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Social work or park of the list on MTLTSS. I was stupid and left oz 4 years ago one month short of them announcing key workers were being extended sadly!

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It would be, but getting “social work” on a temp visa never really is great. The “social work” offered on a temp visa is never the social work that is compatible experience and finance wise as the uk unfortunately! I’m keen to expand my career and not do roles that I done 5+ years ago in the uk instead. I’m not sure if they ask when applying for PR if you want to stay a short while or long time on the visa?

Thankyou everyone! That’s helpful. id like to do this for 2/3 years maximum. I know for sure that Australia is not for me lifelong, but I’d absolutely just love a pocket of my life that it featured and I can experience social work from a different perspective again etc.

Ahh yes, I fully expect tax issues! I’m definitely not wealthy, but I am the rest! Job wise, in the UK I am an agency worker and independent social worker, so I just really take off / pick and choose work as and when! I was hoping to do agency in oz too, as opposed to finding employment every so often. property wise, I was just really hoping to leave it empty for those few months and have family check in on it. It’s a fairly low maintenance small flat, so not a big upkeep or liability really! I know for sure I don’t want to stay lifelong in Australia… I’ll always want to come home. But I’d like a pocket of my life spent there for sure. id never considered the holiday park idea… I really like it! Thankyou for that

Hello! i am a uk resident, social worker who is awaiting invitation for 189 visa. If this were to be invited and granted, will I be able to operate a 60:40 split between the Uk and Oz (Uk the 60) as I hold property here. Would this be possible or a pipe dream?

Hi I am currently awaiting my 189 visa to process, and wondered if I can travel to Australia from the Uk on a working holiday visa while this is processing, or will it end up cancelling it / causing issues? the reason being is my mortgage here in the uk is due to renewal in June and I had wanted to rent it out at this point and don’t think my visa will be sorted by then! Hence the working visa idea. Any help / advice would be appreciated

Perfect, sounds good! Thanks again

Hi Marisa, the 190 does sound more achievable then. So if I went for that, in say, Victoria where I know there is a high demand for social work, I would need to live and stay there consistently for two years? Could I still go with the original plan to come back for 3-4 months to the uk? Ideally, Melbourne would be my first choice of city so spending two years there would be no hardship.

Back again Marisa, having looked at the 190 visa as you suggested, I can't see the difference except in "independent" and "nominated". If a 190 visa was the one i applied for, would this mean I was tied to one state? Would you suggest the 190 is more achievable?

Hello again! Your advice has made me actually get to work on my visa today. Have emailed my university to get everything to start the skills assessment off, and done the mock points test etc, and have 85 points, including the English. Unsure how I can muster up any more than that looking at the factors. Do you think work experience is worth getting assessed for points? I will have 3 years worth in may this year. Will explore the 190 visa too, see what position states are in aswell. Thanks again for it your help here!

Hi! (Again) have any other social workers applied for a 189 visa and have any positive stories to report? Also, with how many points did you apply and what was the outcome?

It's a good point! For me, my preference actually lies in doing agency work, i.e taking fixed contracts here and there, as I find it helps me develop more professionally, do different roles, learn from different people etc. As you rightly said, doing this leave very little in the way of public entitlements in the system which is a huge downfall. However, given the current state of things in the UK and pension ages increasing constantly, this leaves me thinking my entitlements would be quite low anyway, and I might as well make the most of my life pre dependence on public entitlements (if that makes sense). I suppose I am quite the millennial thinker.

100%...particularly as the skills assessment alone takes 5-7 months. When I was there during COVID beginning, there became a massive demand for social workers particularly in mental health as the pandemic went on. I predict this will be ongoing for quite some time, hence being on the priority list. Fortune is for sure in my favour!

Perfect, sounds like the most sensible option! Thanks so much for your help here.

For me, I just feel "home is home", and I have a large family here with ageing parents. However, I am 27y.o and want to make the most of my 'better years' of life, and build myself professionally and have the life experiences I want that being in that corner of the world will offer me. That said, I have only lived / worked in Oz on a working holiday visa, which restricted my work options to NGO and not statutory social work which is my preference. So whilst I am minded to split my time between the two, who knows, that might change once I find the right job and the right state.

Hi Marisa, Thankyou so much for taking the time to go through each of my points - much appreciated. You are the second person to recommend discussing with Alan so i have dropped him an email to scope things out. Thanks for the clarification on passports and points for thought regarding renting property here in the UK.

Grand thankyou! I've pop Alan a message Many thanks for your help!

i hear you! sounds all very complicated really. What kind of specialist would you recommend to talk this over with? Would an accountant cut it / a tax specialist?

Perfect thanks Paul, that’s good to know! Reason being I know Oz won’t be a forever thing for me, but definitely for a 5-10 year thing

Ahh really? I did think as much tbh but was hoping maybe not. Have you experience in this? My thoughts were on renting my property here in the UK.

Hi There, I am a qualified social worker in the UK (Scotland) and looking to apply for the 189 visa specifically. I was wondering though if anyone has experience / if it can be the case working in both Aus for say 9-10 months out of the year, and working in the UK the rest? I understand that with the 189 PR is granted, but wondering if that entails moving to an Aussie passport or keep my UK one? I can't find anything online to indicate this. Additionally, I am wondering if anyone has experience in owning property here in the UK and living on a 189 visa in Aus - how does this work r.e tax etc? Any help is much appreciated! - Cassie

Hi There! I too have been looking into this - the AASW site says around 20-28 weeks so around 5-7 months. Quite a while eh! Did it take you long to get your docs together?