Liz Haldane Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Hi was wondering if you can get a 3yr to 5yr temporary working visa when you are 56 plus, we want to spend time with our daughter and grandsons but need to work, any information would be great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammygirl Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 In a word no. Temp working visa cut off is 45 now. Basically you are now too old for any of the skilled or even investor/entrepreneurs visas. The only visa currently you could get work rights on would be a Parent visa or possibly a student visa. Both would be expensive though. there is talk of a 5 year parent visa but not sure if this would have work rights and would still cost thousands of dollars. I really dont don’t know how people afford the Parent visa costs now and still manage a good lifestyle in Australia unless their kids are helping out or providing accommodation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VERYSTORMY Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 If either of you has on occupation on the skilled lists, you could attempt to find a sponsor. This would be a 457 visa valid for up to 4 years. However, at your age, this would be incredibly tough. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammygirl Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 2 hours ago, VERYSTORMY said: If either of you has on occupation on the skilled lists, you could attempt to find a sponsor. This would be a 457 visa valid for up to 4 years. However, at your age, this would be incredibly tough. They are too old at 56 for sponsorship though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VERYSTORMY Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 2 hours ago, rammygirl said: They are too old at 56 for sponsorship though. A 457 has no age limit. Age limit only applies on sponsored PR visas, but not 457's. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rammygirl Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Sorry missed that. They would need to be very lucky or in a specialised area to be offered a visa with no Australian experience at that age though. And I speak as someone turning 56 next week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Haldane Posted January 13, 2018 Author Share Posted January 13, 2018 Thank you all very much for your help thought we were to old, just need to keep visiting your beautiful country every year, ?x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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