lawlaw

Hi Guys

I could do with a little advice, My husband and I hope to Emigrate to Brisbane in April 06 by which time we should have around £9000/£10,000.

Were a young(ish) couple 25 and 28 and have no children.

We are not looking to buy a place straight away, but is this a reasonable amount to have behind us or should we save for longer and go later?

Any thoughts/comments would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Laura

pandya_m

The very First advice I can suggest is to carry TC's and not Dollars.
Second is to open an account once reaching the place.
Third to deposit all the TCs in your saving account.
This will help you to not carry all yours cash. Banking transactions becomes always handy.
I would save for the rainy day...or wait for the right oppurtunity to invist once I get a security of the Job in the new place...
Thats my view again...

lawlaw

Hi Pandya_m

Umm thats not what I meant but thanks for the quick reply, what I meant was do you think we have enough money to emigrate and start life in Australia with that kind of money. So many people talk about having £60,000 or more and we dont have anywhere near that

worzel

I would do it now. You will only gain reasons not do it and other things to spend your money on. Do it now as it only gets harder to do.

Simone

We did it with a lot less (22 and 26, no kids), and we're doing fine.
We stayed with friends for 2 weeks first, and are now renting cheaply. Got jobs withing a month or two. Are now saving, slowly ( a lot of start up costs in the beginning, even though we shipped all our stuff).

Ship everything you have. MUCH cheaper than buying everything again!! I'm absolutely positive.

Good luck

matt-and-jenny

Hi Laura
I'm moving back to Brisbane and my English boyfriend, Matt, is emigrating. We are taking about £5000 with us! We don't have jobs to go to, although we have got ball rolling on the job hunting front. I have friends and family over there to help us with accommodation when we get there. Me and Matt are 25/26 and have no kids.
So according to me, I think you'll be fine aiming for that
Good luck.
Jenny

lawlaw

thanks for that, its what i wanted to hear!!!

lawlaw

thanks for the words of encourangement

tonyk38

Hello!

I won't be going to Aus with more than a few grand either. Having said that, I know that a major expense for many when they arrive is buying furniture and putting up a deposit for a place to live. I've heard folks on here advising people to bring everything with them, despite the cost of shipping. Up to you really.

Do you have jobs to go to?

lawlaw

you guys sound in a very similar position to us, im australian although been in England since i was 9 and my husband is english and your going to brisbane too. When are you guys going?
Not started the job thing yet as another year to go.

lawlaw

no jobs to go to not in aus for another year yet, reassuring to know not everyone emigrating is minted

tonyk38

It is reassuring for me too! There are folks here who will be able to live in huge mortgage free houses when they get there! I'll be lucky if I can afford a wee shack in the outback, LOL!

Best of luck anyhoo! Karma on its way.

lawlaw

wow thanks for the karma, not sure what it is all about but I think I like it.

Me and steve will prob living in a cockroach ridden dump for quite some time (shouldnt mention insects, might get certain people started again lol) but as long as we get there who cares.

tonyk38

Karma is measured by the number of wee blue boxes you have under your user name. You've now got your first!

matt-and-jenny

I emigrated to Aus with my family when I was 10, came back here for uni in 96, met my boyfriend and we've finally sorted out his defacto spouse visa. We leave on April 25th. 19 more sleeps! I'm from Redcliffe, but not really sure if I want to return there!
If your husband is applying for the spouse visa, it's very similar to Matt's de-facto spouse visa. Though I suppose you probably won't have to supply as much evidence?