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Occupational Therapist Job - Central Coast NSW
Marisawright replied to Serendipity's topic in Careers and Vacancies
The post you've answered is from 2020. The person has given an email address so you could try emailing them. Do you have a visa? -
To get any job in Australia, first you need a visa. So your first job is to work out whether you qualify for a visa. Not all British teaching qualifications are recognised in Australia, so that's the first thing to check. Your sons will definitely be able to access schools but whether you have to pay school fees will depend on the visa. Here's the information about the sponsorship being offered by the WA government https://www.education.wa.edu.au/international-qualified-teachers
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SCITT based teacher training issue with AITSL
Marisawright replied to Rob Frain's topic in Working and Skilled Visas
In that case, definitely don't hand in your notice yet. You don't know how long it's going to take.- 70 replies
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Help and Advice - Where to begin!
Marisawright replied to AdamLee83's topic in Working and Skilled Visas
Tell them thank you, but hold off until you've spoken to a migration agent. Companies cannot sponsor anyone they like. You MUST still have the same qualifications and experience that you need for the other visas. So they will potentially be wasting those companies' time at the moment, until you know where you stand. -
SCITT based teacher training issue with AITSL
Marisawright replied to Rob Frain's topic in Working and Skilled Visas
Why would you hand your notice in at your current job? There's no law that says you have to give notice if you accept a new job. Do you already have a visa for Australia?- 70 replies
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Help and Advice - Where to begin!
Marisawright replied to AdamLee83's topic in Working and Skilled Visas
The problem would be that you need the required qualifications AND experience, and your baking experience may be too long ago to count. But the agent will advise you. -
Help and Advice - Where to begin!
Marisawright replied to AdamLee83's topic in Working and Skilled Visas
I can't find emigrate2australia anywhere, are they MARA registered? They are not legit if they don't have that MARA registration. They don't have to be in the UK to have a consultation because it can all be done over the phone or online. I suggest getting a quote from Suncoast Migration or Go Matilda. There is one visa where your family can sponsor you. It's the 491 regional visa that I mentioned. However, you still have to have an occupation/skills on the list first. -
Help and Advice - Where to begin!
Marisawright replied to AdamLee83's topic in Working and Skilled Visas
I'm curious, what kind of family sponsorship do you think they would be eligible for? I thought these days, if you aren't an aged parent of an Aussie citizen, or a carer, there aren't any options. -
143 visa applicant with Parkinson's disease
Marisawright replied to chris&josh's topic in Family / Partner Visas
The problem for him is that the waiting time for the parent visa is at least 12 years. So it's not a question of how well he is now, but how well he'll be in 12 years' time.- 26 replies
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Marisawright replied to AdamLee83's topic in Working and Skilled Visas
The bad news: to be eligible for any visa, either you or your wife must work in an occupation that's on the skilled lists. Then that person becomes the visa applicant, and the rest of you are included in that person's visa. If neither of you is on the skills list, then you can't migrate. End of story. No way round it. Having family sponsorship makes no difference whatsoever. If one of you can find your occupation on the skilled list, that's not the end of the story. You also need to check the requirements. They will specify what qualifications and experience are required, and you must satisfy those requirements. Again, if you don't meet the requirements, you can't migrate. As for choosing a visa: you have a choice of a 189, 190 or 491. The 189 is the Rolls Royce and lets you live anywhere in Australia permanently. The 190 is almost as good, but it's issued by the states, so you have to live in the state you applied to (though you're allowed to move elsewhere after a couple of years). The 491 is a provisional (i.e. temporary) visa, sort of like being on probation. If you meet all the rules for the 491, it leads to a permanent visa after a few years. I agree with Ausvisitor: you need to book a one-off consultation with a MARA registered migration agent (it can be over the phone). You don't have time to muck around doing your own research. If there are things you need to do to be eligible (e.g., do some retraining), then you're leaving it a bit late to get it all done before you're too old (the cut-off date for all of the above visas is 45). -
Family moving to Australia but father is over 45
Marisawright replied to Elise1102's topic in Visa Chat
When you say the rest of you are eligible, what do you mean? Age is only one of the factors you have to consider. For instance, if the mother has the qualifications and experience necessary to apply for a skilled visa, she can include the father on her visa and his age won't matter. The mother can also include all dependent children (but not children that are working). If one of the children can apply for a skilled visa, then that visa is just for the individual. The child can't include the mother or the father. -
Is your visa still valid? Or do you need to apply for a RRV?
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A more important question is whether sponsorship is the right choice for you. If it's just the two of you, no kids, then sponsorship is worth the risk. If you've got kids, it's important to think through all the implications of a temporary move.
