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Welcome :thumbsup:

Don't forget the immigration site on here. Who needs to pay someone when there's a wealth of talent in there (and here).

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I only come on here to view the talent.

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hi hannah, we have just taken the plunge (exciting) and we have gone with a company called grist international. We have friends who have succesfully used them and moved over two weeks ago to perth. The person you deal with is Jo Grist, she emigrated years ago and never got the help she wanted so decided to set up her own company and apparently has 100% pass rate. So far she has been grate with all the questions we keep emailing her, im sure she doesnt sleep, we always get a quick reply even tho they are 10 hrs ahead. Its costing us just under £1000 and you pay half first to get started. We are also looking to move to melbourne and are constantly looking at the houses on realestate.com.au and have seen some wonderfull houses in the east also, we are hoping to go on a reccie in feb, cant wait, but not looking forward to flight with an 8yr old and a nearly 2yr old who cant sit still for 5mins! If you are concerned about jobs and what your hubby will be paid have alook on seek.com it might give u an idea, but be propared for wages to be lower, there not as good as here. We met up with others from this great website on sunday, and it was realy great, everyone has a different experience and stories to tell, have a look if there are any meets in your area, try and go, they are a great help and you can make some new friends.
I hope me gabbling on a bit has helped a little, keep us posted with what happens, good luck:thumbsup:
Vanessa x

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Is your hubby looking to do the same thing here? We have dealings with Robert Lane Honda over in the East because they are the only place who service NSXs and they all seem to be a great mob there :)

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Hi we used Mark Webster at Acacia, He was fantastic, our moved proved tricky but he was always quick to reply and stepped us through all the way. We've now been here 2 years and actually went for our citizen interviews today, wouldn't be here without him. There are some really good agents out there so do a search I think ours was really reasonable and don't begrudge any of it.

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Wow - thanks for all that info vanessa - def food for thought!! Everyone is so helpful, giving hints and tips - real invaluable stuff. The wages are really worrying my partner - he worked as a mechanic for 10 years and finally got a step up the ladder when honda uk approached him - he's just worried he's gonna have to backstep so his ideal solution would be to try and find a job with Honda HQ in Melbourne.

Teliko 21 - really excited to hear someone talking of honda - i think to be honest my partner will really consider scrapping the idea of moving if he can't stay with honda - he's been with them since he left school and is very loyal - he's really into the whole honda philosophy so this is gonna be a real sticking point. To be honest i don't think we could afford to move if he was to work on the spanners as we have three kids so he would need to find something as close to the position he holds at the moment. I have said he might have to go back on workshop floor for a while but he is worried if he steps away from his position now he may never get there again - soooo stressful!!!!

thanks to both of you for your input - much appreciated:)

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Contact Darrell @thinkingaustralia,they will give you a free accessment it takes hardly any time and effort.
good luck for your long visa process.
Jenny C.

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Why dont' you try emailing Honda HQ to see what the score is about transfering your OH role over to there, may even be able to get ona sponsored visa through Honda which would spead up the process by a long way if that is what you are wanting too. Just a thought :)

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Yeah - re: transferring his role to honda australia was something i suggested to him but we weren't sure of the protocol really, how it would go down with honda uk, etc. Thanks for that Vicky:)

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Hi

Big blue chip companies are normally well versed it moving employees and will have systems in place. If they value your OH as an employee they should do their best to help.

We live in a country where employees are well protected so you should not fear asking. Ask HR for all the relevant procedures so you know what the way forward is. I am sure they have done it all before!

Cx

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Hi ya,

welcome to BE, i did it all myself and with help from the BE lot!

Saved myself a packet and with TRA to Visa 136, all took 6mths in total.

S-j x:thumbsup:

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Congrats to you,S-J!! Heres hoping we will be in the same position 12 months from now. Any handy hints and tips would be great such as a rough timeline of what needs to be done. at the moment i feel like i've got a million tangled wires to separate!!!!!!

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Hello and welcome

We used Sue at Ian Harrop & Associates. We paid 1500 for their services and they were really good. We also had the TRA, PCC, Meds and application to pay for on top. Sue was really honest and took us on straight away. We applied in March 2006 and got visas in Oct 2006 (136 MODL not in demand).

We looked at Four Corners in Manchester and they quoted 4000 and told us we would have to wait for another 6 months before applying.

Hope this helps and good luck.
:):)

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Hiya - thanks for that info - would you mind me asking the cost of all the other stuff you needed??

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tell him to forget all that. come to the sunshine coast and be a surf instructor..stop stressing man..a mechanic will always work over here :D...........you did say he was a mechanic didnt you??..i cant read the scroll up stuff....my eyes are shot!