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I could always brush up on it a bit. It just depends what evidence they need. I teach year 1 at the moment, so very basic stuff! I did GCSE German, but that was many many years ago lol

Melbourne sounds best for my husband, but I'm not sure about the languages experience... I do teach French and German, but nowhere near fluent...

Wow, thanks that's really interesting to know. Looks like Victoria is out! Last time I checked my points score was quite high, but not sure if it was that high... Might be harder than I thought... [emoji16]

We're not sure yet to be honest. We have lots of friends in Perth, but it seems more isolated than the other cities we've looked at... Still in the early fact finding stage [emoji3] It looks like it will have to be Perth, Adelaide or Melbourne though as they are the only states sponsoring primary school teachers... X

I tend to fall foul of every pitfall on application forms... I meant knowing me I would get it all in the wrong order and pay for the visa prior to getting a job offer, get rejected and have to apply again... (I wouldn't actually do that, I was just joking- albeit terribly unfunny obviously lol). I'm going to look at the conditions now. I've literally just started information gathering today [emoji106]?

It appears WA, NT, SA and VIC are offering state sponsorship for primary teachers, so I think my next step is to contact them and find out procedures... Don't want to do things the wrong way round and end up paying fees twice [emoji15]

Primary teaching is on the CSOL list but not the SOL I think (unless you do early years or SEN). But yes, looks like we'd have to put the application in my name... Not a problem, will just take longer [emoji3]

Thank you Lewis, that's really helpful. There's just so much information out there that I'm a bit baffled!

I'm not sure to be honest. I'm still in the fact finding stage. As far as I can see primary teaching does not come under the 189 visa, so I need to do the 190. I was under the impression that needed to be state sponsored, but I could be wrong...

My children are very active and love their sports. Yes, there are some great training facilities here, but thanks to the weather we've had 2 cricket seasons with 50% of matches called off for rain. They love the summers when they can just go outside and play in the fields, but summer lasts a few weeks then it's gone... we find the winters miserable. I grew up abroad, as did my husband, and we simply hate the climate. We spend months of year cooped up inside. I'm not naive enough to think Aus would be perfect. It's not that 'the grass is greener', it just seems to be a better fit for our lifestyle and ideals...

No, not set on Perth at all, it was just the one at the top on my google search [emoji6] Anywhere with teaching jobs would be an option lol No, I completely agree, rural is very different over there, and would need the facilities. That's the main reason we would move. Opportunities for the kids...

That's what I thought. When searching in Perth there seem to be a few teaching jobs, but it's impossible to tell how many people there are applying for the positions. I wouldn't mind being rural, but my boys need to be near a cricket ground, so that's ruled out... They do seem to have a lot of ads for supply teachers though! If we managed to get in on my application (and I know it's a big if...) would my husband be able to work straight away, or is he restricted for a certain period of time?

Starting to think that our prospects are a bit bleak... No idea whether to put me or my husband as lead on our visa application I'm a primary school teacher so could apply in a 190 I think and get state sponsorship, but not many jobs around... My husbands job at the moment involves designing networking solutions using various systems such as Cisco etc, and he has Ccna qualification, as well as some internet security certificates etc... The problem is that he's only been doing this for a year, and he doesn't have a degree. I read somewhere that 5 years experience or a degree are required to pass skills assessment for 263111 job category. Does anyone know if this is true? He would get extra qualifications to boost his application if needed, but obviously we can't magic up 5 years experience... It's just that his sounds more complicated as far as applications go, but it's more in demand. Mine is easy to evidence for a visa, but there are no jobs. Am I fighting a losing battle? Sarah x

We're in the very early stages of dreams and ideas, just trying to do information gathering and get my head round all the visa subclasses etc. my husband and I both grew up overseas, and the UK is not us at all. We're very 'outdoors' people, and hate the winters here. Plus we have 2 little boys who love their sport, particularly cricket, and get fed up being stuck inside. I'm a primary school teacher (I know there aren't many jobs out there...), and husband is in ICT, networking, Internet security, sales etc... Look forward to chatting x