can1983

yep in uk I'm in the 32-39 category, but with spouse visa you can be any age I'm looking at skilled because its cheaper than partner visa and I am eligible still not sure what to do, one agent says partner because its as close to entitlement as any visa can be, the other says I'm a shoe in for skilled so save the money

I decided to resign, my employer was borrowing money to pay wages. Jump before pushed. we decided to come back to the UK, getting another 457 was going to be hard. Now I'm looking at getting or via skills or spouse

457 was horrible to live on, when work got quiet you were constantly dreading the P45 (or equivalent) when I did it you only had 28 days to leave too! now its 3 months

I think the points total is ambitious, almost a best case scenario. I've never heard of anyone having more than 70. The DIAC invitation round stats support that this is incredibly rare. for sure the age 30 and IELTS 10 is probably guaranteed Education is key, you need to qualify for the 10, without the 10 you cant get the work experience and state sponsorship. so id get assessed by the relevant body independent of an agent to see if you get claim the 10? lets assume you can get the 10 work experience 15 is 8 plus years full time 35-40 hours a week experience in the last 10, so if you have spent part of the year managing property you might only be able to claim 4/5 * 8 = 6 years for example partner skills would double your workload for the visa and exactly the same rules apply, quals, experience etc state sponsorship is required as you are not on SOL but on CSOL is that right? I'm looking into this at the moment I'm older at 33-39 (25) but have (15) for education, (5) for Australian work experience and (10) for uk and (10) for IELTS making 65. Cant cliam partner as they are aussie and don't need state sponsorship best of luck, if you can get the education and it is acceptably dated 8+ years ago your in with a great shout

How are you able to get 85 points at age 32 without a degree?

Youd certainly need to commit to living on NZ for some time, nice country but if u want to be elsewhere could be hard to do

Poor little New Zealand I used it for a visa stop once too. i imagine it would work, New Zealand citizens are entitled to work without restriction in Australia (maybe NZ pr can come to think of it)

I only have the experience of moving to sydney in 2011 skilled visa 189 or 190 I guess would work. You'd need work experience though not just a degree. Do a points test pretending you have finished and see how you get on. Notice as your age increases points drop and, if you are working in your profession points increase. I think age 31 is probably the points peak, young persons age points but decent experience if you graduate at 21 if you are 30 as "85" suggests you will probably peak point wise at 38 so plenty of time remember rules can change so plans like this are risky rentals in Sydney are competitive and hard, we had my wife's credit history to our benefit as she's Aussie. Other cities are easier I imagine

Unless ss it has changed since 2014 it is the sole responsibility of the employer to cancel the visa, employee cannot cancel it. However my employer was slow to do this and so I checked with DIAC and informed them I had left. They contacted my employer, asked for confirmation, ticked her off for not telling them and cancelled it. I then claimed back all my super which was a great little bonus i did not asked for any expenses to get home including flights. I also resigned voluntarily and felt it was inappropriate. She had been very good to me.

It sure would but she's on a long path to getting citizenship here. Initial 2.5 year visa expires February 2017, think we then have to do another 2.5 years to get indefinite leave to remain then wait a year to apply for citizenship then wait for that to clear, sing the national anthem then leave so but my estimation that's 2021. by which point out child will be at school and we'd prefer they went to school in oz really. Ironically my friends wife arrive a year before us and has just got her UK passport because the old scheme was only for 2 years its a massive process now to get uk citizenship, easier to claim asylum

Is it 3 years together, 3 years like you were married ie de facto, or 3 years married? we have been together since March 2010, earliest joint tenancy bills etc is sydney in October 2011, married December 2013

Wow it's so complicated the quotes are in for both options ... cost for partner visa with an agent is almost exactly the same as general skilled migration once all fees are considered. so using an agent to do a skilled application is pointless. Partner I feel is quite straight forward we have extensive evidence as we needed it for my wife's UK spouse visa skilled visa done myself is $5000 partner visa done myself is $7500 so should I do a skilled application myself or a partner visa myself? I'm nervous about doing skilled myself to be honest partner visa is as close to a dead cert as any visa can be so I'm leaning towards doing my own partner visa and splitting the price difference

I didn't realise that, I thought partner visa u had to move within a year from applying but people on skilled visas seem to wait 2 years before going simply going there on holiday to "activate it"

Well I think I'd use an agent in either case getting the partner visa forms muddled can cause excessive delays right? skills assessment isn't required for me I think, the regulatory body for me is the same for australia as the UK engineers australia refer to Royal institution of naval architects as do the engineering council in the uk Can I also delay moving to oz for longer with the skilled?

thanks, so it's the best path then the skilled visa. Should I just claim 65 points for native English on my EOI or claim the extra 5 and take the tests to prove it? for clarification we've been married for two years and will shortly have a child does that not mean pr immediately follows the temp visa? im after using an agent perhaps you could pm me?

Well I'd drop to 65 points for native English but wouldn't that make it harder to get an invite?

Yeah it is I also have points for being 32-39 and having 10 years work experience (2 in Australia). I assumed I'd get 7's for languages, came to 70 points!

Well I suppose some partners have jobs not on the SOL so wouldn't fill any shortages. But I had no idea until just now that I shouldn't go for a partner visa. It just seems silly to not use the fact my wife is from there

So this may seem mad but I've noticed that general skilled migration visas for those with good English language skills is AUD3600 partner visas are AUD 6800 so despite having an australian wife I might as well go for a 189 instead of a partner visa that seems insane but why not? It's half the cost!! has anyone ever tried this successfully?

Moving from a 457 to a parent visa is no different to moving from a holiday to parent visa isn't it? Time spent on a 457 isn't worth anything is it?

BIG 4, as is the camping franchise? :chatterbox:

Preferably marine but mechanical is also a possibility. I'm trying to keep it as open as possible since its a small state with limited opportunities

Thanks for all the replies, PR what I want form the off. Many of the jobs I might apply for require candidates with pr as they are linked to low classification defence items so this is a massive advantage. We have old tenancy agreements, bills and and car insurance in oz from 2011 so I think defacto will be easy to prove, just all seems a faff! understand about price hikes in the visa. TBH whilst its a pain I can see why aus would want to charge so much for many people its compulsory to pay it as you have to live in another country to avoid it. So all in all its probably only human rights conventions which stop it being tens of thousands of dollars like the parent one..

Thanks, so it's seems to be the case that If I apply now I need to do the whole evidence malarkey but if I wait 6 months I can wave the marriage certificate and that's all I need (probably being too simplistic I know but I'm over photos and wedding invites we had to do that for coming to the UK)

I saw that but it has this weird term below for the 100 visa In most cases, permanent residence cannot be granted less than two years from when you lodge your application. You could be granted a permanent visa without having to fulfil the usual two-year waiting period if: at the time you apply, you have been in a partner relationship with your partner for three years or more, or two years or more if you and your partner have a dependent child of your relationship your partner holds or held a permanent humanitarian visa and you were in the relationship before the visa was granted and this relationship was declared to the department at the time. [h=4]Married applicants [/h]Your marriage must be valid under Australian law. Underage, polygamous and same-sex marriages are not legal in Australia. The marriage could be valid under limited circumstances if one person is younger than 18 years of age. Same-sex couples can apply for this visa based on their de facto relationship. so I was thinking I could get pr after three years, so later this year, or actually sooner as we are expecting before our third anniversary ... but ive never heard of it before so I was hoping someone in similar circumstances had been though it already