The Story So Far...

Back in 2001 an Australian girl came to work at my office. We got on very well and, by the end of the year we were seeing each other on a regular basis. Her original plan was to stay in the UK for a year and then return home to Australia.

However, she decided to stay in the UK and in 2005 we got married in Culzean Castle, in Scotland.

We decided that as she had been here for a while that I should give Australia a try so we began our preparations to begin our move to Australia.

We decided to sell our house and buy another one that we could rent out while we were in Australia. The process of selling and buying took a lot longer than we anticipated but eventually I was ready to apply for my visa.

I applied in February this year and I was granted a permanent Spouse Visa in July. Our plan is to emigrate in February 2009.

The firm that I work for has an office in Sydney and I have applied for a transfer there. I have been told that it is pretty much a formality and I am just waiting for the paperwork to arrive to confirm it. So, that is one rather large weight off of my mind and one less thing to have to worry about.

All we need to worry about now is finding a property (and that doesn't sound too easy either) and day to day living...