zetland

Hello, just doing some rough sums...
I reckon £10,000 to get out there and set up, then if / when you decided to move back to the UK, in people's experience, are we talking another £8,000 odd?
Would be grateful to hear anyones thoughts...

Jo-Chris

It really depends on how many of you are going! It is just the two of us and we are working on £8k for visas, removals (we haven't got a lot of stuff to move) flights, renting a small furnished house/apartment when we get there, buying a car etc etc. We havent got jobs yet but on a recent trip over to NZ we were told that we both could earn around the 50 - 55k mark.

Hope this helps.

zetland

Thanks- yes, it does seem about that mark. Good luck!

Genesis

12k GBP in 2005. Door to door including everything..mirant levy etc flights blah blah. No agent to pay. Included a 40 ft container full of junk and a family of five. No pets in the calculations..thank God. Well worth the wedge for a new waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better life. Not sure about the mind set of 'how much to return'. We burned ALL our bridges and return WAS NOT an option..it just had to work..and I believe that you CAN make ANYTHING work if you so require it to. Positive mental attitude!!!!

Persephone

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=598317

The link shows how much I spent on emigrating though I was on my own and didn't bring a lot of belongings. The visa alone cost approximately £1,600.