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Hi Richard - quick question - why would the OP need a skills assessment if they were doing a 186 in the TRT stream from a 457 with the same employer? I don't see that in the Regs. What have I missed? Cheers

Yes correct but if you apply online then you don't need to fill out the paper form - there is a shorter online form - it's cheaper and with your time here it should get approved automatically. Cheers

Only she is eligible for citizenship at that time if only she has spent the 36 months in Australia. However, once you have an Australian citizen wife, that will substantially strengthen your "substantial ties" when you apply for an RRV without having spent the required 2 years in 5 in Australia. She cannot leave after the final year without applying and then apply at a later date, if that was your question. Cheers

He wouldn't be "stuffed" as RRVs are available to former permanent residents as well as current ones and therefore changing visas doesn't necessarily preclude getting an RRV in the future.

My mistake - I read "it's practically our 10th anniversary since we returned to the UK" as being "we haven't been back there for 10 years" rather than "we have been away from Aus for 10 years"!

Good stuff ... just a question as I'm curious: if you've been here at least 10 years, why not get citizenship and remove all the hassle of RRVs? Cheers

I doubt there was any coordination - but it's got to be clear to even the slowest of politicians that anti-immigration, "[insert your country here] first" rhetoric wins a lot of votes in an election or a referendum in the West these days. It's right up there with "let's start a foreign war". If you read some of the comment sections in the local press here you can see there's a deep vein to be mined!