Bungo

Hi everyone

My wife, her daughter, my son and I are immigrating to Australia as soon as mine and my sons visa is approved. My wife and her daughter have Australian citizenship already. They are both current British passport holders. I was wondering if it would be best that we apply for their Australian passports before we go or can they enter Australia on their British passports when we arrive?

Thanks in advance

They need to get Australian passports.

I would think it extremely unlikely that you can stay in Australia for a few years on tourist visas. If your country participates in the WHV program then that would be one way to stay a year and if you did three months of eligible regional work you could get a second year. You are not forced to work on this visa otherwise though no.

If you get a student visa yes you do have to attend the course and your visa would be cancelled if you do not.

Hi there, my wife and I are thinking very strongly about a move to Victoria in around two years time. As we are well aware of how hard visas can be we have given our selves plenty of time to get prepared for a move. The visa side of things we have been told by a friend already in oz is a complicated matter to say the least. So really I am looking for the best way to go.

 

My names Darren and I own and run a landscape gardening company in Poole Dorset. My wife who we think will be the main visa applicant is a charted accountant and is a finance manager of a charity. We have a 14 year old daughter from a previose relationship and a baby on the way. We plan to come out there next year for three weeks where we will look at places to live including othere places in oz but for me Victoria is number 1 at the moment.

 

So relly im just seeing what is the best way of getting a visa, we plan on staying for at least 2 years but if we love it we will stay. Its been a very tuff year for us and realising how short life is we really want to give this a go while still young (ish) and healthy. My wife is 28 and im 35.

 

Ive really enjoyed reading all the posts on here and it will be great to see what people could suggest.

 

All the best Darren

If you or your partner are on the skilled occupations list and have the points then it isn't necessarily that hard to get a visa. At the moment her occupation is on the lists but due to the massive over supply of accountants in Australia, it has long been tipped to come off the lists.

Accordingly my recommendation is to apply for the vusa as soon as possible and use next year's planned trip as a visa validation trip. Not quite sure what you mean by "best way" to apply for a visa, as far as I know there is only one way to do it.

Tell them as soon as you can so they can get used to the idea. Maybe wait until you have determined your eligibility but other than that don't wait. And don't spring it on them as a big announcement on Christmas Day or somebody's birthday or anything like that.

Hopefully the family will be supportive and will keep any negative thoughts to themselves. But equally it isn't fair to expect them to be joyful and selfless when of course there is nothing selfless about emigrating (and I do not mea that in a critical way s I have done it myself, but fact is a migrant does put themselves first).

Whether you have taken pills since 2010 or 2012 would seem really irrelevant to me.

Thank you for your help. I don't need more advice on this. Please don't judge anything before knowing the story. Thanks

So does the employer know? If not, you would do well to heed the concerns raised on this thread. At this point you look to be missing a moral compass.

Thank you for all your help. I'm confused about one thing. Will I be able to get unpaid leave ? I think I meet that minimum annual income requirement. Is there something more to getting unpaid leave in 457. And for long ?

Does the employer know you are pregnant?

You might find yourself on permanent leave. I sense a "restructuring" coming up shortly after you announce your news and you will have no comeback as you won't have been there long enough.

I am in two minds about this. Women are entitled to maternity leave and a man can take a new job shortly after discovering he is to be a parent again so a woman should be able to as well. On the other hand, I would never do as yoou are doing and a lot of people would find this really very annoying and I daresay a bit sneaky.

It's one year it's not the end of the world

 

 

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Easy to say and true for an adult. But not fair on a teenager, they might struggle to find their mojo for education again after that disruption.

And I peersonally cannot see the point of doing it for a year, my moves have cost me £25k each way if not more, in fact no definitely more if I count in the cost of redecorating the house after tenants neglected it etc. I think it was worth it, but then I did it for five years and we have no kids and high disposable income, but can the average family afford to just chuck away £50-60k for a year in another first world country.

Hey guys!

I am in similar situation actually.

Obligation makes me doubtful too... It doesn't say you can not move within regional area in between companies doing same job in 2 years. It says you can not work i metro area in different position.

Can anyone comment on this?

Cheers

Answers are the same as they were yesterday. There is a requrement to stay with sponsoring employer for two years and visa could be cancelled if not (if employee instigates leaving that is).

Hi all,

We have a visa that is due to expire in Feb 2017.we have a 16 yr old in transition yr,one just gone into jnr cert and one in 3rd class. I work part time as an ID nurse . .my husband as a qsurveyor.we have a good set up at home with supportive family and friends etc BUT I am totally conflicted about whether to take the opportunity to head to oz. I don't want to mess up my children's education,my job(though wldnt mind a change)upset my family etc but I also don't want to regret not taking the chance. We have discussed going for a yr and seeing how this goes with option of coming home having experienced yr there at least...

my older kids would like to go. ..

