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2 hours ago, Marisawright said:

Did you apply from overseas or how did you manage it?

Yeah applied from overseas directly with the Education Queensland. They do promise you the world and when you get here take it all back though 

On 03/07/2020 at 08:04, Marisawright said:

Currently, temporary visa holders can’t enter the country and that is likely to be the case until mid 2021. Public schools do not sponsor 482. You would have to target private schools directly but as I said, no point until it’s possible to enter the country 

I’m in a public school on a 482 visa. 

32 minutes ago, paulhand said:

As I mentioned in your other post, I think you should get some professional advice to understand your options. 

Thanks Paul.

Do you have space/time to assist me in this? Thank you 

Hi all,

I apologise in advance about the long(ish) post hit wondering if someone could help me with something.

I’m currently on a 482 visa with Education Queensland as a secondary school teacher. I got invited to the 491 visa and was not long before getting it granted (literally days) but then my mother sadly and very suddenly passed away. COVID happened and I didn’t go back home (my husband isn’t British and I’d not seen my mother for many many years but that’s a different story).. 

On my 482 visa I’m in Mackay QLD, which I find really lonely and would prefer to be somewhere like Brisbane or if regional Cairns or the GC. 
 

I’ve recently had a new opportunity to work overseas in a very prestigious international school. I’m wondering should I take it and try and apply for PR (hopefully QLD) in a year or two time OR should I remain in Australia and see if QLD would give me another shot at 491 and if I don’t get that Ed Queensland already said I could go on a 187 visa. 

Could I even get a 491 visa nomination seeing as I had to withdraw the last time due to these horrible circumstances?

Any advice is so greatly appreciated as I just feel lost. 
 

Thank you in advance 

Hi all,

I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice. I’m on a 482 visa.. I got offered the 491 and did all the paperwork but had to withdraw at the last minute due to my mother passing away and I just couldn’t commit to the visa at this time.. then covid happened and it was so hard to go back to my home country.. 

As it’s now fine I need to try and go back. If I cancel this visa or leave my job will this be classified as a cancelled visa meaning I couldn’t come back if I was to apply for another visa.

Thanks in advance 

I got mine granted without Form 80 

On 23/01/2020 at 22:04, Eirini said:

Hello guys,

Just wondering if anyone can help me. I submitted my eoi for 491 state nominated and i only mentioned my work related experience(not claiming points from that) which was assessed positively from vetases. I got an invitation to apply for 491 and now i am planning to add all the work experience which is not related and not points claimed. Would this lead to a rejection of the visa? Iam claiming points from the education ,age, being sinlge and state nomination.

Thank you in advance for any feedback.

Nope that’s what I did and I got it granted 

9 hours ago, PickledRic said:

Ahhh that’s amazing! Huge congrats! 🥳 

That’s so quick, you must be so chuffed to have it all done and dusted

Thanks mate! Really happy 

10 hours ago, Ausvisitor said:

That's quick, so where are you going and when are you planning to go?

I already live and work in regional QLD so just moving to the GC where I’ll set up life!

Just had my grant from DOHA after submitting just less than 2 weeks ago!!! 

16 minutes ago, sophieb92 said:

Ah yes that makes a lot more sense now, thanks! 

Well my reasoning was that the 189/190 visa is permanent (or for 5 years then you can apply for citizenship) and costs just over $4000, so $5000 all in all once you've included the skills assessment and english test fees and is decided based on your application at the time, most sound like they get granted within a year... The partner visa is over $7000 if you do it yourself, and seems like a very long process i.e. having to be on a bridging visa for 22-33 months whilst they're processing, then having to get temporary residency and then apply for the permanent residency etc, my current housemates are about 1.5 years into the process and she is still on a bridging visa, seems like they have quite a way to go. It took another friend over 5 years to get her permanent residency through the partner visa... seems like a long and arduous process plus the worry of what happens if things in the relationship change! 

