Joebloggs

Look at the statistics 457s grants over the last 6 months are down 40% compared to the same period last year, due to the changes last July employers seemed to have changed their hiring strategy. Those employers who require certain very high skills have no other choice but to sponsor, but the costs and increased scrutiny has brought the number of 457 down to more sensible numbers.

Machines do the work, the real jobs are in skilled maintenance of equipment and services and the white collar geology. Some people think mining involves a pick axe and a shovel and since they have experience in filling their mammies coal bucket they reckon they are going get six figures shovelling.

Since you already have a 457 visa your new employer can nominate you for a position ( providing they are a registered SBS sponsor). Once the nomination is approved you can then work for the new employer.

Unskilled, holiday visas and jobs in mining?? Think you need to stay off the drink/drugs buddy.

Do you have a degree?

New business can sponsor but you will only get a 12 month visa.

Looking at the bigger picture even if your husband found a sponsor for 457 he would still need 60 Points for a skilled Visa before he turns 50 or the employer would need to sponsor him again for ENS before he is 50. Really being sponsored directly on a 186 visa from the start is probably ideal, it's possible but most employers prefer 457.

You can pay the visa application costs for yourself and your dependants since those are actually your visas but all other costs associated with sponsoring has to be paid by the employer and can't be passed on. You should really do a bit of research on the employers obligations such as training benchmarks etc to give you a better idea as to how it works before you jump the gun.

The employer is still obligated to pay, paying for the flights is really to protect the Australian government not the employee. The government want to ensure there's no excuse for not leaving when the jobs done and if they are required to deport they can recoup the cost from the employer.

You have to be either a Citizen or a Permanent Resident who meets the requirements for citizenship (ie. lived in Australia for 4 years 1 of as PR) The Army do offer a lateral transfer to PR with citizenship after 3 months but that's a full time commitment. They won't touch you on a 457, you couldn't even serve a coffee in the NAAFI.

Very unfortunate .....but why would you sell everything to start a new life on a 457? A 457 is a shaky nail at the best of times, it's far from a safe bet when selling up for a permanent move.

I don't have PR, it was cancelled when I became a citizen.

Been through the 457 and PR myself, never really considered having emigrated until I had the PR migration visa in the passport.... if I had run around on a 457 telling everyone I had emigrated I'm sure people would have laughed at me... it's just dumb. 457 is a bit of a joke visa to be honest, it's like a WHV for grownups... easy come easy go.

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Genetically or by choice?

Nope not for a 457 you just make a deceleration that you have no convictions similar to a holiday visa.

There was plenty of scams of this on Gumtree for self sponsorship. Really it was a couple of guys from a certain west European country who had set up a companies with legitimate paperwork and were sponsoring people for $6000 cash and once the visa was granted the 'employee' walked away and worked for someone else or as a sole trader and never really worked for their 'employer'. Also I have seen on a facebook site where people where touting the names of a couple of agents in Melbourne that would help people set up a business while on a WHV and be lets say be creative with paperwork for self sponsoring. DIAC caught on to this after a tip off. About April last year the DIAC (now DIBP) and Australian Tax Office agreed to exchange information on temporary workers, as a result DIPB now can query what temporary workers are being paid and by whom. From July last year any business that has been in operation for less than 12 months can still sponsor but the max visa granted seems to be 12 months not 4 years.

The flight home rule is there for the benefit of immigration, when the visa ends the employee has no excuse for not leaving and the cost falls on the employer rather than a cost to tax payer. Immigration are not interested in furniture or dogs, they are only intrested in removing people who have no longer a right to be in the country.

Its not a problem to come and work on a 417 and then apply for a 457 if the employer, job and you meet all the requirements.

I heard it started in the USA called the "Knock out game" and later in the UK as "Bombing"

If the application is actually lodged and immigration require a list of further paperwork they usually want it within 28 days, I would be seeking advice from a MARA agent and confirm that the application and nomination is actually lodged. Before July last year there was no definite line in the sand as to who pays for the costs, but after July the new rules state that there are certain costs that can't be passed on to the applicant. If the application has not been made yet and you have paid a substantial amount of money then the employers are already in breach of their conditions.

Employer delaying it? Has the application even been lodged, do you have a TRN?

That doesn't sound right, 457 is really just a work permit and it's main benefit is it's easy and quick to get as it's supposed to fill gaps in skill shortages. It's usually takes a week or 2 but after July it blew out to a couple of months at most. Just wondering if you have paid any money as there are some unscrupulous people out there?

If you have a spare $5 million lying around you could consider a substantial investor visa. http://www.business.nsw.gov.au/live-and-work-in-nsw/visa-and-migration/business-migration/significant-investor-visa

The Regional work is limited to specified type of work. Also for NSW it is limited to the following postcodes.