Hi Guys,
before I start I just want to say that I only recently joined the forum and it is almost like my bible. Very helpful indeed :clap2:
I am 36 in March, married with 2 young girls (6 and 4). Although my wife and I have always dreamed about living abroad it has always seemed like a bit of a pipe dream, until recently that is.
About a year ago, my cousin from Perth made contact with me. I knew I had family from Australia but had never met them as my parents fell out of touch with them many years ago. Anyway, my cousin came over to the UK for 6 months and we became pretty close and now I am happy to say that my family and I have a good relationship with my Aunt, uncle and 2 cousins in WA. My cousin has now moved back home and is more than happy to keep letting me know about the 38deg temps out there
We are now seriously considering moving to Perth but definately dont want to rush into anything. The main problem I have is that I am from a customer service background and my wife is a PA so neither of our jobs are on the skills list. I am thinking of re-training to become a plumber/tiler but this would obviously cost a lot of money so i want to make sure that this is money well spent when it comes to getting a job over there (if I can get in).
My thoughts are that if I re-train and get a job in the UK for 2-3 years, then hopefully I will be in a better position to apply for a working visa. I am a bit worried that I will be cutting it a bit fine with my age though.
My uncle has an avionics business out there and says that he is more than happy to sponsor me although I think he means a family sponsor rather than a working sponsorship.
I have looked at the stickies and various websites but would like a bit of extra guidance please.
Has anybody got any thoughts or happy endings to my little story.
Thanks for listening
Tony
before I start I just want to say that I only recently joined the forum and it is almost like my bible. Very helpful indeed :clap2:
I am 36 in March, married with 2 young girls (6 and 4). Although my wife and I have always dreamed about living abroad it has always seemed like a bit of a pipe dream, until recently that is.
About a year ago, my cousin from Perth made contact with me. I knew I had family from Australia but had never met them as my parents fell out of touch with them many years ago. Anyway, my cousin came over to the UK for 6 months and we became pretty close and now I am happy to say that my family and I have a good relationship with my Aunt, uncle and 2 cousins in WA. My cousin has now moved back home and is more than happy to keep letting me know about the 38deg temps out there
We are now seriously considering moving to Perth but definately dont want to rush into anything. The main problem I have is that I am from a customer service background and my wife is a PA so neither of our jobs are on the skills list. I am thinking of re-training to become a plumber/tiler but this would obviously cost a lot of money so i want to make sure that this is money well spent when it comes to getting a job over there (if I can get in).
My thoughts are that if I re-train and get a job in the UK for 2-3 years, then hopefully I will be in a better position to apply for a working visa. I am a bit worried that I will be cutting it a bit fine with my age though.
My uncle has an avionics business out there and says that he is more than happy to sponsor me although I think he means a family sponsor rather than a working sponsorship.
I have looked at the stickies and various websites but would like a bit of extra guidance please.
Has anybody got any thoughts or happy endings to my little story.
Thanks for listening
Tony