Mcguinnessp1968

Hi thank you for your time in replying.
In my scenario which would be the correct visa for my partner? 
Can you recommend a immigration agent? 

Sadly if they don't get your documents/assessments when they ask for them, they put your application aside and get to work on other applications instead, so it will likely be a long wait before they get back to it.

We are due to take our first flight from the uk to brisbane. Does anyone have any tips for a flight this long. 
I will be travelling in comfy clothes and taking my own pillow. 

I think you have to be in Australia lawfully for four years (minus allowed time away for holidays etc) so you could be on temporary visas for much of that four years, it doesn’t have to be a PR visa (does for the last year minimum but the first three years could be on another visa). 

Care to explain?

Once you have PR, it's 4 years before you can apply for citizenship.   In some states during the pandemic, it was taking a year or more from application to having citizenship conferred, but it should speed up again now. 
In the interim, the only downside of not having citizenship is in employment:  many government bodies require their employees to be citizens. It doesn't affect much else about your life, apart from not being obliged to vote!  
When PR is granted, it will show the date by which you MUST arrive.  Fail to arrive by that date and you lose the visa.  However, all you have to do is fly over to Australia, go through Immigration to "activate" the visa, and you could turn straight round and get the next plane back.  Once that's done, you'll have almost 5 years to make the permanent move. 

My brother just sent me a link to a one bedroom unit for sale in Redcliffe or is it Redcliff? ($450k plus) He's stayed in the complex and says I would like it. It looks nice in the photos, possibly like one of the suburbs on Sydney's Northern Beaches?
I told him I'm not sure I want to start again. I've been in Surfers Paradise for nine months now, continually deferring returning to Sydney. I've got doctor, dentist, podiatrist that I like, made a few friends. Each time I move it's like emigrating again. You can commute to Brisbane from the Gold Coast but I wouldn't like to do it. 
I wondered what it would be like to live in a regional city like Toowoomba, Wollongong, Geelong. I talked to a guy from Ballarat or Bendigo (I always confuse them) and asked if commuting to Melbourne was do-able? He said yes. Cities like that are big enough to have all the services you want. The Gold Coast has all those services too. 

Reminiscing about landing here on a 457 over 12 years ago and the rose tinted glasses, that many on here sought to shatter very quickly, still here, citizens and got PR within 12 months of landing.. things changed and it wasn’t so easy for a while, the doom and gloomers went into overdrive, posting messages designed to quickly shatter others roses tinted glasses, and constantly warn them ‘oh you can’t stay here forever’.  Many of us came here on a whim
and an opportunity and I feel it’s nice to see that for the determined, yes, there is a chance.. the chance we all got! Good luck to ya all xx

There’s a lot of misinformation on this thread.
First off a 482 visa is far from cheap. We just got one for an employee of ours who was on a student visa, between government and agent fees it cost around $15,000.

Also I personally know 7 people who came here on 457 visas, every single one of them were sponsored by their employer and achieved PR

It’s almost as if there are no success stories

By all means point out the pitfalls but not at the expense of the many positives

So skills wise I'd agree, but nomination and sponsorship can be problematic for tradies...
There are often news reports (including one about a Scottish air con guy who had been here over a decade) about tradies who come over on sponsored visas whose company liquidate (to avoid warranty claims) and they have to start again with a new employer.
The problem here is you need to do 3 years with an employer, so each time you restart (for whatever reason) the 3 year clock restarts...

I'd agree that it is often the case that people who have an in demand skill and are good at their job and liked can usually transition to a permanent visa.
The thing is not everyone is good, not everyone is liked and after three years maybe your role is no longer on the on-demand skills-list
Always best to go into these things knowing what might happen (or not) and then it's a choice from a position of knowledge rather than a surprise due to an unknown 
 

A lot of employer-sponsored visas are taking just as long; my company applied for two in November last year, one has been approved in the last couple of weeks with the other one still in the system

Thanks for the quick, in depth and detailed response. 
It seems like the first step is the consultation with a migration agent so I will look in to this for now, and then take on board your advice for the next steps.
Thanks again [emoji846]

To the OP I live in geelong and we have just secured a rental while we build a new house
Rental market here is bonkers right now.
You will do well to secure one when you are here let alone trying to secure one while you are in Canada

I have finally received an email from DoHA saying that I am eligible to apply for Stage 2 of the partner visa application (Permanent). 

