thelaurakate

do I need a degree? and do you know how long the visa takes? thanks

thank you I will look into that

Hi Im currently on a 457 visa, would like PR & citizenship as soon as possible ( wouldn't we all!) but cant apply for PR through the ENS until end of Feb 2015 ( when completed 2 years with current employer) am thinking of going through the Direct entry scheme, does anyone have any experience of doing it this way? So id need my employer to nominate me, get a police check medical, prove 3 years exp? what else? thank you!

Hi does anyone know if as the market salary rate increases does your employer has to pay you inline with this? at the time my work sponsored me the minimum was 51400 ( which im on) but on july 1st 2013 it went up to $53,900 and i dont know if it has gone up again this year?? its abit annoying never getting a pay rise, especially when the cost of living has and is going up! i need to know if im entitled to ask my employer to bring my salary inline with current market rate and what that is? many thanks

I have been here 4 years this year on a 457 visa but as I changed jobs my clock set back to zero, would have been with my company for 2 years in feb but if I can apply before great.. Should I wait for the transition or apply under the direct entry stream? I would like pr and citizenship as soon as possible so I can go back to the uk thank you

How do I know what I'm eligible for? I don't have a degree either thanks

Hi how'd did you get it so quick?

Hi a friend of mine just got her PR and for her employers nomination to be approved it took 5 months then just 10 days for the actual PR! I've decided after to move back to the uk but not after before getting my PR and hopefully Citizenship. What I need to know is can my employer nominate me now? Then in feb when I've worked for them for 2 years it just be the application? I hope that's the case! Anybody have an experience ? Thank you

Thank you. I think I need to get my Pr which I can apply for in feb then massively assess and see how I feel. If I still feel like this then I will go

No rambling apology needed, its good to know how others feel. That's the thing another 2 years from now all my friends could have settled down and things be very different back in uk. But yes inless I meet the love of my life I still think the uk is where I will want to be. For family. Its just do I be homesick every day now but get my pr or citizenship and always keep that door open. I don't want to think one day that I made a mistake! by either going or staying but yes as you say im lucky I only have myself to worry about

Thank you for sharing ! yeh that's the thing who knows when I might want to come back. Glad you had a good time back in the uk, theres so many things that I feel I would appreciate about it so much more now, homes home you know

Do you mind me asking why you have to wait? I think it will be end of 2016 by time I get everything too. When I went back for my best friends wedding it was in Brighton- where she went to uni ! I know staying for citizenship would hands down be the more sensible thing I could do, I just well up when anybody asks if im ok now... I was fine before my blasted last trip back !

so I have been here 4 years already but because of changing jobs haven't got PR yet. I love Australia but yes all things considered I want to be near my family. Apparently you have to have PR for a year before you can apply for citizenship. Yes im 27 single and feel I want to start life back in the uk now ive done all my travelling etc but yes what if I change my mind, and god my kids would love me one day if they could come because I waited to get the passport! I prob wouldn't get it until end of 2016 and when everyday I feel like I should be back there now that's along time. I guess just see how I feel when I get my PR...? Don't get me wrong this is an amzing place to be for another 2 years its just another 2 away from my family when ive already done 4!

oh wow good luck!

Oh god everyones saying I should get my citizenship... which I know in the grand scheme of life another year isn't that long, but if I can apply for pr in feb, that could take a few months to come through, so say this time next year. then only a year after that can I apply for citizenship. so that's June 2016 and then that could still take a few months. I want to go back now- but I don't want to be silly and give up my chances of ever coming back. Don't know what to do!

he he thank you, oh my little sis was like yay Christmases are going to be good again so so many English traditions I cant wait to have again

Nikey you just made me well up! thank you for your kind words

thank u v much

Hi after visiting the uk for 6 weeks for my best mates wedding I have felt incredibly lost since coming back to oz. Anyway I have made my mind up Im moving back! I was watching the fault in our stars at the cinema the other day- anyone whos seen it knows its a horrendous tear jerker! also it happened to be my mums birthday back in the uk too I had a realisation that as much as I love my life here my family mean more to me. I have had the best 4 years of my life year but I don't feel in my heart that this is where I should be anymore. Oz fixed my broken heart after splitting with my fiancée and as much as I have good friends here they aren't my forever friends that I grew up with. With them is where I want to be. Its good to finally realise what I want but I have to stay and get my PR first. I know Citizenship is the golden ticket but I cant wait that long! I can apply for PR in feb so am going to have to wait until after then to move back. Will feel bad on my employer but they can see the difference in me after my trip and I think know one day I will leave. . Its horrible having this gut feeling that you want to go home but I know I would be silly if i left before getting PR specially after putting all these years in. Am moving into a new flat with my friend next month- 12 month lease then hopefully that will be me done . Don't know why im sharing this its just good to talk I guess Thanks

I started something new- was only meant to tied me over for like 6 months to give me more money to travel then I stayed with it for nearly 2 years, I then changed and got sponsored again and am now back in real estate which is what I did in the uk. Recruitment is the industrys that's easiest to get sponsored in- you never no you may need to try your hand at it one day!

' As someone that came on my own I honestly would just come and book myself into a hostel- that's what I did. If anything you meet even more people because you kind of force yourself to! tours are good but they are expensive and I never really think value for money. Only one I ever did was for a week in Thailand because wasn't as confident going there on my own. honestly book into like an 8 man dorm and youl be fine! your gonu have a great trip- if you meet some cool people best advice I can give is buy an old campervan and drive around oz. I did it for 6 months and because of it have seen more of oz than most ozzys! most amazing feeling of freedom and adventure. anyways good luck - oh and def go to Byron bay!

I honestly haven't even spent one xmas here! in 4 years- lucky my office closes for 2 weeks so I always use it as a time to visit another country, plus it will never be like it was growing up. so I don't even try and make it- maybe I should embrace an ozzy xmas but I just cant see it. God why is it so hard!!!

I came on a WHV and got sponsored (457) it is a big thing for some employers to do so if you've been offered it take it! You can work for the same employer for a 6 month period on a WHV so if its doesn't work out with this job you still have time to go through probation and find another sponsor. Some people would kill for an offer of sponsorship. Sponsoring straight off the batt is rare tbh because of the costs involved to the employer, plus since the days I came its so much harder to get sponsored now. Ive been here 4 years now, came travelling and never left, its amazing but for me my time is coming to and end soon I think ( too homesick! ) but take the chance of a new adventure, you wont regret it. best of luck

Part of me just wants to move back now! not wait potentially another year for my PR then another 2 for Citizenship !

exactly an endless summer is amazing but i miss all the traditions of the uk that we grew up with like, bonfire night and Christmas ..