info on visas

[Guest afiyafifi]

Hi all . need some advice , A girl at my work wants to move to oz with her boyfriend he is training to be a policeman, but she dosent think she will be able to go on his visa as there not married . I told her i would ask all my friends on here as someone would know , thanks in advance karen

[Guest Gollywobbler]

Hi Karen

 

They do not have to be legally married, but they do have to be living together as if they were legally married.

 

To prove that itis a genuine, committed and on-going relationship, DIAC would want the same information as they require for Souse or de facto Partner visas,

 

Gizmo and Koala 12 can advise on the sort ofinformationthey were required to produce, so try a PM to both of them, maybe?

 

However, which visa does the trainee policeman think he might be eligible for?

 

If they have not got as far as working that out, I would suggest that he has initial (free) chats with Go Matilda in Southampton and also with Ian Harrop & Associates in Burford, near Oxford.

 

Cheers

 

Gill

[Guest afiyafifi]

Thanks Gill , i dont know what visa he is going but will find out when next in work. thanks again karen

[Guest scholes.mark]

Try this forum; ttp://www.police-forum.com/

 

WA and SA police accept police officers with 3+ years experience - then train them to Australian standards - they migrate on a labour agreement (PR). Just like Meeeeeeeeeeee fly out to Perth 1st Jan.

 

regards

 

Mark

[Guest Gollywobbler]

Try this forum; ttp://www.police-forum.com/

 

WA and SA police accept police officers with 3+ years experience - then train them to Australian standards - they migrate on a labour agreement (PR). Just like Meeeeeeeeeeee fly out to Perth 1st Jan.

 

regards

 

Mark

 

Hi Mark

 

Did they give you a permanent Labour Agreement visa straightaway or are you on the temp one to start with?

 

Cheers

 

Gill

[Guest scholes.mark]

Hi Mark

 

Did they give you a permanent Labour Agreement visa straightaway or are youon th temp one to start with?

 

Cheers

 

Gill

 

Hi

 

I got Permanent residency straight away, with a Labour agreement with the Western Australian police - if you go via SA I think you may be on a temp then to PR.

 

all in all it has taken me approx. 1 year to get that magic stamp in my passport

• apply To WA police - wait 3 months

• provide police medical, proof of qualifications and fitness test - wait 3 months

• testing in London - wait 2 months

• wait for DIAC to issue ICSE number wait 2 months, and then send off visa application + medicals etc - wait 2 months

• get Visa with magic PR stamp

I could have been in Australia 2 months earlier, but I had problems with children going and children stopping in the UK

 

:policeman:

 

It is not an easy route and the WA police do demand a lot from you in regard to skills, psychometric testing, fitness test etc.

 

regards

 

Mark

[Guest Gollywobbler]

Hi Mark

 

Thanks so much for your very useful reply.

 

Hmm. Karen says that her friend's Man is a trainee policeman. How long does police training take inthe UK, I wonder? I wonder, too, whether it would count as "experience" for the purposes of the Australian police forces?

 

Instinct is suggesting to me that this couple may not yet have a visa strategy for The Man. I'm just thinking that unless a temp Labour Agreement could be used in order to give him the necessary 3 years' experience with the Ozzie Police rather than the British Police, it is going to be difficult to find him a visa.

 

I do know that it is possible to get a Labour Agreement without one's skills being on any of the lists - "trainee policeman" is not on any of the lists!

 

Many thanks for any further help/comment you may be able to offer.

 

Thanks again

 

Gill

[Guest scholes.mark]

Gill

 

You must have at least 3 years experience and be out of your 2 year probation (UK training period). You are Right there is no trainee police officer on any list to my knowledge.

 

WA and SA only want skilled fully trained front-line officers, and require you to prove it (ideally with 5 years experience).

 

You start as a police officer but have to complete a training course in Law and procedure for the relevant force you join + that whole gun thing (13 weeks or so for WA).

 

hope this helps

 

Regards

 

Mark

[Guest Gollywobbler]

Thanks Gill , i dont know what visa he is going but will find out when next in work. thanks again karen

 

Hi Karen

 

I revisited tis thread just now because somebody else is asking about the possibility of going to Oz and starting police training from scratch whe he gets there. The new thread is here:

 

http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=167900

 

From what Mark has told us on your thread, the idea of going to Oz and being accepted on to a police training course ithere is by no means a certainty - indeed it may not be possible at all - so I will post a link to this thread on the new one.

 

Reverting to the couple you are trying to help, though....The Man is not an Australian by any happy chance, is he? Just a thought.

 

Cheers

 

Gill

[calNgary]

I came in on Garys skills and we werent married.Even though we had 2 kids the eldest being 8yrs and had been toghether 18yrs we were still asked for extra proof of a relationship.We had to send old photos,old party invites,joint mortgage statements and stat decs off 2 old friends as well as doing a stat dec each as well.hope this helps a bit

Cal x

[Guest TheArmChairDetective]

You must have at least 3 years experience and be out of your 2 year probation (UK training period).

Mark

 

You also have to be serving currently, being retired does not qualify you.:cry:

[Guest afiyafifi]

Hi Karen

 

I revisited tis thread just now because somebody else is asking about the possibility of going to Oz and starting police training from scratch whe he gets there. The new thread is here:

 

http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=167900

 

From what Mark has told us on your thread, the idea of going to Oz and being accepted on to a police training course ithere is by no means a certainty - indeed it may not be possible at all - so I will post a link to this thread on the new one.

 

Reverting to the couple you are trying to help, though....The Man is not an Australian by any happy chance, is he? Just a thought.

 

Cheers

 

Gill

Thanks for all the info gill will pass it on , thanks again