Wonderingaloud

You should never take advice from the immigration helpline, as odd as it sounds. They are apparently insured for all the incorrect and often bad advice they give out. The department will simply say you should have used a registered migration agent, and will not be held accountable.

Who knows? Could be next week, could be 6 months or 15 months. Follow the 186 visa thread for other people’s timelines, but everyone’s circumstances are completely different. You just have to wait.

If you are registered or licensed for your occupation you need to provide proof of it. If you are not required to be registered with a particular body or licensed to work in your occupation then the same applies- provide proof. It’s pretty self-explanatory.

Check your occupation is on the list- the medium to long term list, if it is check you can meet the requirements in terms of education/qualifications/registration requirements and go from there. If your occupation is not on the list there is no possibility of PR, even if an employer is willing to sponsor you.

Potentially yes, as he might not meet the character requirements. Australia are really clamping down on domestic violence.

We are heading to the UK for a holiday and my brother has a spare car he is happy for us to use while we are there. Problem is, the insurance company are saying I would need to be added as a named driver and take out a whole new policy just for me which is going to cost a fortune (apparently). I know it’s different in Aus in that you insure the car not so much the people driving it (when mother in law came over our insurance didn’t care she would drive it). Is it really this difficult in UK- seems a shame to hire a car when there’s one spare we can use. Anyone had experience of this?

Firstly, you should never use a lawyer- they are not specialists in migration. You need a migration agent who is MARA registered, this gives you, the consumer, some protection if errors are made. Secondly, you generally shouldn’t use a migration agent/lawyer who works for the company sponsoring you. They will only look out for the company’s best interests, not yours. You should always use your own agent to represent your own interests. Thirdly, research the cost. In this day and age it’s not difficult to get multiple quotes for comparison from a number of migration agents. 6k sounds like a lot to me. Fourthly, your migration agent should be able to guide you on the success of your application based on the company finances, having detailed knowledge on what is required for sponsorship and migration purposes. You shouldn’t just apply blindly and hope for the best. A decent migration agent will tell you if it’s not a viable prospect not just take your money and apply anyway. There are far too many people on this forum with dodgy agents, and subsequent nomination refusals, visa refusals and appeals.

Private maternity is, IMO, the biggest con going. I can’t speak for the general medical side of things, but I’m wary based on what I’ve seen in maternity. Apart from the reduced waiting times for procedures, I can’t see the point in going private. I have a friend who had brain surgery last year, held top private cover and was still $20,000 out pocket. Sorry, slightly off topic.

Am I not supposed to do this?! My daughter and I love finding the ‘best’ shells.

The point I was making is if it’s not available to PR holders I highly doubt it will be for temporary residents. My earlier post was advising the OP to apply anyway and see what happens. He did and it was declined. Given the wait period is applicable to a lot of government payments, it shouldn’t be a surprise CCS is included, though I agree they should add it to the list. It’s right here under the CCS link: Family member We may need to do a family member assessment to decide if you have: a newly arrived resident’s waiting period exemption, or an approved reason for payment overseas The definition of a family member differs depending on the reason for the assessment. Newly arrived resident’s waiting period exemption For the purposes of assessing a newly arrived resident’s waiting period exemption, a person is a family member if they’re your: partner, or dependent child

The employer could sponsor them as a direct entrant on the 186, providing they meet all the criteria which would take months and months to process. During this time they couldn’t work for this company though. In order for them to work for this company in 4 weeks, the new employer will have to take over the 457 first. The sponsorship for the 186 would then be via the TRT stream but they have to have worked for the same employer for 2 years first (as well as meet the other criteria- age, skills assessments, English etc) so they couldnt apply straightaway... As above, your friend needs his/her own migration agent to handle things in his/her best interests. Yes some are better than others, make sure they are reputable (google) and Mara registered. Don’t use an immigration lawyer. Any of the agents who post on this forum are reputable in my opinion.

There’s a few posts similar to yours, I therefore think you just get an automated email after 12 months of submission letting you know that yes, you’re still waiting..

Yes this is a recent change, PR holders now have to wait 2 (or 4) years to access certain payments such as CCS and paid parental leave. I would imagine that temporary visa holders are therefore ineligible. https://www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/topics/newly-arrived-residents-waiting-period/30726 https://www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/services/centrelink/child-care-subsidy/who-can-get-it/residence-rules/residence-descriptions#livinginaustralia

Depends on why you’re terminated and if the employer reports to immigration. If immigration are informed, and the reason for termination isn’t anything criminal/bad character they might just let it go. Hard to say without specifics.

