SWMOY04

On 09/03/2019 at 02:36, Rifka said:

Hi Martina, 

Thanks for getting back to me. Yeah I've applied for the 190. I've 65 +5 from state sponsorship. That's the max I can achieve points wise, between work experience and I managed to get 20 points for superior english. I hope I don't have to wait a year for an invite !! Even if I get invited, the process after invite for Victoria takes at least 12 weeks, and that's before you even submit your documentation to the Government! 

I'm going on my own so it doesn't have to be Victoria, however Melbourne sounds like a cool city. I'm also interested in Rural and Remote nursing. Maybe if I hear nothing I could apply to another state. Not sure which, if any are particularly short on Mental Health Nurses at the moment. 

 

Victoria does have a relative shortage of Mental Health nurses...

You could also enjoy the best of both worlds... I work a few minutes drive from the CBD... yet I'm also 5minutes drive from the start of regional area...

(I'm a Mental Health Nurse)

On 03/05/2019 at 21:53, glpx said:

Hi guys

I've got a few questions regarding 190 visa. Before lodging this visa, does it mean you have to be staying at specific regional places (meaning you have to work 1 year at regional)?

Let's say I stay in Melbourne, finished my bachelor of nursing, apply for the 485 visa (Temporary graduate visa-2 years). And then I work as a nurse in Melbourne for 1 year. Later on I have 2 options- 189 visa or 190 visa?

What's the go from that? Can someone please explain as some of my agents have said multiple different things

Thank you and appreciate your help

I think agents are best placed for this one as this is  new one to me as well.

What you will fond is most people om here have applied for visas "off-shore" and as a once off. Your situation sounds more unique than most of the unique off-shore questions.... I would encourage you to go with the proffessionals on this and not random strangers online  who have no experience in this.

All the best

Dont ignore the "in principle registration with AHPRA. Whatever the personal circumstances are.. you are better off working around them and ensure ypu are registered.... i.e. fly into any of thw Oz cities and present in person so that your registration is completed. 

You wont be able to work without it

On 07/04/2019 at 19:56, TattooNurseGym said:

**SWMOYO4... Thankyou, yeah I'm looking at everything before I start anything really Ive got at least a year to sort myself out so should be all good! Did you use agencies for nursing work? How did you find sorting it all out? 

I moved here permanently... im in Mental health and had varied experience within it, so there were several job offers before I left the UK... 

I had considered agencies.

A trick which I suppose coukd work... is to join two or three agencies who supply a hospital near whereever you leave... then every 4-6months... just change the agency but not the job... 

Swingshift in Melbourne apparently have a lot of work... and you cab also register with HCA before you arrive...

Hows your AHPRA reg going?

Sorry for the massively late response 

@TattooNurseGym

On 04/05/2019 at 01:33, djianb said:

Leaving around $5000 a month to live off etc.. does that seem reasonable?

Have a look at Numbeo as you can compare your present city and its cost of loving and get a breakdown of where you want to live...

Its hard to determine whats "ok" for another individual... 

We used to struggle on  £55k combined annually in the UK... 

We are more than ok on just my $110k basic here (Melbourne)... all the additinal income from OH is going into a mortgage savings pot... we have more luxuries than we've ever had with two kids under 6.

But that doesnt mean I can speak to your needs

It sounds to me like "Evidence of Citizenship" does not equal "Certificate of Citizenship"?

Also sounds just as complex as registering a child born in UK to one or both nom british born parents... i think lets cut the Aussies slack where we can...

Then slate them 50% more where they deserve

@Raul Senise and @wrussell have a good reputation on this forum.... i may have missed others..but i have noted them giving very sound advice several times.

Personally we used immigration2oz (in Surrey)

£3000 sounds about right on the upper end of quotes for full on work start to finish

1 hour ago, AliQ said:

 

If not, then don’t ship any big items at all. Because as soon as you find a rental ( and majority are un furnished) you will need to buy beds and a couch and all that other day to day stuff as soon as you move in. It’s like setting up a home from scratch, think kettle, cutlery, pots and pans, towels, crockery..... and the list goes on.

Those who have relatives to stay with for those first few months are very lucky indeed

I wish you well with your move.

