Marianne Smith

On 21/04/2017 at 7:54 AM, Raul Senise said:

I agree that the way these changes have been implemented are not ideal and causing much confusion and fear.

One of the big problems is that only a small part of what has been stated is actually Law. Currently, only the Occupation Lists for some visas has changed. Much of what has been released are proposed changes. As such there are no accompanying Regulations or Policy, so no real assessment can be made.

As you have seen, even the information being released by the Immigration Department is changing regularly.

 

Nobody knows with certainty when specific details of the new legislation will be released. However, is it reasonable to expect them to be released this week or the one after ? Or could it take a month ? 

On 21/04/2017 at 1:53 AM, Welshtone said:

 A) have a skills assessment as a University Lecturer from VETASSESS,

B) Have at least 3 years experience

C) and the University are willing to nominate you to a minimum 2 year position. 

 

Tony

Hi 

A) isn't the skill assessment already required to apply for the 457 so technically already done ? 

B) does it have to be Australian work experience ? If not , again, isn't it already a requirement of the 457 to have at least 3 years of work experience ?

C) the employer might be not willing to sponsor for the 186 directly coz they might fear that the employee once received PR could find employment somewhere else hence not completing the 2 years and basically just using the employer to get PR (I'm not referring to this specific case but for example restaurants with cooks) 

D) isn't ielts also needed with at least 6 in all bands ?

31 minutes ago, ItchyFeet76 said:

My husband's company has just started the process for three of their 457ers (186 direct entry) today!

Can you do that for profession on the short term list that haven't completed the 2 years of work with the employer yet ?