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11 hours ago, Deh said:

His employer has created an Immi Account as an Organization, and when tried to import the application it asked for the Reference Number, Date of Birth, Passport Number and Country.

I would expect these questions for a visa application, not for a nomination.

For example, what the DOB would be, considering the applicant is the company???

The nomination is for a specific individual, so you will be asked for details about the case you are importing.

Hi

Is the only possible option here for the applicant to lodge this online via android/apple phone or a tablet (like iPad)?

Or is there a form base version?

Do they have to do it themselves or someone else do it (i.e. could I do it for them and just give them the ETA number?)

Mum is 78 and not teach savvy so trying to make the process easier for her to come and visit

The overlap between the info for state nomination and main visa application is massive. If you think you need one for the main visa you probably want one for this step also.

That said, loads do it themselves so no reason not to do it that way if you want.

Just as an aside we have just moved over here and all in (visas, tests, travel, temp accommodation and new furniture when we got here - we didn't ship anything) we are about £30k in total spending so far.

Not including the rental bond or new car purchase -if we add both of those it is nearer £60k - just to get over here and get setup.

Now we don't live in a hovel and we bought a brand new car, but even so I think the least we could have done it in is about £40k

So £600 is approaching a rounding error in the overall scheme of things

Check with airline (and the rules of any country you might be transitting).

Whilst you no longer need the tests for AUS, some airlines haven't removed the need for them to get onboard and some transit countries still require them.

So check and double check...

Just an update, on another thread in this forum someone posted about 6 hours ago that they received a grant for electrician, so things are starting up

18 hours ago, Andrea-Familyof5 said:

URGENT!! Just uploading docs - does my 16 year old daughter need a police check? She turned 16 on 8th Feb this year. TIA! Xx

She doesn't need one yet but if the process of waiting for a grant takes her to her 17th then she will. So keep an eye on it if it looks like it is taking a while

There are still a lot of tradies not yet back up to full time after the pandemic, so I guess until those here are fully employed the need to recruit more isn't there

10 hours ago, DIG85 said:

 If the big 4, lawyers, consultancies or banks want to hire an overseas national, it will be done. 

You have nothing to worry about.

Totally agree, I work for one of them (now and before coming over to Australia) although I did it the harder way of applying for a PR visa independently as I didn't want to be tied to an employer if it wasn't what I wanted it to be.

We process hundreds of these types of sponsor visas each year and so if your big 4 is like mine, they will know exactly what they are doing...

Strike up a good rapport with the team processing it for you and they will keep you in the loop.

4 minutes ago, rammygirl said:

Plus the cost. Sooner you can get citizenship the better. 

It's only been 2 months, I've got a bit of a wait ahead of me 

1 hour ago, paulhand said:

No it doesn’t … the best you can get this way is a year … 

I guess other than the need to wait 2-3 months for the RRV to be granted and the need to apply again in a year it doesn't really make too much difference. Just a bit more bureaucracy than if I can make the two years before the initial five run out

And ...before anyone says it, this isn't us being negative or trying to "pee on the parade", it is just telling the whole story and allowing people who are interested in possibly migrating to understand what they are letting themselves in.

There is always a big queue of people wanting to say how great it is, but not many share the real problems/costs and then they are a surprise when.l encountered

7 hours ago, Marisawright said:

Do bear in mind, though, that you need the 2 years out of 5 to get an RRV automatically.   If you fail the residency requirement, you can still get a RRV under the "strong ties  of benefit to Australia" rule.  If you're being sent here and there by an Australian company but your principal residence is actually still in Australia and your usual job is in Australia, I don't think you'd have any trouble proving "strong ties".

That's true, I was just thinking through the implications for this "first 5 years" with 2 years and 2 months of the 5 years out of country due to COVID travel restrictions, that just means I need to keep an eye on how much overseas work I do in the next couple of years so that I hit the 2 years before the current RRV expires.

I guess them the next issue is keeping each year to an average of 3 months out of country so that citizenship is a possibility...

38 minutes ago, Jaym said:

So I've had an update from the DUC. They've said it's an option however it would be on the 482 visa which is temporary and doesn't give benefits you get with the 190. 

With the 482 there's no skills assessment, age isn't really a factor either. I think they said the requirement is to stay employed for 3 years with that sponsor and then if you meet the requirements you can apply for PR.

You can apply (or as I read it, more correctly your employer can sponsor you for a 186/187 visa).

