scottish family in perth

[mike&lins]

Hi all we have just moved to perth on a 457 visa for 4 years hopefully longer if my partner lins settles and finds some freinds we have 2 kids my eldest is 5 and my youngest is 12 months we are both 25 and are looking for other brittish families to socialise with and help us settle in we currently live in the daglish area of perth

cheers Mike

[The.Colebecks]

Hello Mike & Family,

Welcome to Perth Poms :D

Kind regards
Karen & Family

[emsandcraig]

Hi Mike and Family
Hope you have started to settle into your new lives in Perth! Although we have been here for 3 years we are always on the look out for new people to socalise with and would love to get together sometime if you fancy it.
We are in our late twenties and have a almost 2 year old daugther and 3 month old son, we live in Bayswater.
Message me if you fancy meeting up
Ems and Craig

[mike&lins]

Hi there cheers for getin in touch, we are settlin in fine so far, would be great to meet up sumtime, nice to meet people with kids similar ages! Where about did you move across from? Look forward to hearin from you, spk again soon lindsey & michael

[suzy+1]

Hi there, i moved to perth from the UK 2 months ago-im in shenton park-not far from you. I have a 3 yr old daughter-welcome to meet for play dates as we both dont really know anyone yet!
suzy.

[julieandsteve]

Hi. My husband and I are both 28 and our Son Aaron is 5 and daughter Amy is 18 months. We are flying to Perth to live on 28th April and will be living in Darch for the first 8 weeks and then Port Kennedy after that. Looking to meet up with other families when we get there. Hope someone gets in touch. Woohoo!! Can't wait to get there.:p

[Tracey and Allen]

Hi All

Myself, Allen my husband and son Edward who is now 2 moved over about 8 months ago on a 457.
Still finding it hard meeting people to socialise with, would like to meet up with anyone in the same circumstances.

[emsandcraig]

Hi All

Myself, Allen my husband and son Edward who is now 2 moved over about 8 months ago on a 457.
Still finding it hard meeting people to socialise with, would like to meet up with anyone in the same circumstances.


Hi Tracey and Allen
Where abouts in perth are you??

[Tracey and Allen]

At the moment we are living in Iluka, near Joondalup

[cainyp]

Hi, Me and my Husband and our 3 children will be moving to Perth in August 08. I have been watching a program in the UK called Wanted down under. It showed that there are groups that hold get togethers for us the meet other people that have also moved to OZ. Does anyone know where I find information about these groups. I am scared to death as we wont know anyone. We are looking to move north of the River at Hillarys or Ellensbrook.

[karine/stuart]

hi
im a hairdresser and my husband is a builder from morecambe I'm at the stage of getting my skilled assessed. I have 2 kids 1 girl 7 and 1 boy 5. We are hoping to be in perth by dec 2009. i was wondering how long the whole process took for you? Have you applied for visa based on your hairdressing skills? Was it easy or is there anything i should be wary of? What made you choose Perth? Have you already got a job linned up?
I'm a mobile hairdresser at the moment But i am worried about setting up other there. Can i ask what area you have choosen and why? My husband and i want to be close to the beach , school shops ext... Anywhere nice for the kids but affordable for us as we will pretty much be starting from scratch again. Any information would be much appreciated.
karine

[cainyp]

Hi Karine,
I Started my application to OZ in May 07 after we went for a visit. We had an agency to help us, as there are lots of things that you need to fill in etc. If you want the agency's contact details I will forward them onto you. They have made it so easy for us to do. Our Visa arrived in Feb 08. I went for the Skilled Subclass 136 Visa. This is the best for you as a Hairdresser. It is for 5 years but after 2 years you can apply to stay for good. This Visa also allows you to Work for yourself or for a Salon. If you decide that you want a change you can also change your Job to do what you want to do.
We are looking at the North of Perth around Ellensbrook and Joondalup as these I have been told are the new and upcoming areas.
You can join a Hairdressing agency and they have a list of Salons that are looking for Stylist. Or do what I am going to do which is Mobile hairdressing until I feel my feet. I then plan on opening my own salon. How long have you been mobile hairdressing, i am asking this because you need to have books to show for I think it was 3 years. If you dont have books going back that long you may need to do what I did and go working ( Rent a Chair ) in a salon for 12 months. you can be doing your Visa application at the same time.