 

 

Id say leave all big stuff and ship small items in a cheap box like Movecube... 

Even with big stuff...their large box will suffice...and possibly be cheaper than £2000

I used a movecube...small

We didnt bring any furniture, but we managed to fit in over 25medium and 8large Storage king boxes plus other plastic containers etc... 

Its all a bit of tetris.

We had considered bringing our bed... then we researched and realised bed sized are different here .. meaning we would have had to keep shipping in our bedding from UK.... at least for our bed we had...

And yes.. the divan will take up more space than a framed bed. 

The choices for us were large movecube and bring bed and have tonnes of space in the cube as not much other furniture was worth bringing or fully fill up a small one.

In the end... the stuff in our "could go" pile fit in and on the day we had heaps of space... the driver told us we had 45 more minutes so we went on a spending spree at Home Bargains and bought hangers, kids simple toys, shoe horns, etc... only as this was the nearest ship to us.

Ill find you some pictures...

All in cost us £700ish on UK side and another $350ish on this side...door to door.

Funny thing... an Ozzy driver picked up in UK... and an English raised Ozzy dropped off this side... he lived over 35yrs in the UK

7 hours ago, Toots said:

 

Next thing you will be hooked on the game SWMOY04.  

I think you're spot on @Toots

6 hours ago, ramot said:

is that the game with young fit men who can jump really high? 

I literally cackled at this as I caught OH oggling at them.... cant blame her

So I hardly watch tv live... 

Today... for some reason... decided to watch Melbourne 7. Realised an afl game was about to start... the anthem and pre-game stuff was quite moving..

Then the game started... I had no clue about the rules and the oval shape of the pitch and the camera angles didnt help woth my confusion...

Zoned out every now and then during chores... but i caught the last 12 minutes... by gum it was a frantic game... I still had no clue... but it was exciting!!! 

What a sport...

Now i need to learn its rules

This is a much more straightforward pay scale for Vic RMNs

Figures show base weekly payrate for a full time hours

2016-2020 Nursing Wage Tables (1).pdf

On 24/01/2019 at 00:41, russelld said:

So probably best to get on with reg now if its taking 6 months and we should be there before the 90 days is up, can that 90 days be extended to fit in with arrival date?

Thanks in advance  for any help given

Just been speaking to my colleagues who started after me... 

6 months is the more realistic time frame... expect them to make excuses and blame you for whatever has caused delays..

-I was told I had sent an unsigned and undated CV

-colleague 1 was told tgey were lacking a police check...wasnt true... they git a refund after they re-did the check uneccesarily

-colleague 2 told they had mispelled something on a form... no specifics... had to redo AGOS form

And we are all uk nurses who arrived after the change from AHPRA Melbourne office to Perth office for overseas applicants.

I think they have been having high points (but this depends on your skill)...

65 points is the minimum and I think most have been applying with 70 or 75 points and so you may have been leap-frogged by a few people in the time..

all the best in your application 

I just had a look on mine... there was no conditions... and technically speaking, I arrived third with the two kids as my partner (main applicant) was a few minutes behind us sorting a few things.. she was cleared last in our group...at a separate desk.

I'd say you will only know if it's explicitly stated on your visa grant

Band 5 nurse is RN2

Band 6 is RN3

Band 7 is RN5

the "pay point" is the yearly increment... same as NHS increments... all experience once proved is recognised... so If you have 3 years band 5 experience, you get paid as RN2.3

nurses-award-ma000034-pay-guide.pdf

On ‎24‎/‎01‎/‎2019 at 18:42, Sunshine80 said:

Hi guys,

Waves to SWMOY,

Great to hear you also got agreement in principle.

I have booked a BA cheap sale flight for £627 (return not one way) so I can present in person at AHPRA to fully register in person.  I am going for just one week.

Anyone managed to get a job in the Melbourne area recently ?

Was just wondering what starting salary to expect for Ward staff  RMN and what enhancements are paid ie, unsociable hours, forensic enhancements.

Many thanks in Advance,

 

 

sorry didn't catch this earlier...

Yeah I'm in Melbourne...

