Emigrating to Australia - wanting to keep UK number

[AJ_90]

Hi all,

hoping someone can give some advice on possible options? I have a sim only package with EE at present in the UK. I am emigrating to Australia in a few weeks but don’t want to lose my UK number so need to keep it “live”. My plan was to go on a pay as you go and top it up £10 a month but I could really do with being able to take calls to my UK number too.

is there an option of swapping my current sim to an e sim so when I get to Australia I use the physical sim and have the UK number on my phone?

the only other option I could think about would be buying a new phone…

grateful for any advice

Antony 

[XRaySpeX]

How is swapping a physical SIM to an eSIM going to help you? Other the "physicality" of them there is no diff between them. You've still got to pay monthly for it & pay roaming charges in Oz.

[AJ_90]

So I could have an Australian sim plus the UK e-sim to take calls. 

[Chris_B]

@AJ_90  Esims are only for contract customers at present.     No EE tariff is for long stays abroad.  

[XRaySpeX]

You can give 30-days notice to cancel your contract & ask for it to moved to PAYG but as @Chris_B  points out it won't be on eSIM.

To save the SIM going into hibernation due to lack of use, just remember within every 179 days (~ 6 months) to make a chargeable action like making a chargeable call or text, topping up or buying a Pack or Add-on, not just using your mins, texts or data from any Pack or Add-on you might have.