My wife just got a job offer as a nurse from WA health department on a 457 for 4 years. How long does the visa process take? Have been advised that the health department has to wait 10 days for other applicants to contest the offer decision and if nothing like that happens its all systems go.
Is it recommended to book the medicals and do the police things in advance before you have been advised to do so. Have seen others on thread talking about frontloading the above. Is frontloading the same as doing these things in advance and just waiting to send them off.
For those in OZ already, how much does childcare cost? We have a 3 month old baby and I intend to also work fulltime, child care costs permiting. I work in the telcoms and technology sector.
Thanks people.
Charles
Hi Charles,
How did your wife get government sponsorship? I'm a nurse and am looking at sponsorship. If you get sponsored by a hospital the it ties you to that hospital for 2yrs, full-time. What if I hate the job/hospital? And a present I work part-time!
Hi,What a great idea to have a nurses thread.My wife Sue 39, is a Sister on a Renal ward in Canterbury,Kent and we are just beginning the long visa trail! We are hoping to emigrate to Perth once the visas are in place and Sue would like to stay in renal nursing if possible as she has 6 years experience.I'm Nick 43,a lorry driver and heavy plant operator and we have twin boys Matthew and Joseph 7. We want to emigrate to try and give them a better start in life and to enjoy a bit more sunshine! We worry so much about all the violence,crime,drugs etc that we just want to get away from the uk,sad though it will be to leave. The N.H.S seems to have become a huge dinosaur with far too many managers and too few staff to do the dirty work! Anyway enough moaning,lets just look forward to the far off day when we finally get on the plane!! Good luck to you, all Sue and Nick
Hi Sue & Nick,
We are the Denham family. I'm Michelle (31yrs) and a sister on a nurse-led chemo unit in Essex. We have two small girls aged 4&2yrs. We are hoping to go to 'Perth' too. Probably early next year. I am looking at the sponsorship route, as it is cheaper & faster.
Jon, my husband is a air-conditioning engineer. So we are hoping he'll get a job ok too!
Just wanted to say 'Hi', to a fellow nurse going to 'Perth', and goodluck!
With regards to sponsorship, the missus saw the advert in the Nursing Times Magazine for the Emigrate Western Australia Expo. We sent her CV and a covering letter to HealthWA@health.wa.gov.au highlighting our interest. They replied back and offered to interview her at the expo, which we attended on 4th of March 2008. She was interviewed and offered a job immediately after the interview. The sponsorship is for 4 years and you can work for any hospital within the WA health department. She had also lined up interviews with Sir Charles and RPH and she got jobs from both hospitals on the 11th. We got the TRN Number on the 14th to start the visa processing. Both hospitals have offered to sponsor for PR after 3 months of service, but I think you have to negotiate for that with the employers. She also has a job with St John of God, but they a private organization and do not fall under the sponsorship for the Department of Health. Please see the website http://www.osrecruitment.health.wa.gov.au/ for further information. Hope the above helps.
Thanks Charles,
All sounds great. I have been offered sponsorship by the hospitals but just trying to keep my options open. Do you know how much the visa's are going to cost? And are they speedy visa's? Also, does your wife have to work full-time? I currently work around 24hrs aweek. I have two small children, so i'm worried about childcare!
Although, the employers sponsorship is great, it does tie you to that hospital for 2yrs. So if you don't like it, 'your stuffed'. Also it does tie you to working full-time, which I would rather avoid if I could. My youngest is nearly 2yrs, so I rather be a great 'part-time mum'. My husband is also planning on working full-time, so childcare will be a must.
Thanks for your help.
Take care
Michelle (31), Jon (32), Kiera (4yrs) & Erin (nearly 2)
Hi everyone I am Sarah! I am a RNLD which i believe is called developmental disabilitity nursing in Oz. I have only been working for the the beloved NHS for 9 years since i qualified and i have already had enough!