I'll find a chart for wages for you... new payscale came out for this tax year

On ‎02‎/‎12‎/‎2018 at 01:59, Pastmybest said:

Can you keep a regular UK account with an Australian address on it? Or do you just use a family or friend's address for any notification that is not paperless?

I thought regular accounts were just for UK residents, so they can only have a UK address on them? I understood you had the "overseas" type "UK" accounts in GBP for foreign addresses?

All my banking is with Nationwide btw.

I'm all ears!

Ive managed to keep my bank account and credit card in the UK with my Australian Address... thanks for the advice everyone...

22 hours ago, JetBlast said:

Great Britain isn't correct as that is the name of the mainland island of the United Kingdom.

 

For me I put for  region/state/province the county. In my case it was Greater Manchester. But this could be Lancashire, Bedfordshire, etc.
The country name: United Kingdom

 

I was granted a visa based on that.

same...

region: Merseyside

Country: United Kingdom

.

also look out for AHPRA registrations which are taking ridiculously long to go from start to finish.... mine took a crazy 4 months... delayed my work start date by over a month.

all the best

On ‎28‎/‎03‎/‎2019 at 23:15, Phoenix16 said:

Fair play to you, but I feel it’s important not to make light of the visa process being ‘easy’ to the extent it just needs competency in form filling, I have posted many many encouraging, optimistic and rose tinted replies to people over the years when they have had negative ‘doom and gloom’ responses (and yours isn’t, that’s not my point), but I don’t think it has ever been this difficult to get a visa and the outlook suggests it will only get more difficult.  I admire those who really want to make the move, they have their own reasons and motivations and it’s not for me the question that.

Just to be clear...

I am advising that a MARA agent is the best way forward...

"Knowing what I know now"...I would apply by ,myself... however it took a MARA agent to tell me why my answers for certain things  were wrong in certain circumstances on the forms... therefore... I now "know"

Everyone's situation is different, which is why I would 100% encourage each applicant to have an agent look at their paperwork.

17 hours ago, starlight7 said:

if you are good at form filling and can read and understand and obey instructions to the letter- don't bother.  If you are worried about this or are not confident - do bother. We didn't have one and we also successfully did my Dad's for him and it was easy for us but we are both used to filling out forms and bureaucracy- not everyone is.

This is true...

Knowing what I know NOW... I wouldn't use an agent... but that the point...I now Know...

there are a few instances where I would have answered sooooo wrongly and jeopardised my application...

18 hours ago, Lauren & Luke said:

At the moment we are tying up some things at home before we get in touch with John. We are hoping to start our process early 2020. I just hope and pray his job will still be in demand. 

Would you happen to know if we were to obtain a 189 how long we have before we have to set foot on Australian soil once it is granted? Thinking is it maybe worth starting the process now. 

 

yeah, we were in touch with John a good 2 years before we set the ball rolling....

You apply for your visa, then at some point you are informed you have to do your medical tests and police checks... whichever of the two comes back first, you have twelve months from that date to enter Australia for the 1st time... You can make that first trip you only trip (ie, moving) ...or you can use it to "activate" your visa.. (come on holiday and go back to UK to plan the move...activayting has the advantage that you have something like 3-4 years to move without pressure...

18 hours ago, Lauren & Luke said:

 

With the 189 I know after 5 years we would need to apply for a resident return visa (Subclass 157) to stay in Australia as a permanent resident. Once we have the 157 does that mean we wouldn't have to apply for anymore visa's after this and we can stay indefinitely in Australia?

 

I'm not so sure about this as well

18 hours ago, Lauren & Luke said:

The Oz lifestyle seems to fit us nicely from what you have said but saying that I want everything done yesterday so some adapting is in order I think 

Did you find it hard or frustrating finding a job?

Finding a Job was easy for me.. I had a couple of offers after skype interviews... I applied for two jobs and was basically recruited for another two (4 jobs in 3 states).... I interviewed for 3 of those four and declined one recruitment...

The Frustrating part was my AHPRA registration which took nearly 5 months to process when it was meant to take less than 3

So...just a quick question... I went for years without taking on British citizenship... i travelled frequently on the Indefinite Leave to Remain visa...

Does this mean the 189 (and other permanent visas) dont allow me to travel for holidays and return to Aus without a RRV?