If things work out with the 189 (or 190 if I don't have enough points for the 189) it does seem like it would be cheaper and a lot less stressful, i.e. processing time is 4-11 months, compared to 22-33 months for a partner visa, and once the 189/190 is processed and granted its done and you don't have to worry about it...

Unless I have completely misunderstood the whole process... haha 

Just be mindful that you need a job offer from Victoria first before you can lodge the EOI.. now as you don’t have a lot of time left getting the job offer then the invitation is such a stretch.. 

Have your done your skills assessment yet? That takes roughly 10-12 weeks. I think the $4-5k Is ambiguous seeing as you need health checks, PCC from the countries you’ve been in for longer than 12 months, English tests etc.

You can leave if you still have your WHV in tact.. bridging B is easy to get also, I got it!

8 minutes ago, sophieb92 said:

Hi all,

I wonder if anyone can help me...

I am on my second 417 visa which is due to expire October of this year. I'm currently working in Melbourne and living with my partner who is an Australian citizen. I'm planning on applying for the 189 visa as a secondary school teacher and have calculated that I have 85 points. I have completed my skills assessment and IELTS test and am ready to send off my expression of interest. 

However I did have a few concerns about the process;

1. When completing the expression of interest I was asked about my relationship status, I am not sure whether I classify as "never married" or as having a "de facto partner", my partner and I met over a year ago and having been living together for about 3 months now. I wasn't sure if this counted as de facto as I have read a number of conflicting things, e.g. for some purposes you're de facto as soon as you start living together, others its 12 months or 24 months. As I'm applying for 189 visa this doesn't make a difference for the points I'll receive as now you get the extra 10 points regardless of whether you're single or with an Australian PR/citizen, what I'm concerned about is the 8515 condition that will probably be attached to my visa if I state that I'm single (8515 - You must not marry or enter into a de facto relationship before entering Australia. We might cancel your visa if we find out you were engaged, married or in a de facto relationship before we granted you the visa but did not tell us.), or if I state de facto and am then asked for evidence that we've lived together for 12 months, which we wouldn't have. Just trying to fill out the form honestly but very unsure.

2. I'm planning on visiting the UK twice this year in April and July and my other concern was that if I get invited to apply then I have 60 days to lodge my application so it could end up that I've had to do this before my trips, and I'm aware that the visa itself could take between 4 and 11 months to be processed. When I applied for my second WHV after completing my farm work I was told that if I was in Australia when I applied then I would have to be in Australia when it was granted, I got a bridging visa A which also stated that I couldn't return to Australia if I left. I understand that the bridging visa only activates when your current visa expires, my 417 WHV doesn't expire until October 2020. So my question is...If I lodge my 189 application before the trips, can I still travel to the UK in April and July? I'll still have a valid 417 visa for this period, but would the Australian government require me to remain here until my visa has been processed?

My original plan was to do everything ASAP because I really need to get the application lodged before my current visa expires so that I can get the bridging visa to stay here rather than having to return to the UK lodge form outside Australia. I thought that the process would be very long, I assumed that it would take ages for the skills assessment to be ready (this was done pretty quickly) and be a minimum of 3-4 month wait for your EOI to render an invitation, but form recent forums there have been some teachers with 70-75 points that say they got invitations within a month, some just 24 hours after submitting an invitation. I prefer to get things done sooner rather than later but I don't want to jeopardise either trip as its been nearly two years since I've seen my family and I'm not keen to wait until after the visa has been processed, but on the other hand it would make life very difficult if it did take longer and I didn't get it done before my current visa is up in October!  

I've spent the last few days scouring forums and reading the information on the government website but couldn't find anything similar to my situation and am still unsure as I know that the immigration department can be very strict and pedantic.

Thanks so much to anyone that took the time to read (I'm quite thorough and a bit of a worrier!), really hope someone can help or offer some words of experience or wisdom!

