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Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
May 22nd 2013, 3:37 am
Replies: 23
Views: 5,410
Posted By MarkNortham

Re: 457 Health Waiver - How Long to Process?

Congratulations! Fantastic outcome.

Best,

Mark Northam
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
May 2nd 2013, 7:10 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,136
Posted By MarkNortham

Re: RRV question

Hi Airlineguy -

We provide a copy of DIAC's policy document re: Substantial Ties criteria for a RRV to our RRV clients - this goes into great detail about the way they assess substantial ties. I'd...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
May 1st 2013, 5:21 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,610
Posted By MarkNortham

Re: Hairdresser looking for sponsorship..HeLp!

Hi -

Yes, unless the visitor visa has Condition 8503 (No Further Stay) applied to it. As long as that condition is not present and you are from an Assessment Level 1 country (UK is one), you can...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Apr 29th 2013, 1:42 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 2,736
Posted By MarkNortham

Re: Lied to get WHV and now in Oz but Girlfriend want to report me to Immigration!

And since WHV visas do not have secondary applicants (each applicant must file their own separate WHV visa application), it's not as if she was a party to the visa application where he lied...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Apr 29th 2013, 1:40 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 509
Posted By MarkNortham

Re: Work in the UK for Australian Company?

Hi -

There's a working holiday visa employment extension request form on the DIAC website in the WHV visa section, but that's generally used to extend the 6-month time limitation on any single...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Apr 29th 2013, 1:25 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 1,266
Posted By MarkNortham

Re: Applying for RRV after PR's 5-year

Hi Neo300ultra -

Responding to your questions:

Q1 - Impossible to say for sure. The applicant would need to provide evidence of substantial personal, employment, business or cultural ties to...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Apr 29th 2013, 1:17 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 2,736
Posted By MarkNortham

Re: Lied to get WHV and now in Oz but Girlfriend want to report me to Immigration!

It gets worse.. in the worst case, if his visa was cancelled on Section 501 character cancellation grounds, he could incur a permanent ban from entry to Australia for the rest of his life.

Short...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Apr 28th 2013, 8:36 am
Replies: 23
Views: 5,410
Posted By MarkNortham

Re: 457 Health Waiver - How Long to Process?

Thanks, Anita - regardless of whether your company is paying the agent or you are, you have every right to expect excellent and responsive service, and the agent has every obligation to provide that....
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Apr 28th 2013, 5:04 am
Replies: 4
Views: 1,026
Posted By MarkNortham

Re: Skills assessment

Currently Arborist is only being sponsored by ACT (but must be employed in ACT already) and SA (their "off-list" requirements apply, difficult to meet).

Things may change on 1 July when the new...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Apr 28th 2013, 5:00 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,136
Posted By MarkNortham

Re: RRV question

Hi Bermuda -

That's how it applies, but I mentioned it as often people get confused about the "needing to be outside Australia for work" provisions and where there are specific allowances for...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Apr 27th 2013, 11:47 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 1,173
Posted By MarkNortham

Re: RRV ....and 5 year absence rule.

Hi Shycouple -

Beyond the substantial ties issues, you are correct - if you are absent from Australia continuously for 5 or more years prior to applying for the RRV, you need to show "compelling...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Apr 27th 2013, 11:39 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 1,610
Posted By MarkNortham

Re: Hairdresser looking for sponsorship..HeLp!

Hi Katie -

I don't have any info on hair salon sponsors, however as a student on a student visa you're able to work 40 hours per fortnight, so many students come to Australia, learn their trade or...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Apr 27th 2013, 11:35 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 1,035
Posted By MarkNortham

Re: Visa Sub Class 190

Excellent post by Bermudashorts - I would only add that in addition to the regional restrictions on the 489 visa, family-sponsored 489 visa applications are given a very low priority at DIAC and can...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Apr 27th 2013, 11:31 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,334
Posted By MarkNortham

Re: 115 last remaining relative help please

Hi Mum01753 -

For an employer sponsored temporary visa (such as a 457) or a state sponsored skilled visa (such as a 459 or 190), the occupation must be on the Consolidated Sponsored Occupations...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Apr 27th 2013, 11:26 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,136
Posted By MarkNortham

Re: RRV question

While there is legislation that allows time spent outside of Australia as required by a partner's employment to, in some cases, be considered time present in Australia for citizenship purposes, these...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Apr 27th 2013, 11:03 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 5,410
Posted By MarkNortham

Re: 457 Health Waiver - How Long to Process?

There are 2 primary aspects to a health waiver - the first makes whatever arguments are to be made re: the cost of care, etc - however cost estimates from medical experts are essentially all that...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Apr 27th 2013, 10:45 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,832
Posted By MarkNortham

Re: Subclass 101 Visa

Hi JAJ -

Good point - family visas can be look deceptively simple but the legislation, regulations and policy behind them is anything but simple and trips up a lot of applicants who aren't aware...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Apr 27th 2013, 5:07 am
Replies: 23
Views: 5,410
Posted By MarkNortham

Re: 457 Health Waiver - How Long to Process?

Hi Anitalund -

We've found these can take anywhere from 3 to 9 months, and sometimes longer depending on the quality of the health waiver submission and the specific case details.

Unfortunately...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Apr 27th 2013, 4:58 am
Replies: 202
Views: 28,197
Posted By MarkNortham

Re: changes for 2013

Hi Sony -

That's the magic question - what will they do! We're hearing that there may be significant changes in the English requirements for the 457 visa, which reflects some of the comments the...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Apr 27th 2013, 4:46 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,832
Posted By MarkNortham

Re: Subclass 101 Visa

Hi Sukiru -

The visa (Child visa) will generally be issued with a "must enter by" date which you must enter Australia by in order to validate the visa. If you do not enter Australia by this date,...
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