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ok me and the wife have reached our limit in the uk, was thinking of moving to oz.
i am a sparky,wife is disabled,was thinking of the south coast(cooler) but other than that no idea where to settle
been to a thinking Australia seminar are they the best to use?is there any to avoid.
seems a 175 is the way to go with a vetasses thrown in.
we have no saving and are renting
are we mad , have anybody else been hear?

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Hi hun,

A big welcome to the forums.

We are in same boat. Gary is a spark and I am semi-disabled with 2 young children. W are going on 175 visas (skilled) to Perth area. They are building like mad over there so job security is at an advantage there. We are going to the Leeds Job Expo on the 18th Oct next week to talk to employers and give out CV's.

What made you pick south coast?

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Originally Posted by hagueok
ok me and the wife have reached our limit in the uk, was thinking of moving to oz.
i am a sparky,wife is disabled,was thinking of the south coast(cooler) but other than that no idea where to settle
been to a thinking Australia seminar are they the best to use?is there any to avoid.
seems a 715 is the way to go with a vetasses thrown in.
we have no saving and are renting
are we mad , have anybody else been hear?
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Old Oct 10th 2008, 7:20 pm
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just because its cooler ,to give us time to adjust to the warmer climes.
very laid back about where we end up just as long as we get there.
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Hi hagueok

I know the feeling we are totally fed up with UK. We did the 175 route (Industrial Engineer). Have you been to Oz before? I would definately visit there before you make a decision to apply for a visa. There are positives and negatives to oz and all depends what you are looking for but overall we believe oz will be better for us than the UK. We applied for the visa ourselves but still found the whole visa process very expensive.

You may also want to check whether your Wife's disability will be a problem with the Visa medical (Check the immi.gov.au website)

Anyway good luck hope this helps
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Hi there, Welcome to the site .
If I was you I'd lock myself away with the pc and have a rumage through the australia forums.Research, Research and some more Research lol.
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hi oz d.
we would like to try before we buy but...
i feel that to visit would be a good idea but the wife says a , thats £3000 out of our budget that we don't have ,and that it could be put to the cost of the visa.
and if we go we go to stop we make it in aus or we die,( metaphorical speaking of course)
but thats a long way off yet as i havent even started doing anything yet.
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Originally Posted by hagueok
ok me and the wife have reached our limit in the uk, was thinking of moving to oz.
i am a sparky,wife is disabled,was thinking of the south coast(cooler) but other than that no idea where to settle
been to a thinking Australia seminar are they the best to use?is there any to avoid.
seems a 175 is the way to go with a vetasses thrown in.
we have no saving and are renting
are we mad , have anybody else been hear?
hi guys wecome to the forum

did you know that sparkies have there own section on here
( cos we are special )
its full of info and useful stuff regarding getting your skills assessed etc

regards steve
link to sparkies bit
http://britishexpats.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=97
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Before you get ahead of yourself do you know if your wife's disability will cause problems in the medicals? She would need to pass the medicals as well.
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Before you get ahead of yourself do you know if your wife's disability will cause problems in the medicals? She would need to pass the medicals as well.

Firstly I misread your title as nudie and now I am most disappointed Welcome to the mad house of BE. I have to agree with Comet's reply. What sort of disabillity has your wife got as this would be a big factor in the meds.

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Originally Posted by joho
Firstly I misread your title as nudie and now I am most disappointed
I think the OP meant "newbie". I had to think about it for a minute as well!
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Originally Posted by hagueok
ok me and the wife have reached our limit in the uk, was thinking of moving to oz.
i am a sparky,wife is disabled,was thinking of the south coast(cooler) but other than that no idea where to settle
been to a thinking Australia seminar are they the best to use?is there any to avoid.
seems a 175 is the way to go with a vetasses thrown in.
we have no saving and are renting
are we mad , have anybody else been hear?
AS far as your actual visa is concerned, you need to do some research on the DIAC website www.immi.gov.au and then post any questions on the Immigration forum here.
Talking to an agent experienced in medical issues would be good too.
Maybe Ian Harrop, George Lombard or Peter Bollard (all their contact details are on here many times )
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Originally Posted by hagueok
ok me and the wife have reached our limit in the uk, was thinking of moving to oz.
i am a sparky,wife is disabled,was thinking of the south coast(cooler) but other than that no idea where to settle
been to a thinking Australia seminar are they the best to use?is there any to avoid.
seems a 175 is the way to go with a vetasses thrown in.
we have no saving and are renting
are we mad , have anybody else been hear?
The wife and I arrived here (Melbourne) in March with nowhere to live, no jobs and about 5k British in our accounts. She got teaching work pretty quickly, I've been a bit slower with my work, but only needed one of us working full time to survive and we're having a great time.

Loads of Aussie mates, living in a beautiful cottage in teh heart of the city, just bought our big ol' barbie this morning ready for a party tomorrow.

we've had problems along the way - healthwise, etc - but have got on with it and focused on why we're here. I reckon if your attitude's right and you're not desperately unlucky, you'll be right.

(And, forgive me if this is shameless, but a fair few of our stories and observations can be found by clicking on the links at the bottom of this email.......)

Do it!
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nubie/newbie. not much difference lol.
wife's problems are, pain in the arse husband,kids that don't do as there told.
you mean medical problems, ok.
they are asthma,arthritis,high b.p.mild depression.
husband too has high bp.
but when we had a chat to t.a. they did not see this as a problem.
this site is brilliant trouble is there too much info on here , it over whelms you.
still good tho.
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nubie/newbie. not much difference lol.
wife's problems are, pain in the arse husband,kids that don't do as there told.
you mean medical problems, ok.
they are asthma,arthritis,high b.p.mild depression.
husband too has high bp.
but when we had a chat to t.a. they did not see this as a problem.
this site is brilliant trouble is there too much info on here , it over whelms you.
still good tho.


Who are t.a. ?
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Hope your names after the city in Holland and not William.
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