Guest happypoms Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Hello everyone on PomsinOz, We have a family of four - I'm a teacher - my wife is a nurse - and we have two children boy 8 girl 2 - We have been talking, planning, thinking of moving to Oz for a couple of years now and have decided to do it. What is our first steps???? we have been contacted by agencies which will be glad to help for £2000??? are they worth the money? Is it really that difficult to organise the whole thing yourself. What or who is the first port of call? in simple terms what are the major hurdles and in what order do you do them. I understand that an answer to this could be the size of a book, but if anyone can just help us get the ball rolling and in the right direction..........that would be fantastic. Yours gratefully, one of the happypoms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay290901 Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Hi and welcome. Not an awful lot of help to you as we are in the situation that we need an employer to sponsor us. If you have a look at the Australian Government website under migration it lists all the different visa options along with all the relevant steps you have to take, for example getting your skills assessed. We fell short of points to go it alone as my husband couldn't get his skills assessed as they don't take into account work experience for his line of work - a bit barmy. Hope this helps a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KP Nuts Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Hi Happypoms, you can contact an agent and have a consultation over the phone free of charge, and they will advise you the best visa option to go for. If then you decide to take up their services is up to you, but you must make sure that whatever agent you do use that they are MARA registered. We are using an agent, and they are Go Matilda, have been very good so far, they have offices in the UK and OZ. By the way and to PIO KP Nuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minlady Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Hi and welcome to the site Exciting stuff deciding to migrate!!!!..... You need to decide who will be the lead applicant for the visa and from that work out whether you qualify for the points etc....but remember there are new visa's starting in september and points are gained differently in these.... have a look on the immi web site for a general overview. We used a agent called Ian Harrop... based in Oxon... very helpful as we were not straight forward and it would have been a real headache if we had gone it alone.... they are very happy to have a chat on the phone... if i were you and thinking of using an agent i would ring a few and see which feel right for you.... Harrops number is: 0845 370 0344. They also have a web address: Registered Australian Migration Agents, UK - Ian Harrop and Associates good luck in whatever you decide min x:wubclub: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Macd Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Welcome, not much not made that first step yet, but you will find everyone very helpful and lots of people know lots of things!!! Tracey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fredtheman Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 Hi happypoms sent you a message.Teacher and nurse should get you into Oz look for About us - Australian High Commission its a start Fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Working to fish Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 hi Fredtheman heres my point of view, if you want to hear it We done our TRA ourselves then we used an agent for the next stage. This was before we found this site. To be honest the TRA has hard work only in the amount of time we had to put into it. This is only my point of view. if i had found this site before i got in touch with an agent then i would have done the whole thing ourselves. This is my point of view. I suppose it depends on how much time you've got on your hands and how complicated your visa may be. Dont know if this helps you at all. Like i say we're all different so its up to the individual to do whats best depending on your circumstances. The TRA is the most difficult part so as others have said look on the www.immi.gov/au this will give you a good idea of the questions that you'll have to answer. It maybe worth a look before you spend money with an agent. Don't know alot but like to try.:huh::huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kim Hunter Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 **PPS: sorry forgot: departments website is undergoing upgrade today so offline: but it's immi.gov.au when it comes back up. Good morning from Sydney, Here's a few pointers to get you going. Go to the Australian Department of Immigration's website DIMIA E-Business Systems (Unavailable) - search for skilled occupation list, that's your first point of call. Find the assessing authorities for teachers and nurses in whichever state you want to migrate to eg it will be Teaching Australia and state Nurses Association. Check out their website for requirements for skills assessments and find out if your qualifications meet the Australian standards. You CANNOT lodge an application for general skilled migration (136) without a positive skills assessment so that's your first job. You also have to work out who's going to be the primary application and who comes on as spouse. As teacher is not on the Migration Occupation in Demand list but nurse is, so if your wife is a fully qualified, registered nurse I'd definitely be putting her on a primary application and you (sorry) as the spouse. The benefit of putting your wife on as spouse is she gets 15 more points for a MODL