Australia immigration & Family Court Advice

[ShiningStar1990]

Hi, my partner, I and and our children (2) and (6) are looking at moving to Australia. My partner is a plumber and gas engineer. Can anyone advise what is required to emigrate from UK to Aus. How easy is it? Do you need a job and property lined up prior to move?

My ex partner and I broke up 6 years ago, we have a 6 year old daughter together (mentioned above). He sees her 4 days a month, has no other contact with her and although offered time and time again for him to spend more time with her he declines. How easy or difficult would it be to move her to Aus. He will most definitely not agree which will most likely end up in court. If anyone has been in a similar situation with ex partners, family courts and move their children abroad any advice would be hugely appreciated.
With the state of the UK I want a fresh start for my daughters, I want them growing up in safety, to have a future. There is no future for them in the UK.
Many thanks for reading and any advice ideally positive would be appreciated.

It is not easy to move to Oz, in fact it's laborious and takes for ever.
My son has just got his AQF level 3 (in his trade) and I'd say it took at least 6 months to do the necessary (videos, photographs, written statements, references, proof of self employment.
Alongside that you need to get a skills assessment ... another load of paperwork going back 10 years (tax, bank statements). Skills assessments are taking about 8-12 months currently, though australian government has recently said that trades have to be done much quicker.
English tests (currently 4 fails at £200 per test) ... test takes place in a centre with old keyboards, useless headphones, marker pen and a piece of plastic to write on and 19 other people raising their voices above everybody else's.
Then (or earlier) you submit your EOI and then wait (normally months if not years) to be 'invited'.
You have to be driven and determined!

And a medical.

My SIL, who is American and whose DH is in the US navy, is supposed to be moving to WA for her husband's job but she's failed the medical because she's overweight.

There’s a reason why 50% move back within 5 years. It requires a hell of a lot of research, effort and luck to make it a success, rather than people just seeing it as “the UK but with better weather”.

DH is Australian and we would need a significant pay rise to afford the same standard of living out there as we have here. As lovely as it is, it isn’t some utopia.

Your situation is further complicated so would advise seeking legal advice. You may have more luck on the work front to go to a more rural area or less popular state too.