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  1. Wonderingaloud
    I’m sorry you are going though a rough time. It must be stressful with a baby on the way. Again, the main criteria for his visa to be successful is he needs to be in a relationship with you. If he isn’t, then he can’t stay. He can’t take custody of the child becasue he shouldn’t be in the country himself and will be in breach of his visa if he stays past the date immigration ask him to leave. It sounds as though this has been put in motion with immigration contacting him. I don’t know the legal intricacies of how he could get around this. Maybe he could apply for another visa, I really don’t know. If you are concerned for your or your babies safety speak to your midwife at the hospital and they can also put things in motion to protect you, if you wish to remain anonymous whilst in hospital for eg.
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    He’s not going to be allowed to stay because of a pregnancy. Like I said already, if it were that easy lots of couples would be having babies just to stay in Australia. To get the visa he needs to be in a relationship with you. His mental capacity/anxiety etc won’t matter. He can’t appeal on those grounds because he needs to be in a genuine relationship with you. Irrespective of the reason of break up I doubt he will have much leverage to swing it to remain in the country. You giving birth doesn’t matter in the immigration side of things. Are you wanting him to stay or to leave?
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    It’s my understanding you have be in a genuine relationship for this visa. Since you have informed them you are not, then he needs to leave? The fact you are pregnant I don’t think, will have any weight with immigration. If this were the case lots of couples would be having babies just to stay in the country. Sorry to be harsh, maybe somebody else with more knowledge can give you a more comprehensive answer but that’s my understanding from reading multiple posts on these kinds of issues on the forum.
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    The 457 visa doesn’t exist anymore so not sure what would even happen if you won the appeal. (I presume you appealed the refusal?) Why was it refused? Is your occupation still on the list and is the same employer willing to sponsor you. 2 years is a long time to wait for an employee.
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    Yes this is standard process for aphra. Too many people applying for registration and either not making the move, or taking too long to move. Sounds like they are being nice by giving you additional time to present in person. Registering with APHRA and applying for visa can be a bit of a time balancing challenge because of the 3 months requirement. If you plan to travel in April then there’s no issue.
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    She will need to be degree trained as a nurse and to claim points for the 4 years experience will have to be post degree.
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    This post you are replying to is over 2 years old.
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    Your experience only counts after you qualify so would needs afew years post graduation. Sadly I think you have missed the boat for permanent skilled migration. Any of the short term options are temporary and you would have to go home at the end. Do you have a spouse with a skill? Your age wouldn’t be an issue then if he was the main applicant.
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    Sunshine Coast without a doubt. I would live there if it wasn’t for work. Mooloolaba is fabulous, plus Caloundra and the little places in between. Sunshine coast airport is a small airport but may cater for your needs, or depending where on the sunny coast, Brisbane airport would be about an hour away.
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    Sirromet winery in mount cotton nice for a cold glass of something, nice views and a small playground for the kids. Lots of wallabies to see hopping around. Nice drive too, 30-40mins south of CBD. 2nd Southbank - loads to do and see. Plus Mount Cootha if you’ve not yet been, great views of the city. Straddle is awesome but you would need to plan ahead for that one as a foot passenger. The gorge walk is magnificent, we went earlier this month and saw turtles and Manta Rays. If you have a stroller for the little one there’s a good few steps to be aware of, that said we managed it with a 4 month old. Oh theres a nice cafe called the cliffs cafe with a great view of the city in kangaroo point, from eagle st pier CBD you can get the free ferry across to kangaroo point and walk up. Might be a bit far with a little one in this heat actually, but there’s plenty of free parking at the top and free BBQs to use with the great view. If you don’t want to walk up you can still get the free ferry across and there’s a nice spot for a picnic under storey bridge or they have free BBQs you can use and a kids park. Walking across storey bridge is an option too followed by a cold beer somewhere along eagle st pier. Have fun xxx
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    If your line of work is outside then you have my sympathies. When there are roadworks and we see the work men and women with their full sleeved, yellow jackets and big boots I always wonder how on earth they cope in the heat. Doing the school run is bad enough for me, waiting in the sun to cross the road. Loved the heat for many years, but am very fed up of it now, 8 years in. This summer has been challenging. Longing for winter!
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    Oh yea- and that!
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    Absolutely- I wasn’t having a dig by my comment. Things were different when we went from temp to PR. The wait times have blown out something crazy. Yes I had a little look around, reciprocal covers medically necessary treatment. I am a midwife and antenatal care /certainly the birth and postnatal care is medically necessary! You should be ok I expect. Congratualtions, fun times ahead
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    No, at least one parent has to hold PR or citizenship for the child to be an Australian citizen. This is why we waited for our PR to fall pregnant.
