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As far as I can tell the UK is not as strict as Australia, in that I have seen very many mothers win the right to remove the children, never seen one fail to be honest. However it would be a battle and probably a situation I would try to avoid getting into in the first place to be honest. Being dual citizens would have little, if any, relevance.

You appear to be mixing up state sponsorship and employer sponsorship. They are two totally different pathways, the employer does not need to be in a state offering sponsorship. The employer can sponsor for permanent residency any time they like if they and you meet the criteria. There is no need for a "couple of years" to pass - contrary to popular opinion. The only relevance to spending two years on a 457 visa first is that a skills assessment is not required in this case. You should bear in mind that the employer has no obligation to sponsor a permanent visa at any time and as NT and Tas are the only states sponsoring, you are very unlikely to obtain a permanent visa under your own steam.

A good CV is a good CV. The only thing I did when I was applying for jobs in Australia was I highlighted full working rights and I called it a "resume". Did the trick, three interviews lined up for my validation trip, job offer in the bag seven days after landing.

It is one aspect of the move that I would not waste too much time thinking about. Get three or four in to quote and go with the cheapest. They are all much of a muchness and nothing I have ever read in all my years on forums leads me to believe that there are any to be avoided or any that should be picked above all others. There are good and bad tales of all of them. For example poster above had bad experience with Pickfords. Well we used them and it was excellent service, I liked having the same handling company both ends too. The person you meet on quote day is not the person that will handle your move so I wouldn't place too much stock on whether you like them or not.

Of course you can pay for a procedure privately if you want to in Australia. It's insurance. It's about the unknown. You could opt not to buy house content insurance and decide to cover any damage or losses from your own savings if something happens. Who knows, maybe you will be better off that way in the long run. I have certainly paid out more in house insurance over the last twenty years than I have ever got back. The insurance is there to limit risk and provide peace of mind, because it could have gone the other way. Same with health insurance.

To be honest, I think the order of things is of no particular relevance - in that whether you tell immigration before or after the 189 is lodged you are still likely to be visa less for a period of time. You obviously cannot put off informing DIBP for too long, but on the other hand, I would leave it long enough to review your options and get your ducks lined up. A consultation with a migration agent would be beneficial I feel as once DIBP are aware of the situation you are on borrowed time and probably not enough time for the 189 to come through.

Children. Your parents have five children, not siblings. :wink: That is an interesting one. Your situation isn't covered by the table unfortunately as it is only examples. The wording states that there has to be more children in Australia than in any other country, which isn't the case for your parents. Alternatively the parents could qualify by having at least half their children in Australia, which is why somebody with two children and only one in Australia would pass the test, but again your parents do not meet this criteria. So I would interpret this as no, they do not qualify.

I wouldn't say it is difficult to get to Australia, now USA that is a difficult country to get to, but Australia has a fairly accessible immigration program - if you are in the right jobs. Sounds like your OH is the better visa prospect. I would explore the Develop Programmer occupation first, if he can get a positive skills assessment for that it is eligible for the 189 visa so a sponsorship would not be required. The Web Developer requires state or employer sponsorship, the latter would seem a bit unlikely to me, but there are a couple of states sponsoring. FNQ would not be a great option for IT jobs, although you may fare quite well there. But I would definitely be thinking of Melbourne, Sydney or at a push, Brisbane, for living and save FNQ for regular trips. It is a part of the country I love too, I am saving it for retirement though.

Have the main insurers in Australia signed up to that yet? Only when I was living there (and working in that industry), the two main Australian insurers - that have 80% market share between them - both refused to participate with comparthemarket. So unless something has changed, OP would be seriously limiting options by searching on compare the meerkat.

In Australia car loans are often secured against the vehicle, not common in the UK unless you take out the car dealerships own finance offering. As such they csn be more open to lending towards 457 holders than you might initially think.

If she does not hold a passport from one of the English speaking countries then she needs to take IELTS.

