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    Hi everyone, I am reaching out to any hairdressers who are considering the move to oz and looking for a sponsorship. I myself am English and been in Australia nearly 7 years now and had the opportunity to purchase my salon where I was originally sponsored! If anyone is potentially interested, please get in touch! We are in desperate need of hairdressers here (Victoria) Thanks, Lauren
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    I’m at Raw Edge in Belmont! Where are you at now? We were initially going to wait for the temporary transition stream, but when they changed all the rule for 457 visas we decided it would be best to go DE instead! So we had to find the money to pay for it! And skills assessment, migration fees etc and I have 2 children aswell so 4 if us on the application wasn’t cheap [emoji51] Oh that’s weird, on my immi account it was originally 15months estimated now it’s changed to 9-12month I’m not too bothered about waiting, I’ve still got 2 and a bit years left on my 457 and bridging visa granted No I don’t think I am, I’ll search now for it Thanks [emoji16]
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    Same visa as me.. Sucks to be in the waiting game! I’ve got a long way to go yet! Submitted 28th feb and submitted medicals on Friday
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    Geelong is honestly amazing, got the beach one way, Melbourne the other! We were really lucky we wanted to come to Geelong and I got offered a 457 (so similar to you!) we have just applied for our 186 to stay Permanently! So prep is what I think of as our reception it’s there first year of actual school, Before this they do kinder - which is optional Yes, you pay school fees whether you are a resident or not, private or public My daughters August too!! It’s different to the UK for sure, but we adapted well and my girls honestly love here We went 8 weeks with one car between us, but as soon as my husband started work we didn’t have a choice but to get 2 cars, But Lara is still classed as ‘rural Geelong’ and I think the closer you are to Geelong city the public transport is much better! Yep, it’s nice to have a friendly face When you get here!
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    Hey! I don’t know how much help I will be but I’ll give it a go! Haha.. so we moved to Geelong in August 2016 from UK we are the other side to where you are currently looking though. I work in Belmont and live in Lara (25 mins commute) honestly I feel everything is ‘far away’ compared to the UK. There are many good schools here, I hear good things about the schools in Belmont, but also your oldest child might not even be going to school until the next school year (Jan 2019) when we left UK my daughter was due to start year 2 in England, and came here to prep! (She was 6) and my youngest daughter (currently 3) won’t start prep until Jan 2020, so also nearly 6. If you have any general questions I am More that happy to chat [emoji16] Also, me, my husband and kids LOVE it here, and haven’t looked back
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    Pathway 2 is when you already have the Australian certificate 3, but the immigration department will not accept the application with this alone, they still need the vetassess skills assessment
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    Hahaha, which visa have to applied for?
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    I’m using the same agent I used for my 457, they were amazing. Mine won’t submit without full documents. I agree, my agent advised for my 457 it would be 12 weeks, it was granted 12 weeks and 2 days, my agent followed up with immigration at exactly 12 weeks and 2 days later it was granted I have 100% faith in my migration agent I think they hold hairdressing interviews once a month, I originally had mine scheduled for September, but I ended up in hospital with appendicitis so had to reschedule last minute, I sat it in October. Ahh I can’t remember off the top of my head what the building was called it was in CBD though! Albert street rings a bell? I sat mine on the Monday, received positive outcome online on the Wednesday and certificate arrived Friday
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    VETASSESS
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    Yep, so The ones I can remember: What’s your day to day duties How do you start your day How do you set up for your day Name 3 hazards How would you avoid hazards How would you deal with a client complaint How would you record an accident Honestly it was just general questions; when she said my interview was finished I actually asked her why I wasn’t asked about hairdressing and she said because I have gone via pathway 2 I already have the certificate which counteracts the actual units! Oh wow 18months!!! I’m just about to submit my 186 application (currently on 457) and my migration agent said it takes approximately 10months! Can I just ask, have you applied as a ‘hairdresser’ or ‘manager’
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    I’m in Geelong! (An hour from Melbourne) so that was the closest to me
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    Hi Param, I also went via pathway 2 in October, I’m assuming to already have your cert 3 Australian? I sat my technical interview in Melbourne and I didn’t have to answer any of the questions in this post! If I remember correctly they only really asked me Day to Day management in the salon and health and safety questions, I was only in about 20 mins! I studied all the units of hairdressing again and didn’t need to! Feel free to ask me some questions Lauren
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    Hi! Sorry for delay, been super busy lately, I've just submitted stage 1, I have applied via pathway 2 though as I already have aus version cert 3 in hairdressing So I don't have an interview as yet! Lauren Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Hi bellabonkers, congrats on your successful skills assessment I hope you don't mind but could I pick your brains about the technical interview, I'm also onshore at the minute and I seen you did it in Melbourne, which is where I'll be going any tips on what I can expect? Thanks ?
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    Sorry it's the direct entry stream we are going for, it's s permanent residency stream, I've found out I do need the skills assessment so will be going ahead with that as soon as possible. I've been looking for a RMA but haven't found one yet only the company visabureu and id prefer to find an agent rather than a company so will be looking this week, do you have any recommendations?
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    Hi, just a quick update. Vetassess will accept my part time work converted eg my 6 years 16 hours can qualify for 2/3 years so taking that into account I have 5-6 years (yey) only down side is QLD will only accept 5 years full time work so we would only be eligible for NT. we are now looking at 457 visa sponsorship, that way we will be able to join grandparents in VIC. I just can't figure out whether I need the skills assessment for it! As far as I can see I don't, I've started my paperwork just in case but I'm currently waiting on a new passport!
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    Yeah just a shame they will be in Vic and we won't lol. i will be getting in touch with some after the weekend and hopefully go from there, there is so many websites that say so many different things I think I could go on forever searching for myself it's took us a while to get this far. yeah I've read through the full post I think I'm going to have to brush up on my knowledge! I've just completed a barbering course though so I've already refreshed some theory, but thanks I'm sure I will be asking about vetassess soon (hopefully anyway)
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    Yeah that's our next step at the minute I've got together a start on my paperwork for skills assessment but going to speak to a migration officer with all my questions, there's a few! Yes I have a husband but no skills he's a HGV driver and can easily find work in any area of oz so that's no issue to us personally but obviously he can't help towards the visa application yeah I went travelling for 3 months straight after finishing my apprenticeship then been over twice, 4 weeks at a time as my husbands grandma and grandad live in Victoria. Good luck with the 187
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    Oh so that's going to be a problem, I've sent off for a statement of national insurance contributions as that vouches for employment but over years the majority is only going to be part time work, how many years experience do you have?
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    Hi, brilliant I'll give that a go! The only thing is I've only been working part time (16 hours) due to having 2 young children. Do you know if the experience has to be full time? I did my apprenticeship 2006-2008 then worked Full time as a stylist then moved to the salon where I am at now and working 16 hours a week since, I've been there for 6 years thanks
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    hi, sorry to jump on your thread but im currently looking to move to Australia with my family, im also a hairdresser, would you be able to give me an idea on what you did for the skills assessment. my main issue is the financial/payslips. I have been employed as a stylist by my employer for 6 years, but I can only find 3 of my p60s. any help or advice would be GREATLY appreciated by any one who has been through this. tia
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