Hi, we will go where-ever the work is - we went up as far as Yanchep, down as far as Mandurah, and East as far as Toodyay.

Yes, I have an Aunt and Uncle over there.

I think thats a SSRV (State Sponsored Regional Visa)?

I live in Adelaide, but would suggest Perth. Given that your husbands in the building industry I think Perth will come out of any recession faster than Adelaide - it went in earlier - and it is bigger and more vibrant. I am not knocking Adelaide, we have family here and it suits us perfectly, but if you have to place a bet of which city performs better over the next couple of years I think Perth has the edge. Also, if Queensland is the final target, I think Perth is more like Brisbane than Adelaide ... if that makes any difference.

The reason I ask is that my OH is a bricklayer and we have been in Perth for the last 27 months. There is definately no shortage of bricklayers in the Perth metropolitan area.

Just a thought, but with the current job situation here, would it not be better for the OP to consider waiting for the 175 to go through the system? With it being a longer process, the job situation may pick up by the time the visa is granted?

Not really. It has took us 6 years to get this far and also my eldest daughter will be coming up to her gcse choices soon and dont want to move her then, thats why we have decided now or never

Fair enough, was worth suggesting though

My eldest is 14 and in year 9. From the research that I have carried out, provided we can get him over there before year 11 then he'll be okay to get the university exemption which he requires.

Also, AFAIK, GCSEs count for nothing in Australia.

If anyone disagrees with my findings, please correct me. Thanks.

For those with teens, once they are 17 they can do a 6 month or 1 year entry to universtiy type course at TAFE/University. It takes a lot of dedication and self paced study, but if you stuff up kids education by moving them around it can still be done, if they are willing to put in the work.

As for bricklaying jobs in perth or adelaide, hmmm recent posts on this forum recently would suggest not a great idea at the moment, maybe search a few recent posts?

Thats good news,, can I ask you if you know anything about student loans, my friend says my daughter is entitled to get a student loan to pay her fees at Uni (if shes lucky to get a place), we have permanent residency, is this correct?

thanks
Bluekipper

I have a son who has just started Uni here. I believe you have to be an Australian citizen to qualify for a HECS loan to pay your Uni fees. I have friends who have pr and they have had to pay fees upfront.
We live in QLD, could be different in other states.

The rules relating to uni fees and HECS are the same for all Australian states and territories.

Do not look at it as a set back look at it at saving your family. What is the point in coming over to Australia when the outlook for work is bleak that is why the gov is changing the processing and skill requirements. If they need bricklayers in WA and SA then is it not prudent to go there as you do have to put bread on the table.

For me WA and SA are equally if not better than QLD, better climate anyway no humidity. Also not such a drain on resources. So many people are moving or have moved to Queensland and to the areas around Brisbane that its experiencing infrastructure problems.

Do not forget a lot of Victorians, New Zealanders and Japanese also retire to Queensland.

Personally if it was me I would be taking off the QLD rose tinted glasses and doing a lot of research into how the family was going to make a quid when we got here and going where it was most likely.

Good luck

Yes but do WA and SA need bricklayers Certainly not from the experience of people already posting, one thread easily obtained by a quick search on here, had up to 200 bricklayers applying for one job in perth.

Its true but on another forum in the Victoria section a bricklayer is asking for people to form a gang as he has quite a lot of work as there is a lot of building going on in the South.

The construction trade is always up and down, my best friends live in Brisbane, civil engineer and his company has work and had hoped to be doing a new long contract, another company came in and undercut and now his company has lost the work and things are not looking good.

In Victoria we do get a lot of migrants and people moving here so accommodation is tight. I was looking at the suburb I lived in and at
the Frankston area yesterday on realestate.com.au and there are not too many good houses for sale, here in Somerville there are a few but they are pricey. Any good property people are hanging onto it as they know there is nothing to buy out there. Rentals are even worse here in Somerville there are about 3 or 4 for rent.

Even in a recession we have to live somewhere.