paulhand

Partner visa BVs do have work rights.

... until your visitor visa expires and the BVA comes into effect ... so 14 days for the 600 and three months for the 651. There is a 24 hour operations centre in Canberra that the airline can call. If you have a 651, the ETA won't be in effect. You can't hold two in effect visas at once.

Yes, it will almost certainly be an issue if you misled them on two previous applications. You need to get some professional advice to sort this out asap, as proactively addressing the issue is, at the very least, better than it being “picked up”.

Your migration expert, assuming they are a registered migration agent, is best placed to answer these pretty specific questions. That’s what you paid them for : -)

For a 190 yes, for a 491, no … https://migration.wa.gov.au/services/skilled-migration-western-australia/general-stream-wasmol-schedule-1-requirements

Actuary, Arts Administrator, Barrister, Bricklayer, Cabinetmaker, Chef, Dancer, Economist, External Auditor … to name but a few occupations invited at 65 points in the December round. Full list in the pages I linked above.

You can see exactly which occupations are getting invited for 189s at 65 points here: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/working-in-australia/skillselect/invitation-rounds It’s more than a few … times have changed.

I suggest you contact a few direct - nobody is going to publish their rates on an internet forum without some idea of what your application will entail. Any of the RMAs who post regularly on this site will provide good service at reasonable prices.

No, you'll need one year visas until you have spent a cumulative 2 years in Australia, after which time you will be eligible for a 5 year RRV. This should take you to citizenship.

I guessed that was you - I look forward to speaking soon!

Most of the contact is done via email, so your agent can be anywhere, but most of my Europe-based clients do prefer that I am in the UK as it's much easier to turn things around quickly rather than having a day's lag in most communications. Just make sure that your agent is MARA registered. All of those that post regularly on this forum are high quality.

You are only able to claim points for skilled work in the past 10 years.

No … but it’s not possible to answer your question without the context of where you are seeing that. If you haven’t lived in Australia for 2 years, then you will need to show that you have “substantial personal, business, employment or cultural ties to Australia, which are of benefit to Australia”. Based on what you have said, you should be able to do this. You would get a one year visa.

You are correct in what you say and the application form will guide you (to an extent) with what is required in the application.

You looked it up wrongly. The assessing authority for that occupation is VETASSESS; what you have quoted is for lawyers.

Generally speaking, everything needs to be valid at the time of invitation to apply.

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 “

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

10 points My partner is aged under 45, and My partner has Competent English, and My partner is an applicant of the same subclass of visa as me, and My partner nominated a suitable skilled occupation and obtained a positive skills assessment (that is not for a Subclass 485 visa) OR I don’t have a spouse or de facto partner, or My partner is an Australian permanent resident or an Australian citizen 5 points My partner has Competent English, and My partner is an applicant of the same subclass of visa as me, and My partner is not an Australian permanent resident or an Australian citizen

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

It is …

“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.