hello
 

hello
i'm new to this site so bear with me!
myself, hubby Mark and daughter Chanelle are hoping to emigrate to surrounding areas of Brisbane, under the visa Skilled Independent! Hubby is a plasterer so needs to have his skills assessed by the TRa!
spoke to our agent (global visas) today, at long last he thinks we're ready to submit the mound of paperwork to the TRA but first needs to get it checked by his superiors!
what i'm asking is any tips, advice on how to stop the worrying? we just want to be living in Australia now!!!! really hard to keep motivated in this country, ie work, day to day life, etc!
any hints, tips would be grateful!
rach:rolleyes:

Lots of booze!!!

Footie chick

Sorry sensibly you are going to have up and down days. my postman got sick of the sight of me whilst waiting for the TRA and now we await the visa.

Good luck

tra
 

will the tra inform us directly or will it be through our agent?
are they pretty quick at giving a decision!
by the way, footie chick, i like the idea of lots of booze!:beer:

Atm the TRA takes around 8 weeks for the assesment.It used to be 4-6 but it seems they are kinda busy.In my case my agent will receive the outcome,but depends on how they state the way of contact in the papers.(she better call me quick when they receive the decision lol)
AHHHH this waiting game is getting on my nerves !!(and alcohol doesn't help me @ all..tried it in different quantities but none helped..worries tend to float very good :-) )

Welcome to the site!


The first thing you need to do is put Pommie Bastard, Wilf and Dotty amonst others on your ignore list. Do not read any threads that they have posted as they might offend/ upset you.

Secondly you need to be very patient!!The waiting is awful, but it will happen then the worst thing seems to be selling your house.
The skilled independent visas seem to be coming in much quicker this year. Expect anything from 3 - 12 months.

It will be worth the wait when you finally get out there.

It is nice to see a new member, we are heading to the Sunshine Coast, 50 mins from Brisbane so keep in touch.


Tina

Tina
 

Hi Tina
thanks for your welcome, and advice! i looked at previous messages before joining, so new a bit about Wilf, Pommie Bastard etc!
wow 3 -12 months! that should whizz by, fingers crossed, i saw a clairvoyant last December who said i would be living in a country begining with A within 2 years, never seen/spoken to this woman before, ever! i'd be really chuffed if we were there within 12 months!
as i said our agent is hoping to lodge to the Tra next week :)
we've looked at surrounding areas of Brisbane, Samford/Albany Creek areas, some lovely properties, will you rent/buy/build?
do you have children/family, what do they think about your forthcoming move so far away? do you have family there already?
we don't and i don't think our families quite believe that we will ever get there!
chat again soon
rach :cool:

Hi Guys

The whole process is a bit of a roller-coaster and you will probably experience a lot of different emotions - everything from wow yeah! to oh my god what are we doing - beats boredom anytime!

We settled down for the long wait and ended up being accepted in 2 months flat, which was fine as we rent and have no kids/possessions to speak of, but still a shock to the system as we were were planning our savings over a year!

Keep talking about it and planning and looking forward ie be a 'naive dreamer' as they say on this site!

A lot is made of the so-called 'big' issues.
We amuse ourselves at work with screen-savers of our favourite Perth places, looking on the Coles website at the booze prices etc.

Footie Chick's right about the 'lots of booze' - lost count of the number of 'we must have an Aussie summit meeting tonight at the local' that we've done.

Also involve all your friends/family as they always ask for updates and this keeps it all ticking over and kind of validates it all.

thanks pookin
 

thanks for that advice Pookin, really helpful! i must have looked at some many houses on site, different builders etc.! prices our sooooo cheap, im a company secretary for a countrywide estate agents, so now just how cheap property is in Oz!
sometimes wish we had never told anyone of our plans cos everybody says 'any news from Australia yet', i have got to the point of nearly screaming at them!
the web is a marvellous thing isn't it? how would i have found out about all the places in Australia and this site without it! i am amazed that i haven't got square eyes, looking at a screen all day then again all night!
thanks again for the advice mate, how come your application was so quick, what visa did you apply for? did you use an agent?
regards
rach :)

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Hi Nosuch,

There's a meeting happening in a few weeks, near Winchester Sunday arvo(!) 6th July. Just thought you might be interested, not too far from you. Have a look on here for a post called 'Hampshire meet', or something like that.

Gra..

Re: thanks pookin
 

Hi Rach

Just seemed to be sheer luck although we did put a mammouth application together - about 5 inches thick with a posh cover and sections and even a photo for each of our 10 years together. (Tried to anticipate everything that they might ask us!).

Boyfriend is an Applications/Analyst Programmer and I came under Business Professionals nec (not otherwise specifed - ie vague, could be anything category!)

Also we had lived in Perth for a year under a working holiday visa and had lots of letters/ work experience from English and Aussie mates saying nice things (Ooooh that cost in bribes!).

Any more questions about how we put our application together - please ask.

You're right about the web, I do business intelligence research for a living and 'live' on the web. Couldn't live without it.

As we're off to Perth we spend a lot of time on the REIWA - http://www2.reiwa.com/content-home.cfm website, 'choosing' our house.

