proud family

We have a cousin who is willing to sponsor us, however they live in a suburb of Sydney. Does this mean that it is not possible to obtain any points

Vic

It does not matter where he lives. His sponsorship should work.

ndaltonb

Your cousin can sponsor you. It's just that as they are in Sydney, it can't be a Designated Area sponsorship. See below

Nigel db

Skilled - Designated Area Sponsored - under this category, the Australian Government is seeking skilled migrants to settle in certain designated regions of Australia. You must have a sponsor (you or your spouse must be related to the sponsor) and an assurer (a person living in Australia who agrees to provide financial support so you will not have to rely on Government forms of support). The sponsor and assurer can be the same person. You must satisfy the basic requirements, but this category is not points tested.

Skilled - Australian Sponsored - for potential skilled migrants whose sponsors lives outside the certain designated areas covered by the Skilled - Regional Sponsored category. You must have a sponsor and an assurer who may or may not be the same person. You must satisfy the basic requirements and the points test (with 15 points for sponsorship).

proud family

[QUOTE][SIZE=1]Originally posted by ndaltonb:
Your cousin can sponsor you. It's just that as they are in Sydney, it can't be a Designated Area sponsorship.

Nigel db

[Thanks for the prompt replie we are just starting out on our imigration adventure and are finding things a bit confusing - we seem to have more questions than answersQUOTE]

Jaj

Nigel
Cousins can't do non-Designated Area Sponsorship.

So a cousin in Sydney is no good at all for this purpose.

Jeremy

    >On Thu, 03 Oct 2002 20:04:04 +0000, ndaltonb wrote:
    >Your cousin can sponsor you. It's just that as they are in Sydney, it
    >can't be a Designated Area sponsorship. See below
    >Nigel db
    >Skilled - Designated Area Sponsored - under this category, the
    >Australian Government is seeking skilled migrants to settle in certain
    >designated regions of Australia. You must have a sponsor (you or your
    >spouse must be related to the sponsor) and an assurer (a person living
    >in Australia who agrees to provide financial support so you will not
    >have to rely on Government forms of support). The sponsor and assurer
    >can be the same person. You must satisfy the basic requirements, but
    >this category is not points tested.
    >Skilled - Australian Sponsored - for potential skilled migrants whose
    >sponsors lives outside the certain designated areas covered by the
    >Skilled - Regional Sponsored category. You must have a sponsor and an
    >assurer who may or may not be the same person. You must satisfy the
    >basic requirements and the points test (with 15 points for sponsorship).
    >Originally posted by proud family:
    >We have a cousin who is willing to sponsor us, however they live in a
    >suburb of Sydney. Does this mean that it is not possible to obtain
    >any points
    >--
    >ndaltonb
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