Marisawright

Legally, no. Owning property is not enough, you have to actually live in the property - and the bank will ask you to prove it. I'm not sure why you feel a UK bank account is so necessary. I do website work for European and American clients all the time. Some of them pay me via Paypal and some pay into my Australian bank account. Never had a problem. I pay for all kinds of things overseas from my Australian bank account. All you need to do is switch your Australian bank account to ING, so you get a decent exchange rate and don't pay fees for all your international transactions. Obviously you'll be using an agent to manage the property - I'm sure they won't object to sending the money to your Australian account. If they do, find another agent! When I had an investment property, I had an agent who provided a bill-paying service. Instead of them sending me the rent and then I had to pay any expenses, they paid all the bills, deducted the cost from the rental income, and sent me the difference. Each month I got an itemised account and at the end of the financial year, I got a summary. It cost me a little more but at the time, it was worth it to me. If you could find an agent like that, it could be worth it to you, too, because then all the transactions are local and you're not worrying about exchange rates until you receive the profit.

When you get married you will have relatives through marriage, so you will not be eligible for the visa any longer.

If there will be no further release for 2019-2020 then they will not begin processing again until July next year.

That's exactly what they do. They consider the likely cost of medication and treatment over the remaining lifetime of the applicant. There's a threshold, and if it's over that threshold, the visa will be declined.

That doesn't sound good. You need a minimum of 65 points to apply for a visa BUT do you understand that it's a competition, not a queue? The people with the highest points get picked first. Hundreds of applications come in every week and if they have higher points, they'll just leapfrog over you, and you'll be left behind, possibly until your application expires. Recently, there have been so many applicants with high points for the 189 visa, no one with 65 points has got a look-in. I don't know about the 190, that's a different system. When the changes come in November, you might get extra points - but then, so will everyone else, so you'll still be lagging behind. I'd strongly suggest you see a good migration agent. Most of the agents on these forums will give you a free initial consultation.

I second VeryStormy. We did our migration application on our own, but it's quite a complicated process and if you get ONE thing wrong, you get rejected - they don't come back and say, "did you mean....", they just say no, and that's your application fee wasted. Reputable agents will give you an initial free consultation too.

You can't just decide you're an accountant, even for a simple job. Australia will not give you a visa for an accountant job unless you have accountancy qualifications, and it makes no difference if an employer sponsors you. You may be able to get a visa as a developer.

Can't see the point. I just walked into Barclays on my first day and it took five minutes to "open the account" at the counter.

If you are using an immigration lawyer then your best advice is to ask him these questions. He is the expert. It just goes to show how foolish it is to settle in Australia and not get citizenship when you are eligible.

No it won’t be a problem but make sure you have it all backed up on the cloud or a drive you carry with you, in case it gets stolen

These forums are mainly for people planning to come to Australia. Most of those people arrive, get settled, and never visit these forums again. The other main group are people who arrived, didn't like it or missed their family too much,and are heading home - they're not interested in making friends in Australia, for obvious reasons. There's a small group of us who stick around because we enjoy hanging around to help other people. It's never easy making deep friendships in a new country, but you're not likely to find them on forums - and sticking around with other Brits is often a recipe to guarantee you'll never feel "at home" in Australia. It's hard work and will likely take you a couple of years to make connections.

Then it does sound as though the agency is your employer and you can only work for them for six months.

What do you think you'd need to do? Assuming you've got your NI number, just give it to your employer and that's it.

If you have a no further stay condition then you must leave at the end of your visa and you cannot apply for another visa while you are in Australia

When you say “third party payroll company”, do you mean you’re self employed and outsourcing your invoicing etc, or do you mean you’re going through an agency?

What Alan said. Very few Australian accountants would have a clue

No

If you only applied this year then your citizenship certainly won’t be complete by December. No chance

Seven Seas. They have a thing called a Movecube, much better than shipping individual boxes

Yes, you absolutely have to have a Resident Return Visa. If you don't get one, you won't be allowed back in the country!!! However it shouldn't be a problem to have it approved in time - if you meet all the criteria, it only takes a few days.

You've got to remember that the exchange rate has a lot to do with how expensive things seem. The pound is depressed right now but so is the Aussie dollar. The other thing is that you're often not as aware of how prices increasing when you're at home - things cost what they cost. But when you move countries and start having to convert amounts in your head, you suddenly become aware of what prices really are. Also, as you point out, some things are cheaper and some things are more expensive, but we tend to get fixated on the stuff that's more expensive.

I'd say yes

Ah sorry, I got hold of the wrong end of the stick. I thought you meant you wanted to leave your stuff in storage in the UK. What I'd suggest is, don't use the shipping company's storage. When you arrive in Australia, find a good self-storage facility that's convenient for you, and get them to deliver the stuff there. It does mean extra unpacking and packing, BUT it means that if you end up taking a while to find a home, you'll be able to pop into the storage facliity and pick things up as and when you need them, instead of having to do without absolutely everything for months.

Paul is one of those reputable agents that I talked about. Ask him to give you a quote, I think you will be pleasantly surprised. I'm willing to bet those people charging big money are either scammers, or offering to falsify your financial records for you. Neither is a good idea.

I think people are assuming you'll travel to Australia and apply for the onshore version of the visa while you're here - in which case you'll be on a bridging visa while you wait. People are assuming that, because if you apply for the 115 visa from the UK, you'll be waiting a very long time. Not many people would settle for waiting twenty or thirty years to get their visa, but if that's fine with you, no worries.