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Overclaiming experience is not what I was classifying as a silly little mistake in my earlier post. That would be a ginormous mistake. But the formatting of your reference letters is not going to lead to a visa refusal and it is utterly preposterous to suggest it might. Nor do people get three year bans for making a mistake on an application.

You need to apply under whatever occupation code your skills assessment is in.

Submit the EOI when you are ready. You can't submit before then and why wait after then.

Getting the EOI wrong is where it could all go wrong. Indeed sending of an EOI at the wrong time is asking for trouble and will lead to a visa refusal. You do not just send off an EOI to see what happens. There are steps that need to be carried out first and it is critical to get the EaoI exactly right.

You are not in the 33-39 age range, you are 32! If you get an invitation to apply before your 33rd birthday then you will get the higher points.

There has never been a "provision" to come over on a visitor visa and apply in Australia. This is simply a risk some people choose to take, but certainly arriving on a one way ticket and all ones worldly goods might provoke some attention at immigration and result in being denied entry. Selling up the home with nothing more than a tourist visa in hand is not something I would chose to do but others have. I think that you / they should understand that it is not legitimate and is a risk though - not least so they dont shoot themselves in the foot when they are carrying out the plan.

You don't get points for having an occupation on the list, everybody iis in an occupation on the lists, otherwise they wouldn't be applying. I didn't understand the sentence in your first post about "transferring a trade through vetassess from mechanical fitter to cert 3 engineering" what do you mean by that? Have you done a migration skills assessment?

Well I wouldn't go, but that is because I met my grandmother about three times in my life and she had no interest in us whatsoever. But not sure that is relevant to you, you need to do what is right for you. Ask yourself what will matter in ten years time. That you saw your grandmother for a final time or that you had some savings. And, depending on your family, I am not suggesting that it shouldn't be the savings, I am genuinely suggesting that you ask yourself that question, it is a great one for getting perspective on a situation.

When in Rome, I respect the laws and customs of Rome. It doesn't mean that I need to pretend I am Roman. My Aussie friends and colleagues would never have expected me to support Australia above England or GB in a sporting competition, in fact I think they enjoyed having someone to banter with. Not that I am hugely interested in sport anyway.

It definitely was not a safe Tory seat. You don't get such things around those areas, too many champagne socialists around those parts. This seat has predominantly been in LibDem hands and in any case there wasn't a Conservative candidate in the by election. So even if it was a safe seat, which it wasn't, they weren't going to win it when they had no candidate.

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Employment contracts have notice periods, definitely best to honour those as you never know when you need a reference. But the notice period is unlikely to be more than a month and may be less. Even something like a six month fixed term contract will still have a notice period, you won't be bound to the employer for six months.

My advice remains exactly the same. The 189 is the way to go, then it is totally within your control, you cannot control the 457 "route" it depends on you finding a willing sponsor. In the meantime "moving" to Australia on a tourist visa is a higher risk strategy. Tourists visas are for holidays not for people to get to Australia in order to seek out a sponsor. Some skills assessments are time consuming, no idea how long yours takes, but in my occupation it can take say three weeks, from there it could be a mere month or so to the 189 is granted. They really do move very quickly and 9-12 months is an absurd estimate. Just get on with it, you are wasting even more time. I don't see how partner visa is even part of is conversation, neither of you is a citizen or a permanent resident so partner visa is just not on the table for discussion.

I do agree that a migration agent can be very valuable. But it is not true that one silly mistake on an application will lead to a refusal, it would absolutely depend on what the mistake is. Many mistakes can be easily rectified after the application is lodged or even upon query.

No it's not refused until it is refused. Timing doesn't look especially unusual to me. How long have you been out of Australia? How long were you in Australia? What ties did you show?

Tory heartlands in uprising? Hardly. The seat was LibDem for the first 18 years since it was formed, Conservative for six years then back to LibDem when Conservatives didn't field a candidate.

I think the undies and nightwear range can appeal to all ages.

