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I used Go Matilda for my 189...they were fantastic!

That's great...thanks very much rammygirl. Just to be clear, it doesn't matter if I'm living in the UK currently, as long as my PR is still valid (which it is until 2021)? I'm just a bit confused because the terms in the booklet class Permanent Resident as someone who "usually resides in Australia". Thanks.x

Hi guys,

Bit of a complicated one...or at least it feels that way. ? I was granted a skilled migration visa and moved to Australia in 2016 with my ex husband and son. Our marriage broke down very quickly (3 months after arriving) and myself and my son returned to England to be worth family (my ex remained there). I have since entered into another relationship and have a newborn baby. Myself and my current partner would like to go back out to Australia with my son and our new baby, and are looking into applying for a partner visa but I don't know if we can do this if we're both living in the UK? The only examples I can find of this being acceptable are where the sponsor is Australian born.

Any advice would be extremely welcome!  Thanks in advance, Lou.?

Dear All....

 

My name is Nicola

 

I qualified as a Nurse in 2012 from the University of Surrey with a Diploma in Nursing in Higher Education. I have experience working with the elderly and patients suffering from Dementia. I was wondering if anybody could give me any advice on how to proceed.

 

Is it beneficial to do things in the following order:

1) Apply for the Visa

2) Sit the IELTS Exam

3)Apply for Registration with ANMAC

 

I have always wanted to move to Australia and qualified as a nurse because I thought it would help. Also, I am not married and do not have any children and there is not a lot of information out there its just for families.

Any information or advice wouldbbe gratefully received.

 

Kind Regards

Nicola

Hi!

Unfortunately, the first thing you'll need to do is top up to a degree. Australia doesn't take nurses without their degree any more.

Wishing you all the best with it.x

Us too!! Congrats! xx

Congratulations, it's a great feeling.

The best!!! Feel a bit shell-shocked at the moment though! :biglaugh: x

So...I just wanted to update and let you know we had our 189 visas granted this morning!! YAY!!!!

We lodged on 29th April and our medicals were uploaded on 10th June. We hit a small delay due to the new financial year but nothing major and it's all officially done and dusted now!!

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who's helped and given advice over the last 9 months or so!

Hopefully those of you waiting will get yours through quickly now too.

Now to find a job....x

I've been waiting since Jan/Feb 2016!

Me, my husband and 19yr old son, I'm a nurse with 65 points , sent 3 X form 80 and form 47a for my son dependency along with loads of evidence for his dependency.

I'm hoping to hear in July so we can start planning.. Our agent keeps staying that its imminent but that's been for the past two months!

Really fed up waiting but know there are others who have been waiting longer.

Oh my god really??? Some people seem to be getting theirs through literally within days so there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it does there? I wonder if it's because your son's 19 so that complicates things a bit? (Absolute guess work...no idea if that's the case!)

Keeping fingers crossed they get a move on now! xx

Hi! So...everything's done and we're waiting for our visa to be (hopefully) granted! Our medicals were uploaded on 11th June and we had an email from our agent last week (Via DIBP) saying they're not processing any more in this financial year as they've come close to the top end of the numbers, so they'll start processing again from 1st July. I can't seem to get ANY idea about possible time lengths - does anyone have any ideas whether we're likely to be waiting weeks/months from this point? I'm a mental health nurse.

Thanks! Lou x

Timing depends on the visa you've applied for, but I assume you're referring to a 189 or 190? These are typically 2-3 months but some have been done in as little as 10 days and others wait 6+ months. So no predictability unfortunately.

Hi. Sorry yes...a 189. Our agent advised the 2-3 months was usually from lodging (which we did at the end of April). I guess we just have to wait (and hope it's really soon!) Thanks.x

Hi! So...everything's submitted, medicals are finalised, DIBP are aware of a job offer I have (which is conditional on me being able to start on 1st August). I have one question...

Does anyone know roughly what sort of timescales we're looking at for finalisation of the visa please?

Thanks! Xx

Mine was 5.5 weeks.x

As long as you were working as a qualified nurse prior to your top up degree they'll count that as experience. ☺

Sorry,the facebook pages are "Poms wanting Oz", and "Nurses applying to AHPRA and ANMAC"

 

I didn't realise the 3 month fit2work thing....I know you need your NMC CORS to be dated within 3 months. It doesn't say anything on the Registration in Principle letter about this either. I might email them and see if this will be required for me - mine will be 6 months old by time I go in September. Always something else, eh!?

FFS.:wacko: I didn't know about the NMC thing either!! I'd be really good if they'd let you know stuff like this! thanks for the heads up Kyliedonut...looks like the NMC will be getting yet more cash out of me! Let us know how you get on if you hear back!x

Yay!!! Congratulations...and thanks for updating us!:wink: xx

Hi all well not as simple for me. I thought the same but went to Ahpra office on 12 th may for identity checka then received an email 3 days later saying i had to apply for another fit2work check as mine was out of date! Apparently only valid for 3 months. Fit2work came through yesterday so hopefully mot to long as got agency work planned! Good luck hope yours are quicker!

Oh my god...nightmare! :err: ok...I'll do another fit2work check in a few weeks to prevent that then. Thanks! Hope you get it sorted.xx

I was thinking the same too,present with ID and all ready to go, that will definitely make a difference to my timescales if I have to wait a while. Interested in any responses to this.

I might just email AHPRA and see if I get a response.

Yeah I considered that...and then remembered the complete lack of response I had last time I tried lol. If you do could you let us know how you get on please? In fact...I'll do it too...hopefully one of us will be lucky. x

I (stupidly) thought it would be!:laugh: I don't know why but I expected to go in with my ID, and have it sorted within 24 hours lol. Really frustrating because I just don't think I'm going to get it all sorted in time which will mean I'll lose the job offer.:sad:

What's the nurses Facebook page please? x

Hi...has anyone registered with AHPRA on arrival in Australia recently who would be able to offer some advice?

Thanks, Lou. X

Hi! I've been advised by HR department in Brisbane that AHPRA are currently taking 2 weeks to process 'in principle ' registrations. Does that sound right to people who have done it? I'm on a tight timeline and that could mean the difference between managing to do it and not.

Also, am I right in thinking that you would have been advised in the 'in principle' letter if there were supervision requirements?

Thanks so much (again!) xx

Thanks guys. So you were granted your visa's just under 3 weeks after your medicals samjwilli? That's good to know. I'm working on the basis that, assuming all is OK with the medicals, if we can get our grant by the end of June we have a month before we need to leave so we can hand our notice in, book flights etc. It's going to be tight!x

Can't get time off to go any earlier. I guess it's only a week away now hey...

They're asking HR to put it together so should have that by Friday.

Ideally we want to all go together. Long story but I've been away for over 3 months out of the last 9 supporting sick relatives so I don't really want to be separated from my husband and son again.

I'm mainly worried about booking flights etc...Obviously don't want to book them yet incase visa's don't come through in time, but don't want to leave it too late for them all to be full/ridiculously expensive.

Right...lists it is!:cute: Thanks!x

Thanks. Yeah I asked our agent and she advised me to forward a letter confirming the job offer which they can upload onto the application. She said she didn't know if it would make any difference to the processing speed. I just wondered if anyone can say how long theirs took to be granted after medicals...wish I'd have booked them last month like I was going to but the agent advised to wait. :rolleyes: I guess they just want to play it safe which is understandable.x

Hoping someone can help clear my stressed, shell-shocked mind please??

I've been offered a job in Brisbane (yay!). They want me to start at the end of July/beginning of August.

We lodged on 29/04/16. Everything's done apart from medicals which are booked for 04/06/16. My question is how long is the visa likely to take from the point the results are through?

Obviously we have to give a month notice on our house, book flights etc...can't get my head around how/when to do all of that?

Thanks in advance!x