Pommyaussie Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 To be eligible for company sponsorship you have to have an occupation on either the SOL or CSOL lists. If it is only on the the CSOL then there are only two ways forward. One is company sponsorship - normally 457. Or to see if any of the states are sponsoring it. As the op has said they are eligible for company sponsorship, they must have a skill on the list, but my guess is it is only on the CSOL. So, the best option is to check if any states are sponsoring as this is far preferable to a 457 which is a temporary visa. If no states are sponsoring that occupation then the op can try company sponsored by applying for jobs, but depending on the occupation it is usually very hard. Ahh yep makes sense. thanks for that VS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortlepuss Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 .....and careful with the 14 year old if you're thinking of university education. You need to be resident 3 years in UK prior to uni to qualify for student loan/domestic fees..... So if you come out here and decide it's not for you, returning is not easy - I have this situation at the moment, and unless I can stump up domestic fees for uni, my child will have a 3 year 'gap' period! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyjmason Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 We came aged 44 and 45 in 2011. We got here on a temp student visa (mine) as we weren't eligible for any others at the time. My job was on the critical skills list but I hadn't got recent teaching experience so i did a masters as an international student which allowed us to work too. The course was actually full time but involved about 7 hrs attendance a week at the uni. I got a teaching job meantime and got sponsored to stay permanently through that, it was a stressful and worrying time but all done within 4 months. We are now permanent residents. We moved here from Dorset, lost out on the property market and the exchange rate and spent a lot to ship things and pets all this way. Despite that we have never looked back. We have a 2 yr old and a 19 yr old and our daughter who's 21 will join us when she finishes uni in July in the UK. It really does depend on many personal things whether you end up liking it here or not, but in our experience the culture and attitude of positive thinking and cheerful approach to life is addictive. Its important to let go of the moaning and negativity when you arrive, embrace change and marvel at the differences instead of grumbling about them. It seems more expensive to live here when you first arrive but once you earn dollars its all relative and now the exchange rate is picking up its okay anyway. We are in Victoria on the coast, we have found everyone really friendly and welcoming, its a very cosmopolitan, multicultural place and we love it. We don't want to go back to England and can't wait to become citizens here. We eat differently, socialise differently and barely watch tv anymore, we do miss the bbc, but we have satellite tv with uk channels and apple tv to watch things off youtube if we really want to see a UK programme. Our son hated school here for the first day, he was 16 and found it hard leaving friends etc, but by day two he was already liking it and now says its the best thing that could have happened to him. He looks on facebook at friends' lives back home and is glad he's not trying to get drunk every weekend as they are, there's so much more to do here if you get off your butt and venture out and its not the norm to be an underage drinker. Its been easy for us to make friends through our toddler's activities and we love our lives, its less about work and paying bills and watching depressing stories on the news and more about getting out seeing people and places. Public transport is cheap here in Vic so an hour's train ride into Melbourne costs us about £5 return each, children are free. We couldn't get to the next town in Dorset, ten mins up the track for less than £7. Vic suits us as it has seasons which we prefer. My advice would be to give it a go if you can. I was speaking to a lady yesterday who came in 2012 with 3 children, and her husband is in construction and just looked up a job on Seek.com and got sponsored to come. They then got PR. She feels exactly as I do about the move. If I can help with any other questions please ask. Jo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikey Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Would u consider england? Then u r closer to get home. Do u know how salaries compare for the same job in ireland, england and oz? As all have said it is all visa dependent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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