Well that is exactly my point from earlier. I think they are trying too hard to cater to your age group, with having short skirts and flippy dresses, but they don't get the design right for you and women your age are not interested at shopping in M&S anyway. They actually cater to the older lady very badly, I feel very badly catered do and I am 46. I like to keep my knees covered now at the very least, I certainly think mid thigh dresses are a thing of the past for me. I am 5ft 8 so taller than average, but not unusually tall either. If I were in charge of M&S, I would focus on the 35+ year old woman, relatively affluent and wiling to pay for quality and would stick to simple and classic designs.

It may make it a little harder than normal, but plenty of people do secure work as a 457 secondary visa holder. I guess will depend on her general ability to land jobs. I think it would be pointless applying whilst you are overseas though, it may only prove to dishearten her and be counter productive. Just wait.

As I mention, you are not applying for "permanent residency" - you are applying for a specific visa and very many of them are visas which happen to provide permanent residency. Anyway thank you for clarifying, the 186 is the Employer Nomination Scheme visa which is what I wanted to know. I have had a quick read as I was very surprised that you would need to get licences when you are already working and not flouting any laws by being under the employer licence. As far as I can see, it states you need licensing "if required" we'll clearly it is not required for you. Who has told you that you need licensing? An alternate option for you might be to look at the skilled migrant visas, like the 189, hich also provide permanent residency and definitely won't require licencing, but will require a skills assessment. If you can sort out the skills assessment, it may well be a much simpler and quicker route.

It doesn't sound like you would have either the hours or salary for an employer sponsored 457 visa. A self sponsored 457 is far too complex for meaningful comments from a forum, you would need professional advise on that, but I doubt you could achieve it as I don't think you are planning to build a business, but just work for and by yourself? This is only a temporary visa anyway, you would still have to pay out for a permanent visa if some description later. Dont think skilled migration is going to be an option. You would need state sponsorship and Queensland is not sponsoring. Only NT and SA are but they are not going to sponsor somebody living in Queensland already, they have conditions to their sponsorship. No reason at all why you can't do the regional work and extend the WHV for a year. No idea why you think you can't because you are in a relationship. But easily the best route for you is the partner visa. In fact as i was reading the post I was thinking what on earth is he going on about when there is a partner visa! Then I got to the bit about cost. We all have to spend money on visas, if you could "get around" it well everybody would and visas would be free. You will need to pay for another visa or get ready to leave at the end of the WHV. I think the UK partner visa is cheaper so perhaps consider that.

Could you clarify what visa you are applying for? There is no such thing as "applying for PR", you must be applying for a specific permanent visa and I am trying to work out if you are looking into skills assessment or why you think licencing is part of the visa process - it isn't ususlly.

Clothes are terrible, I think wholly unsuitable for the 67 year old! It would be better if they did focus on the older lady to be honest, you still wear clothes at 67 and a 67 year olds money is as good as anyone's. My particular bugbear is the length of skirts and dresses, I rarely see anything that reaches the knee, everything is short and flimsy and not age appropriate for anyone over the age of 30. Then under 30s don't really want to shop in M&S and the styling is not right for them either. They end up pleasing nobody.

Well the 457 is a temporary visa so would not achieve the goal of PR and there is no automatic pathway, sometimes employers are willing to sponsor for the permanent visa later on, but they have no obligation to. It also is a bit out of your control as you need to find the willing employer sponsorship first. Are you in Australia now? Have you tried any repair shops yet to gauge level of need? A skilled migrant visa which is permanent, would require state sponsorship and currently NT, Tasmania and SA are states that have Vehicle Spraypsinter on their lists. However you would need to bear in mind that these states are very unlikely to sponsor you if you are living elsewhere in Australia at the time if your application for sponsorship - it would be better to be back in the UK even then in another state.

Australia does not have "better opportunities" for children. Youth unemployment is far higher than in the UK and many visit UK as soon as they are old enough if they can to advance their prospects. Of course children are living happily in Australia, but so are they in UK. You will not maintain the same or a better relationships with your children if you are in Australia and they are in UK. It is absurd to even think that you will. Move to Australia if you want to, but make no mistake, it is the end to a close fatherly relationship to those children.