If you could emigrate......where would you go

[katymac]

We would have an income of between £13k and £23K pa and a lump sum of about £30k

Where could we go?
Could we afford to buy?
DH is 53 and has a health problem - I am 37 and with intermittent health - DD is 7 so education is important

We don't speak any languages - but would learn

But have no idea where to go - don't have to make a quick decision, so any MN ideas?

Go to Aussie go to Adeliede, My hairdresser has gone out there and they really wanted people to populate it there

If you lived rurally in Oz, can you really get in? We looked into Oz, but couldn't manage the points at all (DH is a tax consultant/CA and I'm an Information Officer)

yes, adelaide is screaming out for people and is classed as 'rural' believe it or not.

We could go to Jamaica - we'd be millionaires in Jamaican dollars

Jamaica! - did you ever see Jamaica ER on Sky - scareeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

DH would be unemployed

I could either go back to admin work or be a childminder......not siure if that's worth anypoints

points are 110 if willing to live rurally and stay in the area 3 years (i think). normal points are 120.

the ten points makes a huge difference, especially if you're over 30.

adelaide deffo wants you

try there

He had to stay there for about 3 years then he could move to other city

How do you find out? The last time we looked we didn't qualify...

Yep - I saw it - we would have to live in an enclave with machine gun toting guards on the barbed wire gate......school/Dr/shops would all be in the enclave

Not usre it's for us

This was last year

My hairdresser emigrated oput there and was explaining it all to me

go to an agency website who specialises in this. they usually do a quick calculation for you on the net.

in canada, i could buy this for the same price as my three bed semi (in my home town or thereabouts)

Love the house!!! Any suggestions for websites? Btw - hows Kylie?!!

Where do you find out about the points system? Are teachers in demand for Aus?

ooh, can't quite remember the sites. it was about a year ago i was looking but they certainly weren't hard to find. you just have to search for 'immigration to australia' on uk only sites.

kyley is ok. she's getting on fine. i try not to take the piss but i leaks now and then

Our long term goal is to emigrate to Canada, we enquired through an agency and we have the points necessary, we were told that dp in particular would be in great demand - not interested in my teaching qualification.

DC

On one of the websites we'd get 105 pts

teachers and nurses are under a different class as far as i can remember.

visit the oz immigration authority website. oz is definately the least confusing and clear cut of all the countries. NZ has a weird qualifications matrix and canada is just pure 100% beauracracy and confusing red tape (as we do so well )

But if I put DH first we only get 85 - so it's obv age related
Is NZ the same?

not sure but 105 is bloody close. you get 5-10 more points if investing min $100,000 AUD in australia. option?

no only about £30K - so that's no where near - and we would need that to buy a house, wouldn't we?

rent one

We used this company and found them to be very helpful.