have you had the rabies blood test taken as the 6mths countdown wont start till u get the blood results back,that will determin the 6month count down.we have had our cat/dog blood taken on tuesday so vet will ph us when results come in next wk,then we will be on our countdown for them to fly,we to will be selling the house but not till its closer to pets being able to fly and for the recoured it is hard to find a job b4 you get there,not saying it cant be done but alot of people have had abit of trouble in that area.my husband would like a job b4 we get there but that aint gona happen,he's a car machanic so not on the skilled list,but he married to me the kiwi so we going over on partner-based visa,plenty of machanic jobs and he also went to see afew places while we were over for xmas with my family...anyway good luck to you m8.