sandman

We are a family of 4 who came over to Aus in Jan 2012 on a 457 after my OH was offered a permanent job and promise that the company would nominate us for a 186 visa asap. When we received the 457 there had been a clerical error which had only given us 2 years instead of 4 ending on 31st Dec 2013. We were not too worried about this as the company was getting the 186. When my OH started his job we asked about the Direct Entry nomination but were told that they wanted to wait until he had been working with them for a year? They had offered to pay for the whole thing in return for my OH staying with them for a year after the PR was granted. We had to wait until March 2013 for the company to start the nomination process and due to an error it didn't get approved until September. They then told us that they were not going to pay for it after all and it was up to us to sort our side out. We paid the $7040 + medicals and made the application. While waiting, our 457 ran out and we went onto a bridging visa A. Then the bombshell.... my OH hadnt done the skills assessment necessary for the 186 and now the application was invalid. We were told by a MA that the company would have to re nominate us and that we would have to apply from outside the country but this meant a trip of up to 8 weeks while waiting for a new 457 which was impossible as my OH didnt have nearly enough holiday or money saved to cover our expenses and rent in Aus on unpaid leave. We went to a migrant lawyer who told us we could meet schedule 3 (as she thinks that we are in this position due to no fault of our own)and apply for a 457 from inside Aus but if we dont meet schedule 3 for the 457 and then only have 28 days to leave the country!! We would arrive in the UK with nowhere to stay and no job!!! We have 28 days to decide whether to cancel our 186 application and go for the schedule 3 or leave it and apply to the Review Tribunal which would give my OH time to look for a job back in the UK and save some money for the shipping fees etc but we just cant decide whether its worth the risk?? HELP!!!! I am not asking for anyone to decide for us just some advice to help us make a decision would be really appreceiated:arghh:

We are on a bridging visa A. Nobody seems to be able to tell us if we have to leave the country to re apply or not for definite.

We applied for a subclass 186 direct entry but due to an error at the time of lodging the application we have been told by our case officer that the application is invalid and we must start over again. unfortunately, we dont have the time to go through the whole process before our bridging visa runs out on the 24th February. My husbands company are happy to re-nominate him for the 457. We have been told by one migration agent that you cant apply from a bridging visa after 28 days and another has said that because the visa application has not been rejected yet we can still apply for the 457.

We have been on a bridging visa A for 37 days since our 457 expired. Dose anyone know if we can apply for another employer sponsored 457 from Australia or do we have to go back to the UK to apply?