I would like to hear opinions /advice please and thanks..please be kind:rolleyes:

With a family and especially a 16 year old. I couldn't have the mindset to "give it a year". I would make up mind one way or other and if decision is made to go, then go with the mindset that it is for good (even if it ultimately turns out not to be the case). A year long adventure might be lovely for adults, but is surely going to mess up education.

i am a floor finisher.

Hopefully someone in same occupatio can comment on skills assessment but trade skills assessments can be harder than average.

Is your employer sponsoring for the permanent visa?

hey just looking for some advice i have just been to a migration agent and i have been told i qualify for a pr visa. First i need to get a skills assessment. How easy is it to apply for this? I applied for my 457 and it was pretty easy and got granted within 5 weeks. the migration agent has quoted me more than double how much it would cost me if i done it myself. I'm just wondering whether i should just pay the money for the agent to do the full thing and have less to worry about or save myself thousands an d do it myself. To be honest i've had a look at the skills assessment requirements and it looks like it would be a hassle to do it myself. Thanks for your advice.

Skills assessments are not all the same and some are considerably harder than others. No way of knowing how difficult yours would be as you haven't mentioned occuoation.

@Bungo I'm using Australian sites to compare the rates but they always seem to be UK based brokers. Even though I'm sending them dollars it's into a UK account I'm paying into so ANZ charge me...think it costs me around $20-30?? Is that where I'm going wrong, using UK brokers??

 

 

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Yes! You need to use an Australian broker or you are defeating the purpose of using a broker as you are still just getting the bank rate as it is them that are making the actual foreign currency conversion. In fact you are paying twice, you are paying a bank and a broker!

We used to use Transferz or Ozforex. We would send them A$ from our NAB account which obviously has no charge as it is a local currency transfer.

Every 3 months I send the equivalent of £600 from my Australian bank account to my UK bank account, and I'll be continuing to do this for another 12 months.

Each time I make the transfer I use a different broker/currency transfer company in order to get the best rate, however, I always get charged by ANZ for sending money to a foreign bank account.

I'm not very cluey on stuff like this & wondered could anybody share any advice on a better way to do it?

I don't remember paying any charges from the UK to Australia when we moved over & transferred a lot of cash.

Thanks!

I think you could be going about this the wrong way. If you are using a broker, then ANZ shouldn't need to be sending money to a foreign bank account. You send money to the broker which should be in the same currency / country, that is you need to be using an Australian broker and you send them A$ from your bank. The broker then converts this money and sends to your UK account, so they either take a fee or build it into the exchange rate.

Hi, is anyone here can give info on how to know if re-entry ban applies on our immigration status, we haven’t receive any response to the department regarding this matter,

Any info would be much appreciated

Thank you

What do you mean? You haven't said anything about yourself and this is your first post, I am sure nobody would know whether you have a ban or not.

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Thanks guys, you make a good point re friends to play with. Just awaiting to confirm my husband's job package (today). I'm finding it hard to find a holiday let to tide us over whilst waiting for our shipment that isn't crazy money. I want to be around Manly/Northern Beaches, which we can just about manage to rent unfurnished but can't find anything remotely affordable to rent furnished for first 3 months. So am wondering how I enroll her into a school that we won't be able to live in the catchment area of initially. What do others do(?) - just send them to a different school for the first 3 months?! I don't really want to do that as its going to be hard to settle my initially shy one in to start with! Any ideas? X

Never heard of anyone taking a short term furnished. You need holiday accommodation for when you arrive and start to look for your long term rental immediately. Then it is the joy of indoor camping.

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Hi all,

 

Long time lurker, first time poster.

 

Was wondering if anyone has any advice on the below.

 

Irish, moved to Australia in late 2013 at the end of my honeymoon, and have been on a spousal visa with my husband who was sponsored (non-Australian).

 

We separated earlier this year (on good terms), but my visa is still spousal. A few questions:

 

1) Having been on a working holiday visa then spousal visa since November 2013, how long would I have to wait until being eligible for PR?

2) Once legal terms are concluded on a divorce, what happens to the Visa status and would I be able to apply for residency on my own?

3) I have a new partner (Australian), would they be able to support any visa application?

 

Have read that once details are updated I would have 28 days to register for a new visa or face deportation and have subsequently got myself fairly worked up!

 

Thanks in advance

As mentioned by Nemesis, you are not on a spousal visa, you are a dependent on a 457 visa.

To your question 1) the passage of time does not entitle you to a permanent resident visa. To obtain permanent residence you need to qualify for and apply for a permanent visa.

To to your question 2) the conclusion of the divorce is not the trigger point, the minute you actually separate is the trigger point and you are already no longer entitled to be on this visa. Your situation is pretty serious. Both you and your OH have a duty to inform immigration, although I would recommend you hold off until you have obtained some professional advice regarding other visa options. But don't leave it too long as your ex could inform them anyway. For example could your own employer sponsor you for a 457? Would you qualify for skilled migration?