If you start looking at this forum regularly (believe me it is addictive!) you are going to hear a lot of conflicting advice, so stay focused!

P.S - no, didn't use an agent, but I know that some people have found it really useful, have a check on previous posts or post a new question.

Hi Rach

Yes the booze helps!! but in moderation.

Just of to bed now but have spent tonite with a lovely bottle of aus wine and also watching programmes taped from satelite programmes about Brisbane, they were really good. It makes things look a bit more real. And before any one replies i realise that the shows are aimed at tourists not people hoping to live there !!

Other than that hang in in there:)

footie chick

Just to say G'day to Rach, Mark and Chanelle; more prospective migrants for Brisbane! Goody goody!
I'm heading for Clayfield, northern suburb of Brissie, leaving the UK on Hallowe'en. I'm one of the lucky ones, marrying an Aussie, so quick visa processing and going out to a home already for me. Just have the stress of waiting for my stuff to catch up with me!
Can't help much with the questions on your type of visa, but I'll be in there with the moral support...... you'll certainly need the "lots of booze", also lots of patience, and a sense of humour will help too.
as for if you have any questions, I discovered that if you post them on the forums, however daft they seem, someone out there will have a good idea of the answer!

Good luck

Re: Tina
 

We have 3 children and no family in Aus. We told most of our family last Christmas and they took it in varying ways. From tears to support. Luckily they are all behind us now. In fact my mother-in-law wants to join us!

I am hoping to bring my Mum out April next year and I pray that she likes it. I would like her to join us on a retirement visa, I don't like the thought of her here on her own. She is really upset about her only Grandchildren leaving, but understands that we want a different sort of life to what we have here.

We visited nearly a year ago now and loved The Sunshine Coast area, around Caloundra, Maroochydore way. We will rent for 6/12 months and then probably buy land and build.

I am sure it will all happen sooner than you expect we applied last Oct expected at least a year and had meds/police requests after 5 months. We got our visas a couple of weeks ago. We aim to leave at the end of Dec/ Jan. Hoping to save up some money, sell the house, resign etc before then.

Keep in touch you can always pm me.

Tina

Thank you
 

g'day everyone,
just wanted to say thanks to all that replied to my message of hello!
its a great site here and so friendly :)
this is such a big step isnt' it, really want to go and make it work but there are days when i think its all a pipe dream and as my user name suggest sometimes i can feel pessimistic:(
but we are determined and forever hopeful, even chanelle wants to start every morning with the sun shining, obviously we realise it does rain in oz!
one of the main reasons is we don't want to be told what to do by the Germans (no disrespect to any Germans on here), also because Mark is self employed he works 6 sometimes 7 days a week, because we only bought our home 4 years ago we'll be lucky not to have to work till we're 70 to clear the mortgage, we realise that Mark will still have to work in Oz but our home will be ours and maybe he can retire before he's on his death bed, we want to spend more time as a family and enjoy life rather than have to just muddle through!
what are everyone else's reason for wanting out of the UK?
best wishes to you all
rach ;)

hi just got to hang in there, after the tra stuff it becomes quite straight forward


kev

(brickie) heading over in 9 days will look at the building game in Perth & Brisbane and will post any info i get brickwork & plastering

good luck

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It has been a lovely day here in Sussex, especially nice, what with England beating the Aussies at Rugby, What a great game! Makes you wonder sometimes why you want to make the move. Still enjoy today, tomorrow the days get shorter. Hoping for a great last summer here though, w
e are hoping to get to Brisbane area around late October, a good time to go we hope, what with the onset of winter, it will also give us a bit of time to ease into their summer and give the kids a couple of months to adjust before they start school January 2003.
I am a builder, and one of the many reasons I am emigrating is, although I have work here, I can't buy land in this area to build.
Good luck with your application.


Slater


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hi guys

just a short message to say hello and welcome,i too am recent to this site and also heading for brisbane area under skilled indi visa{carpenter}my tra took 7 weeks passed ok although the finger nails took a bashing,as for the booze it just fades things for a while so be patient sit tight and cross what can be crossed,our main application has been in now for 3 months so we still have a long wait.

regards
mark

Re: Tina
 

Dear Tinaj

I have it the other way round. We are the parents, and we are going to Australia, leaving our eldest daughter, husband grand-daughter and new baby due in September, and I feel so bad about leaving them behind. My daughter would come like a flash, but her husband is a Farmer here and has a farm that has been passed down through generations. I am hoping and praying that when they come out to see us next year, he will want to come aswell, but I want it to be their decision. I plan to make sure that they love their stay in Oz, and will have my fingers, toes, legs crossed that it will make him decide in my favour. If they don't, it will be a great blow for us, and I am not sure how I will feel.The word devastated comes to mind.
To have them there would make our move complete.

Sue

Tinaj, just because you only wish to read what you want to hear you do not have any right to suggest other people stick their head in the sand or up their bottoms.

I find some of your posts incredibly naive, however I do not advise people not to read your posts.

Why dont you look up "forum", particularly forum for people living in OZ which is where I live, so too does PBetc.

