Average cost of relocating to OZ (Sydney)

[cmabbo]

Hello all,

I am married to an Aussie living here in London and we have now decided to move to Oz after having our little boy in May of last year.
We are still in the early stages of looking for a job for hubby as we won't go until we have a job offer or we are brave enough to take the risk of trying to find a job once out there!
I still have to apply for a spouse visa and am concidering going through an agency as the paper work gave me a headache the other day just reading through it...this is what 8 months of sleep deprivation does to you!
We also have two dogs that will be taking out with us... so what I'm asking is what was the total cost that you paid out to emmigrate?

Many thanks

Christina

[kaz101]

Hi Christine,

Welcome to the forum.

We (2 adults) moved from just North of London to Australia in July 2007. The move for the 40ft container (with the purple Mustang ) was just over 6,000 pounds and we paid about 3,000 for the agent (I think since the process started some years ago). So about 9,000 pounds overall.

So it wasn't cheap but it was worth it!

Regards,
Karen

[cmabbo]

Hi Karen,

Thanks for getting back to me.. that seems to be the norm and what we are expecting to pay..I think due to it being just me who needs a visa which should be around £1500 (using an agent)...and I'm thinking of selling or donating most of our furniture and car to save on shipping cost!! The most cost will probably be for our dogs but they are worth it so we don't mind!!

Thanks again.

Christina

[kaz101]

Originally Posted by cmabbo

...and I'm thinking of selling or donating most of our furniture and car to save on shipping cost!!

You're welcome.

There is an organisation called Freecycle™: Groups Around the Globe and that's where we passed a lot of our stuff that charity shops didn't want but was too good to dump. You find your local group and advertise your things on there for free and if people are interested they come and pick them up. There's no payment to you but it saves dumping stuff that can still go to a good home. We got rid of soooo much stuff through our local group.

Regards,
Karen