Bit of a gamble...
 

The packers were here yesterday so our wordly possessions are already on their way to Melbourne.

Our 457 visas haven't been granted yet :scared:

Our house sale is scheduled for this Friday but could potentially be delayed until the end of October :scared:

We fly Monday :scared:

Don't you just love it when a plan comes together?

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WOW! :scared:

You are very brave!

Good luck to you all though, i bet your soooooo excited.
Hope it all goes smoothly for you.

Melis :)

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al tel you wot mate am pleased there is another one like me out there you will do well here mate if you prepared to take a risk gud on ya and welcome to australia (wen u get here) :beer:

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What have you done with regards to a visa to fly ?

If you are thinking of getting a holiday visa, be careful that you dont apply for the holiday visa just after the 457 gets granted, because the 457 will then be invalid :scared: A new visa always overrides any previously issued visa's whatever type they may be.

Then you'll be up the river without a paddle :D

Congrats with everything anyway and good luck, you are definitely a lot braver (or more stupid :D ) than I would dare to be.

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:eek: Good luck !!

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So far it's paid off...

I'm in Melbourne already working on the 457 visa. We got them 2 days before we flew, which was nice. The house sale is now ready for completion and should go through this week if everything goes to plan (fingers crossed).

Melbourne itself is how I remember it, very nice. We are on Collins Street in Liberty Tower with views over the docklands and sea.

Would be good to meet up with anyone in Melbourne soon - when my brain morphs back into a proper brain, rather than the current jet-lag-induced Swiss cheese that it is.

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Will you have to go offshore then for your visas to be granted ?

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They were granted just before we left the UK so we don't need to do anything else except go to the visa place here in Melbourne and get the labels put into our passports. :cool:

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I am glad things are working out well for you so far. Good luck with your new lives in Oz.

Katie

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[ :scared: wow...you must have been good in this life! keep the good luck flowing. :)

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Glad to see it all fell into place just in time.

Have great time in Melbourne, from a very jelous 457 applicant still waiting to get out to Melbourne :mad:

Paul

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You sold your house to come over on 457 temp visas - have you plans to stay perm?

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is that so strange ?


Thats what we are planning on doing as well.

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Ok I did not say it was strange - but we came over on a 457 and did not sell up in the UK until our PR was completed 1 year later.

On a 457 you only have the right to stay for max 4 years - the UK market in houses moves in pounds, so I asked the question why sell out.

A temp visa is a temp visa.....but if there are plans to move to a perm then I understand.

Cheers

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I didnt mean to imply it was strange. I was on the phone at the time so I just posted a quick answer,and it came over a wrong.sorry.

We are going out on a 457 because I don't have the qualifications as a sales executive/director of a decent sized company to apply for a PR visa :confused: but after 2 years in Oz its no problem.

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It is my opinon only...come over on the 457 by all means ...then get PR asap.

The company sponsoring you on a 457 has need of your skills here...very soon or even now let them know you want an employer nominated visa.

The 457 is a great visa in my opinion, it should only be used for those people who are very settled in their own home countries and have no intention moving long term - for every company who brings in a 457 person who really intends a long term relationship then do a company sponsered visa PR.

We need decent agents working for companies explaining the differences between 457 and Employer nominated and costs and the relationships and timing.

So again I ask why are people selling houses to come to Aus for what might be a 4 year stint that could possibly end with a 28 day limit on leaving the country?

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Why after two years is it no problem?

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qualifications on paper zero.

after 2 years I have work experience in Oz etc etc.

I thought it was different myself. As soon as you arrive, start the application for PR, but my migration agent says otherwise.

Don't worry, I will be checking it out as soon as I get out there.

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Thats the spirit guys

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Hi guys,

We sold our house for a number of reasons. Firstly we feel it's overpriced at the moment and there's a chance it might go down in value (or just hover around the same value for years) so it makes financial sense - good equity at the moment. Secondly, we don't really like the house or the area we lived in so we would have moved anyway. We've been to Oz before for a year and rented our house out but it was a bit of a pain - rent not paid, rooms sublet etc. Plus selling the house keeps our options open, like maybe we'll move on somewhere else in the future.

We don't know how long we'll stay here for. We will probably apply for PR pretty soon (I asked my company and they are willing to get involved one way or another).