paulhand

37 minutes ago, OwenJohn said:

Thanks for the reply to my post.  It's good news for my Son who intends to sponsor his fiancé once she's completed her Masters in May. He's already got PR and living in NSW, the past 9 months. I bet him $50 he needed to have lived here 2 years before he could sponsor her.  I lost,   Thanks once again for your help.  

 

 

In which case there should be no issue at all, provided they meet all the relationship criteria.

You need to be “usually resident” in Australia to sponsor for a partner visa as a permanent resident. This is a less strict test than “settled” which is required for parent visas. 
 

“Has it changed post Covid?” - No. 

From the NSW “basic eligibility” section of website: “Have submitted an EOI SkillSelect seeking nomination for the Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) only and NSW only “

4 hours ago, Eatasam said:

I have done Bachelors in Computer Science and my wife is having Bachelors Degree in Bio Medical Engineering, for proofing competent English, she is having an equivalency certificate from her University. So, can you please confirm, if i am eligible for getting 5 points? If yes, how can I claim these 5 points? Do i need to file a separate skill assessment for her? Can you please tell the procedure. Thanks alot.  

I suggest that you have a consultation with a registered migration agent to talk this through if it is unclear.

3 hours ago, Quoll said:

So he's not an Australian citizen? He might have to rationalise his expectations. What does Holland have to offer its citizens? It's unfortunate when the elderly get fixated on one pathway and then lose the capacity to make rational decisions. He can certainly get in home care to support him in Australia even if he's not a citizen but he will have to pay, sometimes the elderly resent that but it is available to him. 

As a rule, a Dutch citizen will lose Dutch citizenship if they voluntarily acquire citizenship of another country. Therefore, many Dutch migrants never become Australian citizens. 

Engineers don’t need any work experience to get a positive skills assessment   

31 minutes ago, Tulip1 said:

 I think the carer visa is a permanent visa although could be wrong. 

It is … 

40 minutes ago, Tulip1 said:

Also I believe there’s a long wait for such a visa, I’m not sure how long. 

“we estimate that Carer visa applications that meet the criteria to be queued are likely to take approximately 7 years to be released for final processing.” is the current spin from the Department. 

9 hours ago, Marisawright said:

No, just applying for a visa doesn't cancel any other applications in progress AFAIK.

That’s correct … my general advice is to put a visitor visa in place before lodging the offshore partner visa, for a number of reasons. 

There are certain limited and specific circumstances where an 801 can be granted after the relationship has ended.  I recommend you seek some professional advice on next steps, either way.  

1 hour ago, Susanna said:

Hi Paul,

In a scenario where you have the following update in the last 1 week under 190 visa. is it normal especially when your medical will possibly need to be reviewed for Hep B medical condition? Whats the average wait time to have this status? Are you going to have the same information even if you don't meet health requirement? 

I've looked through possible timeframe for people with medical condition to have the below status, but haven't really find any information regarding the timeframe. 

I'll really appreciate if you have any information.

Examinations ready for assessment – no action required

The required health examinations have been completed and submitted by the panel clinic to the department. This person's case will be processed or referred to the department's migration medical services provider, Bupa Medical Visa Services, for further assessment.

It’s “normal” if there is an issue that needs to be referred for additional assessments and/or tests. They will contact you if there are matters that need to be resolved. 

1 hour ago, Jon the Hat said:

If I recall it is 12 months from your police check / medical whichever is earlier.  I put them all in at once and therefore had only 4 months to validate.  

1 hour ago, emanyalpsid said:

Do you have the option to put the police check & medical further on in the application then? Be a bit crazy if visa approved 11 or 12 months after these

It is now 12 months from grant …. but yes,  you can add them at any point. They will ask you for them if they are ready to make a decision and you haven’t yet provided them. 

 We are all behind a keyboard …

My reply wasn’t meant to be sarcastic (although it was short and to the point), I was just agreeing with you that the price quoted for assisting with an AITSL skills assessment seemed high. That should have been helpful in assessing whether you were getting value for money  

I answer lots of questions here but as you said you already have a migration agent retained, my code of conduct doesn’t permit me to also advise you. 

i guess my point was that if you have an agent retained, based on what they must be charging for the rest of the application, answering some basic questions on the skills assessment process for no, or a nominal, fee would be reasonable. It’s certainly what I would be doing for my clients if they do the skills assessment without me (which is actually what I generally suggest for AITSL). 

1 hour ago, emanyalpsid said:

Do the immigration officials inform you of this when you make the standard offshore application? There doesn't seem to be any other subclass for this scenario.

It’s all part of the same application. You apply for both visas (or stages) on the same form and they either grant one or both stages based on the circumstances. 

22 minutes ago, Thompsons23 said:

Thank you for your reply. I will google ‘Yep …’ and see what comes up. 
 

Hopefully i get a more positive answer. 

"Yep" in the sense that this quote seems "a little excessive" to me as well, given that there is not much to an AITSL skills assessment. Your agent should be more than willing to answer your questions.

1 hour ago, Thompsons23 said:

Seems a little excessive to me.

Yep ... 

I’d suggest getting some professional advice to work through the various options here. 

4 hours ago, can1983 said:

You aren't lying by not mentioning you had another relationship in the past with a break, you'd only be lying if you said it was 14 years together.

I think this is poor advice. It is a very bad idea to be economical with the truth. 
 

2 hours ago, Wannabeoz said:

I'll be on a 4 year sponsored visa but wonder how soon I could apply for PR? 

Generally for an employer to sponsor you for PR on the TRT stream of the 186 permanent visa, you must have worked for them for 3 years.

2 hours ago, Wannabeoz said:

I know over 45 it becomes difficult so time is key,

Unless you are in one of a fairly small number of exemption categories, over 45 is a deal breaker.

I suggest you get some professional advice to understand what may, or may not, be possible (even if this is somewhat far into the future).

16 hours ago, Archimedes said:

Is it worth me submitting a second EOI for a 189 

On the 491, I've entered the state only as Western Australia (my preferred state). I read it's better to select a single state rather than selecting 'Any'. Does anyone know if there is any truth to this?

Absolutely and yes  

3 hours ago, Marisawright said:

Wow that's bizarre, considering what a huge backlog there must be, so you'd think they'd be able to cherry-pick.  Is it across the board?

Sorry … meant to add the link:  https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/working-in-australia/skillselect/invitation-rounds  All the details in there. 

6 hours ago, Marisawright said:

For the 189, it doesn't matter what occupation you're in, you MUST have at least 90 points before it's even worth applying. 

Not at the moment … there were 35,000 invitations issued last month and many occupations only needed 65 points.  

I suggest you speak with @Steve Elliott

10 hours ago, Parley said:

It must get recorded somewhere.

Otherwise how do they know they gave you a caution last time and this time need to throw the book at you.

It does and it will show on an ACRO subject access request.