psuwara

49 minutes ago, Marisawright said:

Where are they now?  Can they not seek asylum in that country?

Georgia. But it's not safe there either for many Russian people fleeing the war.

1 hour ago, Parley said:

What country are they in now?

No. They can't seek asylum in Australia. It would be very easy for people if this was all it took to migrate to Australia.

There are over 75000 asylum seekers a year who arrive in Australia by plane and are given Refugee status. Not sure where you get this idea that they can't seek Asylum.

Hi there,

We have some friends seeking asylum as they cannot return to Russia due to their stance on the war in Ukraine. 
 

Can someone suggest a contact to work out if they can apply for asylum and a permanent protection visa in Australia. 

Suggested agent contact would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

On 12/07/2023 at 16:38, JMcKie said:

100 visa granted! So happy!

CONGRATULATIONS!! Looks like they got done in one big batch.

On 07/07/2023 at 09:09, Popdude said:

Our Visa 100 is granted ... yaaaay I can not believe it. I was saying as well that I had a similar timeline like @psuwara and I found it in the inbox 

Best of luck for you all 

Congratulations  

On 20/06/2023 at 08:02, JMcKie said:

When I seen you had commented, I had thought you had been given an approval. Fingers crossed we're not waiting too much longer!

You should get yours soon too!

On 20/06/2023 at 08:02, JMcKie said:

When I seen you had commented, I had thought you had been given an approval. Fingers crossed we're not waiting too much longer!

GRANTED!!! 100 VISA DONE! Wife is now a permanent resident!

Funny that just last week I decided to get an updated police check done and VIOLA! :D

Time to celebrate!

Currently preparing our June update now. It's been 14 months. :) Still under the expected time, but I hope they get ours done before December! :)

3 minutes ago, Micci said:

Just an update on the timeline of my application.

Subclass 309/100 Timeline 

22/Mar/23 - Application submitted online in the UK

04/Apr/23 - Initial assessment and RFI requesting medical and AFP NPC (request sent from Australian embassy in Berlin）

08/Apr/23 - AFP National Police Clearance uploaded

14/Apr/23 - Medical examination done 

18/Apr/23 - Granted for both Subclass 309/100

 

Congratulations! Also, NOT FAIR We've been waiting 13 months already for our 100 VISA. I guess they don't care about the 100s that much, as the 309 is actually Indefinite... So yeah. Even banks treat the 309 and the 100 as the same thing.

21 hours ago, Mitho said:

Anyone who is still waiting for their visa?

75% of VISAs are done in 17 months, the remaining ones could take a lot longer.

We have a daughter here in Australia now, plus waiting to buy our house.

Did an update in December and will do another update in April.

Also, we need to apply for our Police checks again, because the timeframe is running out for our existing police checks, they are only relevant for 12 months.

21 hours ago, Mitho said:

Anyone who is still waiting for their visa?

Hello Mitho, we were granted our 309 in December 2020. Now waiting for our 100. But it seems like it could take another 12 months from now by the stats on the timeframes.

How is your VISA process going, which visa are you waiting for and how long?

1 hour ago, Steve Elliott said:

There are indeed several aged care and child care centres throughout Australia which target certain nationalities, cultures. Indeed I recall several aged care facilities which recruited carers with the relevant linguistic and cultural backgrounds. I suspect that if your centre you have in mind is located, styled and promoted in such a way to appeal to a specific ethnic groups, it shouldn't be a problem as the market will find you.  I would suggest you continue with your plans to establish the centre and engage with an agent once you have committed to proceed with the project. I do not do skilled visas other than some very niche ones. I can however, at the appropriate time,  refer you to an agent who does a large volume of visas for a corporate which does extensive recruitment in UK/Europe.     

Perfect Steve! I think I found my contact. I will reach out when have more progress. I'll send you a PM to exchange contact details.

19 hours ago, Ken said:

There are no laws against providing services and facilities that will appeal to a specific sector of the market. There is a minimum standard of what childcare facilities must provide, but no maximum. A childcare facility can advertise the range of languages it caters for, and that it provides beds for nap times (some East Europeans suffer culture shock that child-care facilities allow children to nap on the floor). The only thing an Eastern European targeted child-care facility can't do is turn away customers based on their nationality.

