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I think you need to contact a good migration agent. There are few good ones who post here regularly please get in touch with them before you proceed. @Raul Senise @paulhand

Both Raul and Russell who have responded above are reputed RMA's. Like they say, talking about 491 at the moment is too early as there isn't much information available at the moment on the same.

Thanks very much Paul.

You would need to get a temp accommodation like the airbnb etc. Most of the people coming to Australia on a Permanent visa or a regional visa come here without a job, so you should be fine. I am not sure about NT but you not having job should not stop your kid from being admitted in a school. I have never heard of job being a blocker for kids to be able to go to school. If that was the case most kids of migrants will be missing school years. You need to arrange for an accommodation before landing here and then contact the local realtors for properties (This can be done from overseas as well like I did). In Australia you need to inspect the home before you can fill out the application. So no way getting around that.

This post really helped us. Our situation is same as the OP. We got our PR's on 1 Feb 2012. Travelled to Australia for a holiday on 1st September 2012 for a week. Moved permanently in January of 2017 before our 5 year travel facility expired. Now have been living here for almost 3 years straight. Was thinking that I will have to wait till 2021 :). Now will apply in 2020. The only question I have though is I got my RRV earlier this year but have never left Australia over the last 3 years. Will this matter? I will be leaving the country for a month this December for a vacation and will be back in January. I am planning to apply for the Citizenship around March or April of 2020.Is that timeline okay?

We had to fill out Form 80 as well. MA will find it difficult to fill out that form and the only way they can do it is to collect all the information they need for the form from you. Which means that you will be filling MA's version of the form which will anyways require all the information needed for Form80. Considering that it will be better for us to just fill out that form ourselves to avoid multiple back and forth between the MA and us.

I will check with your MA and take their advise. But again if they don't know what to do then you are in trouble. You might have to take second opinion or change your representation. It is too risky to be relying on a forum where people who may have never gone through the issue you are facing right now.

In this situation as JetBlast suggests, it is better to contact a good migration agent for consult. The skills assessment might be tricky and might need some help.

It will be from the time you get it. Since you fulfil the requirement of 2 years in the last 5 years, it should be fairly quick.

If you are already here, you can probably show that you are working with the pay slips etc...I don't think the funds is valid for people who are already here in Australia. I may be wrong but someone else can clarify. Do you ask for proof? Like Lavers said above, I had applied for SA as well and was not asked for any proof of funds.

I would recommend you to contact someone like @Raul Senise who has posted on this thread. With limited options, you need professional advice to assess and determine possibilities.

That is wrong. People with passports of certain countries don't need to take the English test unless it is needed by the assessing authority or for claiming points for immigration.

You can try and apply for an RRV but again you must either show strong ties to Australia or compelling reasons for not being able to move within the stipulated time. But again you might have a chance of getting a 3 month RRV or something like that if you apply. They may not grant you one as well. You will not know unless you apply.

There are a few good ones that post here. You can contact any of them @Alan Collett @Raul Senise @wrussell.

I agree Child Care Subsidy really helps, if not day care is pretty expensive here it is surely between 110-120 now per day.