Cheers,

Soph 

Hey, great to meet another British teacher.. I’ll try and answer as many questions as I can:

Relationship status: Put defacto as that’s what you are. This only really applies if you are wanting to bring your partner with you on your visa. As your partner is Australian he in independent of you. Your also not applying for a partner visa (you on his) so again your absolutely fine

Leaving: as soon as you lodge your visa, you’ll get your bridging A and you’re right you can’t leave. The bridging won’t come into affect until your 417 has expired. However, you can apply for the bridging B. That allows you leave Australia whilst your 189 is being processed. 
 

189 EOI: Just be mindful even with those points your not guaranteed. I had 85 for 189 and actually work as a teacher here and didn’t get invited for almost a year. I put invitations for state sponsorship and got it a week later! Just be mindful 

Do you work as a teacher here now?

2 hours ago, Dipi said:

Hi there, 

Does anyone have any idea about 491 visa for short occupationp/nursing. I applied for EOI for Perth. But recently I've come to know that each state has different subcriteria on top of common visa requirements. So it says need to have 12 months job contract for state nomination requirements. I'm very much confused and stressed. No idea, how do I find a job without visa as most of the employer asking for right to work in Australia for job position. 

Also seems Queensland doesn't seem to need job contract. Can someone share any thoughts pls. 

 

Many thanks 

 

WA: most jobs are on the graduate list only, meaning if your not a graduate with a WA University your out.

A lot of other states require job offer first. This is usually for people either on temp visas or graduates. It’s very hard to get a job from overseas as if they do offer you one, EOI can take weeks and the application can take months! No employer will really wait that long 

QLD: don’t need job offer but they have very very limited quota. Have a go though!

It’s becoming tougher and tougher to be in Oz. When you do get there, it’s becoming more and more expensive to live. 
 

Where you from?

1 hour ago, kallie19 said:

Hi,

I have tried to figure out the answer to this myself but I am getting quite confused! With the 491 visa, can you live in any regional area of Australia or does it have to be in the state which sponsored you?

Thanks

State which sponsored you 

8 hours ago, Denson said:

Hi Guys,

I have a current EOI for Visa 190 for Victoria. My points as of November last year, is already at 80. Is my chance of being invited still really low? I started my EOI at 75 points but didn't an invite after a year.

Have to be more specific.. what is the job code, what’s your points for etc

7 hours ago, DukeNinja said:

hi mate, would you mind if I had a look too please?

ta.

Of course mate. I’ll send it over 

1 hour ago, Akira said:

I have got a query on changing state on 190 visa.We ( family of 4 - I  as Primary applicant, my wife and 2 children as secondary applicant ) have got our 190 visa issued in Nov 2016 from SA ( with visa conditions as NIL) and we applied the visa from Japan and got it issued while we were in Japan and all of us are still in Japan and not yet relocated. One of the conditions of 190 visa is that applicants need to live in the state for the first 2 years.

Recently my son have been granted a place in a top Secondary school in Sydney - NSW as he passed an entrance examination.He is supposed to join there from March 2020. I don’t want my son to miss this opportunity and one of the enrollment conditions is that School need to have an NSW address of parents of children. SA does not seem to be have top grade secondary schools as compared to NSW.
 

So my wife and my children are planning to relocate to Sydney in March 2020. Though I will remain in Japan here.I would like to know about following :

1) As my wife and my children will not be fulfilling their 2 year moral obligation to stay in SA. What procedure do they need to follow to get the release letter from SA

 

2) What email address of SA immigration need to send email for my above situation.

3) Has anybody faced situation like this and provided a release letter ?

 

There’s perfectly good high academic schools in SA (coming from a teacher perspective)

1 minute ago, Notquitesure said:

My daughter was born in May 2017, so in the UK would be due to start school in September 2021.  We are now living in Melbourne, where the cut off is 30th April, so she wouldn’t start school until Feb 2023 - a massive difference.

We aren’t planning on a forever move, but for her to get a UK school place we’d need to apply next January, and I can see us staying a bit longer.  How easy is it to persuade public schools here to let them start early?

