bajuk66

12 minutes ago, Hex said:

@bajuk66 I appreciate the response and advice. I've never said I was an agent, nor have I ever indicated to same. 

You'll notice, on this forum - there are no agents, imagine that! The poor person  
- I stand corrected, thanks for that @Nemesis

Regardless, all my posts of relevance deliberately have the use of "my opinion" and most of which, end in - "I suggest you get confirmation or ask for same from a registered MA". 

I actually don't recall ever being mistaken as an agent - so, I feel safe in my approach, however, I appreciate the advise. 

As you said - it's a community, where we are simply here to try help one another. Lets try keep it to that.

Agreed, and thanks for living up to that! 

7 hours ago, Hex said:

@KLE It is very unlikely that you will loose your PR if you leave your company. 

How it works is basically like this: 
- When you apply for sponsorship, you and your sponsor are basically agreeing that you will each stay with the other for a minimum of 2 years - after the PR is granted. 
--> This, however, is not law (they cannot make it law - for obvious reasons).
--> If you leave your sponsor within 2 years after receiving PR, you need to make sure you do it the right way and on amicable terms.
--> The only way things could get messy, whereby immigration would look into your case for leaving early, is if your sponsor (or someone on their behalf),  lodge a complaint, indicating that you left the company and you had no intentions on ever staying the complete 2 years.
--> If this is investigated and proven, then yes - you would loose your PR, however, I've never heard of a successful case. 

My opinion is this:
Your sponsor put themselves on the line to sponsor you, the least you can do is to sit down with them, explain your situation and that you'd  like to leave.
- Then leave on good terms. If not - and the sponsor holds a grudge, things could get ugly. 

Hex, it's wonderful that you are so involved in this community and that you want to help. That said, you are not a migration lawyer yet you know enough words and things to be dangerous At the very least I would update your signature with a disclaimer. Your advice is anecdotal and your knowledge of immigration law precedence is limited as it's mostly not in the public domain. Your statement "I've never heard of a successful case. " is a case in point. People may be confused by your coherent language and assume your limited anecdotal knowledge is more substantive than it really is.

Apologies if this is a harsh statement but I have observed you on this forum day in and day out and I think you are getting ahead of yourself with some of your responses.

On 09/05/2019 at 15:49, bajuk66 said:

Hi,

I received my ENS 186 4 months ago at a great company that I really used to enjoy working for. 2 months ago I won the lottery (what are the odds right) and told myself I would put the money aside, keep my head down pretend it didn't happen and keep working till the 2 year mark.

It's not working, I can't concentrate at work I am too excited about what I want to do with my life and I am struggling to get the motivation to wake up in the morning to go to work to earn an income that I no longer need.

I don't want to tell my employer that I won the lottery, in fact I don't want to tell anyone. I am worried if I resign and they contact the department my PR will be taken away from me. Do you think I am being paranoid? I justify it by thinking that I could convince the department this happened out of the blue, that I had the intention to stick it out for 2 years....

My family is settled here by the way. I didn't win a "ridiculous" amount, just enough to live modestly for the rest of my life so packing up and moving elsewhere is not an option.

 

 

For everyone worried about the 2 year condition, I spoke to 3 different migration lawyers and they all agreed that as long as there is a credible reason that does not disprove that one had the intent to work for the sponsored company for two years that there shouldn't be an issue so with that in mind I am going to speak to my employer tomorrow *eek*

Best of luck to everyone on their journey. For what it's worth, getting my PR was far more rewarding and life changing than winning the lotto. I came from a horrendous and violent country...

Hi,

I received my ENS 186 4 months ago at a great company that I really used to enjoy working for. 2 months ago I won the lottery (what are the odds right) and told myself I would put the money aside, keep my head down pretend it didn't happen and keep working till the 2 year mark.

It's not working, I can't concentrate at work I am too excited about what I want to do with my life and I am struggling to get the motivation to wake up in the morning to go to work to earn an income that I no longer need.

I don't want to tell my employer that I won the lottery, in fact I don't want to tell anyone. I am worried if I resign and they contact the department my PR will be taken away from me. Do you think I am being paranoid? I justify it by thinking that I could convince the department this happened out of the blue, that I had the intention to stick it out for 2 years....

My family is settled here by the way. I didn't win a "ridiculous" amount, just enough to live modestly for the rest of my life so packing up and moving elsewhere is not an option.