Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

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Jan 5th 2011, 6:27 pm

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freebo

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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

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Originally Posted by bcworld

...and Aus citizens have the special E3 option which does include work rights for wife / husband.

Didn't know about that one, its a temporary visa, only 10,500 granted each year and bachelor degree required.

I still don't want to live there

Jan 5th 2011, 6:27 pm

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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

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Originally Posted by itxrd

Good luck getting in!! Seems very hard

Nope, just knock an Aussie bird up on holiday and the rest is plain sailing ...

Jan 5th 2011, 6:30 pm

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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

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Originally Posted by Bermudashorts

Only if born an Aus citizen I believe.

This is what I read:

http://canberra.usembassy.gov/e3visa.html

2nd question suggests 'new' citizens can apply???

Jan 5th 2011, 6:31 pm

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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

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Nope, just knock an Aussie bird up on holiday and the rest is plain sailing ...

He/She is on about seppo visa's - get with the programme

Jan 5th 2011, 6:43 pm

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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

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Originally Posted by bcworld

This is what I read:

http://canberra.usembassy.gov/e3visa.html

2nd question suggests 'new' citizens can apply???

Yes, you're right, they can apply - does not exclude a naturalised citizen from applying

Jan 5th 2011, 6:52 pm

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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

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Originally Posted by freebo

I still don't want to live there

Ditto. Great people and some great places.... but oh so many problems, especially in some of the cities, which are dire in places.

Jan 5th 2011, 7:19 pm

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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

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Originally Posted by freebo

He/She is on about seppo visa's - get with the programme

I can't be arsed to read the basic details of an enquiry, I need to get my smartypants comment in quick!

Jan 5th 2011, 8:47 pm

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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

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Originally Posted by sonlymewalter

Actually I like plastic bread in toasted cheese and onion sandwiches or toast and butter, but other than that it has to be good quality bread with bits in it that stick in your teeth, usually about $5 or if it is olive bread $7

keep your warburtons

Oh yes and don't forget that a bacon and egg sarnie with BBQ sauce HAS to be on white thick bread.

I will have to take a bottle of BBQ sauce with me when I go back, I don't think they have it over there???

Jan 5th 2011, 8:49 pm

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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

Sorry I didn't realise we had moved on from bread to America.

I know, I know, get with the programme!!

Jan 6th 2011, 9:54 am

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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

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Originally Posted by IndieG

Not for everyone

The money you save on living expenses you'll more than spend on healthcare

Jan 6th 2011, 10:15 am

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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

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Originally Posted by freebo

Good luck with it, we thought about an EB-5 visa but concluded that while its a fun place to visit it can't compare with Aus as a place to live.

True no comparison. The USA is a far better place to live.

Jan 6th 2011, 10:19 am

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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

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Originally Posted by Englishman43

The money you save on living expenses you'll more than spend on healthcare

Healthcare is a big deal here, however, if you are a skilled professional you are likely to have good health coverage through your employer. I've found myself paying less out of pocket here than my friends back in Oz!

Jan 6th 2011, 10:24 am

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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

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Ah, I'm unskilled non professional

so I'm paying for my own.

Jan 6th 2011, 10:26 am

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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living

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Originally Posted by freebo

Didn't know about that one, its a temporary visa, only 10,500 granted each year and bachelor degree required.

It's actually a very generous quota, 10500 E3's just for Aus vs. 65000 H1-B's for the rest of the World - and the quota has never come close to being exhausted.

It is a temporary visa but if you read the US forum there are people there, many of them not born in Aus by the way, who are on their 2nd E3 extension i.e. upto 6 years. There are also others who have transitioned E3 to green card, bit of a minefield mind you.