hagueok

thinking Australia

hagueok

nope, he part of the familybut not immediate family ,plenty of Hague's in Yorkshire

joho

That sounds like an agent, if so I would get it checked out before you part with your cash, some agency will say anything to get your buisness. I havent heard of them before, but that doesnt mean they aren't any good. Personnally I would go by recommendation off here. Some agents that spring to mind are George Lombard, Alan Collett, Go Matilda all have very good reps. If you do a search in the immigration section for Think Australia someone may have used them before too. And always use one thats a fixed fee thats the best advice I can give you.

Jo

the_nanny_uk2

I asked my doctor about medicalproblems as I'm semi disabled with a olt of back problems but she said she's known a lot of people go from her surgery with a lot worse than my back, ashma, arthritis, heart probs etc etc, so I dont think you need to worry on that score. i think they are mainly excluding people that have had cancer, TB or have HIV. As these people will bea drain on their hospitals.

Hope this helps a bit.

Jo x

hagueok

so to recap you have got to be at deaths door not to get in thanks for that.

Zambia

The BP could be a problem , however overall does not sound to bad

However it always scares me that folk go to Australia having never ever even seen the place first hand. Sure its 3000 out of the budget but believe me its cheaper in the long run if you decide its not for you. Not too mention the stress of packing up your life and transplanting it miles away , selling your house , months waiting on a visa etc.

Not saying don't go just do yourself a favour and force your self to read the returning to the UK forum. I forced myself to read it , as in the Australia section its "Oz is Brillant we cant wait to go!!" Its always good to see why people return.

This site will always have people to help you whatever.

LouiseR

Vaulable bit of advice, we havent visited Australia, havent had the time/money/been pregnant etc but I force myself to read the returning to the UK forum. It can be a bit of a shock sometimes but forewarned is forearmed.

Oh and Welcome to BE!

geordie downunder

You might want to look into the B P.When I emigrated here it was a very stressfull time for me,marriage breakdown,wife trying to stop me getting here as it was a joint application.

The joint application bit was solved by me signing a stat dec saying that I would never bring (ex)wife into the country and the daughter could not use me as a sponsor to emigrate later in life.

Once that was sorted they found my B P was sky high (surprise surprise).Told me to see a specialist at the RVI. A talk to him and he explained that it was probably due to the stress I was under at the time,try to calm down and come back in 6 months.

Went back and BP had dropped but still high.Went back about 3 or 4 months after that and everything was OK.

Lot of hassle etc at the time but it was worth it.

kiwi_child

Just please be aware that due to the current global financial crisis a turndown in demand for construction may be imminent. That said, Rudd Labor government has a housing program it's putting in place that will benefit those in the building related trades who can get a piece of the action. If you can get more info on it and the building industry's current and projected state, I think that would be helpful to you.

Good Luck

Dorothy

The bit in bold it untrue. No condition is an automatic disqualification. Each case is decided on it's own merits, so people with HIV, TB, Cancer and all the other so-called exclusion conditions have successfully applied for visas. What is looked at is what each person's medical condition is likely to cost the Australian health care system and the Centrelink system. For instance, someone with very early HIV could still be accepted as they would potentially have many years to contribute to the economy before they became ill. Same with TB. If successfully treated they are able to work and contribute. Someone with a disability is far more likely to be turned down as they will be unable to work and would therefore be a drain on the healthcare system and after the required time in Australia be eligible for Centrelink benefits without ever having contributed.
The bit about your doctor saying she has had other patients go, I would take that with a grain of salt. Unless she is a DIAC approved panel doctor she would not know what the exclusion criteria is.
No, you don't have to be at death's door. You have to have a condition which would impact negatively on Australia's economy.

hagueok

my wife impacts on my health .

due to the current global financial crisis , i think this is the same all over , it will take over a year to complete everything anyway , a lot can change in a year (hopfully for the better)

hagueok

right i have spent the last 5 hours odd looking at the ,we want to move back to the UK threads ,two things that came up time and time again was


they feel like a round peg in a square hole in oz (as well as keep up with the Jones)
and a lot of people want to move from the USA back to England ,a lot fewer from oz
peeps missing family that they left back in England

does that sound about right?

still does not put me off.

Zambia

Yes that's what I gathered as well.

By the way the economys of the world are in an awfull mess a year wont fix it