You need to be under 45 at the time of applying and have met all your other 482 visa obligations.

Equally the anzsco code must still be on the required list and your employer needs to pay a bunch of training levy fees (essentially to pay to train tomorrow's Australians so they don't need sponsored people in future, but really it's just another way to gouge some dollars)

23 minutes ago, Jaym said:

Thank you for the reply.

I've emailed the DUC this morning to ask as I'm not sure.

I understand the issue about not officially being qualified in Australia and know I'd need to gain the A licence, and this could affect a company wanting to sponsor. 

My understanding was that there would be certain conditions with a sponsorship, such as agreeing to stay with a company for a set time, along with them agreeing to provide employment for a set time. I also thought that once your been there for a set time you can then apply to stay. Again this might be wrong. 

You can certainly apply, but it isn't a foregone conclusion. 

3 hours ago, paulhand said:

You need to keep your own records … arrival and departure days both count as ‘in’. 

Is there any dispensation for time overseas working for an Aussie organisation, for instance being asked to do a month long secondment in Singapore - is that in Oz or out, as you are actually working for an Australian entity and still being paid and being taxed on that income in Australia?

13 minutes ago, Ken said:

Have they stopped stamping entry and exit dates in passports? That was always the easy way to keep track.

It's all electronic entry gates now, so no stamps

Not an issue just yet, but in the future I know you need to do 730 days in 5 years to get an RRV and other qualifications exist to be able to apply for a visa based on time in country.

Do you need to keep a track of this yourself or is there a website you can just stick your visa # into and it come up with 

ausvisitor you have spent 120 days in Australia 

I think you are fine, in this case they are using the word cancelled to mean "rescinded by the department for wrong doing"

Yours was more ceased due to no longer being needed

21 hours ago, Irish to oz said:

Thanks Marissa. Myself and the employer agreed we can manage it ourselves as the person in the company handling the nomination has done this before. We have all the documentation almost ready and I think it would be a waste to involve an agent at this stage tbh.

I'm more wondering if anyone has been in a similar situation. where their job title and the skills list job title varied slightly, and whether it would be a good idea to change the advert/contract of employment

You see this would have alarm bells ringing in my ear.

It's one thing for an individual to decide that an agent is costly and have a go at a DIY, it's entirely something else for a solvent professional entity to want to try this alone. The time commitment alone makes it almost a "zero sum game" in terms of paying the agent or the wages of the staff member doing the application.

Unless they are splitting the agent fee saved with you (it will be around $10k) I can't see how this is a win for you, the impact of a refusal is much more for you than it is for them.

I would certainly be pushing for the final paperwork to be checked over before submitting.

8 hours ago, AliG said:

Hi,

... London, UK - also quite ordinary and without a pool!

 

Surely that's a bonus in the UK, avoids the kids wanting to spend time in the freezing outdoors!

Bankstown line

Agree with @paulhand here.

For many people who are good at following poor instructions and disciplined at record keeping and following a process (regardless of how stupid the process is) then the migration form filling isn't rocket science. It is however time consuming and no matter how good you are at form filling we all make mistakes, and we only ever do this once, agents do it many times a year.

Where an agent really comes into their own is with difficult cases or in sorting out past mistakes without compounding them

Could I have done the process myself? Almost certainly! Would I have wanted to do it rather than contract an expert - no way!

8 hours ago, Sparkybaz said:

Have faith, we also submitted our EOI in March 2020 and received our invitation for a 190 in March 2022. Unfortunately when our agent went to submit the documentation the link did not work and now the 14 days has expired so currently waiting on NSW to respond, if they do not respond it will mean submitting a new EOI and hope that we get another invitation…… 

That's wierd, I know our agent refused to wait until the end of the period and uploaded in pieces from the moment we got the invite.

His reasons were

1) avoids a mad rush at end

2) you know if any issues straight away 

Hope you get invited again or NSW extend the time

Being honest I can't stand the taste of either marmite or Vegemite, but at least the smell of marmite doesn't make me vomit, where as Vegemite is like kryptonite to me...

Marrickville is a strange property stock

Lots of good low rise units in the 6-700 range for a 1 or small 2 bed. However terrace isn't common and so free standing or semi houses seem to be the norm at 1.4m+ (but 3 bed, parking and outside space)

It's for a year and then we will have worked out where we want to live after that, which may still be marrickville (also the 190 work in NSW clause will be up then too, so Australia will be our oyster)