In conjunction with Immigration Unit, we help you prepare and undertake the move to Australia.  We help in the following ways:

We arrange suitable local information on the city you want to move to by sending you a book which tells you a lot about the city.  The book will contain information on the history of the city, highlights places to visit, and gives a restaurant guide and so forth.

If you don’t know which city you will be going to, we will send more general information on all of the cities to help you choose.  We supply you with a relocation guide book full of useful information before you arrive.

Relocation Unit Australia Inc works with Australian national (retail) banks to set up your account and credit services.  These banks will open accounts and allow you to move money to the account before arriving in the country.  Upon arrival, you go to the bank with your ID, and collect the new debit cards and cheque books that are waiting for you at your new branch.  This will help establish your new credit rating in Australia.

If you tell your local retail (high street) bank to send the money overseas, they generally absorb 2% to 2.5% of your money in this transaction by giving you a lower exchange rate than they obtain.  Some also charge additional “commissions” and “fees”.  They do not wait for the rates to peak before sending your money, and this means you receive a lot less when the money arrives, rather than waiting a short time for a peak rate before transfer.

By using the money brokerage system, you can maximise the money in your overseas account in a more effective way than simply using a retail (high street) bank.  Relocation Unit and Immigration Unit help you make suitable arrangements with a good money broker, setting a suitable timeframe within which to move the money.  The brokers will advise on any anticipated market influences that are likely to increase or decrease the exchange rate in the agreed timeframe.  You then agree a rate, and when the rates peak to your agreed rate, they will arrange for a merchant bank to buy in your currency.  You then pay the merchant bank the agreed amount and they then send on the currency to your pre-arranged bank account in Australia.  The merchant bank will deduct the agreed broker’s commission of 0.5% (with no other “commissions” or “fees”).  Overall, you will get between 2% and 10% more money in your overseas account.  That is £2,000 to £10,000 more per £100,000 transferred.  It is simple, safe and very profitable for you.

It is important to use reputable people for these different services, and paying more does not guarantee a better service.  We will refer you to people our clients have successfully used (without any complaints) over the years.

We recently heard of a family (not our client) who used a removal company that charged outrageously high fees as they wanted everything well packed and handled.  Several weeks later, when their goods had not arrived, they contacted their local shipping agent who, in turn, contacted the UK shipping agent.  They then discovered that the UK removals company had not paid the fees to the UK shipping agent (and the freight company) and that their container was still sitting on the Southampton docks along with 22 other containers in the same situation.  The family then had to pay all over again.  The UK removals company had closed, the managers disappeared, and it appears that all of those people lost their money.

Before departure, we will discuss your requirements with you and arrange a suitable list of properties for you to choose from.  Where possible, we will send you viewings via internet to assist you in your choice.  Normally the properties will be fully furnished and equipped with linen, cooking utensils and equipment, crockery and glasses and so forth.  We will even stock your home with a welcome package of tea, coffee, grocery essentials, etc.