truck driver..1......clothes machinist

[rob and angela]

hi all any help would be much apreiated on this matter............when the new list came out in sept thought truckers would be added but unfortunally not so, was a false start but after mths of giving up there seems to be some light at the end of the tunnel..now were 100% behind leaving this country..please hear me out i do rattle on a bit lol......just had mail from live in australia.com and seems there proposing changes to the 457 skilled visa and we were just wondering if this is our ticket to a.u or if anyone can point us in the right direction for gaining entry to a.u..........i currently drive class 1 trucks in uk been so since 91 so think my exp in this feild is skilled.....angela is a clothes machinist although shes been out this profession for few year but can still turn her hand at it (kiltmaker)now the big question is ...whats the chances of us gaining entry on my job or angelas..we dont know where to start do we send c.vs out etc...do we fly out there on a rekkie etc..did that to n.z in 05 job lined up working from christchurch but after rekkie there n.z didnt appeal to us but a.u does..thanks for listening to me rattle on but we need out of this country called great britian.......wots so great bout it ?? as we say any help from anyone would be much appreiated....plus ill buy u a nice cold one on arrival lol cheers..rob and angela ....

[lynneflinn]

Hello guys

my husband is a fuel tanker driver and understand that there are major discussions going on with the unions in OZ. To cut a long story short we heard about a guy called Darrell Todd who is the MD for a company called Thinking Australia (Work in Australia, migrate to Australia) anyway he has been working on a project for 2 years and has successfully got truckers into WA (Perth). Basically you go over to OZ, resit your driving tests, he has sponsors already, so get sponsor come home and wait 14 weeks. Once the visa is granted you are free to go to OZ. Apparently it is quite complicated but that is basically how it works. I have spoken to Darrell coz he based in the UK and he always available for a chat. We are going to one of Darrells expos in Manchester next week so we will hopefully be able to ask him a lot more questions. I have also heard of Gollywobbler mentioning a guy called Phil Olsen (I think) she is a mine of information and will probably pick up this thread anyway as I know she reads this forum but if not PM her as Im sure she might be able to offer some advice. There is also a mining contract going on at the minute and I beleive they might need truckers. Hope this helps and PM me if I can help!!!

good luck