tony4563

OK...Question 1

What is the order of events in your Permanent Visa Application?

Question 2

From day 1 you apply to the day that your Permanent Residence Visa is granted, how many times do you need to visit Australia and what are the time guidelines?

Many Thanks!

Jonahs_mummy

These are our "chain of events" for our 136 MODL Visa Appl:

1. Passed TRA
2. Sent Visa Appl to Adelaide
3. Acknowledgement received
4. Medicals, Police Checks & 1022 Form requested by our Case Officer
5. Sent for PCCs
6. Had Medicals
7. Doctor sent Medicals
8. Received PCCs
9. Sent PCCs & 1022 form
10. Got visa

As for how many times do you need to visit Aus.... when you get your visa you are given a date by which you must "validate" your visa (ie. get it stamped in Australia). This date is usually 1 year from the date of your PCCs or Medicals, whichever you did first.

Hope that helps

irishbloo

listed like that it looks like a piece of cake.you wonder what we are all flapping over !!!!x irish

tony4563

Excellent, Many Thanks for your replies, but whats a TRA? I've seen it mentioned a few times but unsure what it means. I also read you had 5 years to validate your Visa once granted. Am I wrong on that issue?

Wendy

You have to have your skills assessed the TRA is the body that assesses skills such as electricians, bricklayers, etc. There is others too.

If you tell us what your skills are we can point you in the right direction.

tony4563

Thanks Wendy. We'll be going on on my wife's nursing qualification

Wendy

I'm not sure who assesses Nurses or what the procedure is but this lot in here do.

http://britishexpats.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=72

Some of them will probably give you a few pointers on this thread, but if you post your questions in there they will answer quicker.

Good luck with things.

tony4563

So do you have to apply to the TRA before you apply for a Visa? If so, how do you start about it?

Wendy

No I don't think nurses do apply to the TRA. I will try to find out for you

tony4563

Wendy...Thanks a lot. I'm maybe thinking of letting an agent sort it all out for us. May be money worth spending to save the hassle of it all. Geez that Aussie immigration website just has me going round in circles!

Wendy

We got an agent. It was so much easier as there was always someone to speak to who knew what they were doing !!

This site is brilliant but sometimes you will get conflicting advice then you don't know what to do.


I did find this page for you on DIMA's website though if it helps.

http://www.immi.gov.au/migration/nurses.htm

tony4563

Thanks Wendy, you're a credit to this site Final Question(for now at least) How long do you get before you actually leave the UK once a visa has been granted?

Wendy

You have to enter Australia within 12 months of either the Police Checks or Medicals. Unless there is something wrong with the medicals then you may only have 6 months.

Unless you have medical conditions then I wouldn't even worry about that though.

tony4563

Right, so once validated, you come back to the UK. How long then considering your house may still be for sale?

JAJ

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=297172