skyblue

just ready to send my TRA application after 2 months of pestering former employers,clients and suppliers.

Being an impatient pair we were wondering what everyones views were on just up and going on a work visa and then finish the TRA and Stni in Oz ? Thats of course if we were to sell our house shortly and when our eldest has finished her exams in June.

My job (plasterer)carries 60 points, we would be bringing 180,000+A$ and I am on Adelaides trades wanted list.My wife is a secretary.

I am asking this after just reading the following which has been released by the Oz government:



The number of skilled migrants had risen from 34,600 in 1997-98, Senator
Vanstone said.
To help better address migration-related skills and labour issues, the
Immigration Department would fund the outposting of 10 department officers
to key industry bodies to provide expert support.
The department would also stage seminars for employers and recruitment
events to better match skilled migrants with employers.
"As we're competing globally for skilled workers, it is essential that
Australian employers have a competitive edge in this area," Senator Vanstone
said.
The minister also flagged changes to the working holidaymaker visa.
"We are going to make it clear that if a working holidaymaker puts a minimum
of three months into seasonal harvest work in regional Australia, they will
be able to apply for a further visa," Senator Vanstone said.
"This will be particularly beneficial to the agricultural sector."
The government would also stage a "tightly controlled pilot" of allowing
overseas people who completed apprenticeships in regional Australia to apply
for permanent residence.

Australia will take an extra 20,000 skilled migrants in 2005-06 to help meet
labour force needs.
Immigration Minister Amanda Vanstone said between 130,000 and 140,000
non-humanitarian migrants would be taken, with a skilled migrant component
of 97,500.
The government would also change visas for working holidaymakers, giving
people an option of extending such visas, and introduce a pilot program for
overseas people to do apprenticeships in regional Australia.
Senator Vanstone said more trades had also been added to the migration
occupations in demand list, making it easier for such tradespeople to
migrate to Australia.
"We plan to take an additional 20,000 skilled migrants in Australia in the
year 2005-06," Senator Vanstone told reporters.
"The particular focus of this increase will be through employer sponsorship
because employers are the ones that know best the skills that their
particular business requires.


We would gladly pick fruit for 3 months while applying for jobs to obtain an extra years visa.

Thoughts ???????????

Carruss

Can I just ask where you get this figure from?

This is about 73K in England.

R.

Carruss

Sorry, read this wrong.....again, apologies.

R

skyblue

What figure, 180,000 ?

Thats the money we have left over after selling our house.

Carruss

I thought it meant earning this amount but like I said I read it wrong!

R.

crowley

Skyblue, I had copies of the paper sent to me by a large organisation who require my services. I’ve also had coffee with senior members SA Gov, Trust me when I say you need to do it properly. You try and take a short cut and the best you can hope to achieve is a room in the desert. I my self have started to look upon the TRA and VISA as filtering process trying to keep Australia as good as it is (and it is)I had some pointers from another member which helped me a lot. But on the up side trying to get a builder in SA is like trying to get a tax refund from the inland revenue. 180K Aus will get you a good sized house but you pay for location (central and hills costing the most)

skyblue

thanks for your input, in my mind thats the way we will probably go it's just the wife "I want to go now syndrome". The fact also that we know of a few people who have gone out there first, got jobs and the applied successfully for visa's

TheRossers

For what it's worth I'd do it properly too. Visa processing is getting a lot quicker now so there's not the long wait anymore. And you never know you may have your visa by the time you've sold your house.

lynnlovessun

Are plasterers not just about to go on the MODL or am I talking mince!?

Lynn

skyblue

Hiya Lynn,

they are already on.

Amazulu

I don't think they are.