strongbow

I have a new job at the Royal Childrens melbourne as a paediatric nurse on a 457 sponsorship and just wanted to link up with others who can give information/tips. Also info about renting until we can get a mortgage-
just waiting for visa had meds so planning to be over mid end august.
Strongbow

Grayling

Why a 457 visa

As a nurse you can get PR very easily and, perhaps, save yourself a lot of problems.

G

soapy©

try this link out, it should help
http://britishexpats.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=72

Robbo2

Hi,
I can highly recommmend the nurses forum which Soapy has given you the link to. Hubby and I are both nurses, going out to Brisbane in November if visa arrives in time. We were going on a sponsorship, but pulled out and decided to go for PR.
I am happy to answer any questions which you may have, if I can!
Claire. x

amanda76

hi, i again am a midwife and was going to go down sponsorship route but decided against it and am waiting for PR. welcome and let us know your reasons for going the sponsorship route?

amanda

strongbow

I just saw the job advertised and decided to go for it and see what they said, when they offered sponsorship and would support residency if I applied once in post, I thought it would be a good way of seeing if working life was as good as hoped. Strongbow

amanda76

hi strongbow


i think many of us have gone against sponsorship incase when we were out there we didn't like the hospital, with sponsorship you would be stuck there for however long you have agreed..............with PR you can simply move to another hospital. However tell us more about you, are you single? do you have children ? etc etc......I'm asking this because if i had have been single with no children (i have 3) i may have been more happy to give the sponsored visa a try

amanda

tracey.d

Hi,
Are you who I think you are? If so glad you decided to come online. Just clicked with the username .
It was nice to meet you and hubbby on Saturday. How are you by the way?

I hope you are who I'm thinking otherwise you will be wondering what the hell I'm talking about

Tracey

tracey.d

No, defo know who you are. Just looked back at your original post re: where you've got a job. Didn't realise you were going on a sponsered visa.

Tracey

Bordy

Have to agree with Grayling, no nurses should come out on a 457.

They had a problem with the threat of surgeons resigning on masse at the RCH but news yesterday that a solution might be found.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...6/s1399104.htm

hedgehog-girl

I'm on a 457 visa, but lucky for me I am defacto on my partners visa...although we've decided that we like the place enough to go PR...We wanted to try bef ore we buy first! he he

Kelli28

iv got a feeling we been found

Bordy

Sorry to hear you were lost.

RReed

I agree with Grayling. Look into getting a PR. You will have much more control over your life/work.
Rachel

JAJ

The problem is that some people who 'try before they buy' then find they can't get a PR visa and have to go home.

It's not that much harder for most nurses to get a PR visa immediately rather than a 457.

Jeremy