Originally Posted by PHATS (Post 4348699)

Nadia Sawalha said today that there are new immigration laws which make it easy to move to Australia! Do any of you guys know what she was referring to?

Originally Posted by PHATS (Post 4348699)

We are thinking of moving to Australia and I have just started the long haul of information overload!

Can I work in Australia without applying for a visa if so how long and can my family live with me?

Originally Posted by PHATS (Post 4348699)

I did want to move to the tropical north east but after studying the wild life... Poisonous jellyfish, snakes, spiders and crocks I think Perth sounds the best bet!

What are your experiences?

Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 4348723)

Nope


Unless you are an Australian, or an eligible New Zealand citizen you will need a visa, and so will your family



You can get all those in Perth too

Originally Posted by Bonnybute (Post 4348188)

Our family visas were approved yesterday...

We're in....:thumbup:

still watching "Wanted Down Under" though.. lol lol lol

Originally Posted by St.Georges Girl (Post 4348175)

That is your opinion, not that of everyone's by any stretch of the imagination.

Too many whinging poms eh? You have never been here and seen that for yourself, you have read it somewhere, or heard it second hand from someone else, so it must be true.

Why bring the football fans in Greece into this? Maybe they were only there for the football and, so what if they were?

I don't know whereabouts you are in the UK and I have no idea where you are thinking of setting up home if you get here, but my advice would be, don't believe everything you hear and read. I have read through a number of your posts again, including #442 and, in my humble opinion, from the way you post, nothing anyone could say to you would make any difference. You have your mind made up that life is better in Australia, even without ever having been here yourself. Oz is great syndrome.

Originally Posted by Bonnybute (Post 4348188)

Our family visas were approved yesterday...

We're in....:thumbup:

still watching "Wanted Down Under" though.. lol lol lol

Originally Posted by lesleyhunter79 (Post 4349501)

morning all,
has anyone else had email from co saying its now going to be a 9 month wait for visas instead of 6 if you have a job on modl? someone told me this morning that they were told this and now im panicking if its true then im stuck here till july!
im devastated if this is true
can anyone confirm or hopefully unconfirm this please
lesley

Originally Posted by PHATS (Post 4349652)

wow - just watched Thursdays show around the rural Brisbane area ! To buy land costs around £80,000 however this is the bit that got me! In the UK I can't get a house built for less than £130,000 plus land! In Australia it would cost from £50,000 + land!

Don't you guys think its so sad? The UK is tiny in size compared to Australia in terms of logistics. Moreover we have around 60 million population compared with Australia 20 million and yet it costs us over double on everything! Way too much greed going on!

Food in this country has become so expensive. Clothes and other items are way too high. I just came back from a trip in the USA and was blown away by how many pairs of shoes my wife purchased for one pair here - 5 pairs for £70! Don't ask... can you believe it five pairs! I now need to have an extension built ready for the clothes to go with her shoes - just kidding babes :-)

Originally Posted by Pollyana (Post 4349728)

Everything in Australia seems cheap when you are earning pounds though. Wait till you are earning dollars, and you will find that the cost of living is not actually that different.

Originally Posted by Streaks (Post 4349722)

Hello LH79, Can't confirm or otherwise I'm afraid, except for the fact that we have a co and we are 31 August applicants. There have been a few August visas already granted which make it 5-6 months and that is for modl applicants so I guess it's the luck of the draw. The 'official' times are posted in the immigration forum under a sticky at the top but I reckon they are worse case scenarios. Anyway good luck with yours :thumbup:
S xx

Originally Posted by PHATS (Post 4349738)

Intresting... I take it you reside in Australia?

So I guess we are in a better position with our property (our investment )... So thats like £600 a month better off to start but if wages are lower and food is cheaper we must be better off? Would you agree?

Originally Posted by PHATS (Post 4349652)

wow - just watched Thursdays show around the rural Brisbane area ! To buy land costs around £80,000 however this is the bit that got me! In the UK I can't get a house built for less than £130,000 plus land! In Australia it would cost from £50,000 + land!

Don't you guys think its so sad? The UK is tiny in size compared to Australia in terms of logistics. Moreover we have around 60 million population compared with Australia 20 million and yet it costs us over double on everything! Way too much greed going on!

Food in this country has become so expensive. Clothes and other items are way too high. I just came back from a trip in the USA and was blown away by how many pairs of shoes my wife purchased for one pair here - 5 pairs for £70! Don't ask... can you believe it five pairs! I now need to have an extension built ready for the clothes to go with her shoes - just kidding babes :-)