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We are currently on a 457 visa sponsored by the hospital that I work and am planning on applying for permanent residency for two reasons really, 1) this will give us the freedom to move wherever we want - at them moment we are completely tied to the hospital for a visa and 2) so we can buy a property here. We have had a big dilemmas as whether to apply for PR independently or through the hospital. We really dont see ourselves staying in Sydney for another three years since we would really like to buy somewhere and sydney is just way too expensive. We have looked at moving to Perth and are thinking of doing so one our PR comes through. I was told that although I sign something to say that I will work at the hospital for three years this isn't a legal thing and that if i wanted to leave before that then I could. However I have just seen a declaration on the 47ES form for PR that If I am applying under ENS then I am agreeing to take up the position for at least three years. Oh dear! I hadn't actually planned on staying for another three years! Has anyone else been in this situation? Applied for the ENS 856 visa and then left your job before three years? What did immigration do? I have rang immigration and asked this question a couple of times - the first person said that once we have PR immigration dont actually care if i leave the job before three years is up (but the hospital might be a bit pissed off!) Then the second person I spoke too said that we would have to consult immigration is we left before the three years is up and that they may potentially cancel the visa - it is taken case by case so they couldn't tell me what would happen for definite. Would really appreciate any insight anyone has into this matter as I think we have ourselves in a bit of a sticky situation now! Thank you!

I have been working at a nurse at Sydney Children's Hospital for over two years now and I love it. We are so much better staffed, better supported, better payed and more respected then in the UK. It is a million times better! I was ready to leave nursing after having worked for two years in London and having a terrible experience at University College Hospital. I looked into doing teaching and even got a place but i though i'd give it one last shot in Australia since it was something I'd always wanted to do and Im so glad that I did as I love my job again! I think the biggest difference is the support you get here. I was newly qualified when I worked at UCLH and we had very little support - it was a sink or swim situation! When I look back now I cant believe the responsibility that we had straight out of uni and how little support we got. Here there is always someone to help you out - i guess the staffing probably makes the biggest difference as people actually have time to help each other out and work as a team. Each ward has an educator who are fantastic. We never saw our 'educators' at UCLH - they were always in their office! They were meant to be our support as newly qualified but when I went to one of them with a problem he told me to stop talking before I'd even started because he didnt want to have to deal with it! Here we work as a team, we all get breaks and actually finish on time! I was sick of working 12hr shifs without a break at home and never finishing on time. No wonder people used to take so much sick leave at home - we were exhausted. And the other big difference here is that if someone is sick we get cover - either agency/casual pool or someone from the ward will do agency - not like at home where you were just left short. I didnt mean this to become a slagging off the nhs speil but i cant help it! I will never go back to the nhs! Working in Australia is a hundred times better, i get so much job satisfaction as we actually have the time to do a good job and really make a difference. You'll love working here and will never want to go back to the nhs! And I get paid almost double what i got paid at home! That helps too!

Hi all Just a quick question regarding getting sponsorship (457) I posted on here a few weeks ago regarding the same issue. My friend is working in construction as a dogs man/ banks man (directs cranes) the company he works for really want to sponsor him, He get on really well with the company owner. Q. to get a 457 visa does his job need to be on the skilled shortage list to be able to get sponsorship. If his role is not on the list what are his options, His current working holiday visa is up in Feb 2012. Any help would be greatly appreciated. D

Hi Guys My best mate need help with his sponsorship. He works in the construction industry and is not too keen on computers and doing research online for the sponsorship so he has asked me to help him out. His story: He has managed to find a really good company here in Sydney and they like him and his work, He works as a dogs man directing cranes he has some certs and ref from home. He has all the nessiary tickets which allow him to work legally in NSW. My mate asked the company if they would be willing to sponsor him and they have agreed but he would have to pay the costs etc. which he said he will. He is here on a working holiday visa and he worked in the fruit picking area for 6 months so he has a second year lined up as well. He went to a seminar in Bondi and the girl he gave his information to the girl to follow up with him but he has not heard from her, not even a email. he has contacted her but nothing. I am guessing she was a migration lawyer of some sort. Can any of you good folk please advise my friend on what he should do. The company he works for have left it in his hands to do. They will of course follow up with the legal documents etc. He is the sort of guy who would rather just pay someone to do it all for him. Thanks in advance

