shawankit

I will be employeed by Lester Associates and directly with the Company A. That's how it works.

Legally you would be employed with Lester and you would be contracting via Lester to company A.

Lester is like a IT consultancy company for Company A and they will invoice Company A for your service and they will pay you once company A pays Lester. Lester would probably charge a commission or fee , which can be anywhere betwee 5 to 15% of your salary. I have seen similar companies charging up to 30% of your salary as their fees or commission.

What I have is a written guaranty from Lester Associates that they will support me with a visa once I get a job offer.

And according to them it can go very smooth and fast.

It's a catch 22 situation with many employers and agencies. You can only apply for some jobs if you already have a visa . However there may be very few employer that would consider this situation , if they are unable to find another candidate with required skills.

I would not say it's impossible to get a job, I am suggesting that you prepare for the bad market with enough resources to stay and continue job hunting for 3 to 6 months and be flexible to move to other places for job and have a backup plan in case things do not work out. If possible take a long leave or sabbatical from your current job for 3 to 4 months , while you research Australia.

The situation is not good and only short contracts are available , which is also over applied by 40 to 50 candidates having 15 to 20 yrs experience . This is my second time in Australia, I worked in Sydney from 2005 to 2009 and then moved to NZ and recently moved back to Brisbane , and the market conditions are worse. The month of May will set the standard for next 6 month and I am watching it closely.

The market is over saturated currently ; specially in IT sector. It's is difficult to predict if any changes will occur after June ( Financial year end)

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To my understanding you are eligible for 3 months RRV.

You need to be back before your rrv expiry and you will continue to be PR.

Refer daic website for online application for rrv.

Note rrv has start and end date and you need to plan to get this before travel and must be back in Australia before expiry.

I spoke to immigration about this very issue last year. They said that if you cannot find work, they would have no problem with you moving to another state.

Are you still in WA or have you moved to another state and did you need to sign any paper work to get released from WA commitment.

I am going by FAQ on WA website which states

"To relocate you must apply to Skilled Migration Western Australia for a release from this commitment."

There is no steps to be released from the state, as you are not bound by any condition. You have no condition on your visa to make you stay in the state. If you can't find a job move to another state. And no it will not affect getting citizenship or RRV in the future. There are many threads on the moral obligation of your state sponsorship agreement.

Hi.

You will need to request release from commitment with WA before you can move to another state.

You need to contact WA using contact page on website and provide details and request for release.

Let us know how it went and what were asked and how release was finally approved.

Congrats and Good luck