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Usefulsense:
Last year, I sought the opinion of Nairalanders concerning my plan to move to Australia.
My major worry was my age (48) and also considering that my net salary in Nigeria was a little over a million Naira per month as the financial controller of a manufacturing company in Onitsha.

Below is the link to the thread I opened to seek peoples advice and I recommend that you go through the thread to fully appreciate
the story that follows.

[url=https://nairaland.unblockandhide.com/7825207/japa-confused-please-advise][/url]. I promised to tell my story after 3 months of my stay in Australia.

I finally left Nigeria on December 7th, 2023 and arrived the country on December 9th with my children. Today, I am exactly 3 months, 2 weeks and 6 days old in Sydney, australia.

This is not a hearsay, it is not an eye witness , it is my story.

This is intended to guide people who maybe planning to travel outside Nigeria. Should you migrate at an age over 45 or not?

Those who told me not to go are right and those who told me to travel are also right.

Given another opportunity, will I take the decision to move out of Nigeria at 48? Have I made a mistake? How am I surviving?

You will find out in this thread.

To be continued shortly .........
Brother everything you have said is even more than correct. Australia is a great place to be. Everything is working well here. I mean everything. I'm 44yrs, i was afraid of my age but I finally relocated last year to Australia with my 2kids, I first worked in a factory and later changed to disability after a few months and after getting all the necessary things. I pay a house rent of 650k naira equivalent weekly and other bills. But even with these bills, I send money worth 500k to naija monthly, I've bought car for someone in Nigeria, I've assisted a sister with fibroid surgery money and still I've saved over 30m as of today in just less than a year. I've never seen a country as good as Australia. There are jobs everywhere and every job is honourable even cleaning jobs, you are respected no matter your job. Anybody that tells you not to come to Australia hates you with perfect hatred because here everything works well.

Brother, this is a life time opportunity to give your kids a great future which they will never forget you for. At 48 you are still pretty good to go. There are so many opportunities in Australia which you can jump at. Just like someone wrote Nigeria makes you think you are old but when you get outside you will know that you are still very good to achieve anythingin life. I left Nigeria with the kids for Australia at 42 after my wife had been there for 3yrs. I was also considering my age then but I summoned courage and left my job in Nigeria, I thank God today, that decision I took was the best decision I've ever made in my life.