gazchopper Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Hi I need help/advice needed short story I flew out here in Nov 2012 under the skilled migration act 457 as a mechanic and auto electrician, I'm just lodging my PR and they need my mechanics licence, Never needed it before as I've been trading under the companies licence. So I applied for an light mechanic and auto electrician via the fair trading website. Had a call today from them saying they no longer except U.K certificates so i can not be issued one??? I explained to the guy that the government excepts them so why don't NSW so he give me a link so i could get them vetted, seems fair enough only to find out it will cost $6360 per licence i need, so It will cost me near on $13000 thats just for the licences then an additional cost of near on $11k for my PR. Or I can inrole in Tafe and sit the aus mechanics cert 3 and auto elec after,which will take about 2 years,(which i dont have) Is there anything I can do? or have I been told wrong info here Finding the whole thing very insulting I've literally traveled across the world doing this job (UK,Ireland,Germany,India and Oz) only now to be told in Oz my tickets dont count, got 26 tickets in this trade,been doing it for over 17 years has anyone been in a similar situation? or can anybody help me out need try and get this sorted before May 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bungo Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 HiI need help/advice needed short story I flew out here in Nov 2012 under the skilled migration act 457 as a mechanic and auto electrician, I'm just lodging my PR and they need my mechanics licence, Never needed it before as I've been trading under the companies licence. So I applied for an light mechanic and auto electrician via the fair trading website. Had a call today from them saying they no longer except U.K certificates so i can not be issued one??? I explained to the guy that the government excepts them so why don't NSW so he give me a link so i could get them vetted, seems fair enough only to find out it will cost $6360 per licence i need, so It will cost me near on $13000 thats just for the licences then an additional cost of near on $11k for my PR. Or I can inrole in Tafe and sit the aus mechanics cert 3 and auto elec after,which will take about 2 years,(which i dont have) Is there anything I can do? or have I been told wrong info here Finding the whole thing very insulting I've literally traveled across the world doing this job (UK,Ireland,Germany,India and Oz) only now to be told in Oz my tickets dont count, got 26 tickets in this trade,been doing it for over 17 years has anyone been in a similar situation? or can anybody help me out need try and get this sorted before May 2017 Could you clarify what visa you are applying for? There is no such thing as "applying for PR", you must be applying for a specific permanent visa and I am trying to work out if you are looking into skills assessment or why you think licencing is part of the visa process - it isn't ususlly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazchopper Posted December 1, 2016 Author Share Posted December 1, 2016 Permanent Residency think its called sublass 186d?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bungo Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Permanent Residency think its called sublass 186d?? As I mention, you are not applying for "permanent residency" - you are applying for a specific visa and very many of them are visas which happen to provide permanent residency. Anyway thank you for clarifying, the 186 is the Employer Nomination Scheme visa which is what I wanted to know. I have had a quick read as I was very surprised that you would need to get licences when you are already working and not flouting any laws by being under the employer licence. As far as I can see, it states you need licensing "if required" we'll clearly it is not required for you. Who has told you that you need licensing? An alternate option for you might be to look at the skilled migrant visas, like the 189, hich also provide permanent residency and definitely won't require licencing, but will require a skills assessment. If you can sort out the skills assessment, it may well be a much simpler and quicker route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaggieMay24 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Perhaps speak with a migration agent to make sure you a) need a license and if so, b) follow the correct licensing process. I've heard of others needing to prove a license for a 186 when they didn't need it for the 457, so I assume it may be a valid request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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