Nurse with a 5 year plan to move to Aus

[Ross86]

Hi - Im new to the forum.

This year my partner and I have set out a 5 year plan to move to Australia on a 189 pr visa. This includes my partner training to become a nurse (here's to hoping it is still on the skills shortage list in 5 years time).

Our plan is to emigrate form the UK as soon as possible after my partner graduating. Having spoken to an agent, the minimum work a nurse needs to complete before applying is 3 months (at the time of writing). This obviously means we won't get any points for work experience. Well at least we think not. My partner has been a community carer for the last 4 years, is this classed as a similar occupation when it comes to visa application? If we don't have work experience included we will just hit the 60 points mark, this includes having to get IELTS 8. So without 3 years experience 60 is the maximum points we can get. 

Has anyone else set out a long term plan to move and managed to carry it though with the ever changing regulations? 

Are there any nurses here that have moved to Aus in a similar position? How long did it take once submitting a letter of interest?

Thanks for any help!

[VERYSTORMY]

Hi and welcome. 

We have had members move successfully via long term plans, but it is hard and risky as over the course of five years the regulations are likely to change so much. For example, just this week, the SOL and CSOL occupation lists were scrapped and new lists introduced with 200 occupations removed. 

At the moment 60 points would get you an invitation within a couple of months. But, in five years time, who knows. For example, traditionally the safest occupations for such plans have been medicine and nursing. But, the government recently announced it wants to remove a lot of the medical / doctors occupations. 

So, my advice is for your partner to do nursing if she wants to be a nurse and if it qualifies for a visa then it does and if it doesn't she still has the occupation she wants to do. 

[Quoll]

By all means have a plan but don't miss other opportunities which may come your way before the execution of that plan. You do know that life is what happens when you are busy making other plans! Sadly, so many folk get so hung up with their plans they miss a whole lot of better options. 

Personally, I wouldn't be gearing my life around the prospect of moving from one first world country to another. Choose your career changes because you are absolutely busting to follow that career path, not because of some vague hope that it might, one day, get you a visa to another place which will be much the same as the one you are leaving. I certainly wouldn't be banking on nursing being on a desired occupation list in 5 years.

[GiveAGirlShoes]

I had a 6 year plan, which became a 7 year plan after having a baby. I am now weeks away from qualifying as a Podiatrist; which remains on the new skills list, and I did my PTE last September.

7 years later (and it flies), many things have changed; both in legislation and personally. I will soon be in a position where I CAN apply for PR, but as stated above, the decision to do so is not as simple as I thought it would be! I have spent so much time planning for every eventuality, but in reality this isn't practical or possible.

I love my profession, so I'm lucky that I can practice at home or abroad. Just be open to change and keep your options open [emoji6]

And remember, time passes no matter what you do, so don't be afraid to try; just don't focus on moving 100% when there are other things to enjoy xx

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