Mcguinnessp1968

Out of interest what are the processing times looking like currently?

Visas don’t seem to be a priority for the OP

I’m sure the guy has thought of that

Where are you moving to? There’s every chance you will struggle to secure a rental in three weeks. The property market is bonkers here right now

I get it honestly I do The point I was trying to make is to say that jobs should go to Aussies first before migrants is a very simplistic one and not always valid

We have never been so busy Of course demand will tail off slightly as some businesses go under but in the telecommunications business it will continue as it has

Fair point I can only look my my own industry, telecommunications The skills didn’t exist pre pandemic, so they won’t exist post pandemic

It’s pretty straightforward Skilled migration programs exist to allow employers to fill roles they otherwise can’t fill with Australians So to say that jobs should go to Australians before migrants is nonsense because in many cases there are none available who can do the jobs

You clearly don’t understand the purpose of a skilled visa program

I’d say one of your problems will be that you can’t get in at the moment as a non citizen or resident. And I’ll be amazed if that’s lifted before the end of august

I would suggest given how things are going that the UK is one of the last places that Australia will open their borders to

Yeah it’s not ideal that’s for sure. I feel bad for you being separated from your family especially at a time like this. In the end you have to think about your health and well being However what I would say is that there are a lot of presumptions being made about when international travel will restart. No one know the answer to that on here

As nemesis says, as a non Aus citizen you are free to leave at any time

But for the moment won’t be able to get back which could be a major issue

Where are you hoping to travel to and why? I presume you’re originally from Europe?

Hardly years That’s just scaremongering you have no foundation whatsoever for that comment

That depends a lot on what you do As well as the fact that a massive number of people have just been dumped on the dole so when this is over there will be massive unemployment

I would say there is an element of truth in this, however Australia will potentially have lost a lot of skilled migrants once this is over. Just because Australian unemployment will be high doesn’t mean there won’t be a requirement to boost the skilled migrant numbers If Aussies couldn’t do the jobs in question before the crisis they won’t be able to do them afterwards so the requirement will still be there. It is a point however that there is likely to be less of these jobs to fill

I’d say you are probably better out here than in the UK tbh although you will have to self isolate for two weeks at least I’d also say however it’s definitely possible that they will close the border to all arrivals from Europe at some point in the near future

You NEED to bring some toilet roll

Thanks everyone for your comments and ideas Will be just the two of us, no kids What’s the situation in Queensland with regards to stopping out with a recognised site? Is it frowned upon?

Thanks bob Lots to research in there

So looks like bloody corona virus might put paid to this August’s trip to Bali. So instead we are thinking about hiring a motor home and doing a two week road trip. At this point I am thinking Brisbane to cairns/port Douglas So I’m looking for recommendations on places to stop, motor home hire and anything else which anyone wants to throw in Will be flying to Brisbane and back from cairns to tullamarine btw

What’s your profession first off?

I would like to think that any expert worth his or her salt would tell you the same You’re absolutely correct by the way about your right to start a family I don’t dispute that at all. You just don’t seem to quite grasp the nature of your visa to live here And regardless of how good you are at your job you won’t be very good at it when you’re off on maternity leave