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Gollywobbler · 09-05-2008, 08:00 PM

Hi Drivers

This thread (or this post, anyway) is solely to bring you up to date with the delving I have been doing to try to find out why there is a visa problem for you.

Giacci Bros are a major haulier in WA by the looks of things, though they do not seem to have a website. This is what they told somebody on British Expats a year ago:

HGV sponsorship.......not likely now!! : British Expat Discussion Forum

That said, though, please see this thread in which Booth Transport are the employer and they plainly did sponsor someone for a 457 visa in 2006/7:

457 how long to perm residency : British Expat Discussion Forum

Jamie Smith of Hire A Migrant was kind enough to tell me that Linfox are one of the largest road transport companies in Australia, though my searches on them have not produced anything except their website:

Linfox

Jamie has said that if enough HGV drivers are willing to club together to pay Hire A Migrant's costs for investigating just what is going on. he estimates that the costs per person would be negligible.

I would imagine that Jamie would start by contacting the various Regional Certifying Bodies in Oz, plus the DIAC State Offices, to find out what they can tell him about why there is a problem. The major transport companies might know as well and if not, their views (for or against the idea of sponsoring foreign drivers) might provide some valuable insights.

Jamie reckons it would be about 3 days work. He could NOT get the answers in 3 days! He means it would be about 3 full days worth of work in total, or around 24 actual hours of work. Mmmmmm. I'd go higher than that and probably treble it myself.

I just have a feeling that the whole of this story has yet to be sussed out and told. The strands that I've heard from various sources simply do not hang together in a logical sequence so far.

If Jamie can get the right sort of dialogue going with senior DIAC people at State level he can probably also track down the bod at DIAC Central Office in Canberra who is in charge of this particular piece of Policy and find out from him/her why it is that HGV driving has been removed from the SOL and why it is plainly the case that different people have been having different experiences with the supposed embargo.

Please respond to this thread if you are interested in pursuing this sort of line of enquiry. My own inclination is to leave it to Jamie to talk with the companies, in particular, and also he is likely to get further with DIAC if he is asking on behalf of lots of British drivers than if anyone tries to do this via individual, piecemeal enquiries.

Best wishes

Gill

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Gollywobbler Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Southampton, UK Posts: 5,938 Thanks: 40 Thanked 154 Times in 114 Posts My Mood:	Truck Drivers - More Information Hi Drivers This thread (or this post, anyway) is solely to bring you up to date with the delving I have been doing to try to find out why there is a visa problem for you. Giacci Bros are a major haulier in WA by the looks of things, though they do not seem to have a website. This is what they told somebody on British Expats a year ago: HGV sponsorship.......not likely now!! : British Expat Discussion Forum That said, though, please see this thread in which Booth Transport are the employer and they plainly did sponsor someone for a 457 visa in 2006/7: 457 how long to perm residency : British Expat Discussion Forum Jamie Smith of Hire A Migrant was kind enough to tell me that Linfox are one of the largest road transport companies in Australia, though my searches on them have not produced anything except their website: Linfox Jamie has said that if enough HGV drivers are willing to club together to pay Hire A Migrant's costs for investigating just what is going on. he estimates that the costs per person would be negligible. I would imagine that Jamie would start by contacting the various Regional Certifying Bodies in Oz, plus the DIAC State Offices, to find out what they can tell him about why there is a problem. The major transport companies might know as well and if not, their views (for or against the idea of sponsoring foreign drivers) might provide some valuable insights. Jamie reckons it would be about 3 days work. He could NOT get the answers in 3 days! He means it would be about 3 full days worth of work in total, or around 24 actual hours of work. Mmmmmm. I'd go higher than that and probably treble it myself. I just have a feeling that the whole of this story has yet to be sussed out and told. The strands that I've heard from various sources simply do not hang together in a logical sequence so far. If Jamie can get the right sort of dialogue going with senior DIAC people at State level he can probably also track down the bod at DIAC Central Office in Canberra who is in charge of this particular piece of Policy and find out from him/her why it is that HGV driving has been removed from the SOL and why it is plainly the case that different people have been having different experiences with the supposed embargo. Please respond to this thread if you are interested in pursuing this sort of line of enquiry. My own inclination is to leave it to Jamie to talk with the companies, in particular, and also he is likely to get further with DIAC if he is asking on behalf of lots of British drivers than if anyone tries to do this via individual, piecemeal enquiries. Best wishes Gill