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Not necessarily, Dawie. Sometimes we belittle the UK, but there are lots of good things about living here, particularly for those who aren't worried by the weather (and, again, some people prefer the climate in most of the UK to the climate in most of Australia).Dawie wrote:You left Australia to come to the UK...in your 60's???? And you prefer it here? To Australia?
This sounds like a wind-up!
Judy, If you don`t mind me asking..what have you been smoking?judy7007 wrote:How we long to get citizenship for my husband...we just have to be patient for another 15 months! We immigrated to uk from Australia 2 yrs ago in our 60's. How anyone would want to leave here we cannot imagine (except that everyone is of course different and seeks different experiences in life). The move to UK is the best one we have ever made...there is just so much to do, so much to see, so many experiences so close at hand. We don't have much and were told by financial advisers in Oz never to go to UK. What nonsense! We find we are both eligible for State Pension on basis of agreement between UK and Oz (which finished in 2001) but our many years of taxes in Oz paid for those coming from UK so we don't feel bad. We had no idea we would get full UK state pensions each and free travel and prescriptions etc - this country is so good to us and we could never imagine going back to the land of Oz - boring... We just have to wait one more year till my husband gets the magic passport! I am sure he will be so pleased to swear allegiance to the UK (except in the cricket of course). We love it here...
yes you do. and you can go to any GP you like, not just the one near your house. if you want a private GP, instead of paying the whole amount yourself, you only pay the difference between what Medicare (NHS) covers and what the doctor charges.ci07jjs wrote:good move....not to mention the free health-care, I don't think you get that in australia
Wife could be a British citizen, although she might or might not be returning to point of origin, in that she might be a British citizen by descent...EdgeHillMole wrote:One thing that puzzles me is how someone would qualify for British Citizenship from Australia after residing here for only 3 1/4 years. Even the ancestry visa takes six years (5 to get ILR + 1 extra year).
Unless the wife is already a UK citizen (And so in essence is merely an Australian immigrant returning to point of origin)?
Hm. Not really and wouldn't really like living in Sydney. I was talking about living in Australia in general, but not Sydney probably. It is like going to live in London in the UK although there are so many nicer, cheaper and better places around to live and not that overcrowded... Of course, where is crowd, there is also traffic. I particularly meant living in Western Australia, which is just so fabulous... I love it here.Christophe wrote: Mmm... have you driven in Sydney lately?
You missed: located MUCH too close to France ....Jeff Albright wrote:There are good and bad things about the UK and good and bad things about Australia.
UK - crappy weather, diorganisation and poor service throughout, ridiculous cost of life and inaffordability of housing, exorbitant council taxes, high utility bills, air pollution, overcrowding, terrible traffic jams and poor control of immigration (getting better now) [...]
An assertion to which only limited credence can be given, as the Americans would not even have their own constitution without the intervention of the French on their behalf in their war for independence.Administrator wrote:[ Fire away everyone! BUT, as an American, my Constitution requires me to make that point. ]
This made me giggle[ Fire away everyone! BUT, as an American, my Constitution requires me to make that point. Twisted Evil ]
Tis true, but we like to pretend that it isn'tAn assertion to which only limited credence can be given, as the Americans would not even have their own constitution without the intervention of the French on their behalf in their war for independence.