dv4

On 4/18/2018 at 21:13, apj696 said:

 

Hi, I’ve been in Sydney for 2 yrs on a 457 visa, my nomination is in for PR. My company have offered me a job in Rockhampton. Im a single mum, daughter Is in year 4.

School fees are killing me in NSW, so just the thought of not having those to pay are tempting.

Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts on living in that area, I prefer to live by the coast. Rental prices are much more affordable than Sydney!H

Hi apj696,

We live in Rockhampton. Moved here a couple of years ago. Took us a while to get used to the place but as The Pom Queen states, it'll be very different from Sydney. Having said that, we've gotten used to it. Generally nice friendly people. We get most things without missing too much. We do make the trip to Brisbane once every 3 months or so to "get away".  

Some good schools, private and public. There's a large'ish Stocklands shopping centre and ALDI is opening up sometime soon.

Lots of people live in Yeppoon, which is about 20-40mins away and on the coast. It's quite an easy drive and temperatures are usually a couple of degrees cooler! 

Weather is absolutely amazing here! You'l have to suffer through 3 months or so of hot muggy weather, but then the rest of the year is absolutely amazing.

Yes, it floods once a year at the most but it usually only affects some parts of the city.

Lots of new developments in the pipeline that have brightened up the city. The riverbank has had a facelift, some new parks, playgrounds etc coming up.

If you're a bright lights big city girl , then this might be difficult, but we're happy. Look at living in Yeppoon and travelling. It's lovelier there...nice cafes...beach front etc.

 House prices for rent and sale have been quite depressed since the mining downturn. Rockhampton isn't your typical "mining town"...far from it but it does support the mines in the region so when they have a downturn, it does affect Rockhampton...

What we miss the most is good restaurants...

The city is generally divided into the north and south sides divided by the river. Lots more newer brick style houses on the north side...lot's of quirky "queenslander" houses on the south side. If you've never seen one before, you'll be in for quite a surprise.

There's an airport with multiple flights everyday both by Virgin and Qantas to and from Brisbane which is about an hour away by air. JetGo flies 4x a week to the GoldCoast airport and to Townsville.

Beef Week is coming up...we are the Beef Capital of Australia, btw!  

Hope this helps...let me know if you need any more info or if I can help...

18 hours ago, Ziggy said:

MA Sent Me The Copy..

Thanks Ziggy!

Hi,

how do you know when the nomination has been approved? Where do you check it?

thanks for your help. 

Hi,

The excerpt below from the Immi webpage states that the 187 has the highest processing priority among the visas listed but if you look at the 75% and 90% completed time estimates for the 187, it's anywhere between 9-14 months depending on the stream. The 186 and 190 seem to have shorter processing times, which shouldn't be the case if they are of a lower priority, I'm assuming...unless my logic is wrong.

Does anyone have any idea if this "priority list" still holds true?

Thanks.

Regards,

dv4

Processing priority groups and order of processing

Priority processing arrangements apply to skilled migration applications. They determine the order in which the department considers applications. Applications accorded a higher priority under the arrangements will be processed ahead of lower priority applications, regardless of when the application is lodged.

The following table details processing priorities for skilled migration applications.
Note: The highest priority is listed first. SkillSelect applications (187, 186, 190 and 489) will be the highest priority in each group.

https://www.border.gov.au/Lega/Lega/8