occupation and lots of points are good as you need 120 points for general skilled migration in Australia. You can find the MODL by searching 'demand' on the govt's website. I do about 100 free assessment in my shop, every week, so you can trust my advice above. Check it out yourself as well - search 136 on govt's web. If all else fails and you don't want to go it alone check out our personalised self-managed kits for Aus $249 (see website) and we'll walk you through it just like above. Summary: if your wife is a fully qualified registered nurse AND she's been working as a nurse for at least the last 12 months = get cracking! PS: 1 September our government is consolidating all the skilled migration classes of visas into 9 classes - points will change slightly but the basic principles are the same - most importantly if you sit an IELTS and score 7 you'll get 25 points, but I don't think you guys will need to worry about points because of nursing on MODL. Cheers and good luck with the process Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 Hi, As a nurse we applied on my skills and my hubby as spouse even though he was on the demand list. To be honest, unless your application is very complicated, I don't think that you would need an agent and would be able to do it yourself. Listening to people's experiences of TRA I have to say the nursing skills assessment is a much similar process because it has a central organisation (the NMC) and that all registered nurses will have gone through the same syllabus irrespective of where she did her training in the UK all training courses are validated by the same orgainisation. Get your wife to look on Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council - Home Page - there is an international section which will tell you everything you need to know about getting your skills assessed. There's also a contact for international nurses and they don't mind you contacting them if you have any queries. The difference between UK and Aus is that the ANMC do not hold central registration and you then have to apply to the nursing board of whichever state you want to work in, but the AMNC will pass on your file for you so you don't have to duplicate anything. Hope this helps - I think you'll be able to manage it without an agent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JoanneHattersley Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 I am an RN adn I went through a nursing agency who secured me a job months nefore I even left! Plus they helped out with the VISA application and were there for me for no cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oz migration Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Hi Happypoms You must start from the beginning as to why are you moving oz ? What do want to get from this experience, by whom, how and when ? What are the needs of all members and how should these be addressed in your settlement plans. Your professions and where are these best utilized in conjunction with your personal, family and individual needs. Happy to chat with you some more as we deliver the services you have mentioned at a third of the price - let me know and good luck regardless ! Regards Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest happypoms Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Thanks johatts, could you possible let me know which nursing agency you used. We really are just starting out and any/all 'personal' recommendations are gratefully recieved. regards, happypoms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest maxxangel Posted July 30, 2007 Share Posted July 30, 2007 Hi Happypoms, I can only tell you of my experience so far if you are interested. I have never actually been to Australia, but have friends and family there and have always had a strange urge to live there. So our first step was research on Oz so that we had hard facts and weren't just going on a whim. My husband isn't the most confident of people and for years we delayed because we kept getting told how hard it was to get enough points to get in. So one day I did the free assessments at a couple of different sites and they came back saying we get plenty of points to get in. I did initially think of trying to do the application myself, but the more I found out what had to be done the less confident I got. We actually requested a full assessment at three different places. One didn't assess us, but suggested my husband go over and try to find a sponser (something we couldn't afford on top of the application). Another took over a month to get back to us, so we had about given up on them and were asking another company for information. So we ended up with the third company as they were more prompt and had offices in Britain. We did, however, go with the job assessment suggestion of the slower company as this was closer to my husband's job description than any of the other suggestions and it was on the jobs in demand list, meaning we could go for the permanent migration visa. So I guess my advice is that if you decide to go for an agent, get as much free information as you can of as many companies as you can and check that they are MARA registered. In my opinion, our agent has been a saviour. I really don't think we could have got the work assessment we wanted without her help. I wouldn't have known where to start or what to do. The full price charged was £1800, however, this is paid in installments of £900. If we hadn't got a positive work assessment we could have backed out and got a refund of £450 on our first intallment, meaning we would have only been £450 down plus the cost of the assessment. Hope this has helped more than it's bored :spinny: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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