Exactly. Completely agree and thought this was the case.

20 hours ago, paulhand said:

You will need to demonstrate that you can’t find any suitable staff locally and also pay to sponsor them.
 

I don’t personally work for Australia based employers, but any of the other agents who post regularly on here will be able to assist, I’m sure. 

Yes, there are absolutely very few people in general for child care and young schooling. Even locally we have found that anyone with any experience is snapped up. Many people speak very little English and generally drift to their own communities. 

On 26/03/2023 at 09:20, Marisawright said:

Ah, you didn't state that in your original question, it sounded like you were asking for yourself.

I agree that you need to do some research regarding the legalities of how to become an Approved Provider.  You'll notice that Chinese centre is run by a non-profit community organisation, not a business.   You'll also notice they do not say it's for Chinese children only.  They are a bilingual childcare centre.  Anyone can enrol.   

There's a Japanese childcare centre near me, which has the same setup (non-profit).  One of my neighbours, who is not Japanese, has enrolled her child there because she wants her to learn the language.  I'm also aware of a German centre, again it's non-profit.

All good, I understand. Yes, we are not aiming at creating a for-profit community centre. It's a long process, but we are just putting the pieces together.

8 hours ago, Ausvisitor said:

You will struggle to get a visa based on that as what you are suggesting is bordering on illegal. The Australian childcare licensing bodies do not allow discrimination based on nationality

Here is a Chinese based centre : https://caecc.act.edu.au/

8 hours ago, Ausvisitor said:

You will struggle to get a visa based on that as what you are suggesting is bordering on illegal. The Australian childcare licensing bodies do not allow discrimination based on nationality

I doubt this is the case, as they are prolific through Australia. There are many such places in Chinese, Indian, Thai and other such community centres which cater to local communities. In fact, I attended one such such kindergarten/prepschool a long time ago.

I don’t see how this can be illegal… if they are, quite a lot of community centres would be shut down.

If you know of any specific legislation, really please let me know as before we move forward with our centre, it would be good to know certain laws.

 Thanks  

19 hours ago, Marisawright said:

What visa are you going for? Don’t you already have a partner visa?

We have other staff members we would like to bring into Australia and are looking for an agent.

Hello,

we are looking at possibly opening a childcare centre focused on the Eastern European immigration community.

If you are an immigration agent and can provide services in managing the visa process, can you please PM here to exchange contact details and follow up, thanks.

Regards,

Well, coming up to 12 months since our separate VISA 100 submission and nothing! :) 

Hoping to get into the 75% category. 

From what it looks like, the 801 and 100 VISAs are taking a long time to process the processing times are available here : 

https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-processing-times/global-processing-times

Sorry to hear your relationship did not work out. It's always a lot of work to make relationships strong, and having to deal with the VISA process puts extra strain.

Wish you the best.

On 07/12/2022 at 18:56, paulhand said:

Police checks are valid for 12 months, as are medicals. 

So will they contact us about checking the medicals again? Last time we went the doctor said nothing has changed and unless there are symptoms, we leave it at that... Not sure what that meant.

1 hour ago, Popdude said:

Hello guys, Any good news, anyone? 

Nothing yet, will need to update our police checks soon enough :) 

22 minutes ago, Popdude said:

For overseas police checks:

If you have not travelled to these countries after you got your last police check, I would recommend waiting till they request it and letting them know that you have not been there and, thus, no further checks are required. You can upload your international movement record as evidence that you have not been there, and thus they are still valid

For AFP: The process is a bit quick right now as they provide a digital option (no need to wait for it to be mailed to you). I recommend waiting

I believe we only need the AFP check, we arrived in Aus only about 6-7 months after the previous police check from Russia before we arrived in Australia.

17 hours ago, paulhand said:

Police checks are valid for 12 months, as are medicals. 

Well, I guess I can just front load it by getting it again, uploading as PoliceCheck2023