touch107fm Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Hi all from cold London. I just got off the phone from my girlfriend who was in tears because she cant understand everything about the her visa sponsorship as a nurse. First off ''hello'' to all. I posted a brief message a few weeks ago looking for some information about myself and girlfriend getting a visa to come and live in Sydney. I just being reading a interesting post from a guy who hates Australia : http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/brits-oz/71963-i-loathe-australia.html Its made me laugh I loved the post about the fish on that guys shoulder. I have lived in Australia before on a holiday visa and loved every minute of it. I went travelling for two and a half years and stayed in Oz for 1 year I always said if giving the chance I would love to give living there a go. Well as i posted before I was told a few of us would be out of a job in march so my girlfriend and I decided that it was the break or opportunity that we needed to give living and working in Australia. My girlfriend is already living in Sydney she was originally going to stay there for 6 months she if she liked it then we where going to asses and see if we had a future in Australia. She is a nurse and I work in TV/radio she has already spoken to work in Sydney and they offered her a full time job and sponsorship so all good there. The plan was for me to get a spouse visa on the back of hers. She is going for 457 visa. Now the questions A question for other nurses who applied for sponsorship through a hospital out in Australia, how long did it take you to get your visa through. My girlfriend is currently in Sydney on a 6 month working holiday visa and now she is applying for sponsorship. I know there is 3 stages on the visa application of a 457 and I think she has done the first one. I know I have to get a medical and police check. Does any know any places in London which are approved for the visa proses. Also where do I get my police check. Does it make a difference that I am here in the UK and she is now living in Australia. My girlfriend is stressing big time and as I said she was in tears over the phone because she got a load of paperwork from the visa people and she is very confused by it all. Question for a fellow nurse who was successful in getting a 475 in Australia, Did you get any help from your hospital. Would you guys recommend using the services of a migration specialist. I don't mind spending some cash in getting help if it would help or speed up the process. What advise would you give to me and my girlfriend in applying for our visas, check lists etc Any help would be greatly appreciated I realise that the same questions are being asked on this site and I am sure people get annoyed at answering the same questions over and over and over I will carry on searching this forum for more information that could aid us. I would love to talk to someone who was in the same boat and myself and my girlfriend so if there is any one out there who has been in the same situation please message me. Thanks D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpkin Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 I am not in the same boat as you, but I read around a lot am a bit surprised to find that an employer providing sponsorship is not helping out with the paperwork. Migration agents take away a lot of the pain for people who don't like paperwork, although they won't fill in the forms for you and again, surprised that somebody applying for employer sponsored would have to get their own agent. The employer should do that IMHO, also I would have thought hospitals in particular should be well used to the process. I do think you should look further into your eligibility to come over on your girlfriend's visa. To prove a defacto relationship you have to have been living together for at least one year and you are going to have to come up with a very good explanation as to why one of you is in Australia and the other stayd behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gollywobbler Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Hello D Welcome to Poms in Oz. If your girlfriend is stressing about the paperwork for her 457 visa, I would suggest contacting George Lombard. He is a hugely experienced MARA Registered Migration Agent in Sydney: Profile | George Lombard Consultancy Pty. Ltd. With regard to the possibilty of your joining your girlfriend via a Partner visa, this will not be possible at the moment. The subclass 457 visa is only a temporary visa. Your girlfriend needs to be a Permanent Resident of Australia before she can sponsor anyone else for migration: Family - Visas & Immigration Partner Migration Booklet I suspect that your best bet will be employer sponsorship in your own right if possible. Cheers Gill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
touch107fm Posted December 12, 2009 Author Share Posted December 12, 2009 My girlfriend only left the UK about 6 weeks ago we where living together for 14 months we have bill coming to the same address, Joint bank account loads of pictures of us together over the last 3 years. I don't think we will have a problem proving that we are in fact a real couple. I have a had a quick look at the defacto requirements and I think we should not have any problems there. Now with regards to Gills post above I could be wrong in the visa class that my girlfriend is applying for. The hospital is organising her visa. My girlfriend was told the hosiptal that she would only stay and accept the job if It was possible for me (partner) to come over. Her work told her that it would be no problem and they have asked me to send over a solictor signed copy of my passport which I did. That was 2 weeks ago and on Thursday she got forms for a 457 visa application. So is this statement true ''With regard to the possibility of your joining your girlfriend via a Partner visa, this will not be possible at the moment. The subclass 457 visa is only a temporary visa. Your girlfriend needs to be a Permanent Resident of Australia before she can sponsor anyone else for migration'' If this is true what visa should my