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Originally Posted by Decking08
Ok, we are about to start the complicated process of applying to Oz. - Am I right in thinking the first thing to do is to complete a medical then we can apply for a visa?
- Is there any particular agents I should go for or avoid?
- Will I need a vast amount of cash/savings to complete the whole process?
- Will I need to show evidence of actually being offered a job before starting the visa thing?
- I am a single dad with a teenage son, will this be looked upon as unfavourable in our application?
Sorry that these may look like silly questions but I have spent hours in researching all of the above and seem to have got myself all confused. I've more silly questions but thought these will do for now. Any help/support is much appreciated.
Thank you, Mark & Adam |
Hi Mark & Adam
The first thing you should do is your skills assessment.
The last thing you do is your police checks and medicals. Your medicals are only valid for 12 months so you have to enter Oz within 12 months of the medicals. Usually a case officer will advise you to do them near the end of the process.
You don't need a job offer to get a visa.
If you use an agent they are usually around £1500. We have budgeted about £5k for the skills assessment, meds, polcie checks, agent fees etc. Add your flights on top.
We are using Thinking Australia and they have been great. Go Matilda have a good reputation on here too. If you search on here you can see some comments people have made about various agents.
What job do you do?
Hope this helps a bit and good luck.
Karen
