Lisa VCH

I think the cost is 4k per year, per family now for undergraduate. Masters students get free education for their kids. However the university allocates the school and it may not be the one nearest to you. I was told that potentially I could have 3 kids in 3 schools! Then there is the tie of living fairly close to the uni. This is my plan C but currently working on plan B to save myself the student fees. The university should be able to give you the answers, you are paying for their help. Good luck :-)

Thank you for your replies, I think that when you have kids you want to have it all sorted ASAP but it's probably better to have another look when we get back and relax a bit. I think I will put their names down for MBC and just see what happens... Thanks again :-)

We are just on our last day of two weeks in Perth. Realistically it's going to be two years before we can secure a visa, but we were hoping to narrow down possible suburbs and put names down on waiting lists (you never know). All the suburbs with good public schools seem to be very expensive and I calculated that it's cheaper to send the kids privately and live further out. Before coming out our focus was on Baldivis, which we did like the look of. There's Tranby College but I don't know what the local opinion is on the new high school. We also liked Lakelands, but have been warned that Mandurah is a mixed bag. But when we drove through Joondalup I thought it looked fab. The school, Lake Joondalup Baptist College looks amazing (online). The problem is that house prices up there seem very high, as well as the school itself being more expensive. Does any one have any knowledge about any of these schools? I've had a fab holiday but feel like I've not made much progress! Thank you for your help.

Wow, congratulations!! :-)

Hi everyone. I'm thinking of starting a pgce specialising in ages 3-7. My concern is that aitsl define an early childhood teacher as some one who is specialising in ages 3-8. Now would they be picky enough to quibble over this? I understand you need 4 years at uni in total. Has anyone had a successful assessment as an early childhood teacher? Thank you :-)

Oh no, you must be gutted. I fully expect a bad reaction from certain friends but it must be awful if it's your spouse. Could you afford a holiday? Maybe if she doesn't feel pressured, in a few weeks she will realise why she wanted to go in the first place? Good luck :-)

Amii I have two dogs (1 is a cockapoo) and I intend to take them. there seem to be a lot of rentals on reiwa that will take dogs, more so than in the UK. My dogs are nervous and I will enquire with the vet if they can have some kind of sedative. The children will be leaving so much behind but they can take their furry friends with them. Good luck

Oh no how frustrating. We are only two years into this snacking head into brick wall business and you've done five. Have you tried ringing the place or going in there? Chin up, you can't fall at the last hurdle!

Thanks everyone. Portlaunay, the job is the problem. He has been told by agencies in perth that he shouldn't have a problem getting a job as a HR manager when he's out there, but has to go as the project thing to get there. This brings me to another question, are you allowed to look for work whilst on a holiday visa? :-)

Thank you all for the replies. On the official website it says that list 2 occupations need a 12month or more contract/job offer; (I've tried to copy and paste from WA site) Subclass 190 visa ■ Have a contract of employment 6 for full-time employment 7 for at least 12 months in Western Australia in the nominated (or closely related 3 ) occupation. ■ Very stormy, the occupation is Project Administrator. To add to the confusion, the migration agent emailed saying that my husband's experience needs to be POST qualification (he's spent the last year finishing off the required qualification but has 15 years experience). However, on the vetassess website it says; Program or Project Administrator (ANZSCO Code 511112) This occupation requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the educational level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Diploma, in a field highly relevant to the nominated occupation. In addition to this, applicants must have at least one year of post-qualification employment at an appropriate skill level completed in the last five years in a field which is highly relevant to the nominated occupation. If employment is not post-qualification, then three additional years of highly relevant employment are required. So (forgive me if I'm stupid) I think this is telling me that it doesn't matter if the qualification is after the experience as long as he has more than three years experience overall which he does. Who should I believe, the website or the migration agent? To be honest I am getting a bit frustrated with this migration agent and am thinking of contacting George Lombard instead. Thanks again :-)

Bestie is your occupation on list 2?

Hi Richard I'm no expert, but I have noticed people mentioning that you have to notify WA of any changes of address. Also I 'heard' somewhere that they send out regular questionnaires checking on where you are living and working. It's only two years, then you could live where you like

Hello lovely perth pomers We have had a chat with a migration agent and still aren't sure what to do. We now have a realistic chance of passing the vetassess assessment (hurrah) However we will still need to get a 12 month job offer to apply for the 190. It seems like a lot of stress to go through and not be able to proceed without a job. Getting a job in perth from Norfolk seems tricky, but then I think that there are so many jobs on list 2 that surely this must be what lots of people are achieving? Have lots of you managed this? Thanks

If anyone's interested, new series of wanted down under started this week. Yesterday was perth and they showed butler, Quinn's rocks, alkimos and Kinross. Something to keep you going if you're still scraping the ice off your car in the mornings :-)

Hi, I've just sold my house to fund even beginning the visa process. The house sold in two days and we're now renting.The equity was the only money we had, and if we don't get into oz we'll just buy another house. Plus we are now able to afford a holiday to Perth in April :-)Good luck.