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Even if they have, it won't help you. Each person is judged on their specific disease. As you've read in the other posts, Immigration will look at how much you're going to cost the Australian taxpayer in whatever regular drugs you're taking, and also the cost of ongoing medical treatment, as well as the likelihood of further transplants or kidney failure in the future. You may be on different drugs and have a different prognosis. Being on the NHS, we're often not aware of how much our drugs and treatment are actually costing the government, so you may not realise just how much the bill would be. I found a research paper that says the average cost of care for a kidney transplant recipient is about $10,000 per annum and if that's true, then I'd be pessimistic. Follow the advice given to the OP - consult one of the recommended agents who specialise in medical cases. They have dealt with many cases like yours..

I'm not sure it would. I know when I applied for my oh's visa, he had to apply from Australia. We looked into it because we'd contemplated going for a visit then travelling Europe while we waited for it, but no go.

Personally, I would advise you to get on a plane as soon as possible, and certainly before your current travel facility expires. You have had five years to move to Australia. As you have let the whole five years go by and never lived in Australia, you must show good reasons why you haven't done so, otherwise they will refuse your RRV. Then you will lose your ability to enter Australia altogether. Not finding a job is not a good enough reason, because most migrants arrive in Australia without a job, and search for a job once they arrive. It's normal. It was your choice not to do the same. If you arrive in Australia before your current travel facility expires, at least you will preserve your right to live in Australia. If you don't have your RRV then that will be a problem for travel, but at least you'll be able to live in Australia and won't have lost your ability to migrate.

Apart from the cost of housing, everything else will cost the same whether you live in the inner city or in an outer suburb. Bear in mind that Australian cities are very sprawling, so if you do live in an outer suburb, you're going to have a long commute and expensive fares.

I think it's a different story for young children. They are far more adaptable than an adult. Your kids may be unsettled at first but they will be fine if you are fine.

Don't waste any more time. File a case with the tribunal. It's only going to cost you $12.

Oops, not sure what happened there! Some people say Australia is more expensive than the UK, but having been back in the UK a couple of years ago, I'd say that day-to-day living is much the same, EXCEPT for housing. Just like in the UK, the cost of housing varies massively depending which part of the country you're in. Houses in Sydney cost twice as much as houses in Tasmania, for instance. You can check out realestate.com.au to get an idea of house prices in the area you're thinking of. Depending on your occupation, it is sometimes possible to find an employer to sponsor you for a job in Australia - BUT that usually just gets you a temporary visa for 2-4 years. The advantage is that the employer will pay your relocation costs there and back, and it gives you a chance to find out if you like Australia. However, it's risky - because the Australian government keeps changing the rules all the time. We've had many families on these forums, who came on a sponsored visa, worked through the contract planning to apply for PR at the end - and then found their occupations had been removed from the list, and they had no choice but to go home. Depending on the age of your children, it can be disruptive to move them to a different education system for 2-4 years and then move them back again. So, I would say that if you want to move, then you should aim for a permanent visa. The process takes months and no employer is going to offer you a position and then hold the job open for an uncertain length of time. Therefore, you need to get the visa first, before you start looking for a job. Even then, you will struggle to find work from the UK, unless your occupation is in very short supply - which it probably isn't. Unemployment is about the same in Australia as in the UK. Don't assume that because your occupation is on the list, that means employers are desperately short of applicants. The current advice is that migrants should assume they'll take six months to find a job when they first arrive, and make sure you arrive with enough money to survive on.

Having been back in the UK a couple of years ago, I'd say that day-to-day living in Australia costs about the same as in Britain, EXCEPT

These guys do car and goods together https://www.autoshippers.co.uk/container_car_shipping.htm This is an Australian company: http://www.willship.com.au/roll-on-roll-off-vs-container-shipping-which-is-right-for-you/

Yes, you certainly will, since there's no way you can use claim on the health insurance unless you have the details!

I'm surprised at that. We lived in the UK for a year only two years ago, and our budget for day-to-day living worked out about the same, apart from the cost of housing. Some big-ticket items like white goods are more expensive here, but that's stuff you buy when you arrive and set up, not day-to-day living. I did find that it was much cheaper to buy pre-prepared food in the UK, and I got into the habit of buying it. If I'd continued with that habit on my return to Australia, I'd have found things very expensive - but I've gone back to cooking with fresh ingredients (which is much healthier anyway).

No, you don't secure a rental from the UK. You book an AirBnB or a holiday cabin for four to six weeks and start looking as soon as you arrive. It's very risky to take on a rental sight unseen because real estate agents tamper with the photographs to make the property look better than it is. You could end up with a real dump and you'll be stuck with it.