The 400 visa is not suitable for your circumstances. The 400 visa is for short term, specialist, non ongoing work. It is not for you to take up a permanent role without having to go to the bother of waiting for the appropriate visa. I would not take it as a given that you will get the 400, once they see the 489 in the pipeline it indicates that you are looking to move to Australia not undertake a temporary assignment.

We were definitely entering passport numbers in correctly too - I mean itis not that hard is it so not sure where Raul is coming from there! The secondary applicant was simply never on VEVO. Honestly I don't think you have anything to worry about, this is not unusual, I have seen people say same more times than I care to remember. But if you prefer the peace of mind calling them makes sense.

It can happen. It doesn't strike me as being either normal or abnormal.

Might be. It depends on a whole bunch of factors. Not least will you sell for a profit.

I would agree with you, traffic in Sydney can be awful but nothing like London awful! And yes it can be a nightmare when your train is cancelled and there are delays in London, but overall it is a top notch network in terms of reach and frequency.

How was your daughter going to get a visa anyway? Studying alone very rarely is a means to getting a visa, I am 100% sure that criminology studies would not provide a visa path. She would need to complete studies, commence her career an then look to see if the occupation is in demand. I think all you can do is wait and see what happens and think about the parent visa in the future should your daughter find a pathway. You would perhaps still be of working age and so would still need the degree to work as a nurse in Australia regardless of visa.

Where they on the grant letter? If so then I wouldn't be worrying. VEVO is notoriously unreliable especially for secondary applicants. My secondary applicant never showed up but it was never a problem and both have citizenship now.

Unfortunately I suspect this ship has sailed for you. It is nigh on impossible for anyone to pass a points test after the 45th birthday, it would probably require a PhD and years of work experience. I would fear that your work experience won't even count because it would need to be post degree qualification. As VS asked, have you looked into how you will get the points? As for your daughter, I think she should pursue whatever education and career path she chooses without reference to Australia. There is no point even thinking of it for her until she has established herself in a career. If she ever does get to Australia, maybe she can sponsor you for a parent visa in the future.

This occupation is not on the SOL so a 189 is not possible. It is on the CSOL but state sponsorship opportunities are limited.

If you are intending to live in Australia for the foreseeable there are no advantages whatsoever in your young child having a British passport. She doesn't need it to travel to UK on, she always has the right to it in the future. For now it would probably just be an expensive for something that sits in the drawer until expiry.

When I bought my car in Australia, I compared it to the same model, same age in UK and it was almost exactly the same price but only when assuming that the purchasing power of my earned dollar is around 2X the £. If somebody is comparing then the rates are particularly bad then cars are going to look expensive even when they might not be. On the other hand, found no truth whatsoever in cars holding their value. Well mine definitely did not.

Personally, three months of farm work between now and March on the off chance that the rules will change, would not be something I would be prepared to do - particularly if I already had a good job in my skilled occupation. But that is just a personal opinion, sometimes others are motivated to do whatever it takes to stay longer. No idea where you are on that spectrum.

You sound like you have bags of potential and using Australia as a catalyst to launch into a new career doesn't seem like a bad idea to me. But it is impossible to suggest what that career should be as we don't know you or your likes. Perhaps you could use the time from now until then to investigate options and take some professional career guidance. I had career guidance at school but I am absolutely certain there are plenty of similar resources for adults. Good luck with your move and future career!

I think you could be asking the wrong question. I don't think the issue is whether the age limit is changing for first or second WHV applicants (for what it is worth, I think it would be bizarre to change it for one and not the other). No I think the real question is will it change at all. So far, as far as I can see anyway, there has only been an announcement that they are thinking about it. The wording on the immigration website currently reads as: So it sounds like this is still a fair way off to me. Certainly doesn't sound like anything is set to change in January. Nevertheless, you do need to think about whether you should take the gamble in the hope that it will change later on. But I think there is no way you are going to find out for sure within your timeframes. I guess you need to decide whether you would kick yourself more if you do the regional work and the age doesn't change or if you don't do the regional work and then the age increases.