How long will the visa application take Sender: Vernons

Hi guys,

My husband and I are very close to sending off the TRA buttessments, we are just making sure we are 100% about going. I am totally up for it but he is unsure. Are main concerns are how long the application process will take from start to finish. He is a mechanical engineer (fitter) and I am a primary school teacher. We are thinking that we have to get our skills buttessed first and if they are accepted then we fill in the send visa application. Will it take up to two years or does it all go through quicker than that? Is it worth using an agent? I am pretty organised and would be on top of the paper work so is the money better spent on something else? He is also concerned about getting jobs. We are both doing well in the UK and he has it in his head that we wont get jobs and our nice lifestyle will be replaced with rented accommodation and the possibility of not getting jobs in our field. I try and convince him that we will be fine, I hope I would get a job as a teacher and I have heard engineers are sought after, is this true? I want to move to Australia for a better quality of life, I want to enjoy my evenings and weekends, get out do some sport and enjoy the culture and climate! I am fed up of coming home in the dark and being too cold and it being too wet to do anything, it is miserable. I also think it will be a fantastic place to raise children but then I worry about the effect this will have on our families. Are we selfish to leave and make them sad? Also we are unsure of where to live, a few years ago I travelled from Adelaide to Cairns and liked most places along route. Sydney is out of our price range but Brisbane and Melbourne are contenders. I am also very interested in Perth but have never been. We are looking for great weather, beaches, moutains and a good city but we would probably want to live in the suburbs and drive to the city rather than living amongst the high rises.

I am sorry for going on. I an is at work this morning and I just have so many questions. The decision of whether to go or not is driving me crazy. I just want us to make a decision and get on with it, because it is me more than him wanting to go I am worried that if it goes wrong and he hates it it is all my fault and I dread him telling his family!

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