Sorry, another 457 query from a stresshead!
Jan 26th 2007, 9:02 pm
#1
The Murphsters
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Joined: Dec 2006
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 161
Sorry, another 457 query from a stresshead!
Hi All,
What exactly happens with a 457 visa?
Could anyone say what the process was?
i.e. did someone get in touch, how do you actually get the visa? do you send your passports off or is it sent in the post, or do you have to go somehwere to collect?
I cannot find this info out anywhere, even on the immi site.
Thanks Gary
What exactly happens with a 457 visa?
Could anyone say what the process was?
i.e. did someone get in touch, how do you actually get the visa? do you send your passports off or is it sent in the post, or do you have to go somehwere to collect?
I cannot find this info out anywhere, even on the immi site.
Thanks Gary
Jan 26th 2007, 9:05 pm
#2
Reg. Migration Agent
Joined: Jan 2003
Location: Inner Western suburbs of Sydney
Posts: 4,483
Re: Sorry, another 457 query from a stresshead!
Hi All,
What exactly happens with a 457 visa?
Could anyone say what the process was?
i.e. did someone get in touch, how do you actually get the visa? do you send your passports off or is it sent in the post, or do you have to go somehwere to collect?
I cannot find this info out anywhere, even on the immi site.
Thanks Gary
What exactly happens with a 457 visa?
Could anyone say what the process was?
i.e. did someone get in touch, how do you actually get the visa? do you send your passports off or is it sent in the post, or do you have to go somehwere to collect?
I cannot find this info out anywhere, even on the immi site.
Thanks Gary
Your sponsor and/or migration agent should be advising you. For a 457 visa from an ETA eligible country you should just get an email saying that the visa has been granted and that you can collect the label after arrival in Australia. But no point getting stressed when there are those who have a vested interest in keeping you happy, ie the potential employer and relevant migration advisor :-)
Cheers,
George Lombard
Jan 26th 2007, 9:11 pm
#3
The Murphsters
Thread Starter
Joined: Dec 2006
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 161
Re: Sorry, another 457 query from a stresshead!
Thanks George,
So we do not actually get a visa, we just get stamped on the way into Aus?
In that case how does that work with my previous post about visiting Aus on a tourist visa until the 457 is granted, could we just go to NZ and back and re-enter on the visa?
Am under some pressure to get to Aus as soon as possible, my employers are in the dark having never done this before.
I have added pressure that i need to be in NZ for a conference on the 20th Feb and we were hoping that our visa would have been granted by then, i do not want to go all the way out there only to come back 2 days later, was hoping we would both go the NZ on route to Aus.
Thanks Gary
So we do not actually get a visa, we just get stamped on the way into Aus?
In that case how does that work with my previous post about visiting Aus on a tourist visa until the 457 is granted, could we just go to NZ and back and re-enter on the visa?
Am under some pressure to get to Aus as soon as possible, my employers are in the dark having never done this before.
I have added pressure that i need to be in NZ for a conference on the 20th Feb and we were hoping that our visa would have been granted by then, i do not want to go all the way out there only to come back 2 days later, was hoping we would both go the NZ on route to Aus.
Thanks Gary
Jan 27th 2007, 6:46 am
#4
Reg. Migration Agent
Joined: Jan 2003
Location: Inner Western suburbs of Sydney
Posts: 4,483
Re: Sorry, another 457 query from a stresshead!
Thanks George,
So we do not actually get a visa, we just get stamped on the way into Aus?
In that case how does that work with my previous post about visiting Aus on a tourist visa until the 457 is granted, could we just go to NZ and back and re-enter on the visa?
Am under some pressure to get to Aus as soon as possible, my employers are in the dark having never done this before.
I have added pressure that i need to be in NZ for a conference on the 20th Feb and we were hoping that our visa would have been granted by then, i do not want to go all the way out there only to come back 2 days later, was hoping we would both go the NZ on route to Aus.
Thanks Gary
So we do not actually get a visa, we just get stamped on the way into Aus?
In that case how does that work with my previous post about visiting Aus on a tourist visa until the 457 is granted, could we just go to NZ and back and re-enter on the visa?
Am under some pressure to get to Aus as soon as possible, my employers are in the dark having never done this before.
I have added pressure that i need to be in NZ for a conference on the 20th Feb and we were hoping that our visa would have been granted by then, i do not want to go all the way out there only to come back 2 days later, was hoping we would both go the NZ on route to Aus.
Thanks Gary
Sorry, if your employers have never done this before they're mad not to use an agent - timeline is certainly viable but too many variables concerning processing.
Cheers,
George Lombard
Jan 27th 2007, 2:07 pm
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Joined: Oct 2005
Location: Sydney
Posts: 362
Re: Sorry, another 457 query from a stresshead!
Thanks George,
So we do not actually get a visa, we just get stamped on the way into Aus?
In that case how does that work with my previous post about visiting Aus on a tourist visa until the 457 is granted, could we just go to NZ and back and re-enter on the visa?
Am under some pressure to get to Aus as soon as possible, my employers are in the dark having never done this before.
I have added pressure that i need to be in NZ for a conference on the 20th Feb and we were hoping that our visa would have been granted by then, i do not want to go all the way out there only to come back 2 days later, was hoping we would both go the NZ on route to Aus.
Thanks Gary
So we do not actually get a visa, we just get stamped on the way into Aus?
In that case how does that work with my previous post about visiting Aus on a tourist visa until the 457 is granted, could we just go to NZ and back and re-enter on the visa?
Am under some pressure to get to Aus as soon as possible, my employers are in the dark having never done this before.
I have added pressure that i need to be in NZ for a conference on the 20th Feb and we were hoping that our visa would have been granted by then, i do not want to go all the way out there only to come back 2 days later, was hoping we would both go the NZ on route to Aus.
Thanks Gary
I was on a Dependant Student Visa (wife doing PHD and I was on open Work Permit) when I got the job and they decided to sponsor me for 457, in my case, they hired an agent because they wanted to go through the safest way. First company had to apply for a Business Sponsorship License which gives them facility to hire someone on 457 visa.
I think it took them somewhere around 2 weeks to get License and then another week for my 457 visa.
In our case, we did not have to travel out of Australia and we just wento to the Immigration Office in Gold Coast and they cancelled the previous visas and stamped new (457) visas in passports.
Too easy.
Ghanghro