I would really appreciate it if anyone was able to give me advice on the job situation for my branch of nursing in the Perth area; as it is our dream to emigrate but need to know what job prospects are like?
Also, if/ when we get to Oz is it easier to find a job via an agency for a while?
Thanks Charles,
Also, does your wife have to work full-time? I currently work around 24hrs aweek. I have two small children, so i'm worried about childcare!
Although, the employers sponsorship is great, it does tie you to that hospital for 2yrs. So if you don't like it, 'your stuffed'.
I am an RN in Brissie and I came over on a 457. Yes you DO have to work full time for the 2 years or until PR. Full time is 38hours per week!
Also you arent stuffed if you dont like it but you only have 1 month to locate a new sponsor
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Joanne & Mark
Countdown to Christmas.......24 days
My OH, Jeff, is a nurse and also received a job offer from WA Health on 3rd March and doesn't yet know which hospital he will be working at - he will be working in theatres/recovery. The visa will be through the Employer Nomination Scheme, all being well. We have three small boys and a house to sell so decided to go down this route rather than the 457 route. We are hoping to make it to Perth by March 2009, fingers and toes crossed. Everything seems to be gathering momentum at the moment and it is both exciting and scary at the same time
Hope everything goes well for everyone along their chosen paths and hope we will all be down under living the good life soon.
Lisa X
__________________ Lisa, Jeff, Joseph (5), George (2) and Max (7 months)
ANMC Skills Assessment sent 2/4/08, Skills Assessment passed 15/8/08
I came on a 136 (now 175), have a look at the forms to see if you can fill them in yourselves. The hardest bit is getting everything together for you skills assessment - once you've passed that it's just a matter of filing in the visa form. We didn't use an agent. The ANMC will pass on your file to whichever state you want to register with and this saves duplicating everything, you just fill in the form for the nbwa and I put on 'file being sent by anmc'. You can apply to the nursing board first, and I think it's then a different form for the anmc (as you're already registered in a state), I got offerred a job whilst I was waiting for my visa to be granted. Don't be tempted by going on a sponsorship instead of PR.
Ali
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Hi Ali,
How are you going? I trust you are fine. Will you be kind enough to explain to me what 136 and 175 are. I am a Forensic CPN hoping to go on 457. i am being sponsored by Queenslandhealth
Thank you and kind regards
Tim
The visa fee is about £90 for the whole family when lodged in at the same time. There are other expenses that you will incur things like Registration fees with NMBWA £60 see Nurses Board - Fee Structure. The biggest expense is the medicals bit which depending on which panel doctor you go with ranges quite a lot. The children will need full medicals ranging between £90 - £160 per child. The main applicant (nurse) will need a full medical (£180 – £220) and a chest X-ray £47. your OH will just need a chest x-ray if he is not going to be working with children or in a hospital setting. You also need a police clearance certificate for the last five years which is £10 from your local police station and takes upwards of 40days to come out or £35 with the ACPO Association of Chief Police Officers Vacancies and takes under 10 days. If you are thinking about getting a PR in Oz I suggest you do a police check for your OH as well. I know you are supposed to hold a fulltime contract for the 457 visa. Am not too sure about the 2 year bit because I was of the opinion that once your PR comes out no one can hold you at ransom. I think its just good gesture to stay with same employer as they would have assisted you in acquiring your PR. They might ask you to pay back whatever they would have spent in paying for the PR which might work out to be either the same as doing it yourself. You can actual reduce your working hours to fit in your family demands and I don’t think that there is a rule that says you need to work full time after you have gained your PR for the same employer for a specified period of time. PR is not employer specific. We are going on a 457 but we also will be applying for the PR as soon as we land without any assistance from the employer. We could have done that and waited for the PR to come out and then leave but we are just thought we will play the waiting game whilst enjoying the Ausie life. Hope the above helps.
Hi everyone I am Sarah! I am a RNLD which i believe is called developmental disabilitity nursing in Oz. I have only been working for the the beloved NHS for 9 years since i qualified and i have already had enough!
