karenformby

Hi, im in need of help, passed my TRA and my agent was just about to lodge my visa when new immigration rules came out. Im gutted, i waited 15 years thinking i had forever to apply. Hairdressing has been my passion and life. I have always dreamed of living in OZ, and now feel cheated. If anyone has any advice or knows of a company willing to sponsor I would love to hear from you . karen xxxx

Dorothy

Why do you feel cheated? You said yourself you waited 15 years to apply, so it's not like anyone took anything from you. It was you who left it too late I'm afraid.

It's unlikely you will find a company to sponsor you as a hairdresser. However, it wouldn't hurt for you to try looking at where you want to live and sending emails to salons asking if they will sponsor.

karenformby

Dorothy, I feel cheated because ive wasted £4,500, and i waited until it was the right time in my life before aplying to oz. It was not done on a whime and i had done my homework before applying. The agent i used advised me i would just make the deadline. If anyone (not Dorothy) has any constructive advise please email

Bermudashorts

I can understand why you feel gutted, but I also don't know why you feel cheated. You could have applied at any point in the last 15 years and chose not to, so who cheated you exactly? You weren't cheated, you are not a victim, you were just unlucky.

What you need to do now is wait for state sponsorship / SMP lists to come out, see if hairdresser is on any and if so apply for sponsorship. There is going to be A LOT of competition for places but someone will get them and you have just as much chance as anyone else. The only other option is employer sponsorship, the chance of finding an employer sponsor from overseas are slim but why not contact some salons and see what happens, at least you know you tried.

If neither of these routes succeed, then I think you might have to accept that you are ineligible for emigration to Australia.

Dorothy

Sorry you don't like what I said, but it's an unfortunate fact of life that you chose to wait. Perhaps if you want to be pissed with someone it should be the agent who gave you the advice to wait.

I gave you an honest answer and sometimes honesty hurts. I'm not sure what other advice you are looking for here. Hairdresser was taken off the list and there is at the moment not a way for you to apply for a 175 with this skill. You can either wait for state SMPs as BS says, or try looking for a sponsor, although finding sponsorship is going to be difficult.

I also think you'll find that this is an open internet forum. You will get answers from whoever answers. You don't get to pick and choose.

comet555

Holy crap, 4500 pounds for the TRA and an agent! How much was the agents fee?

We did our entire application ourselves for about $3000 Canadian. I can't imagine how on earth the agents fees could cost that much, unless of course they've included the visa costs in it. In which case you should get that back as you can't even lodge the application now.

How long ago did you do all this with the agent? I though hairdressing has been off for a little while now (sometime in the last 6 months or more). I could be wrong though, it just feels like I've known about it for a while.

I recognize that you feel cheated, and that's understandable. Although like the others say I think it's misplaced. Firstly because the immigration rules are always changing and there's no guarantee an occupation will stay on the list from year to year, so 15 years is stretching it! I personally would probably be ticked a bit that they said there was time, although again the agents don't know what changes are happening either.

I guess I just had to post as the amount of money you've spent is staggering and I don't really understand it. I'm also curious if you've just now found out as they changes happened a little while ago. Also... is your agent MARA registered?

pumpkin blossom

I have to agree with comet. How the hell??
TRA cost $300 last year to get a skills assessment didn't it? So what, about £150? And you hadn't even got as far as paying any of the immigration fees, medicals, police checks etc.
What the hell were you paying your agent? And that must have been for just the first part of the work too, to get your TRA application ready, they didn't even get as far as an application!
And did they only just tell you that you don't have that option any more? It was announced in April I believe (or around then, can't be arsed searching). Have they only just told you?

mandyp

Hi Karen, what a nice welcome to BE???!!!!

Welcome!!

Unfortunately there are many people who have been affected by the changes of late. Maybe things will change in your favour in the future. . . Who knows.

Good luck, and stay positive. If you really want to live in Australia then you will find a way ;-)

Cheers
Mandy

Dorothy

Really? How? While it's all well and good to be positive, it might be helpful to the OP to offer her a solution as to just HOW she's supposed to find a way.

wookiee06

Have you thought about looking at the regienal areas of Australia?

the nt could be your life line

page 3
http://www.nt.gov.au/dbe/employment/...rtage_list.pdf

your trade is there,

krazys back

My wife and I are in a very similar position to the OP (ie wanting to move but due to timing cant do it yet - therefore unlucky) and therefore this link above is at least a chink of light for us. Thanks to poster for the link but also for the honesty and information still offered by others taking their time to come on here!

Any further news anybody on rumours/facts around other state requirements?

Fingers crossed people, fingers crossed

wookiee06

hey guys, this just a simple search i did in google about newcastle nsw for hairdresser jobs.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourc...+newcastle+nsw

Hairdresser jobs in geelong vic

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...=&oq=&gs_rfai=

could be a starting point to find network contacts who might know of companies which sponser with your skills

krazys back

Appreciated - already on it!!

gui

how on earth was hairdressing ever on the migration list anyway?!

pumpkin blossom

It was on there as there was a shortage! The whole point of the list is to get people in occupations where there are not enough ozzies doing it. Hairdressers was one of those.