC things together, and your general ielts test again, looking forward to hearing how you get on. :biggrin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nursebucko Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 haha well I have just done a practice on the listening test so far, and scored 8...so fingers crossed I shall keep practising and will book in the next month i think.I will practise them all and see how I go. Thanks for the info on the amazon book I shall check that out. Yeah I am liking ITU, but its pretty scary, am just coming off supernumary, and will go onto supervised practice...which is a tad worrying, but I do learn better when Im doing so hopefully it will be fine. Im in a cardiothoracic hospital so its pretty specialised, which im loving, but have heard that in terms of Oz, this may hinder me as it might close the gap slightly when looking for job opportunities, but to be honest. Im pretty flexible as to what I do, obviously I would prefer itu as this will be my experience by the time I get over there but we will just have to see. I was originally hoping for Perth or Queensland, but from the guys at down under live said yesterday, the market over there is pretty saturated. So I may now look at victoria or nsw. I dont mind really... Good luck with getting all your ANMAC things together, and your general ielts test again, looking forward to hearing how you get on. :biggrin: BTW the initial HAHA at the beginning of my message, was me laughing at the stress of myself just doing the practice run!! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chan8180 Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Hello are there any paediatric nurses who can give advice?? I am still in training but went into paed nursing with the full intention of applying for a visa after a years post grad experience. My heart is in the NICU/Special care environment so I am focusing on this however I'm concerned that if I go down this route once qualified and do the special care post grad qualifications I may not be able to go into this in Oz as I see that they advertise NICU posts for midwifes not paed nurses. Can anyone advise further on this please?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toodolou Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 haha well I have just done a practice on the listening test so far, and scored 8...so fingers crossed I shall keep practising and will book in the next month i think.I will practise them all and see how I go. Thanks for the info on the amazon book I shall check that out. Yeah I am liking ITU, but its pretty scary, am just coming off supernumary, and will go onto supervised practice...which is a tad worrying, but I do learn better when Im doing so hopefully it will be fine. Im in a cardiothoracic hospital so its pretty specialised, which im loving, but have heard that in terms of Oz, this may hinder me as it might close the gap slightly when looking for job opportunities, but to be honest. Im pretty flexible as to what I do, obviously I would prefer itu as this will be my experience by the time I get over there but we will just have to see. I was originally hoping for Perth or Queensland, but from the guys at down under live said yesterday, the market over there is pretty saturated. So I may now look at victoria or nsw. I dont mind really... Good luck with getting all your ANMAC things together, and your general ielts test again, looking forward to hearing how you get on. :biggrin: i think everyone finds itu scarey at first ! i am only just starting to enjoy it now ~ just getting my head around all the medical devices and it scared me to death being left to look after them! its taking a while to get my ANMAC bits together , feel nervous asking my bosses for a prof ref after only being there 6 months. But going to bite the bullet and do it as cant wait to get to oz . we havent settled here since our reccie. well sounds like your doing great on IELTs already! I did find the reading the hardest . It was a very boring newspaper article and could not find the answer to the questions very easily , and i am quite a methodical person . i dont know if you are meant to guess the answers as some questions were a bit vague. i guess if you have time practising would be beneficial .. i worked a few nights prior and although had good intentions to have a practice i didnt as felt too tired. stay in touch , we can help each other along! BTW i really liked Brisbane , amazing city but i personally dont cope well with humidity. we didnt see the best of nsw either as there was lots of flooding and rain when we visited the east coast . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.