Hi,
My husband has a friend over in Australia perth/fremantle and he has asked if we want to go over and he will work for the company his friend works for as they need joiners/carpenters. We have looked into what visas you need but im really confused and need help. There will be my husband, me and two children aged 3 and 8. I am a healthcare assistant in the hospital at the moment but i do want to go into my nursing before we move over there or can you go over there as a healthcare assistant then do nursing over there. Need a bit more advice. Any help would be great thank you!!

That sounds a bit nebulous to me. If a company cannot find local tradesmen then they may be able to offer you sponsorship but that is a temporary visa and you may find that you are on your way home if the work dries up or he falls out with the bosses. Have a look to see if he can get a permanent visa in his own right and you and the family can go along as his dependents.

If you want to train to be a nurse on a temporary visa then you will be paying eyewateringly large international student fees. If you are a permanent resident they will be less but you will still have to pay tuition fees up front.

Perhaps talk to a MARA registered agent to get a feel for what you might be able to access and what sort of time frame you might be talking about. Nothing is going to happen quickly

That is what he is looking at a independent visa but there are so many and i dont understand which one he will need. So it will be best for me to qualify before moving over there. We are speaking to a lot of people at the moment about it and it all seems a lot of hard work. I think your right we need to speak to a professional about it and see what the options are from them. Thank you for your comment

Nursing requires a degree to practice here - so how many years will you have to do to qualify then how many years experience once qualified? If your DH can get a visa based on his skills that would be the way to go. It rather depends on whether he can garner enough points to get a visa to allow entry into WA if that is where the purported jobs may be - remember it's a competitive process these days.

We are speaking to a rep that his mate used to help them through the process so hopefully they will be able to help us. I can be qualified after 3/4 years depending on how high i would want to be. We have done the points test and it comes up that he has 75 points and you need 65 to be able to get a visa but we just dont understand the skills assessment bit. How do you get or have a skills assessment?