neil32

Just wondering if anyone can share their cost of moving from UK to Oz (melbourne in particular) or tell me if I'm on track with my figures.

At time of moving we would be a family of 4, shipping 1 container, plus we would have to do an activation visa trip. So below is what I have so far as the bare minimum amount.

£5,000 visa state sponsor
£6,000 activation trip Flights and the rest 2-3 weeks
£3,000 shipping 1 container
£3,200 flights out when we make to one way flight
£12,000 3 months wage to cover until jobs are secure

£29,200 total

roaringmouse

Which visa?
I think you will be lucky to get a 20ft container shipped at that price.
Depends how long it takes to find jobs. Some people find a job pretty quickly, others find it can take 6 months or more. It also depends if either of you need to get any local qualifications.

neil32

Skilled - Nominated (subclass 190) visa

I got back quotes of £3000 shipping, will need to look at quote again

Just put 3 months down as a min understand this could take a week or months, these are my bare min costs

teza

Depends when you plan to arrive as Dec to beginning of Feb will be holiday season and harder to find jobs as bosses are on summer holidays.

Does that 3 month £ include rental bond, car shopping and possible kids starting schools? For schools you need to budget for book orders, uniforms etc, we spend give or take $300+ per primary kid just to get them ready for first day every year, $1000 for high school kid minimum, all in public schools. That doesn't include all the incursions, excursions, swimming, school photos etc..

For rental it's usually 4weeks bond and 2 weeks in advanced rent.

roaringmouse

In Melbourne it's normally 1 month bond + 1 month in advance, on a 12 month tenancy.

roaringmouse

Remember that amount doesn't include medicals and police checks.

old.sparkles

The visa cost now depends on the number of people included in the application. If you are a single person, not using an agent, the visa cost is $3520 - or around 2000GBP. Additional applicants over 18 are $1760, and under 18's $880. So assuming 2 adults, 2 children - total cost is $7040 or around 4200GBP with todays rates. And medicals and police checks are on top of that, plus any fees required by the state for sponsorship.

We didn't make a validation trip, but flights for 2 of us one way were just under 2k direct, container was 4k and it took 5 months to secure employment.

Mummy3

Buying cars? They are really quite expensive.

Bermudashorts

I think that you might be light but not a million miles off either.

Your visa costs are probably about £1-2k short if you include medicals and skills assessment cost.

The validation trip seems light too, wouldn't the flights alone cost best part of £6k? I would think you need more like £8-10k for this. Of course you might just decide to go for it? That is activate the visa on your initial move?

A 20ft container would be about £4-4.5k, you would only get a partial container for £3k I reckon.

The final estimate is hard to judge, you might need more but hopefully need less if you are lucky with jobs.

Amazulu

2nd hand - yes
New - no

neil32

Thanks for all the replies and advice. I think I will need to add a good few more £££'s to my figures maybe looking more at £35k with a £5k emergency fund.

I would have funds for cars already so I have not included that, The 3 months wage money is to cover cost of living and for kids starting school.

I realise that I may have high outgoing initially but just looking for some rough figures, as always in life you usually always spend more than you try to budget for.