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Hi Scrumpy, Your very welcome, it's nice to be able to help as we started totally from scratch. My husband came over as a Construction Project Manager as he has been doing this for the last 8 years. He is also trained as an architect and did the 8 years full time at university and has been drafting and drawing for about 17 years. So we have found more jobs advertised in Bunbury for architectural drafters in which he has been applying for and just waiting to hear about a recent interview he's just had as they have been asking for references. If he gets it they have asked him if he will apply and get his architectural qualifications assessed too which we don't have a problem with. There seems to be more work at Bunbury for him. We spent 5 weeks near Perth, a week in Bunbury just searching for the right area that would suit our family. What type of work are you in? Have you had any look on seek or other sites?

Hi there, we've came over from England 8 weeks ago. We came over on a 489 visa. We have been living with friends just above Perth but couldn't find any work regionally there for my husbands occupation. We checked Mandurah out and spent a week at Bunbury too. We couldn't find any work at Mandurah and didn't think there was as much to offer as there was at Bunbury. We have two young children and felt that Bunbury offered a lot more workwise and a good all rounder in general. We have got a rental at Treendale, Australind. The children go to school there too. It has a village feel to it which is what we are used to and think its great to have Bunbury about ten mins away where you can get anything you want from there too. I would seriously check them out and find what works best for you and your occupations. We have found that we totally rely on sites like Seek, jobrapido, wajobs to look for work. I would check the work sites out and go with how you feel as to how much comes up for the area you are qualified in. Mandurah is a lovely place and I know you have a train route to Perth but if you have a car it only takes an hour and a half to Perth too so I wouldn't rule out Bunbury. We felt that Bunbury had more to offer than Mandurah personally although they are both lovely places. Mandurah seemed much smaller and couldn't see much to do there even for the day. Being at Bunbury you also have some beautiful places to visit like Bussleton and Dunsborough, Margaret river too. Good Luck!

Hi All Been here 3 weeks and had an interview for a new homes sales consultant this morning, all very positive, they filled me in the role and want me to ring them on Monday to let them know what I want to do. Has anyone on here been or is still in the job?, not sure what to do Thanks

Thanks for your reply. I thought they where but he confused me, Our grant letter does'nt state which the eligible postcodes are.

Checked with our CO last night about the areas I can live and work in on the Skilled Regional Sponsored (Provisional) (class SP) subclass 489. It reads to me in booklet 6 (part below) that I can live and work in the postcode areas listed. Our agent says the same as me but our CO says: "The areas you can live and work in in Western Australia, so that you qualify for the second stage permanent visa can be any area who’s post code is NOT listed below." [TABLE=class: ecxMsoNormalTable, width: 501] [TR] [TD=width: 415]WESTERN AUSTRALIA (Except Perth and surroundings areas) [/TD] [TD=width: 253]6041 to 6044 6083 to 6084 6121 to 6126 6200 to 6799 [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Now Iam a little confused by this riddle! Please help Thanks :eek:

Hi All I don't know if I am missing something but during this process I have tried to find out the criteria for the job I have to do when working whilst holding the 489 visa to enable me to eventually apply for pr. I can't seem to find it anywhere, is it critical that I find work in my skill shortage and what if I can't? does that go against me? :wacko:

Congrats Paul Wallace Great feeling isnt it :biggrin:

Hi we are Bunbury bound end of May, can't wait to get gone! :cute:

Good Luck with telling your mum! It will all be worth it

Hi Paul Wallace Myself and my wife where both refered (now finalised) I have a bowl disease (25yr history, have had key hole surgery on heart for a minor illness) Wife is on tablets for cholesterol. Good luck! :wink:

Hi can I ask which shippers you are using and if they need full payment upfront? Oh and by the way very quick organising!

Thanks LeslieF Can't wait to get there now!

VISA GRANTED! Hi All Been having problems with e mail so thought I would check to see if could get on this morning and much to my surprise had one from our agent with letter from DIAC advising of grant. Ive been wanting to post this for a long time! Thanks to all on here for advice and support during this rollercoaster of a process. Hang in there all those waiting and good luck!

I will give them a ring a bit later, I will let you know. Thanks

Hi all Agent e mailed today to say they have e mailed CO to find out progress as refered Oct 18th and think should of heard something by now. Was going to ring tonight, what do you guys think I should do?, do you think it would do any harm? Thanks :wink:

He all Iam in a bit of a delema, do i ring or e mail team 2 tonight to find out progress? Has anyone had a quick response from e mailing them? Thanks :err:

Congratulations donkphilip! Can I ask if you used an agent? I have asked ours to find out about ours but not heard anything yet. Do you think it would be worth ringing the DIAC myself or do you think it would rock the boat? Can't wait to be posting the same as you! Good Luck!

Congratulations dibongo! Chased our agent who e mailed me back saying they would look into ours first thing this morning (their time) hoping for some news today but nothing! Can't wait to be posting the same as you! Good Luck! :wink:

Hi dibongo - Lets hope we havent got too much longer to wait for our 489's! We are heading for Bunbury how about you? :cute:

We were refered October 18th, our agent told us we should hear something mid January so that would make it about 3 months.

Hi all, Can anyone tell me how to check progress when your agent has lodged for you? I have tried through the DIAC's website using the correct TRN number etc and get error message. Our agent said log into skills select and click on "apply for visa" to see progress, I have looked at this,there isnt the option to apply for visa option, the only link similar is "continue a saved online visa application". I don't want to click on this in case I upset progress to date, I would like to look at progress on the medicals myself without having to ask my agent all the time. Thanks in advance. :huh:

Contratulations on you grant! We where refered on 18th Oct and have been told should here something by mid Jan. Can't wait to post the same as you. Good luck :biggrin:

Morning All Just wanted to share this with you. Received an e mail from our agent forwarded from the DIAC, see below. "There is currently a 3 month delay for cases with the MOC. I would not expect any result until sometime mid-January." We where referred 6 weeks ago yesterday. :mad:

Hi All Received the following e mail from our agent this morning: This morning the case officer advised us that yours and your wife health assessments have been referred to Medical Officer of Commonwealth for further checks, due to their backlog the outcome will not be available for around 6-8 weeks. Should we be worried or is this referred for someone who has a greater knowledge of the medical world? Was hoping the grant was just around the corner!

Yes they sent me log in details for logging in through skills select but couldnt find second log in point. I have e mailed them but they havent go back to me yet. I rang the hospital on Thursday and they said all was ok and the doc just needed to submit. So rather than bother them I wanted to log on myself to see how they have been finalised. I hope we have no referrals too but the hospital said they would let us know if there where any problems. 2 weeks feels like a very long time! Good luck to you too