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"Fifty eight years of age may seem late in the day to migrate to Tasmania on a business visa but everything has turned out so well, my wife and I and our daughter and son-in-law wish we had done so earlier.
"The business market is wide open for anyone with appropriate skills and prepared to work hard to invest. The weather is wonderful and the quality of life superb with a low cost of living. We feel very safe in our home and motoring is a delight.
"We have been welcomed by the local community with letters, flowers and phone-calls. The government agencies are extremely helpful, it took just six weeks to get full planning and building permission for new infrastructure at our Wildlife Park. What do we miss apart from our friends and family? Bisto, Branston Pickle and the BBC - that's all!"
Bruce Englefield who migrated from the UK with his family as a State Sponsored Business Migrant and runs a successful Wildlife Park on Tasmania's East Coast
“We left Holland because we do not think there is a future for farmers in Holland and most of Europe anymore. All the regulations make it so hard and complicated to run a farm there. In Tasmania, farmers are welcome and respected. To farm here is a pleasure again and we have a lot better income than we had in Holland. The costs to produce in Tasmania are a lot lower than in Holland. Life is now so comfortable that we have not missed Holland once… I think that we all are a lot happier in Tasmania than we have ever been before:”
Saskia and Herman van Lulofs, Umbgrove, dairy farmers who migrated to Tasmania from Holland as state sponsored business migrants.
“We are very excited to be here in Tasmania as it stands at the point of economic take-off. Travel costs have come down tremendously and it is now so accessible, creating boundless opportunities for businesses. It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get in at ground-level.
Add to that a great lifestyle and a clean and safe environment. When we chose to live and work here, we chose to do so in one of the last paradises on earth.”
Patricia Chew and Francis Tan of Bailinga Pty ltd Oyster and Mussel Farm, who migrated to Tasmania from Singapore and Malaysia respectively as business migrants.
“My background is the printing and publishing industry. I’m developing software and procedures for publishing in different media like internet, CD and printing.
The advantages of the industry in Tasmania are lower costs of production and less competition than in Europe. The lower costs allow me to sell my services to different companies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Even If the distance is very big, with up-to-date technical infrastructure and the necessary contacts, it is easy to sell my service overseas from here.”
Eberhard Schaefer, of Global Online, who migrated to Tasmania from Germany as a state sponsored business migrant.
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