I’m really worried if we move back when she’s 5 or 6 and other kids have been in school 18 months longer than her.  The UK reception/year 1 curriculum is now increasingly structured and I think it would be hard to catch up.  Prep seems very casual in comparison (plus they are already 18 months behind)

 

Any experiences of this would be super helpful!  Thanks!

`As a teacher, I can tell you that they won't allow them to start early unfortunately. Schools in UK are just so very different to here

I didn’t think they could ask for evidence for non claiming points? 
 

My application is in at the moment. As I’m still relatively young, my previous 10 year history includes jobs I did whilst I was at Uni. I’d never be able to get info from those 

39 minutes ago, bearbear said:

Hi all,

May be its a very stupid question, but I dont know which one to select. I need to apply visa 491 and 190.

It is based on employment contract, I am in oversea and the state nomination that I need is NSW.

 

Cheers,

Andy

You need an Invitation first. Follow the link Paul sent 

1 hour ago, airam89 said:

Hello! I am just submitting my EOI for 189/190. I already live and work in Vic on a 457 as a mental health nurse.

I'm trying to input my qualifications, and I have a honours degree in psychology and PGDip in nursing.

Frustratingly, there is no option for a PgDip! I can select qualification diploma or grad diploma or other, but it keeps stating my psychology undergrad as my highest qualification and I believe my postgrad is the higher. Any ideas what I should do? I searched the boards but no previous questions to answer this, as far as I can see. Technically it's masters level but it's not a completed masters degree so don't want to select that.

 

My PGCE is postgrad too and it selected bachelors as my highest. Still got invited it didn’t matter 

19 minutes ago, Ceedotkaay said:

Oh really? so the company has to pay for it? 

Yeah. You can pay for your visa itself but they have to pay to be sponser

6 minutes ago, Ceedotkaay said:

Ohhh okay sure! thanks for that! it maybe easier if it was the same agent as we have provided details to them. 

Not sure if anyone knows this but is it possible for an employer to sponsor but you as the applicant pays for the cost directly rather than through the company? 

Nooo!! The question will ask did you pay for the nomination and such... click yes and it’ll be denied 

9 minutes ago, Ceedotkaay said:

Currently he is working for a company who is willing to sponsor him for 4 years. Even with the 186 visa as you have mentioned @Marisawrightthere are a lot of IFs. From what I have looked at regarding the 186 visa, it currently requires 3 years work experience, hes already worked with the employer for almost 2 years and want to sponsor him via the 482 if he meets it. So hopefully that may count towards it. As mentioned before, it is whether we will meet the requirements for the 482 visa. 

To be honest, we have already lived here for a good couple of years (myself only, my partner have lived here for about 4 years) but we are just weighing up our options. We already know the 482 isnt exactly the best option and wanted the 189 visa but with the new rules in place, it has become increasingly difficult to be invited. I wanted to see if anyone else on here had any luck with the new rules.

 

What visa are you currently on?

20 minutes ago, Marisawright said:

The correct wording is that you MIGHT get on to the 186 potentially, IF your partner's employment lasts the distance and IF the employer is still willing to sponsor him (there's no legal obligation, no matter what they promise), and IF the occupation is still on the lists and IF they haven't changed the criteria. 

That's a lot of "if's".   Every year we see more and more occupations removed from the list and you can't predict which ones (who'd have thought they'd remove Automotive Electricians this year, for instance?).  So in three years' time you could well find you're not eligible.

So the 482 is a gamble - one worth taking if you've got no ties and can afford a short-term adventure, but you'd be wise to assume that's all it is, and plan accordingly.  Then if you do manage to get PR at the end, it's a bonus - but if you end up going home, you haven't burned your bridges. 

To also give some context to this. I came over on a 482 visa and was told that after 3 years I’d get on a 186/187 visa and I’d have PR... weeks after I accepted my colleagues mentioned that this doesn’t happen and it’s just a ploy to get some in... luckily for me I lodged an EOI for PR and got invited (still waiting for grant now) but listen to @Marisawrightbecause what you’re told and what’s reality are two different things