British Merchant Navy
May 28th 2014, 12:44 am
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Re: British Merchant Navy
Hi,
Sorry for taking so long to reply here. So yes I went through the process, got my certification assessed, flew to Australia to take the oral and medical, then applied for a 189 visa. I am now living in Sydney and working offshore.
I have posted in more detail on another forum (PIO) and there are a few more seafarers who have been through the process. In my experience the oral was very thorough and as tough as my original MCA Masters Oral.
The cost was obviously concerning, and flying over to do the oral without knowing you will pass is a worry (I know of another Brit who went, failed and had to fly back a month later).
A new stipulation on the Immigration website (that didn't affect me) is you need police clearances for all flag states where you've served a cumulative of more then 12 months seatime on... A little ridiculous.
After obtaining the visa I found a lot of the jobs aren't so keen to take you on unless you are already in country, catch 22. There is definitely work with a Masters tickets, pilotage, marine surveyor (AMSA) and shore side, but also some work offshore.
Sorry for taking so long to reply here. So yes I went through the process, got my certification assessed, flew to Australia to take the oral and medical, then applied for a 189 visa. I am now living in Sydney and working offshore.
I have posted in more detail on another forum (PIO) and there are a few more seafarers who have been through the process. In my experience the oral was very thorough and as tough as my original MCA Masters Oral.
The cost was obviously concerning, and flying over to do the oral without knowing you will pass is a worry (I know of another Brit who went, failed and had to fly back a month later).
A new stipulation on the Immigration website (that didn't affect me) is you need police clearances for all flag states where you've served a cumulative of more then 12 months seatime on... A little ridiculous.
After obtaining the visa I found a lot of the jobs aren't so keen to take you on unless you are already in country, catch 22. There is definitely work with a Masters tickets, pilotage, marine surveyor (AMSA) and shore side, but also some work offshore.
May 28th 2014, 12:46 am
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Re: British Merchant Navy
AMSA provide a letter after you have done the oral, which includes an assessment of your time in employment, time on leave is taken into accounts. DIBP accept whatever AMSA says on the letter.
May 28th 2014, 2:46 am
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Re: British Merchant Navy
Hi,
Sorry for taking so long to reply here. So yes I went through the process, got my certification assessed, flew to Australia to take the oral and medical, then applied for a 189 visa. I am now living in Sydney and working offshore.
I have posted in more detail on another forum (PIO) and there are a few more seafarers who have been through the process. In my experience the oral was very thorough and as tough as my original MCA Masters Oral.
The cost was obviously concerning, and flying over to do the oral without knowing you will pass is a worry (I know of another Brit who went, failed and had to fly back a month later).
A new stipulation on the Immigration website (that didn't affect me) is you need police clearances for all flag states where you've served a cumulative of more then 12 months seatime on... A little ridiculous.
After obtaining the visa I found a lot of the jobs aren't so keen to take you on unless you are already in country, catch 22. There is definitely work with a Masters tickets, pilotage, marine surveyor (AMSA) and shore side, but also some work offshore.
Sorry for taking so long to reply here. So yes I went through the process, got my certification assessed, flew to Australia to take the oral and medical, then applied for a 189 visa. I am now living in Sydney and working offshore.
I have posted in more detail on another forum (PIO) and there are a few more seafarers who have been through the process. In my experience the oral was very thorough and as tough as my original MCA Masters Oral.
The cost was obviously concerning, and flying over to do the oral without knowing you will pass is a worry (I know of another Brit who went, failed and had to fly back a month later).
A new stipulation on the Immigration website (that didn't affect me) is you need police clearances for all flag states where you've served a cumulative of more then 12 months seatime on... A little ridiculous.
After obtaining the visa I found a lot of the jobs aren't so keen to take you on unless you are already in country, catch 22. There is definitely work with a Masters tickets, pilotage, marine surveyor (AMSA) and shore side, but also some work offshore.
Have got a CO allocated and as per your mail they have asked for Flag state police Clearances.Wonder how they expect us to get these.
How's it working offshore.Do you work in Perth and Fly across back home to Sydney .
May 28th 2014, 11:48 am
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Re: British Merchant Navy
May 28th 2014, 11:52 am
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Re: British Merchant Navy
http://www.immi.gov.au/Help/Pages/ch...uirements.aspx. should tell you how to obtain police clearances.
May 28th 2014, 3:30 pm
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Re: British Merchant Navy
Sadly much easier said then done, seafarers work onboard ships with what's called 'flag if convenience' so the ship may be registered in an obscure country that the ship and/or seafarer may never visit and most certainly won't have had a residential address there. A very complex situation for those going through the process now. Thankfully when I did it last year I never had to jump through that hoop.