Maybe, maybe not. It’s impossible to tell. It just means the nomination part of your application that checks your sponsoring company, has been approved. They now need to look at all your evidence for the visa, and as above they need to check health, character, police checks, English (if applicable) your work/employment documents with skills etc, references if applicable. This is for you and all those included in the application. So, if everything is straightforward and you meet the criteria it will be approved. If you don’t, then it may not be.

We are dual (UK /Aus citizens). Our children have their Aus passports but we haven’t applied for their British ones.... yet. We are going to UK next month for a few weeks and were planning to enter on our British passports, but because this differs to the children I have heard immigration might think we are planning to stay long term and get their knickers in a twist because the children can’t obviously stay permanaently on an Aus passport. We are just going to use our Aus passports to enter the UK and return (as mandated) and save any potential confusion/suspicions.

If the ABN of the business is different, then yes. This will be a problem. If the ABN has not changed, I don’t think so.

You did not apply for the nomination. It has to be your employer.

Did you apply for the visa as well as the nomination? If so, you need to withdraw the visa before it is refused as it cannot be processed without a nomination. Re the nomination- your employer applied for this so they are the ones who need to appeal the decision. Your agent should be a MARA registered migration agent, not a ‘lawyer’ or someone else unregistered. If they are not, find someone who is. If she cannot answer (in your own words) even basic questions, why are you using this person? Now the nomination has been refused the agent needs to be skilled in AAT and knowing what documents are needed to refute the decision by immigration. This adds up to another level of complexity, you need a strong case to overturn a ruling by appeal. Even if immigration were unprofessional, complaining about this won’t change the outcome of the decision. Especially as you said yourself- the owner is a control freak and wants to do some things herself that overlap with the responsibility of a cafe manager. It sounds like your employer needs to read the requirements of the position and decide if they really do need a cafe manager (by immigrations definition) because as Ausvisitor above says, they’ve made the right decision so far.

I don’t think so- bridging visas only kick in when when the formative visa expires. If you cancel a visa and remain in Aus you will be here illegally and you don’t need me to tell you that’s going to be a problem. I’d ask a reputable Mara agent for advice, so you don’t get it wrong.

You are replying to a thread that’s almost 6 years old, and both users you have quoted were last active 2 and 3 years ago respectively. I’d try a new post and see if there’s anyone currently able to assist.

Yes I know, it’s an expensive process no matter which way you spin it. It’s your call, but it sounds like you are quite thorough and research driven, you probably have a pretty good shot but obviously I know nothing of your personal circumstances. What’s your profession and has your employer sponsored others?

It’s probably not the complexity of the form you need to worry about, rather do you meet the conditions as specified by immigration and have all the evidence etc. I did this solo (a few years ago I’ll add) and the form was straightforward, but then so was my situation so it all went through without a glitch. If you have a complicated situation and are unsure of what evidence you need to provide etc, use an agent. The cost is through the roof now and it’s a lot to lose if you get it wrong. Best of luck, sorry can’t help with the location of the form

You could leave, get work in UK (I presume that’s where you are from) and apply for a partner visa offshore as they process much faster this way. Or cancel the 457 and leave (or the other way round) apply for a visitor visa, return to Aus and apply for the partner visa onshore, (providing the visitor visa doesn’t have a ‘no further stay’ condition) you’ll go onto a bridging visa when the visitor visa expires but you won’t have any work rights. You could apply for work rights if you can show financial hardship but this is not a given and would likely take a while to process. I’m not sure there’s any other way you can stay in Aus while legally working and waiting for the partner visa to process. As others have said, run it by an agent. In the interim keep looking for another employer to transfer your 457- what do you do?

It’s a 12 month stay within an 18 month period- so if you stayed 12 months you would have to wait 6months offshore before returning. You are trying to ‘live’ in Australia on a tourist visa, you may find the department gets suspicious if you keep applying for visitor visas. Likewise officers at the airport may also become suspicious if you keep leaving Australia for afew weeks and re-entering. They could bar entry at the airport and send you back home.