Which visa?
Jan 30th 2007, 7:24 pm
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Which visa?
Hello
I am a childminder & my husband is a sales manager in the construction industry & we have 4 kids. We have found out that we can not go out to Perth on a skilled visa as we don't have enough points!
The agent we are using suggested that he can get us out on a student visa if I do a cookery course once out there! He said he can get my husband a sales job for when we go out, but he will need to do a building course to get a skilled visa.
We have been looking into what each visa means & the student one seems that we can only work for about 20 hours a week.
Has anyone tried this method or know anything about it?
Thank you
I am a childminder & my husband is a sales manager in the construction industry & we have 4 kids. We have found out that we can not go out to Perth on a skilled visa as we don't have enough points!
The agent we are using suggested that he can get us out on a student visa if I do a cookery course once out there! He said he can get my husband a sales job for when we go out, but he will need to do a building course to get a skilled visa.
We have been looking into what each visa means & the student one seems that we can only work for about 20 hours a week.
Has anyone tried this method or know anything about it?
Thank you
Jan 31st 2007, 2:25 am
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Re: Which visa?
Hello
I am a childminder & my husband is a sales manager in the construction industry & we have 4 kids. We have found out that we can not go out to Perth on a skilled visa as we don't have enough points!
The agent we are using suggested that he can get us out on a student visa if I do a cookery course once out there! He said he can get my husband a sales job for when we go out, but he will need to do a building course to get a skilled visa.
I am a childminder & my husband is a sales manager in the construction industry & we have 4 kids. We have found out that we can not go out to Perth on a skilled visa as we don't have enough points!
The agent we are using suggested that he can get us out on a student visa if I do a cookery course once out there! He said he can get my husband a sales job for when we go out, but he will need to do a building course to get a skilled visa.
And if your husband is really skilled and could be employed in Australia, why not go for an employer nominated migrant visa?
Jan 31st 2007, 6:46 am
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Re: Which visa?
This is what I have found out...
Once we have secured you a job offer, you will need a work permit. **************** can arrange this for you and in most cases they can obtain permanent residency for you immediately. During this whole period you can be living AND working in either Canada or Australia
Alternatively you could apply for permanent residency directly from your home country, however the department of Citizenship and Immigration of Canada (CIC) is advising that the average processing time in the UK is 4 years, and the average processing time from within the EU is 5 years. If you get something wrong, and your application is rejected, you are back to square one and you will have to make another application. For Australian cases it generally takes 8 - 12 months to make an application.
So why not just get a job, and go and live in Canada or Australia first? This way you can be sure that the country is right for you and your family AND you can obtain permanent residency faster.
We have been told so much, that we don't know which way to go!!!
Once we have secured you a job offer, you will need a work permit. **************** can arrange this for you and in most cases they can obtain permanent residency for you immediately. During this whole period you can be living AND working in either Canada or Australia
Alternatively you could apply for permanent residency directly from your home country, however the department of Citizenship and Immigration of Canada (CIC) is advising that the average processing time in the UK is 4 years, and the average processing time from within the EU is 5 years. If you get something wrong, and your application is rejected, you are back to square one and you will have to make another application. For Australian cases it generally takes 8 - 12 months to make an application.
So why not just get a job, and go and live in Canada or Australia first? This way you can be sure that the country is right for you and your family AND you can obtain permanent residency faster.
We have been told so much, that we don't know which way to go!!!
Jan 31st 2007, 7:26 am
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Re: Which visa?
Are you actually using this agent and paid, or have you just spoken to them?
If it sounds too good to be true, it is.
Speak to someone good like George Lombard or GoMatilda.
If it sounds too good to be true, it is.
Speak to someone good like George Lombard or GoMatilda.
Jan 31st 2007, 7:51 am
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Re: Which visa?
This is what I have found out...
Once we have secured you a job offer, you will need a work permit. **************** can arrange this for you and in most cases they can obtain permanent residency for you immediately. During this whole period you can be living AND working in either Canada or Australia
Alternatively you could apply for permanent residency directly from your home country, however the department of Citizenship and Immigration of Canada (CIC) is advising that the average processing time in the UK is 4 years, and the average processing time from within the EU is 5 years. If you get something wrong, and your application is rejected, you are back to square one and you will have to make another application. For Australian cases it generally takes 8 - 12 months to make an application.
So why not just get a job, and go and live in Canada or Australia first? This way you can be sure that the country is right for you and your family AND you can obtain permanent residency faster.
We have been told so much, that we don't know which way to go!!!
Once we have secured you a job offer, you will need a work permit. **************** can arrange this for you and in most cases they can obtain permanent residency for you immediately. During this whole period you can be living AND working in either Canada or Australia
Alternatively you could apply for permanent residency directly from your home country, however the department of Citizenship and Immigration of Canada (CIC) is advising that the average processing time in the UK is 4 years, and the average processing time from within the EU is 5 years. If you get something wrong, and your application is rejected, you are back to square one and you will have to make another application. For Australian cases it generally takes 8 - 12 months to make an application.
So why not just get a job, and go and live in Canada or Australia first? This way you can be sure that the country is right for you and your family AND you can obtain permanent residency faster.
We have been told so much, that we don't know which way to go!!!
Alarm bells are ringing, assuming that is a direct quote above - for one thing Aus does not issue "work permits" as such, the term is not in general use here.
Be very careful, you could end up here with only a temporary visa, and not able to migrate permanently.
Jan 31st 2007, 11:02 am
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Re: Which visa?
How many points do you have and is it vital that you go to Perth? Would you consider moving somewhere 'regional' (that's all of South Australia, all of Darwin, parts of Victoria, and a few more places.)
A student visa is one of the most expensive ways you could come out here, you'd only be allowed to work 20 hours per week and if that skill comes off the list before you qualify then you would have wasted x amount of years and lots of money.
A student visa is one of the most expensive ways you could come out here, you'd only be allowed to work 20 hours per week and if that skill comes off the list before you qualify then you would have wasted x amount of years and lots of money.
