Poor credit..how will affect life in australia?
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Poor credit..how will affect life in australia?
Just wondering how a poor credit history would affect a move to Australia? Is there any restrictions when applying for a PR visa?
In Scotland we have a thing called trust deeds that can wipe any debts within 3 years but doesn't mean the person has to go bankrupt its a step before that, would someone with one of these struggle to get a PR or citizenship?
Thanks for your help trying to plan ahead for OH applying for visas.
In Scotland we have a thing called trust deeds that can wipe any debts within 3 years but doesn't mean the person has to go bankrupt its a step before that, would someone with one of these struggle to get a PR or citizenship?
Thanks for your help trying to plan ahead for OH applying for visas.
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Re: Poor credit..how will affect life in australia?
AFAIK, your credit rating in your country have no effect on Australian credit rating, you start anew. Approaching this from the opposite end, I have a very high credit rating in the US of A, and it means squat in Aussie. There you go, years of paying bills on time and it means donkey $%!t
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Re: Poor credit..how will affect life in australia?
thanks newjersey. great for OH but you're right if you pay all your bills and scrape by every month it means nothing!
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Re: Poor credit..how will affect life in australia?
No Australian history = good credit risk.
An Australian credit history, taking account that they only include bad credit = possible bad risk.
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Re: Poor credit..how will affect life in australia?
However they WILL ask if you have ever been declared bankrupt - personally I would say no as you haven't been declared bankrupt in Australia and your UK credit history is of zero relevance here.
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Re: Poor credit..how will affect life in australia?
AFAIK, your credit rating in your country have no effect on Australian credit rating, you start anew. Approaching this from the opposite end, I have a very high credit rating in the US of A, and it means squat in Aussie. There you go, years of paying bills on time and it means donkey $%!t
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Re: Poor credit..how will affect life in australia?
Cool. Does that mean you can take out a heap of CC's in oz, run up massive bills and do a runner back to your country of origin where you have a good credit rating? The bad credit rating you have in oz for not paying that 100 grand back means nothing in the US, UK etc.. correct?
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2) you want this thread to turn into the usual abuse-throwing which always happens after a statement like that........
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Re: Poor credit..how will affect life in australia?
Just wondering how a poor credit history would affect a move to Australia? Is there any restrictions when applying for a PR visa?
In Scotland we have a thing called trust deeds that can wipe any debts within 3 years but doesn't mean the person has to go bankrupt its a step before that, would someone with one of these struggle to get a PR or citizenship?
Thanks for your help trying to plan ahead for OH applying for visas.
In Scotland we have a thing called trust deeds that can wipe any debts within 3 years but doesn't mean the person has to go bankrupt its a step before that, would someone with one of these struggle to get a PR or citizenship?
Thanks for your help trying to plan ahead for OH applying for visas.
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Re: Poor credit..how will affect life in australia?
It was a valid Q. Do you still have good credit rating (assuming you had a good one before) in US or UK if you mess up your oz one?
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Yes, you do. The UK credit rating system is not linked to the Australian one, in just the same way the as the Australian one is not linked to the UK one.
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Re: Poor credit..how will affect life in australia?
Cool. Does that mean you can take out a heap of CC's in oz, run up massive bills and do a runner back to your country of origin where you have a good credit rating? The bad credit rating you have in oz for not paying that 100 grand back means nothing in the US, UK etc.. correct?
Or has the meaning of 'cool' changed yet again
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Re: Poor credit..how will affect life in australia?
Is it the same when applying for PR does no one ask for credit history?