Ever since the start of the COVID pandemic, my relationship is currently quite rocky with the frequent arguments over kid issues. We weren't like this before, but I guess due to unfortunate events such as her dad sudden passing away while she was almost due could have caused mild postnatal depression and the stress of being first time parents. 

Could somebody please help me:

• My child is an Australian citizen. I understand that I would still be granted PR even though we are not together.
• If my partner and I split after the application has been submitted but before a decision, should I be expected to withdraw the application?
• For the 888 paperwork, do I still need to use the same people or I can ask different people.

We are both together and both sets of parents are mediating to keep us together for our child sake. But I have to reply to DoHA email soon and I want to be as truthful as possible. What would you do if you were in my situation.
 
Thank you!

 

Well no it isn't. A person considering themselves 'poor' in UK as an example, would not in all likelihood live in a shanty town. (words of OP)  A shanty town in where folk with next to no means live in Brazil or South Africa or Sub Continent for example. You should be more offended that people live under such conditions perhaps, instead of choice of words. 
In all likelihood it is not those, by and large that come here to do their masters. I understand they are ideal for employers but for reasons that we would probably differ on. Not to say they are bad at their job, possibly quite passive though compared to local. 
No I'm afraid you are a little confused. Many of the refugees are highly skilled that arrive. It costs money to undertake the journeys they make. 

I'm wondering in fact, just how many 'dirt poor' migrants from countries mentioned are getting in though? Surely it is more the middle class with so called portable skills or the lucre on hand to fund study?

I've been on these forums and have seen many posts about people who have failed.  [mention=214818]VERYSTORMY[/mention] could give you some examples, I think.
Besides, the OP would not be coming on a 457.  He'd be on a 482, which is not quite the same animal.

There are many stories of people moving here on the OLD temp visa, ( the 457 visa).  it's great when it works.  That doesn't mean we should encourage people to downplay the truly miserable outcomes that do happen.
If the OP was a single guy, or even married with no kids, I'd be saying, "go for it, mate", because in both cases, their move won't cost much and if it all goes wrong, they can easily start again back in Blighty.    As soon as you 've got kids, though, you've got to be a grown-up.  You can't say, "OK, maybe I've only got a 50/50 chance of getting PR, but what's 40 grand?  So what if we end up back in Blighty with only enough money to buy a pokey flat?  It's worth a gamble." 
All I've done is state the facts.  That's not negativity, it's just facts. 
 

Yes, a 482 is basically a temporary work contract. The employer hires you for two or four years.  You have to stay with that employer:  if you leave, or if the business goes bust or you get made redundant, you get 90 days to leave the country.   Too bad if the kids have exams or your partner has a good job - you're out. 
After 3 years on the 482, you can apply for PR.  BUT that doesn't mean you'll get it. As Ausvisitor says, that's a 186.  There's no way to predict what the rules will be in 3 or 4 years time (the rules change every year), so there's a risk you won't be eligible.
On these forums, we've heard too many sad tales about people who moved their family over on a 482 (or the previous version, the 457), work their 3 years, then found the rules changed a few months before the date they can apply, and they had to go home.  Since moving a family to Oz will cost you at least 20 grand (and the same back again), they find themselves back where they started with far less money.  
If you can find an employer who's willing to pay all your expenses to relocate to Australia on a 482,  AND to relocate home again at the end, its a great opportunity to have an adventure of a lifetime.  If you have to pay for yourself, I hope you have deep pockets.

There have never been travel restrictions on 820 visa holders during Covid. It was the sweet spot … temporary visa, so you could leave without exemption; but also evidence of being partner of citizen or PR, so no exemption required to enter. State quarantine is another matter. 

If the rain is leaking through your roof, no use pretending it's only due to the shower being used. Obviously many would prefer to live in an alternative world of mums apple pie and cream, but really only pie in the sky. 

The 820 is temporary, doesn't that mean it's still restricted?

You were indeed lucky. The race downwards has been somewhat incredible, if not unexpected to watch. The rot started in the eighties , building up momentum over the following decades. I'm at a bit of a loss just why people would immigrate to Australia these days, if not fleeing political persecution or some developing world countries but even that is not so clear cut.