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  1. Moving to Australia

    1. Visa Chat

      This forum is for discussing Australian visas and migration. Discuss all aspects about emigrating to Australia and the visa process.

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    2. Working and Skilled Visas

      Discuss Skilled Visas (189, 190, 191, 489, 494, 887, 491), State/Territory sponsored (892, 893), ENS (186), RSMS (187), Business (188, 888, 890) Temporary (400, 482) 

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    3. Family / Partner Visas

      Discuss Partner (820 801 309 100), Prospective Marriage, Parent (103 143 173 804 864 870 884), Child (101 802 445),  Remaining & Aged Dependent Relative Visas 

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    4. Visitor Visas

      Discuss ETA (601), eVisitor (651), Transit Visa (771) , Visitor (600), Work and Holiday (462) and Working Holiday Visas (417).

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    5. Studying and Training Visas

      Discuss Student Visas (500), Student Guardian Visas (590) and Training Visas (407)

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    6. Other Visas

      Discuss Bridging Visas (010, 020, 030, 050, 051), Former Resident Visas, Resident Return Visas (155, 157) Investor Retirement Visas (405)

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    7. Repealed and Closed Visas

      Temp (457), RSMS (119, 857), ENS (121, 856), Skilled Independent (175, 885), Skilled Sponsored (176)

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    8. Shipping and Removals

      Moving to Australia? Discuss shipping/removals

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  2. Life in Australia

    1. Citizenship

      Discuss citizenship eligibility, applications, tests, wait times etc.

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    2. Aussie Chat

      All the latest news, gossip and general chat about migrating to and living in Australia.

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    3. Household

      Removals, creepie crawlies, health a, welfare and pets - Everything to making your home in Oz.

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    4. Renting & Real Estate

      Renting and real estate discussion on properties in Australia.

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    5. Money & Finance

      Discuss foreign exchange, mortgages, lending and finance in general for your new life in Australia.

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    6. Education

      Talk about the Australian kindergarten, schools and higher education system.

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    7. Health

      Discuss all health related matters

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    8. Careers and Vacancies

      Discuss your career , job prospects and employment in Australia.

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    9. Kids Down Under

      Forum for chat about schools, playgroups, kids clubs, childcare options, activities, days out, where to shop, playparks and more.

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    12. Travel

      Discuss flights, vacations and holidays

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  3. Australian States & Territories

    1. ACT

      Discuss migrating to and living in the Australian Capital Territory. This includes Canberra and its surrounds.

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    2. New South Wales

      Discuss migrating to and living in New South Wales.

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    3. Northern Territory

      Discuss migrating to and living in the Northern Territory

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    4. Queensland

      Discuss migrating to and living in Queensland. This includes Brisbane and its surrounds.

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    5. South Australia

      Discuss migrating to and living in South Australia

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    6. Tasmania

      Discuss migrating to and living in Tasmania. This includes Hobart and its surrounds.

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      posts
    7. Victoria

      Discuss migrating to and living in Victoria

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    8. Western Australia

      Discuss migrating to and living in Western Australia. This includes Perth and its surrounds.

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      posts
  4. Partner Forums

    1. Financial Advice: Ask Vista

      Vista Financial Services - Expert Advice on Financial Advice, UK Pensions Transfers to Australian Superannuation – QROP

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    2. Shipping Pets: Ask Pet Air

      Pet Travel queries? Ask Pet Air - A bespoke pet travel service owned and run by vets.

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      posts
  5. Moving to the UK

    1. UK Chat

      Are you an expat in Australia moving back to the UK. Use this forum to discuss the move back.

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  6. PomsInOz Specific

    1. Forum Announcements, Q and A

      If you have any forum usability questions, suggestions or announcements, post them here.

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  • Latest Posts

    • I’ve just re-read my post and unless you’re illiterate I’m not sure how you can read it as you are describing. I suspect there may be some selective reading and filtering going on.  Since I’ve recently gone through the process and I’m in regular contact with a wide network of people currently going through it, I thought sharing that experience might be helpful. Pardon me once again. I’m sure people who got partner visas decades ago are far more clued up.  @Ausvisitor yes I also paid an agent and their advice to me was 189 (no state affiliation, for avoidance of doubt!!!) and 190 for SA and NSW, which is how we proceeded, just the 189 invite came first within a few days. 
    • You can tell you've been here a while now starting your messages with "mate" you are losing your pommieness
    • Hope you are well, and the plan for the move is going swimmingly - it can't be long now... I share some of your "perceived wisdom" concerns, often there is a bit of a "pile on" sentiment on this forum - but it's only done from a position of trying to help. In my case the "don't submit a 190 for more than one state" advice didn't come from here, I got that direct from my migration agent long before I found this forum, given I paid him the best part of £2,500 for help and advice (which in my mind was cash well spent - but I'm a consultant and so am naturally predisposed to paying people for expert help - otherwise I'd starve 🙂 ) I felt that it was probably true - or at least was true at the point it was relevant for my application. You are correct I've no cast iron evidence that applying to more than one state results in non-selection, but I do have evidence that applying to just one can result in an invitation (as that is what I did); but that is just my experience. The thing about this forum is that it's a bit of a have and have-not set of communities - a large number have already got their visa (and maybe even citizenship) and whilst they are keen to help the emotion of being in that "queue" is no longer current (or maybe even rememorable) and then we have the other community the have-not got a visa yet people - these are looking for advice, reassurance and generally just a warm fuzzy that hopefully the dream will come true for them too. I am guilty often of not thinking how a quickly sent reply (however well intentioned) may affect someone to whom that answer has a pretty significant on their mood - given that moving to AUS is a pretty big life decision.
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