SiandSuz

We already have a employer sponsorship but when it comes to PR I thought you had to be in the country for a certain length of time or have been working with the employer for a certain time length before PR could be issued? Thanks Rupert

Even if both of our occupations are on list 2 and not on list 1?

Thanks for all te feedback guys, I appreciate it a lot. I'm 100% sure that I'd like to live here, the past 14 months here have been good, a struggle at times but in a good way.. So I'm probably best waiting till I have PR and then getting a mortgage? How long is it till I can apply for PR? Thanks again guys, awesome feedback!!

Hi Rupert, yeah we're on a temporary visa which lasts 4 years but we plan on obtaining PR before the 4 years is up and don't want to waste time and money paying rent on a house that isnt ours when that money could go towards paying off a house of our own. Thanks

Hey Andy, thanks for the reply. 20% sounds good.. 10% even better, any ideas who would offer this sort of mortgage? Me and my partner both have well paid full time jobs so I'm guessing that will help? Thanks again Andy.

Hey, so me and my partner have just had our 457 approved and we really want to get our foot on the property ladder, we've spoken to a few people and they have told us that usually you need 30% deposit for a house deposit whilst on a 457 visa.. Which in Perth equates to roughly 100-120k (which we don't have). So here's my question.. Is there a way of getting a mortgage on a house without a 30% deposit and with roughly 15% deposit of 50k? Thanks again guys Simon.

Hey Nic, is the rsms pr straight forward? any idea what the time scale is for this type of visa? Thanks again

Goodluck! Where abouts in Perth are you going?

Okay, so i moved out here September 2012 with my partner of 7 years on a WHV just to see if we liked Australia and if we did we would look into staying. Straight away we fell in love with Perth (south of the river) and knew we had to find a way to stay. Im a bricklayer and found work straight away (employed, not on an ABN), the company i work for are only small (2 partners and me) but after a few months they spoke about sponsoring me on a 457 visa. My boss filed to become a nominated sponsor (which we are waiting for a decision on). Here are my questions: Will this sponsorship work? Does anybody have any advice for me? Has anybody on Pomsinoz been sponsored by a very small company like mine? (or know of anybody?) Thanks for taking the time to read my situation

Im pretty sure that you need to be qualified and the occupation must be on the skills list. Do you have any qualifications etc?

Gumtree.com.au is sometimes worth a look too ​

Port Kennedy (PK) is really nice and very family focused! Doesnt seem to be any trouble and everyone seems very nice. I myself dont live there but we have a few friends that do!

Hey mate, I'm living in perth; south of the river. There's loads of jobs bricklaying here and you shouldn't have a problem finding work if your good, fast and neat.

Since you have children I'd go for the perth based! FIFO has its pros and cons but going home to your children each night would probably be slot nicer

Before I moved out to Aus I set up a commonwealth account, they have been brilliant with us, help us in anyway possible and because we opened it in the uk we don't have to pay the monthly fee for the first 12 months!