[cainyp]

Hi Karine,
I Started my application to OZ in May 07 after we went for a visit. We had an agency to help us, as there are lots of things that you need to fill in etc. If you want the agency's contact details I will forward them onto you. They have made it so easy for us to do. Our Visa arrived in Feb 08. I went for the Skilled Subclass 136 Visa. This is the best for you as a Hairdresser. It is for 5 years but after 2 years you can apply to stay for good. This Visa also allows you to Work for yourself or for a Salon. If you decide that you want a change you can also change your Job to do what you want to do.
We are looking at the North of Perth around Ellensbrook and Joondalup as these I have been told are the new and upcoming areas.
You can join a Hairdressing agency and they have a list of Salons that are looking for Stylist. Or do what I am going to do which is Mobile hairdressing until I feel my feet. I then plan on opening my own salon. How long have you been mobile hairdressing, i am asking this because you need to have books to show for I think it was 3 years. If you dont have books going back that long you may need to do what I did and go working ( Rent a Chair ) in a salon for 12 months. you can be doing your Visa application at the same time.
Good luck Paula

[karine/stuart]

hi
i've only got books starting from feb this year. therefore by what you are saying i'm pretty stuck. Can i not carry on as i am ( mobile hairdressing) and wait till i have more years of work experience?. As it stand I qualified for 105 points isn't that enough? I am very worried now!!! But thanks for letting me know because " emmigrating expert" who we are using to guide us through the whole process didn't tell me that!! However they did say that i didn't score any points on work experience.Can i asked how many points you scored before you you went and hired a chair.? thanks Karine

[cainyp]

Hi Karine,

I cant remember how many I score before i hired a chair, but when I spoke to the
emigration experts they asked what I had worked in hairdressing over the last few years. Because of my Children I didnt work over 20hrs aweek in hairdressing, so it didnt count. They said I needed 12 months working in a salon working over 20 hours a week.
I would not worry, if you are not going till nxt year, you have the option to look at the different visa's. I would recommend that you speak to someone and ask them for their advice. I had help from this Company in Australia and they told us what and how we had to go about doing it. I will tell you its not cheap, but its def worth it. As for your 105 points, if you are going to go using ur skills you need to check that you will still have enough points. Keep positive... Try phoning Australia House and asking them.
Paula

[karine/stuart]

hi paula.
Thanks for all the help. I will definatly get in touch with emigratingexperts tomorrow and see where i stand in regard to what you have told me.
thanks
karine

[karine/stuart]

hi
Just wanted to let you know that i have been in touch with emmigrating expert and they confirm what you had said. Thank you so much for letting me know as i would have thought that we were ok as we were. Anyway now i need 12 months worth of books with at least 20 hrs work per week. So far i only have 2 months so another 10 months to go!!! In the mean time should we get our medicals/police checks done??
karine

[cainyp]

Hi Karine,

No, dont get any of your checks done, they only last 12 months, you need to leave them to the very last thing you do. Once you have filled all your documents then you will be asked to do your medical, the Police Checks are the last thing you do. Even though you have 10 months to go start filling some of your documents in now, as they take time, then at least when your 10months is up you can log all your documents straight away. You need the forms, 26, 47, 80, 160, 886, 1190. Have look at these documents online so you get an idea. Ouestion 7 on the TRA took me 14 pages to do.
Good luck... If you want any more advice, send me a private mail and I will reply. I have some stuff that will help you fill in your details.

[emsandcraig]

At the moment we are living in Iluka, near Joondalup

Sorry Tracey and Allen, haven;t been on site in ages, we are in Bayswater but if you fancy meeting up sometime for drink let us know x

[dawnandmartin]

HI
We moved here in Jan 06 and didn't know any one and yes it was a bit daunting but we are slowly settling into life here and have a 18 onth old daughter now.
how have things been going for you?
Dawn