Victoria State Sponsorship

[Les & Woz]

Originally Posted by DavidandNicky

Thanks for the reassuring reply re. timescales. Ours might take more than two weeks as they have a 'special requirement' for teachers, which involves a qualifications/skills check (in our case by Early Childhood Australia).

A formality I know, but it does mean more paperwork/expense!

Hi there again!

Yes, whatever you do it is moneymoneymoney. Now we have come to the end of the line and just wait to see if we get a visa, it all seems worth it if the outcome is what we desire - a new life in Australia.

We had to go the state sponsored route because we built our own house and during the year of the build my OH (electrician) didn't really work much because he spent his time on the house. I worked and supported us during that time. Because we needed to show income for 5 years and one of these years was the build his income wasn't high enough for that year and therefore, it wasn't acceptable. It's such a shame for us because we really want to live in Queensland but have to go to Melbourne for 2 years before we can get there. We may end up remaining in Melbourne but our dream was to live north of Brisbane.

It does seem like such a long and hard journey to get into Australia but that's why it's such a great place they only want the best!

Good luck and keep us informed of progress.

Les

[Roberts13]

Originally Posted by Les & Woz

Hi David & Nicky

We obtained state sponsorship from the Victorian Gov. We filled in the application on line it was fairly straight forward. We heard back within a couple of weeks and the offer lasts for 6 months.

Hope that helps!

Les

Hi Les,
I notice you say state sponsorship offer lasts 6 months, does this mean this type of visa is processed quicker than the skilled independant visa ?
Thanks in advance

[carolans]

Originally Posted by Roberts13

Hi Les,
I notice you say state sponsorship offer lasts 6 months, does this mean this type of visa is processed quicker than the skilled independant visa ?
Thanks in advance

Hi,

With regard to the 6 month validity, our offer letter from Victoria said "1. Your visa application must be lodged with DIAC within six months of the date of this email." We got our offer 29 May 2007, applied to DIAC on 1 July 2007 and heard this week that our visa had been granted - so actually no quicker than others going different routes.

Hope this helps

Zoë

[Les & Woz]

Originally Posted by Roberts13

Hi Les,
I notice you say state sponsorship offer lasts 6 months, does this mean this type of visa is processed quicker than the skilled independant visa ?
Thanks in advance

Hi
looking at a letter from my agent which says that State Territory Nominated Independent visas are given priority. However, I don't think this really speeds up the process enough to get excited about!

Les

[sanders family]

thank u julie and helen for replying son does gcse next june and he also want to go in police and we have found out that he has to be in oz for 2 years before he can apply, so we are going to wait to see if the house sells and then we will put in for meds and pc before co. Its nice to know that there will be some more people in the same position so when we all get out there we'll have to have a meet up. My head is spinning with all the decisions hope to speak to you both again

[Les & Woz]

Originally Posted by sanders family

thank u julie and helen for replying son does gcse next june and he also want to go in police and we have found out that he has to be in oz for 2 years before he can apply, so we are going to wait to see if the house sells and then we will put in for meds and pc before co. Its nice to know that there will be some more people in the same position so when we all get out there we'll have to have a meet up. My head is spinning with all the decisions hope to speak to you both again

Hi there

Yes, we'll definitely have to arrange a meet up when we are there. We'll keep in touch via this web site. It will be great to have a few ready made friends !

Les That's me in me sun shades.

[DavidandNicky]

We've taken the plunge and submitted our application for sponsorship - e-mail reply said to expect a wait of upto eight weeks.

Now we wait..............

[Les & Woz]

Originally Posted by DavidandNicky

We've taken the plunge and submitted our application for sponsorship - e-mail reply said to expect a wait of upto eight weeks.

Now we wait..............

Hey guys

Well done for taking the plunge. We didn't wait long at all for a reply, only about 2 weeks I think so fingers crossed you will be the same.

Keep us posted!!!

Les

[Les & Woz]

Originally Posted by DavidandNicky

Is anybody else looking to obtain State sponsorship?

Their application process seems to be fairly straightforward; I'm just wondering how long they take to say yes/no.

If successful, what help do/did you get in terms of suppport to settle in and find work?

Hi there

We are going on a State Sponsorship Visa by Vic Gov. We applied to them ourselves on line - it's quite straight forward. We heard back within a couple of weeks with a "Yes" and are hoping to go there end of this year (just waiting for medicals to clear and visa).

Good luck!

Lesley

[DavidandNicky]

You might be interested to know that the Victorian State Government will soon be revising their list of occupations that they are willing to sponsor. The new list should be released in a couple of months and is likely to include some additional job roles.

We’ve found the team there to be very helpful.

Cheers.

[TaniaColin]

Hi just reading your thread, I am also a hairdresser on a 176 visa, we submitted ours on-line on the 26th March so I will be checking on your timescale. We (hubby and four kids) are having our medicals tomorrow so fingers crossed everything should be okay.
Cheers Tania