Button29

Hello

We are a family of 4 looking into the possibility of moving to Australia permanently. I have visited a number of times as my dad is an Australian citizen. Knowing that, I have looked into the family sponsorship but as far as I can gather, it looks as though he could only sponsor me if he was an Australian citizen at the time of my birth and this isn’t the case. He became a citizen a few years after my birth. I also have a sister who was born in Australia.

Is there any route through family sponsorship that I could go down with this scenario?

Alternatively, we are looking at visa 189 as my partner’s occupation is on there he is a construction project manager.

Any help would be appreciated 😊

verystormy

He can sponsor you for an491 visa as long as he lives in a regional area. However, this is exactly the same as applying for a 189 with the addition of sponsorship, which just gives some extra points. So, in effect you still need an occupation on the long term list and need to pass a skills assessment etc. IT is also inferior to a 189

Button29

That’s great thank you for your help! So it would be better to go for the 189 to give us more chance?

rammygirl

We’re you born in Australia?

Button29

No I was born in the UK