I'm not being defensive. If you were a regular on these forums, you would know that I'm often telling potential new migrants to think twice about migrating to Melbourne or Sydney (unless they're coming from London) because it's so unaffordable. So I'm not disputing that some parts of Australia are expensive. And now I understand what you really mean, which is that it's almost impossible to live in Australia if you're over 50 without a home of your own and with few savings, I agree with you, and I'm sure a lot of other posters would agree too. It must be a dreadful struggle. But that's not what you said in your first post, and a lot of posters are probably reading that first post and jumping in to reply without reading your clarification. So it's not reasonable to go getting narky at people because you let you said unjustifiable things about Australia.

Well, to be fair, that's not what you said. You said that Australia is only for rich people who have millions. If you make a statement like that, you have to expect people to object. I think if you'd said what you meant in the first place, you'd have got more sympathy.

I agree that Australia doesn't cater well enough for the poor. I don't agree that means it's only for the rich, though. The average person, with a decent job, can afford to buy a nice home and live a good lifestyle if they're able to move away from the crazily-priced major cities. I don't believe there will be an exodus of young people for that reason - so many young people are able to work from home these days, they can go and live in a cheaper area and still have a good income. Rents can still be expensive in smaller towns, but that's because rentals are scarce, not because the houses are expensive to buy. So affordability still exists in nice towns with good amenities. I'm a big city girl myself so I understand what you mean about not wanting to live somewhere remote.

You don't need to register with a GP, you just choose a doctor. If you don't like that doctor, you go somewhere else next time until you find one you like. Your best plan is to get the policy from your employer, then ring up your insurance company and ask them how their claim process works. For all health insurance, you just pay for everything upfront and then send in a claim form. With some insurers, you can present your membership card at the GP's office and they will put it through a machine that processes your claim immediately and pays the doctor direct - but that's not every insurer and it's not every practitioner. If you were a UK resident prior to arriving in Australia, you are entitled to reciprocal cover and therefore you're entitled to a Medicare card (which is valid only for essential medical treatment and not for elective or pre-existing conditions).

I'm so sorry to hear you are struggling. Where in Australia are you living? You are right to say some parts of Australia are unaffordable, but house prices and rents vary enormously across the country. Some places are ludicrous but other places are more manageable. Could you move, or are you stuck near family? As for Medicare - Medicare covers almost everything. First of all, find a doctor who bulk bills, then you'll have no gap to pay. Then, if you need to see a specialist, TELL the doctor that you want to go public. GP's here are so used to people having health insurance, they'll refer you to a private specialist without thinking, so you just need to let them know that's not what you want. Although they tell horror stories about long waiting lists for the public system, that's only the health funds using scare tactics - the waiting lists are no worse than the NHS in Britain. For prescriptions - once you get to a certain threshold, you'll go on the safety net and you won't have to pay as much for prescriptions. Also if you haven't already, go to Centrelink and see what other benefits you can get. I agree about the ageism. Having lived in Sydney for 30 years, I assumed it was a world-wide phenomenon, but I did notice, when I was back in the UK, that it seemed much less prevalent there.

Strathfield is right in the middle of Sydney (the biggest city in NSW). Housing across the whole of Sydney is horrendously expensive. You're lucky as a nurse because it will be easier for you to get work in country areas than most occupations. If you want a quiet beach lifestyle, look at the smaller towns along the coast like Coffs Harbour, Port Macquarie.

That's difficult if your new to Australia Not really. You don't have to register with a doctor here, you just go to whichever doctor you choose. If you don't like the first one you visit, you can go somewhere else next time, and so on until you find one you are comfortable with.

Free. Ring your local libary and see if they have a Justice of the Peace day. If not, ring your local shopping mall and see if they have one - or try another library.

So the agent confirmed it in an email? Good. You can say "we negotiated an agreement in good faith with our landlord's representative, who we understood had authority to act on the landlord's behalf to vary the terms of our lease". I think you'd have a chance at the tribunal. Worth paying the $12 fee, I think.

The lease break fee is a relatively new thing (yes, I know 2010 is a while ago now, but it took ages to catch on - and a lot of agents don't use it. So there probably aren't a lot of cases like this to act as precedent. Good luck with the tenants union.

Thanks for finding this, Linda. The Australian sites don't have all that detail. So for the OP, it look as though her mother will need international private health insurance, because she'll be paying full fees for all her prescriptions and all medical treatment for any existing conditions

The reality is that they are her last few years. I'm getting to be an old lady myself, and I'm very aware that far too few of us live past 80 in perfect health, and then drop dead suddenly and painlessly. There's a very strong likelihood of her incurring high medical costs as she ages, and ending up in the same boat as this lady: https://startsat60.com/entertainment/tv-movies/british-great-grandmother-fran-davies-high-medical-cost-deportation-today-tonight The problem with that is that if she's sent back to the UK, she won't be entitled to the NHS straight away, because she's no longer a resident. Plus she won't have a home to go to (unless she's going to keep her house in the UK) and she'll be even more isolated, having been away for some years.

Well actually, according to the law he is, because there is a Break Fee included in their lease, and that says he's entitled to 4 weeks rent if they leave early. The question is whether they can prove that the agent made a mutually agreeable arrangement not to charge that fee, in return for them being flexible with their leaving date.