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    If you hold full medicare you might be covered going through the public system. If it’s just reciprocal Medicare then I doubt it. In which case you should hold private health insurance but would need the maternity extras to cover a pregnancy. If you don’t have these you may end up forking the full cost. Do you have Medicare ?
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    She needs to be registered with APHRA, this can take time as processing times have blown out (as with most things it seems). I would get onto that ASAP if you haven’t already. But you need to present in person 3 months (I think) after it’s granted so timing is important. Depemding on what type of nursing she does (if it’s more specialist) she may get lucky if she at least expresses an interest with the NUMs and is able to meet / excel at the performance criteria for job descriptions. But if it’s just general type nursing I would wait until you are here as there will likely be many applicants and any interview panel is going to select those who are on shore already and ready to start. Gone are the days of phone interviews for UK applicants!
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    Children starting prep need to be 5 before 30th June in the year they enrol. The school year commences end of January. I would contact the local schools in your intended area of residence to find out what you need to do. They may require proof of residence to determine your child is in the catchment so it may not be until you have settled into your (presumably) rental property that you can provide that proof. Some better schools than others attract children out of catchment, though this tends to be closer to the city and more in secondary schools I think. People have been caught lying about their addresses to get their children into these better schools so it’s a bit of a process now. We are 40 ish minutes away from Brisbane and still had a few hoops to jump through to enrol our child in the local primary school to prove we are in catchment.
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    I agree, speak with a MARA registered migration agent. If they are not MARa registered don’t bother. There are a number on here who post regularly, Raul Senise, wrussel, Alan Collet and Paul Hand. A breakdown of your points would be helpful- and by the way if you are claiming 20 for superior English, you do actually have to sit the test and score well to claim those 20. Sounds easy, but it’s actually harder than you might think. Lots of native English speakers get caught out. If your profession is on the skills list check what the requirements are to pass the skills assessment, it may be you need a degree for that profession, not all, but most. If you don’t have one and it is a requirement, then it’s game over I’m afraid. No amount of experience will make up for it. All the best with it all
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    If your occupation is not on the list then you cannot obtain a skilled visa. Doesn’t matter who you work for, the nomination will always be refused.
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    I would talk to a registered migration agent. You said it yourself, it’s a lot of money to get this wrong. I don’t think you will get the generic information you are looking for applicable to your specific circumstances.
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    Just a tip for the future if you proceed with applying for a visa, use a registered migration (MARA) agent. I had a quick look at global migrate, looks very dodgy, poorly written English etc and they are not MARA registered. Looks like they are swindling lots of people. An e-visitor visa is free and very simple to apply for yourself. There are a number of reputable MARA registered agents who post on this forum.
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    Whilst I (sadly) agree with a lot of the above I disagree that you can’t advance your career in midwifery here. I find the opportunities here have been amazing compared to in the UK. I worked with midwives who were desperate to do something- anything to advance their knowledge/skills and there were never any opportunities other than to work towards being a supervisor of midwives. Since I started working here in 2011 I have worked as a project midwife, done a research fellowship and now work in midwifery education where I have done simulation training in maternity emergency management (I.e. teaching and facilitating it not just attending the day) and a certificate in training in assessment (paid for by the hospital). All of these opportunities were advertised in house- at the same hospital - I never had to leave, and with plenty of others in the mix I could have applied for. I am a direct entry midwife and have not found this to be an issue at all. If you go more rural I fully understand why they would want dual trained staff but in the suburbs, not a problem.
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    They have a set criterion and I think it’s whats on your transcript, ie what you did educationally and not your professional experience that counts. Could be wrong, but both the midwives we had were highly experienced but couldn’t avoid the supervision because they hadn’t done the continuity of care in their training.
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    I will PM you Mamma Midwife
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    No problem at all Mamma Midwife Happy to help. Feel free to PM me if there’s anything you want to know. Though I can only comment on the locality of where I work and not really Australia as a whole. I don’t want to put you off, it’s really not all doom and gloom, there are things they do exceptionally well here compared to the UK, but you are right, it comes off a bit rich APHRA asking UK midwives for continuity of care, because the entire system is based on that principal. We never needed to make a special effort to get 10 follow through cares because where I trained and worked in the UK we would book women st 10-12 weeks, see them antenatally, be on call if they opted for a home birth and visit them postnatally. That here, minus the homebirthing part, is a special model of care. Most women here are lucky to see the same person twice and everyone delivers in the same place- the obstetric unit so they’re all at the mercy of the intervention-happy doctors. Private is far far worse. So many social inductions it’s unreal. Weird medications prescribed, odd protocols. That’s another thing to get your head around- public and private. Maybe that’s a story for another day lol. BUT, woes aside, coming home in the sunshine and having a glass of wine by the pool after your shift kinda makes it not so bad All the best X
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