Moving abroad? Where to start?

[FortyFacedFuckers]

If I were to seriously look in to moving abroad (UK to oz) where would I start? It's something that we would love to do but I don't even know where to start? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Forgot to add the company DP works for is going down the tubes in the UK but is doing very well in Oz so could be a possibility work wise for him.

We've always been relocated by a company, although I moved country a couple of times before meeting DH. I think your first 3 priorities are work, work, work. Once you have the job sorted, you can work out if you can afford to move. Although people manage (and some very successfully), I would be wary about moving a whole family across the planet without a job at the other end.....

We have always been relocated with the company, who tend to sort out the logistics of the move.

However there are a few things to help things along.

Passports, are they up to date?

Copies of important documents, wedding cert, birth cert etc.

Injections, medical notes, medications and repeat prescription. Are you upto date on smears etc? (Finding a doctor the 'other end' might take some time)

Do some reaserch to the area in which you would like to move. It can get confusing just to turn up and get the real estate people so show you a few places. Narrow it don't before hand.

Get a job. I wouldn't relocate without securing a job before hand. Just too risky in my opinion.

Check out schools, services etc.

Install Skype on your computer!

Good luck

Your dh could possibly apply for a job internally with his company in Iz, who may sponsor him on a 457 visa.

We came on holiday to Oz in 2010, and dh went into the offices to speak to people there, and see if there was a position. Cue 2011, we moved here in the October, and have been here 2 years. We are moving bak though, as dh was made redundant, and we should be heading back early October.

In our case the company paid for the flights over, and the container, unfortunately, they are only paying for the flights back, but we're trying to get them to some how help us pay for the container.

If you can get the company to pay for the logistics, then you'd be laughing as its all organized for you.

Good Luck :)

He needs to talk to his company and see if an overseas move is on the cards. They may be doing well in Oz, but whether they want to stump up for relocation is another matter.

Thanks for all the answers, we of course wouldn't move unless DH was guaranteed a job there but we would like to look into it and decide if it was definitely for us before him approaching them re a job. Without sounding big headed we are both confident that if we decided to go for it he would have no problem getting a job with his experience with this company.

How do I go about finding about schools? The type/quality of life we could expect?

Sorry if I sound stupid I have only ever lived in the one area before.

Where would you be going to? Once you know the city you can ask here or I liked poms in oz website for advice

Start by looking at visas. Eligibility. . Do you score enough points for independent skilled migration? If not can you find an employer to offer you a job and then get a 457 temp resident visa. What area does dh work in?
Remember that it takes time for any visa especially pr.
I wouldn't be worrying about schools too much yet when you don't know when or where you can end up. I guess broadly speaking there's a state system and a private one. Private schools are nearly all religious, but not as expensive as private ed in the uk. In nsw on a 457 you pay for state education, in all other states its free even on a 457.

WA will be charging school fees for 457 visa holders from Jan 2014, $4000 per child, although there are mutterings about mitigating it somehow. If this goes ahead, it's expected that SA and VIC won't be far behind...

Everyone will tell you Perth is expensive to live, which it is, although the climate is pretty good (if you have good air con!) so we've found if you eat sensibly and don't eat out much (we're not that sad and deprived, honest!) it's a great place to bring up little kids.

So, first work out where DH's company has offices and which are recruiting, then put out a shout to the MN Oz massive, we're all over the place!

Good job qld is slow on the uptake! Will take them a while to charge up here! My private school fees are less than $4000.

Woo hoo, fees delayed until Jan 2015, and will be halved for second and subsequent children. That's a start anyway, I hope to have a perm visa by then..

Sorry for the mini hijack FFF, how are you doing?