Currently on a student visa - to apply for a post grad visa or partner visa?

[Miss Sakura]

Hello,

I just signed-in and I don't really know how this goes. Let me tell you my story.

I am an international student who applied for a Certificate in Nursing and Aged Care in February 2014 and was refused in March 2014. As I have weighed up things, I have applied for the Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in June 2014 and fortunately it was granted in July 2014 as I already have a degree in Psychology from my country. It is a three-year degree, but, I applied my credits from my first degree and the uni had granted it. I am supposed to finish in June 2017 and visa will expire in September 2014, since I was granted the credits, I will be finishing the degree in December 2014. I have not yet informed the immigration, as I was told by the uni to wait until the results are published in December. I am seeking for solicited advises with the following concerns:

1. Am I qualified for the:

Post-Study Work stream – for international students who graduate with a higher education degree from an Australian education provider, regardless of their field of study. This stream is only available to students who applied for, and were granted, their first student visa to Australia on or after 5 November 2011. A visa in this stream can be granted for up to four years from the date the visa is granted, depending on the visa applicant's qualification.

- as per my understanding, I may not be eligible since my fist visa was refused.

2. Will my visa remain the same or will it expire earlier?

3. What are the chances of the oost-grad visa being approved/disapproved?

 

3. I recently got engaged, with my partner who does not live with me in the same city but we constantly see each other. We been in a relationship for 14 months now. Is it better to apply for the post-graduate than the partner visa when someone is in Australia and they are not living with each other?

I am looking for someone who could have the same situations. All responses will be highly appreciated.

Kind regards,

Sakura

[wrussell]

You seem to have posted an incorrect date.

 

If your studies satisfy the Australian Study Requirement (see Regulation 1.15 F) you might be able to apply successfully for a Post Study Work Stream visa

 

A course provider is not a good place to seek migration advice.

 

You have a complex case for which you should seek a professional assessment form a registered migration agent.

[YMCA]

Hi Miss Sakura

 

It's difficult for me to advise you when there is not much information about your situation. More details is needed to have a proper assessment.

 

YMCA

Registered Migration Agent

MARN 1685514

0467 402877

mobilemigratec@gmail.com

[Miss Sakura]

Hi Westly,

 

Thank you for responding to my email and yes I input wrong dates. I am expected to graduate in December 2017 and my visa will expire in September 2017. I went to an immigration consultant at uni today and the initial advise was not to inform the immigration until such time the results will be published in December as she said they might terminate my visa earlier. I mentioned my interest to apply for the post-graduate visa but I think she is not fully aware of the visa, hence she recommends me to apply for the master's program, which I would not like to take. Lastly, with this complicated case, I would definitely seek a professional advise.

 

Thanks again and I appreciate your time.

[wrussell]

Excuse my typo.

[Raul Senise]

I went to an immigration consultant at uni today and the initial advise was not to inform the immigration until such time the results will be published in December as she said they might terminate my visa earlier. I mentioned my interest to apply for the post-graduate visa but I think she is not fully aware of the visa, hence she recommends me to apply for the master's program, which I would not like to take.

 

Proceed with caution as many Uni's do no have Registered Migration Agents but rather Education Agents who by law should not be giving Immigration advice.

 

The fact that you state that "I think she is not fully aware of the visa" indicates that you are probably not getting advice from a Registered Migration Agent.

 

The role of an Education Agent is to sell you education, therefore it is not surprising that the solution suggested is another course.

[wrussell]

Proceed with caution as many Uni's do no have Registered Migration Agents but rather Education Agents who by law should not be giving Immigration advice.

 

That does not stop them and nothing happens to them.

 

I am frequently contacted by students who have undertaken courses that lead nowhere except the bank.

 

The following is on my website and all my service agreements:

 

The OMARA is an essentially useless office that is part of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection and I have told them so repeatedly. With the stroke of a pen the minister can terminate them all as easily as s/he can terminate a perfectly valid visa application. The OMARA can do nothing about unregistered agents overseas or parliamentarians or DIBP officers who give, often incorrect, migration advice in Australia, or education agents who give catastrophically incorrect migration advice under the table. About all the OMARA can do, having received a complaint, is haul a registered migration agent over the coals - after the event. They cannot order repayment of money lost. They can do nothing when the minister (The Terminator) changes the rules in the middle of the game or one of his delegates or ‘designated authorities’ bungles your case. By the way, the ‘average fee’ misinformation published by the OMARA is just that.