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How has it all come around so quick?! Currently sat in our empty flat, all very surreal. Anyone else flying out this week? ​

Hello! im 26 from south England and am flying to perth on Monday with my other half. We'll be living in the city area to and are n a 457 visa so no chances of us leaving anytime soon would be great to catch up with fellow poms when we arrive. X

Hi everyone, i leave the uk on Monday for perth, aghhhh! I am coming over on a 457 visa. The intention is to apply for pr as soon as I can. Culd you advise what paperwork was needed when applying for pr? I'm unsure what paperwork to bring over? I'm a defacto on my partners visa, will we need to go through proving our relationship again? hope you can help ​

Hi everyone, hope you can help may be a silly question so bear with... im moving to perth in the next month and am in the process of tying up utilities bills etc here in the uk. Most ask for a new address for the country I'm moving too, and I imagine the passport office etc will need this too. We only have temp. Accommodation for a few weeks so can't use that address and I have no idea where we will be living yet as we need to find a rental?! What have people done in this situation?

Yes we lived in Perth for a year in 2009/2010. I spent two years backpacking Australia from 2007 so i do know Perth, and hence cant wait to move back! We lived right in the city last time and looking to move out a bit further this time, but still stay central. Really excited about the move, where are you from in the UK? x

Hi everyone, I recently tried Paddleboarding (SUP) here in the UK and really loved it. I would love to start regularly in Perth..does anyone know of any groups or lessons in the Perth area?? I read somewhere about paddle boarding along the swan river? More importantly who would be interested in doing it with me!? Thought it would be a great activity whilst the other half deserts me for golf Im Charlotte, 26 and moving to Perth in the next few weeks.

Hi Paul and Ida, i saw there was a scandanavian club in perth. Scanclub.com.au? somthing like that....Thought it would be nice for 17 may celebrations etc! We will be living fairly central for the first few months, hoping subiaco, west perth type areas. My other half is in the oil and gas industry where there are a lot of Norwegian so I'm sure we'll meet some that way. Only a few weeks to go now, so excited! Xx

The heat and lifestyle is what's doing it for us. We have lived all over including Norway and perth always comes up trumps. The oil and gas link is another major factor with a lot of Norwegian firms having offices in perth.

Hi Sophie, Im 26 and my partner and I are very shortly moving to Perth. We have our visa and just awaiting the company to book our flights. so excited! We would love to meet up with new people when we arrive for a few drinks and bbqs How are you finding Perth? Charlotte

Hi Everyone, This is a bit of a random post but I was wondering if anyone knows any Norwegians in Perth? We are moving over in the next few weeks and are looking into joining the Scandinavia club in Perth - has anyone any of experiences of this?! My other half is norwegian and we would really like to meet fellow scandanvians (along with my fellow poms x

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Our 457 visa has just been granted!! Lodged last Friday and approved today! Cannot believe how quick it was all processed...and how much packing I have to do.... See you soon Perth!

Eeeeek that's so soon! I can't wait to get that email!! Hope you have a great few weeks in the Uk and il see you over there:) im positive ours will come through quick now but we haven't even had the email saying its lodged yet x

Hi Emma! Will try and add you

Hi Danni, we are still waiting on our visa but will get in touch when we arrive as would be great to meet:) What suburb are you living in? We are still deciding! x

Wow that's so quick?! Did you lodge your part of the application yourself or did the sponsor do it for you? We've sent all the info to the company who are applying on our behalf so i have no idea if it will be us that receive the email or them xx

Hi Emma, Next week wow thats so soon you must be so excited! We are still waiting on visas but should arrive by March the way things are looking. We haven't decided on an area as of yet but would definitely be up for meeting when I arrive. Would be great to chat to a fellow Pom Iv tried searching you on FB but there are quite a few Emma Janes from Leeds..unless im searching wrong! Whats your username thingy? Charlotte xx

Hi Lisa, Agggghh thats so exciting!! So how long was the wait from when the visa was lodged? You must be so happy, congrats!! Charlotte x

Hi thanks for the reply i remember from when we rented in perth last time, the shock of seeing so many other couples at the viewings...it's just not the same as here! I'm pretty ,much on reiwa.com.au everyday and think I have a good idea on rental prices..we're hoping to spend around 500 -650 but for that would want 2 bedrooms and a decent outside space, even if its a private balcony. We're in short term accom for the first few months. I think on our first week were going to get a car hire and scope out the areas a little. We rented a small one bed in east perth last time which was fairly cheap but we don't want to be in the city this time. I like the idea of subiaco as its a close trip to the city but has its own bars etc! So how long have u been in perth for? Charlotte

Hi Louise, he won't be doing Fifo (well I hope not!) the job is based in the CBD but I'm sure hel have to travel a lot. We were giving up on sponsorship too and started to look into PR and then we we offered the job! It all happened so quickly. When we lived in perth on a working holiday visa we lived in east perth, right in the city. Definitely don't want to be that central again. I'm like you and want to be fairly close to the beach in a nice suburb. At the same time we don't have kids either yet so want to be close enough to be able socialise at weekend etc. I really like the central suburbs like subiaco and mount Lawley. I've also read a lot about dianella but until we get the and have a good look around it will be hard to make a decision! Charlotte

Hi Louise,Congrats on the move you must be so excited and that's great you have PR! We are going for pr as soon as we can, were coming over on 457 to start off with. My other half is an engineer in the oil and gas industry, how about yours? What sort of work will you be looking for? I am so so so excited about our move, we have wanted this for so long it still seems like a dream. I can't wait for the sunshine that's for sure, even though its very pretty with all the snow outside right now

Hey nee, cocktails sound like my kind of night! How did you find securing a rental in Subiaco? I know it's a popular place to live so would be great to hear! Charlotte

Hi Lisa, Ah well that makes it all a lot easier! We are renting at the moment and are also not taking any furniture etc with us. We are only taking clothes and sentimental things. Trying to decide whether to take the tv is about as stressful as our shipping experience will get thats great you have someone to stay with, and subiaco is lovely. We've been really lucky with our relocation package and they are providing temporary accommodation which is such a relief because renting over there is a different story to here! At the moment we are living in Portsmouth, all my family in Bournemouth and slowly getting used to the idea we will have to say goodbye soon! Thank god for Skype i know what you mean about booking a one way flight, will be so strange! I just can't wait for the visa to come through so we finally a have a date to work towards. I feel so up in the air right now. I'm on Facebook, il search your name and see if I can find you

We were offered the job just before Christmas too, great present eh! We are also waiting on the visa and have been told by his company that as soon as that comes through were off. Saying that I haven't started packing yet! Have you shipped anything over yet? It's difficult without a set date isn't it. im going to have to get job hunting too, have you been in touch with anyone over there? I'm dreading all the goodbyes and tears too but we are both so excited and happy to be going that we haven't been too upset about all that yet. It must be different if you have never been there before but I guess we know what a paradise it is so were sooo excited! where amounts are you in the Uk? Would be great to stay in touch, we shouldn't be too far behind you at this rate. Charlotte

Hi Lisa! My boyfriend and I are in the same boat we are moving to Perth in March on a 457 visa, sooooo excited it can't come soon enough. I'm 26 and my other half is 30. Wel be looking at moving to the subiaco area too, it's a great place to live. We have lived in perth for a year before so have a rough idea on areas etc but there's still so much to sort out! x