girlfriend who is a nurse be applying for which will enable me to join her on defacto visa. Thanks D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpkin Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 My girlfriend only left the UK about 6 weeks ago we where living together for 14 months we have bill coming to the same address, Joint bank account loads of pictures of us together over the last 3 years. I don't think we will have a problem proving that we are in fact a real couple. I have a had a quick look at the defacto requirements and I think we should not have any problems there. Now with regards to Gills post above I could be wrong in the visa class that my girlfriend is applying for. The hospital is organising her visa. My girlfriend was told the hosiptal that she would only stay and accept the job if It was possible for me (partner) to come over. Her work told her that it would be no problem and they have asked me to send over a solictor signed copy of my passport which I did. That was 2 weeks ago and on Thursday she got forms for a 457 visa application. So is this statement true ''With regard to the possibility of your joining your girlfriend via a Partner visa, this will not be possible at the moment. The subclass 457 visa is only a temporary visa. Your girlfriend needs to be a Permanent Resident of Australia before she can sponsor anyone else for migration'' If this is true what visa should my girlfriend who is a nurse be applying for which will enable me to join her on defacto visa. Thanks D It is perhaps misleading. Your girlfriend might not be able to sponsor you for a partner visa, but she can put you on her 457 visa application as a seconday applicant. Providing you can prove your defacto relationship. I still think one going and one staying is going to raise questions, I am not saying you won't be able to answer those questions satisfactorily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
touch107fm Posted December 12, 2009 Author Share Posted December 12, 2009 It is perhaps misleading. Your girlfriend might not be able to sponsor you for a partner visa, but she can put you on her 457 visa application as a seconday applicant. Providing you can prove your defacto relationship. I still think one going and one staying is going to raise questions, I am not saying you won't be able to answer those questions satisfactorily. Ya that sounds about right. She will put me as a secondary applicant on 457 visa application. So do you think I should go ahead and book medicals and get police checks to try and speed things up a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wanderer Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 I'd have no qualms in seconding George as a stand up guy but if you Gf wants to attempt looking at the guff immigration have sent her she may find it is not all that much different to filling in any heap of forms. Get her to log on to the DIAC site, www.immi.gov.au On first page at top right under a heading of Online Services, the very first one is applying for citizenship and visas. Click on that and you get Online Applications – Applications & Forms Five down is Employer Sponsored Workers and another Click for Employer Sponsored Workers (e457) - Online Applications You may even find that to be a secondary defacto applicant on a 457 'there is only a 6 month relationship requirement as against the normal 12 months re a PR sponsorship. But with all the above, the GF ought to have a chat with work people for as Pumpkin says, they'll no doubt help and perhaps even some at work who have been through it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Mighalls Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Hi D, This is not the time to be pussyfooting around trying to sort things out DIY. 1. She's stressing a tad over her visa (but that should largely be being handled by her sponsoring employer and their agent) 2. She's stressing out (largely I suspect) over being separated from you and the associated visa hassles in getting you here. Get your GF to go in and see George Lombard and be guided by him. He's only a short walk from the Summer Hill railway station so she does not need a car. Whatever he charges will be money well spent. Cheers, Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
touch107fm Posted December 13, 2009 Author Share Posted December 13, 2009 2. She's stressing out (largely I suspect) over being separated from you and the associated visa hassles in getting you here. I could not agree with you more on this point.. I spoke to her today and I told her to contact George Lombard this week, She will be talking to the hospital on monday. I will keep you all posted. Its all new to me and my girlfriend please excuse us we may be asking the same questions that have been asked before on this forum, I know all cases are different. D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gollywobbler Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 HI D Since your GF is a nurse the chances are high that the hospital have offered her a 457 visa to begin with. This is the standard drill with most hozzies in Oz unless the nurse has years of experience and can drive a better bargain with the hozzie. There is no reason why you can't be included as a secondary applicant in your GF's 457 application. Since your GF is in Oz it will obviously be an onshore application and she will be in Oz when the visa is granted. At present the plan seems to be that you will be outside Oz at the time of the grant? I'd suggest asking George Lombard whether that will be OK. With a PR visa, either you would both need to be in Australia at the time of the grant or both of you would need to take a short holiday to somewhere like Auckland. However the 457 visa works according to its own set of rules, is different from the PR visas and I don't know whether the 457 visa has any interest in the whereabouts of the secondary applicant at the time of the grant. George will know the answer to this without blinking, so ask GF to be sure to ask him about it, I suggest. Cheers Gill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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