chrissmith

Hi guys, I recently graduated as an Osteopath in the UK and have moved to Oz with my girlfriend (also an osteo) for work. I currently hold a working holiday visa which I got to get me started however I'll obviously need something longer term, the most appropriate seemingly the skilled workers visa (457) as Osteopath is included on the skilled occupations list. The issue I have is that I have been offered a job which will be commission based not a set salary (which is the most common form of payment in the UK and seems pretty common here too) however to get sponsored on a 457 I understand you need to be paid a set salary equivalent to the market salary, is this absolutely necessary or would I be allowed to be sponsored whilst working off commission if it is proved that the other osteopaths in the same place who are Australian citizens are paid in the same way? It just seems silly to me to have to paid a set salary as this is not often the way that it works with osteos. If it is not possible does anybody have any other ideas about how I could go about it. I could potentially get the independent visa but would mean me having to sit the IELTS test and get a level 8 across the board and also hope that I can get an extra 5 points for my partner having skilled qualification too. She's fortunate that her job will actually be salary based so should be able to get 457 no problem, another way I was thinking of doing it would to be included in her visa as her partner, anyone know if its possible? Any help would be greatly appreciated, I'm getting very frustrated with it all. Thanks, Chris