Moving to Australia — Relocation Made Simple

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What we do, and what we don't

Relocating to Australia involves two separate pieces of work: getting the right to live there, and getting your belongings there. They run on independent timelines, they are handled by different people, and confusing the two is the most common reason a move goes wrong on scheduling rather than on paperwork.

One thing to be clear about

We are a removals company. We ship your household, clear it through Australian customs and biosecurity, and deliver it. We do not give immigration advice, because in Australia that is a regulated activity and giving it without registration is an offence. Where you need visa help we point you to registered migration agents. Anyone offering you both from one desk is either registered for both or should be asked which.

Which of the two engagements answers each question on a move to AustraliaFive questions people bring to a relocation, and which engagement settles each. Which visa fits your occupation is for a registered migration agent or an Australian legal practitioner, and a removals company may not answer it. What the shipment costs is ours. The remaining three look like removals questions but are decided by the visa: when the ship can be booked depends on the grant, whether household goods land duty-free depends on your residency status, and whether a vehicle is admissible follows the visa you hold. We can report those answers but we cannot give them.The boundary is not where people put itThree of these look like removals questionsWhat people askWhat settles itWhich visa fits my occupation?Agent or lawyerWhen should I book the ship?Both, jointlyWhat will the shipment cost?UsWill my goods land duty-free?Your residency statusWill my car be allowed in?Us — if your visa allowsThe visa decides three of them. We can report those, not give them.
The line between the two engagements is not where most people draw it. Only one of these five is a question we can answer outright. Three of them arrive worded as removals questions — when to book, whether the goods land duty-free, whether the car is admissible — and all three are settled by the visa, so the most we can do is tell you what your status means for the shipment. Taking them to the wrong desk is how people end up with a booking they cannot use or a duty bill they did not expect.

The two service lines

Which service you need, who provides it, and when to start it.
ServiceProvided byStart here if
International removalsUsYou have a visa, or you are confident enough of one to commit to a shipping date.
Immigration supportRegistered migration agentsYou do not yet have a visa, or you are unsure which pathway fits your occupation.

International removals

Shipping your household to Australia — survey, export packing, freight, Australian customs and biosecurity clearance, and delivery to your door.

International removals

Immigration support

Visa strategy, eligibility, skills assessment and lodgement, handled by registered agents rather than by us. Immigration advice is a regulated activity in Australia.

Immigration services

Which comes first?

The visa, almost always — there is little point costing a shipment for a move that may not be approved. But not entirely, because sea freight takes six to twelve weeks and a shipment that arrives when you do has to be booked before the grant is certain. That tension is unavoidable, and our move process sets out how the two timelines interact and when to commit.

If you are early enough that the question is whether any of this is affordable, start with what it costs to move to Australia, which includes an estimator you can put your own household through without talking to anyone.

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