Emigrating to Perth

[SGKG102]

Hi Jacqui,

Thank god for that I thought I needed police checks for all of us phew! that was close. All but one of us will need the blood tests as my son will be 16 by the time we go and he is going into further education to train to be a Formula 1 mechanic.

Steve does not have any family in Oz as his parents went out for a tenner years ago and then came back when Steve was a baby. He still has his Australian citizenship. He will be sponsoring me to go with him when we go. We are intending on renting a place for a while then looking to buy. Hopefully Steve will have a job to go out to and I will be able to get one once the kids are settled. We will have enough money to tide us over for a few months but hopefully it will not come to that and we can invest it for a deposit for our intended house purchase. The question is how Steve goes about getting two Australian citizens to confirm that we have a solid marriage. We are unsure as to whether we can use English people. Hopefully we will find out the answer to this on Saturday. Having said that though we have been married for 14 years and have a child. Surely this will count for something?

Regards

Karen

[Gadge]

Hi Karen
I am an Australian citizen and my partner is going out to oz on a prospective marriage visa. We could have got married first then applied for a spouse visa but we wanted to marry in oz, the application would have been exactly the same for either. We did it ourselves, double checked all the required documents, even had the medical and police check done at the same time we lodged the application, and from lodging the application to getting the visa it took 17 days. The contact between us and the guy at the immagration was fantastic. Hope this helps. Take care, Gadge

[Gadge]

Hi again
Just read some more of your quiries. Steve can just fly back to oz anytime and need nothing except for his ozzy passport. you can get the medicals done before they tell you to (it saves time but at your own risk) Take care Gadge
ps We have been through every thing with a fine tooth comb so know a lot of answers to your questions, so feel free to ask.

[SGKG102]

Hi Gadge,

Thanks so much for the information. It is extremely helpful. OMG I really am so excited only trouble is with the housing market being so slow we are having trouble selling our house. I would have thought that a fully furnished 3 bed house for £149,500 (to keep it under the stamp duty) would be a bargain for any first time buyer but unfortunately not so at the moment. We are currently on hold with the application until we have an offer on our house. Please let someone buy it soon

It is really good at last to hear from someone that has been through the same thing as we are going through however someone told me today that as we are leaving 2 of the kids here in the UK the Oz government may not allow the Visa. How true this I do not know

Where are you going to be living in Oz?

One question with regard to the medicals. I understand that the results are forwarded directly to the Australian High Commission in London how can we be sure that they will be married up with the application?

Another question with regard to the obtaining of statements from people who have known us for 2 years to prove our continued relationship, can we use the same statements for the Visa application and the Sponsorship form or do we have to find different people?

I will probably have many more questions to ask but at the moment the most important ones are the ones that I have asked.

Once again thank you so much for your help.

Looking forward to hearing from you again.

Best of luck with your move etc.

Kind regards

Karen

[Gadge]

Hi Karen

I know how you feel, you sound as impatient as us lol ,

How old are your kids?
Les (my fiancee) is leaving 3 of her kid they are over 18

I used to live in perth, it is a lovely clean city and weather is lovely

We sent 3 statements in with the visa application along with the sponsorship form

It,s best to send as much stuff as you can, we sent in photo,s , holiday invoice etc

Les had the medical done the day after we lodged the application

Hope this helps

Where in the uk are you?

Regards
Phil and Les

[SGKG102]

Hi Phil nice to hear from you

Thanks for your response it is greatly appreciated.

We are in Portsmouth well not actually Portsmouth, Havant which is 7 miles from Portsmouth. Steve and I both work in Portsmouth though. Where are you?

We are currently unsure as to whether to go to Freemantle or Clarkson, I suppose it will be wherever we can obtain jobs, housing etc unless you can recommend anywhere better. Where are you aiming for?

The kids we are leaving behind are 21 and 19, they are from my previous marriage. We also have a grandson who is 2 1/2. Our daughter has recently been granted her Citizenship by Descent and we now have to make arrangements to travel to London to apply for her passport she is 13. My son who is coming with us is 16 next week and wishes to train as a Formula 1 mechanic. I understand that WA has an outstanding college for this sort of career. My ex has signed a stat dec giving permission for his removal from the UK.

You said that your application took 17 days, when did you submit it?

Just need to tie up the loose ends and ensure we have all the documentation possible before we can submit the application. Also I need to renew my passport as I only have 13 months remaining and I understand that I am required to have a minimum of 2 years. Still that won't take too long to renew.

When are you actually going to make the move?

One quick question as Steve and I have been married for almost 14 years do you think that I will be given a permanent visa from the off? Apparently there is a high chance that I will. That is of course if I get granted one at all lol

Kind regards

Karen

[thebaddeleys]

Originally Posted by ronscot

hi karen.
no they can't sponsor me as they live in a metropolitan are which counts for nothing. so put it another way if they stayed out in the sticks i would be fine. i have a load of questions for tonight so just hope i get enough time to ask them all. i'm hoping this expo will be usefull. i feel if i can't get any good from it i'm afraid i'll have seriously consider my options, i made a few phone calls today and have an employer who will sponsor me, so i hope this can help.in the local paper in oz there was 17 jobs for my trade so i hope it stays like that. the girl said she'd phone at 2300 tonight so better prep my questions.
thanks
Ronnie

Hi,

I just wondered how you get a job sponsorship so fast , was it easy to get. My husband is trying to find a job that will give him sponsorship but they seem few and far between! He is a sales executive.

Thanks

[kaz101]

Hi the Baddeleys,

Welcome to the forum.

Sponsorship usually only works if your skills are in demand. I don't know how much you've read of this forum (there is loads of info here ) but you'll see for example that nurses are getting a lot of sponsorship because they are in demand . Is there some particular reason that your husband is going for sponsorship and not one of the other visas? If you look at the "Please read...." and "Thinking of emigrating" posts they have links to the visa types, skills in demand list, points test and other links for the other visa types.

Regards,
Karen

[thebaddeleys]

Originally Posted by kaz101

Hi the Baddeleys,

Welcome to the forum.

Sponsorship usually only works if your skills are in demand. I don't know how much you've read of this forum (there is loads of info here ) but you'll see for example that nurses are getting a lot of sponsorship because they are in demand . Is there some particular reason that your husband is going for sponsorship and not one of the other visas? If you look at the "Please read...." and "Thinking of emigrating" posts they have links to the visa types, skills in demand list, points test and other links for the other visa types.

Regards,
Karen

Hi Karen,

Thanks for replying! we thought the sposorship visa would be the best route but not sure now as don't want to be tied to an employee. we have a friend out there who can give him a job but the firm won't sposnor him so we just want a visa that allows us permanent residency out there and that allows us to both work, does that exist?

[kaz101]

Originally Posted by thebaddeleys

Hi Karen,

Thanks for replying! we thought the sposorship visa would be the best route but not sure now as don't want to be tied to an employee. we have a friend out there who can give him a job but the firm won't sposnor him so we just want a visa that allows us permanent residency out there and that allows us to both work, does that exist?

It sound's like your after the skilled independent visa. If you look at the links in those 2 posts I mentioned before you'll find it. There are some age limits (under 45 on application) and you have to pass a points test (the links are in the other posts). It's worth taking a look to see if you qualify since that means you can live anywhere in Oz and for anyone too.

We also have some agents on the forum (Alan Collett & Liana Allan) and their first consultations are always free. You can contact them through the signatures in their posts or through the members list. Other agents are available as well and there is a link to the associations in the "Please read..." post.

I'm not an agent but we moved out here in July 2007 on a skilled independent visa so we've been through the process.

Regards,
Karen