Average Age of Immigrants
 

Dont know if this has been asked before, but does anyone know or hazard a guess at the average age of Mr & Mrs moving to Australia?

Just wondering if I was over the hill or Joe Average! (Mr 38 & Mrs 33) :)

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hubby is 36 & I am 32 plus 2 kiddies (2 & 6 mths)

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my hubby and me are both 29 with two little boys 3 and 4.......but we have just decieded to wait for 3/5 yrs before going as he has just got a fantastic new job(more savings to do nothing for a few mths when we get there)

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i'm 44 :mad: but i've decided to be 35 in Oz :)

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Well, at the time I emigrated I was an example of life begins at 40, but I am now approaching the age when I shall learn the answer to "life, the universe, and everything......"

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Hi STephen

Im 34 and my wife is 30 - Trying to get over on a skilled independent 136 as my wifes the clever one.
Regards
Mick

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Me 40, Her indoors 42. Yes the move is a 40 thing :-)

Kids 6 & 12.

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I'm 34, hubby 35, kids 8 & 5, dogs 1 & 2 :D
TJ

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Really hoping I can get off the Rain sodden Island.
The thought of more winters like this one...
Think that my 16 years of continual employment has ground me down - the only glimpse of happiness a couple a weeks travelling abroad is no longer enough!
I cant do the dark mornings and bored evenings.
SIx months of the Dark, cold and wet seems to totally play with my mind
Woke up this morning and thought f@ck this - if this is It for me for the rest of my life!

:scared:

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im 39 , hubby 39(he'll be 40 before me) , kids11 and 7

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I agree Mick. Winter in the UK is grim but when we get a Summer you can't beat it. We're staying for one more Summer then off to Perth ready for their/our Summer :)

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Agree with the summer thing and your timing sounds pretty good to me.

As the Wifes a Teacher (6 weeks off over summer) unless we emigrate we'd never see Australia during there summer and appreciate the real heat.

Went to Aus August 2004 and loved it in SYdney,Cairns and Brisbane - couldnt get enough of the place.

I love the hotter climates - Spent Last Year in Hong Kong, Thailand and Bali.

After all its not Just the Heat we are all after - if it was Spain, Greece or Portugal would do. Bit of a Language Barrier Though I'd think.

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Are you aware of how your respective age's in 3/5 years time will affect your points-scoring allocation? It might make a difference?

BTW, I'm 36 and the wife is 29 and the bairn is 8 months.

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Three Legs (35) Mrs Three Legs (30) Master Three Legs (3) Three Legs Junior (1) ... :)

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i never thought it would affect our popints that much as hubby is a elctrical supervisor (going as a ordinary electrician as that is on the wanted list) we have more than enough points now.

i thought you had untill you were 45 for the age thing to affect the points.

something we will have to look in to now.

our plan is to save as much as possible so we can be mortgage free when we are over.

any one who know if this is a problem for us please let me know.

thanks, jayne.

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hubby is 36,im 39 tomorrow(yeuch)daughter 8 going on 18 ,little boy 7.had anice thought yesterday ,normally it is freezing on my birthday so hopefully next year it will be ahot and happy one.x irishloo :D

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I am 27, 28 in April and husband is 33

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Hi again.

45 is the cut-off point for immigration under the skilled-migrant category. The points system is scaled according to:

18-29 = 30 points
30-34 = 25 points
35 -39 = 20 points
40-45 = 15 points.

I am assuming that your husband must be on the MODL but even if this is the case then you must be sure that 'general electrician' will still be on the MODL in 3/5 years time and the MODL by it's very nature cannot guarantee this for any occupation. If it drops off then you will lose 20 points or 15 points depending on whether he has or hasn't got a job offer, respectively.

Also, age is frozen at time of lodgement so if you lodge from 35 onwards you will have lost 10 points compared to what you would get if you lodged today.

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We're both 41, 2 kids age 14 and 7

Hoping to lose 4 stone and look 31 when I get there, ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

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me 36 wife 40 (likes the toy boy in me)

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many thanks for the reply dunroamintheuk, something we are going to have to deal with then i think because for us, the idea of going over there with no financial security is not a option.
we will have to just wait and hope that we will have enough points in the future.

i am going to have to resist from looking at all the info on aus. and checking this site each day for hints and tips or else the next 3/5 years will be a nightmare for all concerned. and then we possibly might not get in......

jayne.

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Me 37, Mrs Buzzy 31, baby Buzzettes both 8 months old.

Cheers

Buzzy

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Have started a poll proper for this if anyone's interested?

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=347694

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Awww...The Buzzettes should be granted their visa's on cuteness alone..

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beat me to it

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In our 30's :p

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So far, by your accounts, it looks to be mid 30s to early 40s on average?

I suppose by then we have had just about enough drizzle and cold :mad: wind that we can take.

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We're both 35, kids are 3 & 2 and 2 cats

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God, you're abit ancient to be emigrating!!!! :D

Nicky & Dave (two sprightly 36's!)

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Hi, I'm 27 and the hubbies 34, kids are 4 and 2 :)

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Hubby 43 and me 40. Definately sounds like life begins at 40. :D

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phew another over 40 - me 42, OH nearly 40 :p

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Feeling bloody old!
Me 44 him indoors 47.

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Not as old as me 51 hubby 55
JANET

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Hi Jayne, is applying now not an option then? It might take 12-18 months to get a visa anyway (tho less for MODL) but then you would have a 5 year visa, so could basically go and settle in your own time. (Altho you would need to make a trip to Oz to at least validate - usually 12 months from date of issue (sometimes less). (Sorry if I'm repeating stuff that you already know!!) :) Good luck

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Both 30 when we applied, 31 when we got PR and moved to Oz, 33 when we came back and will be 35-36 if/when we go back again!

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Whippersnappers! :rolleyes:

54 and 56 :cool:

G

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31 and 32

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hi we know the time scale about applying for the visas but our orriginal plan was........ apply at the back end of this year, all being well visa's issued at the latter part of the year after ('97) then hopefully have enough savings to move over there within 3 years of them being issued.

now we know that you have to validate the visa's within 10/12 months of issue/checks so we are going to wait to apply for them when we are almost there financially (sp?) so when they are issued we can just start the process of going over asap.

the reason also being that we cant/dont want to spend almost £3,000 on flights and then the cost of a holiday on top out of our savings. for a family of 4 i can imagine that the holiday would be a huge expense.

sounds crazy i know that we have never been over there and are willing to move over without visiting the place but at the end of the day we only live once and if it doesnt work out we can always come back....

so sorry to ramble on and on and on.......

well there you go....that is my reasons behind the plan....for now any way.