chris and farideh

we have got our STNI visa to go to Adelaide, all set really looking forward to it, until today my husband got offer from a company in Melbourne. does any one know if an STNI visa could be swaped to the state of another state?
can anybody help please.

farideh

Buzzy--Bee

I don't think it can - I think you would have to reapply to Victoria, but maybe with the job offer you could get ENS????

Try the immigration forum where the agents hang out perhaps.

Cheers

Buzzy

chris and farideh

I have but no reply from th immigration forum,I meant not us try to do the swap but maybe the company as they are almost begging my hubby to go to melbourne, rather than Adelaide.
if they want him that badly I guess they better figure something out themselves.

chris and farideh

sorry to be a bit daft, but what does ENS means?

cheers

Buzzy--Bee

Employer nomination scheme - check
http://www.immi.gov.au/migration/employers/ens.htm

Cheers

Buzzy

possoms

can you contact S.A and Victoria and explain what has happened and see if Vic will sponser you instead? as you know you get PR with STNI not sure if this applies to ENS.

chris and farideh

so you think we should apply rather than the company in question.
they even said if needed they would pay for he's flight from Adelaide to Melbourne on the weekly basis, if the change wasnt possible.
I thought with STNI you had to work in the state for 12 months, and live there for 24 months.
I'm so confuse, wish they never got in touch with the OH.

possoms

Sorry I'm confused also, I've re-read what you posted earlier and I gather you have already got your visa?

We were told with STNI you are 'expected' to live and work there for 2 yrs.

If it was me I would email S.A and explain what has happened and ask them for advice.

Wheres JAJ when you need him.

good luck

chris and farideh

thanks possoms, thats what my OH suggested that he might have to do, I thought I might just get some info here if anybody has done it already.

JAJ

No easy answer to this one. There is an obligation with STNI to live in the sponsoring state for 2 years, it's currently only a moral obligation however there is talk that the law might change to allow cancellation of visas in cases where people never settle in the sponsoring state.

As others have suggested, best thing is to contact the South Australian immigration people and have a word with them. If they are dead-set against it then you will have a number of options including:

- If Victoria are happy to accept you, see if DIMA are willing to agree to you changing states without needing a new visa application (may or may not be possible)
- Reapply for a new visa sponsored by Victoria (or a 136 if you have the points - do you?)
- Apply for a *permanent* ENS visa if you qualify.

You probably need professional advice to understand all these options in detail. If South Australia are ok with you going to Victoria then you don't have a problem, however you must get confirmation of this in writing to protect you should the law change to allow STNI visa cancellation in the medium term.

Ask further on the immigration forum, you have more chance of a reply there.

possoms

ahh there he is, that sounds a lot clearer than what I was trying to say Farideh