Seabird

Hi, if my daughter is employer sponsored to come to Australia under a visa leading to PR, how long would she be guranteed a job for..? What would her employer have to agree to as a minimum term? Could she be laid off after a trial period? Wondering if this varies between jurisdictions? Thanks!

Bermudashorts

There is no such thing as a visa leading to PR. Visas are individual and qualifying for a temporary one now and having a wiling sponsor for a temporary visa now does not mean that a sponsor for a permanent visa willl be available down the line.

Your daughter has no guarantee for a job any more than anybody else in the world has. If the sponsoring company decided after her one month probation that her face does not fit, then they can let her go and her visa wil be cancelled.

What is her occuoation? A skilled migrant visa is a much better option than an employer sponsored visa.

VickyA

A 457 visa theoretically leads to PR, but the employer can get rid of her at any time, and she would have 90 days to find another sponsor or leave the country. After 2 years on a 457, the same employer can sponsor for PR, but again they are under no obligation, and if the employer ceases trading during the nomination/visa process (currently taking over 6 months) that's 2.5 years down the drain.

As BermudaShorts says, she's better looking for a skilled visa, that way she's in control of her own destiny once she's got it. The jobs market is dicey now, I've just scraped PR through a 186, and I would definitely not risk it now unless I was fully prepared to go back to the UK if/when the jobs falls away.

Bikergirl

A 457 does not theoretically lead to a PR application. A 457 is just a temporary visa, and there are some people who have been on 457 after 457 and some who have undertaken a PR application whilst working on a 457 visa.

An employer can sponsor for a permanent visa immediately if they so wish, the candidate would have to pass the skills test though. The skills test is waived for an employer sponsored visa after a fixed time (which at last look was 2 years).


I'm not sure what "jurisdictions" are being referred to by Seabird in her original post, Immigration is a Federal Government responsibility, and in the case of employer sponsored visa not state related at all.