Well where do I start, I suppose a hello to everyone is as good as any. I hope you all had a good Easter. I am in work today nobody else is here so I am eating all the left over Easter eggs ha ha!! So this is my recap for you to read. The last 16 months have being a serious roller coaster ride for me. About us. Me: I am Irish (30) I lived in London for the last 10 years. I work in weird and wonderful media industry. Girlfriend: English (27) works as a nurse. Story my loving girlfriend came out here nearly 1.5 years ago absolutely loved it was only meant to be a 6 months thing, I was over a few years ago as a backpacker loved it but knew when it was time to go. I had a really good job in London and was happy out there next thing the bubble burst jobs where being shelved everywhere. The recession was in full force weaving its axe on jobs and most of us in work where thinking when was it us how was going to get the chop!! I worked in a deportment with a team some of who had being working there for 25 30 years, I had only being there 2 years so after much talking with the missus we decided to see if I could come over to oz. The GF was over the moon as she loves it here.... So about 5 weeks later I was on route to Australia. I was coming over on a 457 defacto visa. Mine took just 3 weeks to come through happy days!!! So here we are we are still here and still getting used to life in Australia, My Girlfriend loves it I am so so but we are working on it. My girlfriend is a nurse and gets paid nearly 3 times what she got paid in the UK, she loves where she works, lots of support for nurses out here. She was miserable in London as she worked in rubbish hospital run by the NHS. When I arrived (Monday) I had a interview on the Wednesday job sorted by Friday. Job Done!!! No sign of recession in Australia. We like many of my fellow country men/women are living in the eastern suburbs, we got a sweet pad which is great. My missus is now starting to talk more and more about having babies, her friends are starting to get hitch so the hints are being dropped!! She is the love of my life and we will most likely spend the rest of our life's together. So we have being looking at houses in Sydney and are now starting to look elsewhere in Australia for a more affordable house. Sydney is just too expensive. I am not interested in living in a apartment neither is the other half we want a house. We are very outdoors type people I do lots of activities to keep me busy. So we are now thinking of moving to Perth we being looking at houses and we could manage 700 000k which should get us something good over there. Australia: do I like it here yes and no.. First up my job looked like a great place when I went for the interview. Lots of cool people working there, Think of Google style environment! so I was working there for about 3 weeks when I realised that there was allot of unhappy sods working there. AHHHH long story short I had a year here where I wanted to quit pretty much everyday, during the year I was bullied by a group of assholes:shocked:, have not had seen this since my school days Nice!! Long story short it being tough but its only a job and I try to stay positive. I miss the banter from my previous roles back in the UK. I am the only Irish/UK person working in the company most are all Ozzy. I am not looking for another job I wanted to do 1 year for the experience if I had to work there for the rest of my life, i think I would rather be back in Ireland on the dole!! Do I think life is better here YES Is it tough YES Is it worth it YES Me and my missus are allot happier here we do loads of things on the weekend, camping trips etc we love it. Beach 5 min us who wouldn't love it. I think it would be a great place to bring up Kids (I cant believe I mentioned that I must be getting ready to settle down). It does have it cons of course which are all mentioned on this site, the family not being here, same goes for friends but my missus had a good point maybe this is a good thing as you don't have to planning things all the time seeing people over here we only have a couple of people who are good friends so we don't have to plan much around them The hardest part is when visiting family leave be prepared for lots of tears. My other half was in bit for about 2 weeks after her folks left. Note I was happy to have the place back to ourselves:) If you are thinking about moving over here, come over and get a feel for it first. Its not everybody cup of tea and if its not go back home, its good that we have the opportunity to actually do something like this. I am not a regular on this site I just though I give you a insight into our story, this site is great for getting info I spread the word to anyone who is thinking about coming over here. Also any People who are living in Perth reading this who lived in Sydney, I would love to hear pros cons of both city's or any advice for people who are thinking about making the leap to Perth!! Peace out I am off to raid more left over Easter egg. Ninja Paddy!!! :mask: