Sam RP Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 11 years ago we instructed an agent and started the PR process with a view to emigrating. My husband was a Software developer but as his degree was in Geography he went through the arduous task of recognition of previous learning, 18 months later the agents hadn't even submitted our application and admitted we'd fallen victim to an errant consultant that they subbed our application out to. We got some money back off them but by the point we'd totally lost the will to proceed and gave up 11 years later we are now 46 and 47 with an 11 year old, a 9 year old and 8 year old. My husband is now as software manager and I've retrained as a hairdresser. My sister has PR (Eastern suburbs of Melbourne) and is married to an Aussie. We'd love to start a new life over there but are we now too old? We want to be realists after our first failed start, is migration something worth pursuing? Thanks in advance Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisawright Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 Sadly, skilled migration is only available to people aged under 45, so you've missed the boat. There are temporary visas if you can find an employer to sponsor your husband in a job, but at his age, it's only going to be for 2 to 4 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam RP Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 I thought this was probably the case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrussell Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 You might want to find out about applying to New Zealand, a subject about which I am not qualified to advise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam RP Posted February 24, 2020 Author Share Posted February 24, 2020 Thanks. We specifically wanted to be near my sister and her husband in Australia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisawright Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 1 minute ago, Sam RP said: Thanks. We specifically wanted to be near my sister and her husband in Australia. ...however, New Zealand to Melbourne is less than 4 hours by plane. So visits would be an awful lot easier and cheaper than from the UK, so you'd be able to visit each other a lot more often. Also consider that once you've been in New Zealand long enough to become a citizen, you'd have some rights to live and work in Australia. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulip1 Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 (edited) The big negative about looking at the NZ option is that to successfully emigrate you have to be 100% committed to it and really want it. Even then it often fails so unless you really want to live in NZ it’s got problems before you get there. With the ages of your kids they’d be young adults/teenagers before you got citizenship and you’d all likely be settled (or back in the U.K. because you couldn’t settle). The chances of your family unit all one day living in Oz becomes far more unlikely. I agree that the flight time and cost is far better from NZ than from the UK but I still think you should only consider it if NZ excites you and you’d love to live there. What a shame you are just a year or two too late. If only you’d done this aged 44. Edited February 24, 2020 by Tulip1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raul Senise Posted February 24, 2020 Share Posted February 24, 2020 16 hours ago, Sam RP said: 11 years ago we instructed an agent and started the PR process with a view to emigrating. My husband was a Software developer but as his degree was in Geography he went through the arduous task of recognition of previous learning, 18 months later the agents hadn't even submitted our application and admitted we'd fallen victim to an errant consultant that they subbed our application out to. We got some money back off them but by the point we'd totally lost the will to proceed and gave up 11 years later we are now 46 and 47 with an 11 year old, a 9 year old and 8 year old. My husband is now as software manager and I've retrained as a hairdresser. My sister has PR (Eastern suburbs of Melbourne) and is married to an Aussie. We'd love to start a new life over there but are we now too old? We want to be realists after our first failed start, is migration something worth pursuing? Thanks in advance Sam As you are over 45 it is very difficult. There may be a small window of opportunity if you were able to obtain employer sponsorship at a high salary, although this would be a long pathway. Have a look at the subclass 186 and the age exemption available. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrussell Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 There are age and other exemptions under some Labour Agreements. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoEire Posted February 27, 2020 Share Posted February 27, 2020 Think it's mostly been covered off above but I'd also add that if you were to consider the NZ option definitely put some solid work your research beforehand. NZ solves the problem of you being closer to your family geographically, but the NZ economy is not the same as the Australian one. I did a lot of research in advance of a potential move down there when it looked like my PR wasn't going to work out here in Australia. The wages in NZ are not close to Australian wages, and rents in cities like Auckland are extremely high. I loved the country, but it did not hold the same benefits as being in Australia did, for me anyway Best of luck! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam RP Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 Thanks everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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