Costs of Skilled visa and general moving costs
Jun 21st 2013, 11:32 am
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Costs of Skilled visa and general moving costs
My family and I want to move to Oz in around 18 months. We're hoping to get there on a skilled visa. It'll be my wife that gets the visa as I have a useless job. Our son will be around 4 at the time we plan to move.I was wondering if anyone could tell me the average cost of moving and visas for a family of 3?? Also a breakdown of what we need to pay for. Also how much deposit they want when renting houses over there!??
Any help would be gratefully received!
Cheers x
Any help would be gratefully received!
Cheers x
Jun 21st 2013, 11:37 am
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Re: Costs of Skilled visa and general moving costs
My family and I want to move to Oz in around 18 months. We're hoping to get there on a skilled visa. It'll be my wife that gets the visa as I have a useless job. Our son will be around 4 at the time we plan to move.I was wondering if anyone could tell me the average cost of moving and visas for a family of 3?? Also a breakdown of what we need to pay for. Also how much deposit they want when renting houses over there!??
Any help would be gratefully received!
Cheers x
Any help would be gratefully received!
Cheers x
Please check out the 'Read Me' section of this forum.
http://britishexpats.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=32
You will find plenty of info there. As to the moving costs, well it will depend on how much stiff you decide to move over, however, when it is all totted up, then the cost will run into several thousand pounds, it's not a cheap process.
Jun 21st 2013, 11:54 am
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Re: Costs of Skilled visa and general moving costs
My family and I want to move to Oz in around 18 months. We're hoping to get there on a skilled visa. It'll be my wife that gets the visa as I have a useless job. Our son will be around 4 at the time we plan to move.I was wondering if anyone could tell me the average cost of moving and visas for a family of 3?? Also a breakdown of what we need to pay for. Also how much deposit they want when renting houses over there!??
Any help would be gratefully received!
Cheers x
Any help would be gratefully received!
Cheers x
There is a BE guide to skilled migration at the top of the immi forum (http://britishexpats.com/wiki/A_Roug...lled_Migration) which explains a lot of the process.
You (or your wife) need to have an occupation on the skills list (CSOL - http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/gener...tions-csol.pdf). If this is true, you will need to have a skills assessment by the relevant assessing body with varying costs, and possibly IELTS for either points, skills assessment or both. Once you have these you lodge an EOI on the skill select site (http://www.immi.gov.au/skills/skillselect/) and hope to receive an invite to apply for a visa.
Visa costs go up each year, and this year there has been a change in that there is now a charge for every person included in the application so on this years prices the visa application for a family of three is $5355 (http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/new-...cing-table.pdf) which at todays exchange is around £3500. On top of that there are medical fees and the skills assessment fee.
Sorry lot of info for you, but feel free to ask for further help
Last edited by old.sparkles; Jun 22nd 2013 at 2:21 am.
Jun 22nd 2013, 2:14 am
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Re: Costs of Skilled visa and general moving costs
Hi Sandy,
There is a BE guide to skilled migration at the top of the immi forum (http://britishexpats.com/wiki/A_Roug...lled_Migration) which explains a lot of the process.
You (or your wife) need to have an occupation on the skills list (CSOL - http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/gener...tions-csol.pdf). If this is true, you will need to have a skills assessment by the relevant assessing body with varying costs, and possibly IELTS for either points, skills assessment or both. Once you have these you lodge an EOI on the skill select site (http://www.immi.gov.au/skills/skillselect/) and hope to receive an invite to apply for a visa.
Visa costs go up each year, and this year there has been a change in that there is now a charge for every person included in the application so on this years prices the visa application for a family of three is $5355 (http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/new-...cing-table.pdf) which at todays exchange is around £3500. On top of that there are medical fees and the skills assessment fee.
Sorry lot of info for you, but feel free to ask for further help
There is a BE guide to skilled migration at the top of the immi forum (http://britishexpats.com/wiki/A_Roug...lled_Migration) which explains a lot of the process.
You (or your wife) need to have an occupation on the skills list (CSOL - http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/gener...tions-csol.pdf). If this is true, you will need to have a skills assessment by the relevant assessing body with varying costs, and possibly IELTS for either points, skills assessment or both. Once you have these you lodge an EOI on the skill select site (http://www.immi.gov.au/skills/skillselect/) and hope to receive an invite to apply for a visa.
Visa costs go up each year, and this year there has been a change in that there is now a charge for every person included in the application so on this years prices the visa application for a family of three is $5355 (http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/new-...cing-table.pdf) which at todays exchange is around £3500. On top of that there are medical fees and the skills assessment fee.
Sorry lot of info for you, but feel free to ask for further help
Jun 22nd 2013, 2:23 am
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Jun 23rd 2013, 10:27 pm
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Re: Costs of Skilled visa and general moving costs
4 years ago it cost Us (4) about 10,000 pounds Visas/medicals/flights/container and I`d recommend having at least $20K to $30K with you when you land. Rental deposit(Bond) is usually a months rent in advance. Rent $1500 to $2000 a month. But you can get Centrelink assistance on arrival(we didn't know this until we landed and a friend told us). Unless they`ve changed the rules?. Check carsales.com.au for car prices and what you want to budget for. And you may take a while to find a job. Good Luck
