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The company I manage has recently employed a 457 worker. this is the time line that is took us. 5 weeks for the company to be approved 457 3 weeks to get the position approved. The employee is already on a 457 in australia and his stuff was put in at the same time as getting the position approved, he starts next week. We used a very good agent that had it all correct first time. I originally came on a 457 and it took 5 months because the employer did not use an agent and thought he knew what he was doing, it was like ping pong. I think it does depend on the application being correct and obviously you don't have to use an agent just have to know what you are doing. I recently went to a mining exhibition and immigration were there. I spoke to the lady and she said that from june (I think) it will be easier to change from a 457 to PR as you will be able to use existing documents provided for your 457 visa. Hope this helps Martin

. I agree with this i think that maybe a cv from a toolmaker would not interest to many companies as the parts manufactured here seem to be large however i think that the experience your partner has will easy to transfer

Hi Mate. I am a production manager in a cnc shop in perth. there are two answers to your question. we recently advertised a post for a night shift machining centre operator. we had 30 applicants none of which are of any good Mostly from India and they have a very bad name in perth and nobody will touch them. Feel a bit sorry they have all been put in the same basket. So if you are any good and speak english there is a lot of vacancies in perth. my blokes work an average 10 hours per day and they gross about $80k per year. I have been told that perth is not so busy with machining at the moment and when it does go busy good machinist are none existant. What sort of machines do you operate. Also there are some companies that are not to good to work for the clue is they always advertise on seek. Martin