:scared: :scared: :scared: Hi Everybody

This is our first post. After much research and reading through this fantastic forum, from which we have gained much info. We have just started or quest to move to oz. After speaking to a migration agent, we were informed that our easiest option would be to have a sponsor. Good news, I have a cousin who has lived in Adelaide most of his life (hooray!!) Bad news I have never met or spoken to him!!! After spending 2 days drafting a begging letter, finally found the courage to pop it in the post. Still can't believe I have been so cheeky!!! " Hi, I'm your cousin you have never met. Will you sponsor us please!!!!" As they say blood is thicker than water, so nothing ventured, nothing gained. Anybody else tried this approach? Did it work?????

A friend of ours has recently emigrated to Perth. She is a hairdresser, who found a job sponsor ( lucky cow, she virtually ran all the way there). We are hopefully looking to move to Perth also, we like the look of Joondalup (any comments on this area?)

We have 3 boys aged 13, 11 and 8 who are keen motocrossers and have raced here for the past 4 years, hopefully they can carry that on over there.
My husband is a flexographic printer by trade, but there doesn't seem to be many opportunities for him in this area. May be time for a change of career, has 18 years experience in the building trade and property renovation (although no papers). Would it be possible for him to get a job in this line of work, through experience alone?

Sorry to go on, we are only on the first step of the long road, maybe I am getting too excited!!!

Will keep you updated, hopefully with good news

Hi im not hundred per cent sure but i thought sponsor had to be ,brother,sister,Aunt ,uncle, Im not sure about cousin,check it out, also have you thought about regional WA,they are crying out for builders, with your hubbies experience he could probably pass TRA. He may also be able to get a sponsor.

http://www.dimia.gov.au/migration/sk...visa/index.htm

The relative list is here.

So it appears your option would be the Skilled – Designated Area Sponsored (subclass 139) visa.
But doesn't this mean you would also have to live in South Australia?
Damn all these visa classifications - so bloody complicated

they could live in regional WA, if you get a sponsor, stay 2 years and then live where you want.
Regional WA south west is beautiful though and most of us stay.

Yes but initially don't you have to live in the same region as your sponsor?

Hi , We have been advised and also checked out that we can use a cousin on a Skilled-designated area sponsored(subclass 139) visa, with regards the job situation i have been employed as a printer for 18 years but have taken on these projects in my spare time therefore no papers or refs

If its a cousin sponsor the only option is 139 designated sponsor route. There are lots of changes afoot and may have happened already the new rules are apparently that you have to live in the same area as your sponsor for the first 2 years and also the 139 is scheduled to become a temp visa, as I said I don't know when the changes are happening if not already you will need to look at the web site. We came on a 139 our sponsor was an uncle anyway but in a designated area.

Hasn't changed yet due to change in June 2006

Good luck.

Hope you sent the begging letter in a xmas card.
Jo

Oh yes i know, i meant work sponsor.

Hi Baileysgirl, we did exactly the same sent a begging letter to my husbands Aunt, apologised for never speaking to her!!, sent photos of us all & even went to visit her on our reccie trip we were positive she wouldnt mind sponsoring us - she refused, she went to c a solicitor to check out all the implications & it all got v embarrassing caused family arguements etc, in the end it worked out as my Dad sponsored us he hadnt been in Australia for very long initially so wasnt sure he would stay. Good luck with yours Michelle

the same happened to us, my Aunt agreed to sponsor us, we sent her the forms, did not hear for ages, then my mum rang her and she said NO she was scared, they are very old. Friends had put them off, we even offered them money. Any way 12 months later we got here my hubby got work sponsor we got PR and we are now 12 months in the beautiful Bunbury, long journey but got there in the end through sheer perseverence [i think thats how you spell it] . Denise

Denise exactly the same here, we sent her the forms no answer for 4 months - by this time we were a bit concerned! Hubbies Mum rang & she said the same - too old, friends had advised her etc etc we too offered money, we were devastated but started again & here we are in Melbourne so yep perseverance ( i cant spell it either) gets u there eventually Michelle

Omg thats so weird, why cant they just be honest with us, it has caused friction with my mum and her sister now, which could have been avoided, any way we did it in the end didnt we, with no help. hope you will be very happy as we are. oh by the way your spelling is correct, just looked in dictionary