MaggieMay24

If you upload colour scans, then you do not need to certify your documents.

Applying for a 186 (or any other visa) would have no effect on your 457. If you've received a NOIC for your 457, I assume it's because you are in breach of the visa conditions (e.g. no longer working for the nominating employer). I'd suggest you speak with a migration agent immediately.

I would not take any advice from Immigration, they are known to get it wrong on many occasions. I would speak with a registered migration agent or you may find yourself in strife.

Perhaps Immi misunderstood the question or you misunderstood the answer. It's a requirement of the 489 visa that you are only able to live/work in a regional area (e.g. you can't live/work in Sydney) and this applies to all visa holders. However when applying for the 887 visa, the only the primary applicant needs to have worked full time for at least 1 year. So your wife doesn't need to have worked at all while holding the 489.

As Westly posted, the 3-year ban does not apply to PR visa applications or applications that lead to PR (e.g. 300 visas).

I know that often you cannot apply while in Australia on a bridging visa, so that may be the issue. You may need to apply from outside the country but I'd suggest you check this with a migration agent.

Just to clarify, you MAY not be able to apply for an onshore child visa as the baby will be on a tourist visa which MAY have a No Further Stay condition. Applying for the offshore child visa is usually the more appropriate option but it may be possible to apply for the onshore child visa.

If you re-read the quote from the DIBP website.... "The relative or the relative's partner you want to sponsor...."

Yes, you can use the same test as long as it meets both the skills assessors and DIBP's requirements.

Both Tatura and Shepparton post codes look like they are ok. You can find the conditions on your visa grant notice. All visa holders must comply with the conditions of their grant. Even if you're not the primary applicant, you can only live/work in a regional and low population-growth metropolitan area.

The nomination is your employer's application, so your employer should be chasing this up.

What visa(s) did you hold between July 2009 and Feb. 2016? You said Immigration told you you're ineligible because of the bridging visas you got in the past, so that does sound like you were given a BVE. What was the circumstance of you leaving Australia and waiting for your PR?

You are only allowed to work/live in a regional or low population-growth area - for Victoria this is generally anywhere except the Melbourne area but you should review the exact post codes to make sure you don't breach the conditions of your visa.

No, in fact it sometimes is the other way around where you ask for a 190 sponsorship and the state says they will only sponsor a 489.

Usually when changes like this are implemented, they only impact new applicants.