You should probably know by now Dotty that any posts that are at all negative about Oz, in any way shape or form are dismissed by a few people who use this forum as whinging. All they want to hear are the endless positives, and if anybody posts differetly then they are just 'failures' etc etc. All a bit tiresome really....:rolleyes:

Hi Mark
 

Hi Mark
thanks for the welcome and the advice! its such a great, informative site isn't it? 7 weeks for the tra assesment was good,although i can understand the finger nail thing!!!! are you using an agent?
thanks again
good luck to you too
regards
rach/mark


:rolleyes: :p :p

KEV
 

Hi Kev
thanks for the advice!
who long did it take for your tra approval? hopefully not as long as it has accumulating all the references/etc!
Mark asks if you'll keep in touch especially if you end up around Brisbane as he'd love to know how much plastering work there is out there, and how contractors feel about taking on pommies!
best of luck to you
rach/mark

:)

Re: Hi Mark
 

hi rach & mark

in awnser to your question iam using an agent a company from wimbledon called ian harrop & associates we have been very pleased with the results so far,with regards to mark looking for plastering work five weeks ago we were on the gold coast looking for houses and work there is no problem i could see with the aussies employing brits although most of the new builds were dry lined{joint and tape}but from my experience doing timber frame in the uk i have found that most plasterers can do this just as well.
hope this helps

regards

mark

Mark
 

thanks for that Mark,
yes mark can tape & joint but prefers to solid plaster!
i've heard alot of good stuff about Ian Harrop, we're using Global Visas, very thorough indeed but hopefully will be worth it!
thanks again :beer:
rach & mark

Yes Tinaj, Dotty is right about this. Please read her posts..... and then shoot them down in flames (it really isn't that hard), although I think you'll find that Dotty shuts up pretty quickly because she can't take criticisim. (ie she can dish it out but she can't take it).

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Hi Rach,
Just a quick hello back, I remember the paperwork I thought it was never going to end but we are nearly there now, Perth Bound Oct/Nov, being in limbo is not much fun, but we tried to carry on as normal, I even started up my own business, it certainly kept my mind off Oz for a while,the kids drove us mad watching Steve Irwin non stop I think they thought that every person in Oz spent their days catching snakes!!!!!!!!!
A good friend of mine has left for Brisbane 3 months ago, she has just bought a house and got the kids in good schools, despite a bit of a lonely start she has mainly posative things to say so far, apart from the red back she shared the shower with!!
Good luck with it all, patience is the word, sadly.
Suz

Re: KEV
 

i think the tra approval took about 12weeks we go to Brisbaine on the 11 July i will de haveing a good luck round so will keep you informed on work and the building game

Re: hello
 

hi there
im pretty much new to this site too, its a long process but it will be worth in the end, the booze certainly helped on those stressfull days. we got our visas through in march, heading for adelaide, (not many people seem to be heading that way), anyway hopefully off in sept, good luck vidge

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Hi Rach

I see you are also from Dorset! Which part are you in? I lived in Parkstone and Canford Heath before moving to Florida. I think there is someone on this forum who lives in Hamworthy (sorry, can't remember the name) maybe you could hook up with them?

Good luck with the visa, my hubby got his last month so now we are really starting to panic!

Wannabe Wallaby

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Hi WannabeWallaby
haha! we live in Parkstone but i am original from Bournemouth (west cliff), hubby is from Poole!
well done for getting your visas, where are you hoping to emigrate to?
regards
rach


:cool:

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Hi Vidge
thanks for the welcome
lucky you getting your visas through, why adelaide? if you don't mind me asking! bet you cant wait,
all the best
rach/mark


:)

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Hi Suz
thanks for the hello!
you may have read in another message from me that our agent has lodged the tra application today! so its a matter of waiting for the time being! nerve raking business isn't it?
i won't tell my 10 year old daughter about your friend and the red back, she was in the garage earlier with a daddy long legs and scared stiff!
regards
rach

:)

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by nosuchluck
Hi Vidge
thanks for the welcome
lucky you getting your visas through, why adelaide? if you don't mind me asking! bet you cant wait,
all the best
rach/mark

hi rach/mark
yep cant wait going in approx 10 weeks waiting to exchange on our house before we book our one way tickets (dont want to take any chances!!). going to adelaide as friends over there, husband (dave) got a job too. we went in april and it was fab.
we are going to look at perth too once we over there before buying a place
sarah/dave (vidges)

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[QUOTE]Originally posted by nosuchluck
Hi WannabeWallaby
haha! we live in Parkstone but i am original from Bournemouth (west cliff), hubby is from Poole!
well done for getting your visas, where are you hoping to emigrate to?
regards
rach


My dad still lives in Parkstone and my sister lives in Branksome, small world eh?

We are heading for Perth and hope to be there around November 2003. The only reason for picking Perth was for the dry hot temps as Florida's humidity is wearing a bit thin these days! My parents were 10 pound poms in the sixties and my sister and I were born there but we all left Oz when I was 4 years old so I can barely remember my early life in Melbourne. I consider myself very lucky to have the choice of which country I want to belong to and I'm not getting any younger (I'm 35 and hubby is 40) so its really is now or never for us.

Good luck with your endeavour and wish you all the best!

Wannabe Wallaby