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No, the dependent cannot be the main applicant because the dependent is not a parent. The visa application will be invalid.
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Is UK State Pension Taxed in Australia?
Marisawright replied to KAKADU's topic in Shipping and Removals
Your pension shouldn't be taxable. From the Go Matilda website: If you move to Australia on ... a Visitor visa leading to a Bridging Visa once an onshore Aged Parent visa (subclass 804) has been lodged, you are technically a temporary visaholder and can make use of the exemption from the charge to Australian tax in respect of income arising outside Australia. In other words, UK pension income received in this situation will remain properly taxable in the UK. I assume your child/children will be supporting you, as I cannot imagine how anyone could survive on the British pension in Australia, even if it wasn't frozen. Assuming you are currently residing in the UK, you will be entitled to medical treatment under Medicare under the reciprocal agreement, but GP visits and prescriptions aren't free, they're just subsidised. A visit to a GP can cost anything from $40 to $120. A prescription could be $30 per item. Dentists and spectacles aren't covered at all, you have to pay full private fees. It will cost you over $200 just to see a dentist, and a filling can cost over $400. I got new glasses last week. I wanted multifocals but they would've cost over $500, so I settled for distant vision only ($300) and will buy cheap reading glasses at the chemist. I don't know how old you are, but I'm all too aware how medical expenses start to escalate in your 70s and 80s -- even if, like me and my husband, you felt robustly healthy in your 60s. And since you'll be on the bridging visa for the rest of your life (the waiting period is 30 years), you'll eventually be facing high medical bills, (we all have to die of something and it's usually expensive). Australian pensioners get extra subsidies on health care, which you won't get. Will you be living with your children? If not, are you aware of the extra fees and taxes you'll pay if you buy a property, and of the current prices for real estate? -
Good idea. I didn't realise there was no waiting period before you can apply for divorce in the UK. However, it's only going to cut months, not the whole year. From my experience, divorce in Australia is pretty fast if it's amicable (3 months or so). Whereas in the UK, after you've submitted the application, there's a compulsory waiting period of at least 20 weeks before a conditional order is granted, then at least another 6 weeks before the decree nisi.
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Just a note about this: in order to apply for divorce in Australia, you need to be living separately for at least a year (that might be in the same house, but you need to be living separate lives, e.g. separate finances, separate rooms etc). You will need to have proof of the exact date you began living separately. Usually you'll do that by sending each other an email or letter confirming the arrangements. Now here's the catch, for you, if you decide to stay together until the 186 is granted. Your separation date will have to be a suitable period after your 186 is granted, otherwise it'll be obvious to the authorities that your wife was granted the 186 under false pretences. So you're not going to be able to start divorce proceedings until a year or so after you get PR.
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That's not what you said in your first post, though. Having a marriage certificate isn't what matters. What matters is your relationship. For instance, let's say you'd met someone else, and you were already living with the girlfriend. In that case, the girlfriend would be the one who's entitled to be on your 186 visa, not your wife. As Paul said, it's complicated. good luck.
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@Andrew1980, bottom line -- get onto a good migration agent pronto, before you do anything. Paul Hand (who posted above) is a good choice. Make sure they're MARA registered, whoever you choose. I say that because your wife is already at risk of losing her right to live in Australia. She can't be on your 482 visa if you're separated. And if you pretend you're together, and include her in your 186 application, you'll be committing fraud.
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I'm doubtful about that. I'm Scottish by birth. I know my siblings/cousins/nieces/nephews and their friends in Scotland are only a small sample of the population, but they are all 100% Scottish and they all voted to remain.
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I think the sense of isolation very much depends who you are. Australians who move from the rest of Australia often feel "cut off" because it's so expensive to visit family and friends anywhere else in Australia. However, if you don't know anyone elsewhere in Oz, you might love the fact that Perth is so close to Asia and Indonesia, plus it's 5 hours closer to the UK for visits home. Also, whether there's "not much else to do" also depends on what you like doing. Personally, I find WA a bit lacking in the kinds of things I like to do -- but many, many other are more than happy with the variety on offer. It's hard to find meaningful comparisons of property prices in Perth vs Gold Coast. Prices vary widely within Perth and within the Gold Coast. Also, you can't trust what you see on the real estate websites -- they shamelessly doctor the photos and underquote the prices. I don't envy you trying to make the decision!
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I hope you mean parts inside not pets! It's worth asking on this thread, which is monitored by a company that does car imports to Australia. No idea if they'll handle a lorry but worth asking.
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5 year RRV - granted within 45 minutes of applying online!
Marisawright replied to Beffers2024's topic in Other Visas
If you meet the residency requirements, then you get the RRV automatically and it is very quick.