To your question 3) I believe it would be very difficult to go immediately from a dependent on a 457 to being sponsored by another person. This is because some time is expected to elapse before you are considered defacto, so you could not physically be one persons defacto on Monday and somebody else's defacto on Tuesday.

I would firstly point out that you could still apply for ENS through the Direct Entry stream if you can pass skills assessment, there is no need to do two years on the 457 first. I think the new ABN might be a problem but I am not sure.

The ACS skills assessments generally do need a degree or considerable work experience to make up for that. You possibly have sufficient work experience in terms of time (cannot comment on quality) but the trouble is if you are using your work experience in lieu of a degree then you cannot use it for work experience points as well.

So if you were to pass skills assessment now, you are not going to have enough points for skilled migration but maybe you can get Direct Entry ENS. If you wait until you get your degree, you would get 15 points for the degree and then don't need the work experience points as you would have enough without it, so skilled migration back in the table.

But some finer technical points in there, such as around the new ABN and a professional consultation to look at your options might be a good idea.

I really appreciate you helping me.

I'm not sure about the pay either. My husband will be the dependant and can work full time so im guessing he can support me. Would i be entitled to at least unpaid leave and for how long. Will it affect the 2 years period i need to complete to apply for permanent residence. Thank you

What I meant by the pay, is that there are certain minimum levels of pay as a requirement of the visa - you will be on leave so might not be reaching those levels and it might impact visa.

As for the two years, you do not qualify for PR just because you spend two years on a 457 visa, there is an awful lot more to it, for one thing the employer would need to support a permanent employer sponsored visa application.

Frankly, I wouldn't recommend a pregnant woman changes job in her own country, never mind move country on a sponsored visa whilst pregnant. I would pull the plug on this now in your shoes.

Yes i have signed the contract. I won't be eligible fot medicare as im from India.

Could you please tell me why emplyer won't feel good about it. I jUST found today that im pregnant. I can still work for my employer until i reach to about 6-7th month.

Isn't it obvious why they would be ticked off? Because they go to all the trouble of sponsoring you and then you require maternity leave? To be honest, I am not sure I would go ahead with this now or I wwould certainly be looking into the potential ramifications - such as the pay, you won't be entitled to maternity pay from the employer in which case what happens if earnings below the threshold - I don't know these are things I would be looking into.

:arghh::arghh:Can anyone out there help? I'm an Australian citizen 45 and live in the Uk with my British Husband 43 (non Australian Citizen) been married for 18 years, with 1 Son with duel passports and other son with just a Uk passport.

We want to move back to Tasmania after living in the uk for 14 years! I can apply for my younger son to get a duel passport but it's my husband that's the struggle, all I can work out is that his Visa to get into Oz is $6 thousand Australian dollars!! There must be a cheaper way?.

We went back in 2002 for only 18 months, had our first son, Husband started the application in Oz for a visa then pulled out half way through the process as we wanted to move back to the UK, (Crazy I know)

We plan to go back and work full time, any advice would be greatly appreciated.

The only cheaper way is skilled mogrant visa, but that is a harder process and you might need help from a migration agent anyway so could end up about the same.

Paid, but early stage enquiry. Responses were good initially.

Well paid for what? Paid for them to handle your application, in which case a week is ridiculous. Or did you pay for an initial consultation and now expect ongoing responses to your queries? In which case, I wouldn't answer you either.

I wouldn't risk it. If your employer reports you then you can expect an investigation at the very least. Do your time.

My fiancee and I plan to move to Australia in May 2017 , she has recently had her residency visa renewed and whilst we have researched the visa options for me as partner I'm a little unsure if our planned marriage in November 2016 is the best route. We have been in a relationship for nearly 4 years and have lived together and been engaged since June 2013. My partner declared she was engaged on her RRV application.

 

Would a change in last name on her passport and getting married in the UK just 6 months before our move result in potential issues when we land. I intended to enter on a tourist visa and immediately apply in Australia for the partner visa. We've ruled out the prospect of applying from the UK as we want to start enjoying life down under as soon as possible.

 

Any advice would be most appreciated.

Your plan makes no sense to me. You could have applied for the partner visa a long time ago and gone to Australia holding the legitimate visa. Instead you are choosing to flout immigration law? You are not allowed to enter Australia on a tourist visa when your intention is to remain and apply for a partner visa onshore. If your true intentions were discovered you would be refused entry, of course your true intentions might not be discovered in which case you get away with it, but why take this risk when I can see no reason why you ever needed to.

Make life simple. Apply for the partner visa now and move when you have it.

Thank you. It's good to confirm what I have been thinking! It's been well over a week with no acknowledgement.

 

Which agents did you go with? Looks like a change is needed.

And you are paying this agent? Or was it an enquiry? :err: