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Australia Home Affairs has this to say on the matter: “As an Australian citizen you must always leave and enter Australia on an Australian passport”. So Parley was right, he should never have been allowed to leave. I have South African dual nationality and there it’s a criminal offence to enter/leave SA on a foreign passport with a punishment of up to 12 months in jail plus a fine! I commend the OP for trying to help his son out. I’m similarly aged to the son and my folks would laugh at me and expect me sort it out on my own. You make the mess you clean it up was a mantra in my household[emoji23]

You’ll get a range of answers. When we applied 2 years back we submitted everything upfront and had our visas within 7 weeks IIRC. There’s a 190 visa thread which may give you more current timeframes or other ‘tracker sites’ where people track their visa progress and you can see how other people are faring. Good luck!

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Unfortunately I don’t have an answer. On the plus side, Victoria seems to be one of the harshest with rejecting applications if there seems to be ambiguity around commitment to the state, but you’re moving from there not to there. You’ll just have to play it by ear. If you have friends and family in NSW that should help and be sure to mention it. I got Vic sponsorship, and in my application indicated I had family and friends in the state . It was the only state I applied to for sponsorship

Just to add, I’ve heard of numerous cases of 190 sponsorship applications being rejected because the applicant hedged bets and applied to more than one state. You have to provide compelling evidence that you’ll move to the nominated state if successful and living in another state obviously undermines that.

If she is a UK passport holder, I don’t think she needs to do an English test

We were never asked to provide evidence of funds. We’re moving in a few months and are intending on taking around $50k to get set up (family of 4).

With our application, first contact was made the day before grant. We front loaded every except Form 80. Uploaded it within hours of being asked for it and grant came that evening whilst we slept. Was about 6 weeks if memory serves

This is what we did. Got our visa in Oct 2016, activated with a holiday to Oz in Aug 2017, moving in September 2018. We front loaded our medicals and PCC, but with review times dragging out, it may be worth waiting longer if you aren’t in any rush for a holiday (our visa review took 7 weeks but reading that it’s taking many months now).

My guess would be from the date of application

Think timelines have been getting longer. Back in 2016, my assessment took 7 weeks. We uploaded PCC and medicals upfront

It’s a guess from me, but I would go for Life Scientist NEC (ANZSCO 234599). I didn’t know him personally (only of him), but one of our sub-contracted PV Manager migrated to Oz end of last year, and I presume it was under a skilled visa, although he may have had a partner who was the main applicant. He went to Melbourne so might be worth checking through 190 visa options there

My understanding is there’s an equation they use: if anticipated medical treatment cost over a number of years is less than X you’re fine, if it’s more than X then there are grounds for refusal. I’m not a medic or familiar with the medication, condition, supportive treatment etc so can’t help more than that. If I remember correctly, I think X was in the region of AUD 30k over 3 or 5 years. This is definitely one for an expert!

Well done in getting the invite- no small achievement! I submitted periodic payslips (1 per quarter for every year I was claiming to show I was employed by who I said I was, plus P60s for every year, plus statement of works, recommendation letters, and independent verification of my role. in my case I could provide links to articles, conference proceedings, recorded lectures I’d given. My advice- a bit of extra effort upfront saves stress and scrambling down the road!!

Could you not include your new employment contract and role description for the Skills Assessment. It’ll probably take them weeks to even pick u the application so you can upload first payslip after a couple of weeks. Reason I suggest it is that it could take 3 months for skills assessment plus then several months before invite to apply and then the visa processing time so if the role is assessed as relevant, you could get more points, depending on how many years experience you already have. If you’re on the cusp of earning more points then it could be worthwhile, if you need years to reach next points band then not worth the efforts. Just my 2c worth, wrussell could confirm if this is a viable strategy or just a silly idea

I’ve heard plenty of stories of Vic rejecting applications if there are 190s out there for other states. If I had traction from one state, I would personally withdraw other applications so as to not jeopardise the application that’s making headway

I filled the form in electronically rather than handwriting it and scanning it. If you do that then size won’t be an issue.

The leg work for a 190 is longer as there is the extra step in applying for State Sponsorship. When I did it in 2016, Victoria used every bit of the 12 weeks they stated it would take. The advantage of getting sponsorship is that you are automatically invited to apply for a visa. Even if there are people in the queue with higher points you get an automatic invite. The visa granted is identical to the one you get through the 189 route. You do however have to commit to living in the sponsoring state for 2 years and the State will reject applications if they think you won’t. Eg Victoria typically won’t sponsor you if you applied for 190 visa to more than one State. Being able to show close ties to the State like you can is a definite advantage!

I think you need to be a bit more specific with what you are looking for help with. Not many people are going to share their whole applications as they contain a lot of sensitive information, but if it’s a specific aspect then expand on that and hopefully someone has had a similar experience and can help. It it’s the whole application you are battling with, then it’s probably time to speak with a migration agent. wrussell above is an agent and obviously has experience with HR Managers so would be a good place to start.

You write the Statutory Decl. yourself and sign it in front of a notary. It’s much like an affidavit. I used one in my application. The format I used is on my blog: PM me if you want the URL

I went to one a couple years back. I had a meeting with an agent who did a preliminary screening. I had done a lot of background research already so it confirmed what I had read. Much of the rest of the show wasn't particularly relevant and was aimed at people nearing emigration date (e.g. shipping companies, opening bank account from UK, recruitment company etc).

I did the whole thing myself and found it relatively straight forward. But that was because my case was simple. If you’re an organized person and you don’t mind putting in the work, then you can do it yourself. If your case is complex then I’d use an agent. The rules are however constantly changing, so make sure you are following the most up to date guidelines

It’s not a cheap exercise emigrating! We didn’t use an agent and our UK costs were £150 for English test plus £760 medical (£290 per adult, £90 per child under 5), plus £90 police. The Aussie costs were $810 for skills assessment and then $6300 for main applicant, dependent adult+ 2 children. We then spent about £5k on activation visit as we weren’t in a position to move before our 1 year ran out. I’m budgeting £35k for the move including flights, shipping and living expenses until we’re earning. Based on our lifestyle and area we’re aiming at moving too, I reckon that gives us about 6 months breathing room to get established.

If the Australian experience hasn’t been assessed, I’d be wary of including it, unless you have evidence at least as strong as that assessed by Vetassess. DIBP may be curious why you never included the Aus experience initially in the skills assessment and might do extra digging there. The Canadian experience is easier to explain as it’s a job change post skills assessment

I’m not sure how it works with trades, but my skills assessment showed what I could/couldn’t use for experience. For example, I had a lot of years experience in a job that accurately matched the ANZSCO occupation I was applying for, but skills assessment docked 1 year experience citing that it would take a full year on the job before I had sufficient practical experience to perform adequately in the occupation. As the visa assessors use the skills assessment as a basis for years relevant experience, I didn’t deviate from that as the worst thing you can do is overclaim points to get further up the queue and then not be able to back them up with evidence. If you’re only 6 months shy, then if your EOI sits in the queue for 6 months, it’ll automatically update and give you the extra 5 points provided you’re still in employment. I had that happen to me also. Whilst waiting for State sponsorship my points increased as I went into the top work experience points bracket. The reference letters needs to be in the form of a statement of works, ie what your job entailed, rather than a reference saying how good you are at your job etc