I know, let's emigrate

Ok, so a little history...

In January 2004, Dan jacked in his job to go travelling! He boarded a plan bound for Canada where he spent a month, before heading to New Zealand to spend a couple of months doing every possible extreme sport possible. He always says there must be something they put in the air when you walk through the airport arrivals lounge that turns you into an adrenaline junkie!

Dan left New Zealand in April 2004 and set sail (ok, he flew but sailing sounds more romantic in a Captain Cook kinda way) for Sydney where the bright lights, city living and a certain young lady awaited...

Becky had spent a month in Australia with her best friend Laura during December 2003. She returned home to the UK in January and went back to work, but it was hard to sit at a desk in rainy England knowing this place called Australia existed. So, like Dan (but at the time without knowing it) she jacked it all in, got her Working Holiday Visa and boarded a plane to Sydney!

Arriving in Sydney alone was quite a shock to both Becky and Dan. Dan had been used to the mountains and greenery of New Zealand and being in a large group of people. Becky also arrived in Sydney knowing very few people and had a whole year ahead with nothing planned...

Becky was having a mid-twenties crisis and got a job as a rep on a backpackers pub crawl called Route 69. Dan was having a mid-twenties crisis and went on a backpackers pub crawl called Route 69. And so the story shall begin...

Dan and Becks spent the rest of their year-long visas in Australia together. They lived in Sydney for 9 months (first in Pyrmont, then Balmain) and then moved to Perth, WA. They visited Melbourne (Neighbours, everybody needs good neighbours...), Adelaide (to see Aus v New Zealand at the Adelaide Oval), Canberra and Port Stephens. Becks joined the millions of other backpackers on the East Coast of Queensland and enjoyed Fraser Island, Whitsundays, Magnetic Island, Townsville, Noosa, Cairns and Brisbane. They then moved to Perth where they lived in the seaside neighbourhood of Scarborough. They landed perfect jobs together at the Rottnest Island Authority.

So all in all, a fab time was had... They returned to England in April 2005 and quickly moved to London where they rented a pad and got jobs. Before long, they were starting to miss Australia and the lifestyle it offered. They decided that some day they would go back and spend longer there...

In October 2005 Becks started to contact Migration Agents to look into options for returning. It was with great delight that she discovered her skills as a Community Worker (not a pub crawl rep!) were in demand in South Australia!

They were advised to apply for a State/Territory Nominated Independent visa which will mean they enter South Australia as permanent residents.