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Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
May 5th 2010, 3:24 pm
Replies: 0
Views: 340
Posted By rustics

Interpretation of acceptable occupation per SOL

Hi folks.....

I am looking at an application for a 121 visa under the employer nomination scheme...I hope sooner rather than later, but the prospective employer is having delays in getting the...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Apr 27th 2010, 6:28 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 3,045
Posted By rustics

Re: citezenship (when to apply)

Hi all,

this thread is of interest to me....I am hoping to return to Oz this year, and my goal is to get citizenship asap. I worked 2007-2009 in Perth....and am waiting on a job offer to get me...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Feb 1st 2010, 7:11 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,198
Posted By rustics

Re: will time on 457 count towards Citizenship?

Hi again folks,

As a follow-up to the question previously posed on this topic....my prospective (re) employer in Perth (WA govt) is still interested in sponsoring me for PR, but there have been...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Oct 29th 2009, 4:58 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,092
Posted By rustics

Re: 457 to Onshore ENS Permanent Visa

Thanks George,

Yeah, I know, where do you draw the line. However, operational practice can deviate from the letter of the law in many fields, the cop gives you a warning, etc. I work in an area...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Oct 29th 2009, 4:04 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,092
Posted By rustics

Re: 457 to Onshore ENS Permanent Visa

Hi all, I am interested in this topic as well. A similar thing happened in my case. I got offered a job, which was a 2-y contract with the WA government. They sponsored me on a 457. However,...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Sep 29th 2009, 1:19 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,198
Posted By rustics

Re: will time on 457 count towards Citizenship?

Hey guys,
I appreciate your replies...thanks Silly Old Bag et al. I also thought the 457 time counted, based on my last mega-trawl through the DIAC web pages, but wondered whether there was some...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Sep 28th 2009, 2:24 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,198
Posted By rustics

will time on 457 count towards Citizenship?

Hi folks,
I am back in Canada after working on a 457 visa in Perth, WA for two years. My employer there (the state Government) would only offer me a deal on a 457 when they offered me the job I...
Forum: Australia
May 8th 2009, 8:42 am
Replies: 31
Views: 2,833
Posted By rustics

Re: Can someone please make my mind up for me!

Hey Lois, only you can decide, however Mandurah and SW WA is a very nice place, although rife with crazy traffic-related problems and totally inadequate policing, just to warn you. Apart from that...
Forum: Australia
May 8th 2009, 5:28 am
Replies: 25
Views: 11,949
Posted By rustics

Re: Where to buy cheap camping gear in Perth (other than the big 3)

I have found fishing and camping world in Kelmscott very good, it's a kind of coop store, as opposed to your Kmart, Ranger etc chains, decent range of gear of all sorts and very helpful service....
Forum: Australia
Mar 4th 2009, 3:13 am
Replies: 379
Views: 41,670
Posted By rustics

Re: whats the worse thing about living in australia

It's all been said...but after 20 yrs in the UK, 20 in Canada and 2 in Oz, each country is pretty good really and be honest, they all have most of the faults everyone has listed here.

Its pretty...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Mar 4th 2009, 12:32 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,397
Posted By rustics

Re: 457, LAFHA: Issues re qualification for LAFHA

Yes, but as someone else said, get it signed off as part of your total package before you arrive and start work, otherwise you probably wont get it.

Rob
Perth WA
Forum: Canada
Aug 13th 2008, 8:50 am
Replies: 20
Views: 1,949
Posted By rustics

Re: Getting planning permission in New Brunswick

Hello Clynnog,

What protects ag land in NB? For the most part, nothing, I am afraid. There is a register of agricultural land, but it provides no protection. Existing legislation heavily favours...
Forum: Canada
Aug 8th 2008, 12:25 pm
Replies: 20
Views: 1,949
Posted By rustics

Re: Getting planning permission in New Brunswick

Hi Superfox,
What part of NB are you looking at to move to?
Planning regs differ in different regions of the province but in general are far easier to navigate than in the UK. Many rural areas...
Forum: Canada
Aug 8th 2008, 11:52 am
Replies: 4
Views: 732
Posted By rustics

Re: New Brunswick info Pls

Hi intruder,

Sussex is a very scenic rural area, very small population by UK standards, basically in a big wide agricultural valley...there are also a couple of potash mines which you should...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Feb 12th 2008, 1:06 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,820
Posted By rustics

Re: 457 Without Flights and Meds? HELP!!

Hi scousercarol,
Sympathise with the situation. Do you have an immigration case officer assigned yet? If so ask them your questions. I am not sure if you can come on a tourist visa while the 457...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Jan 18th 2008, 6:04 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,820
Posted By rustics

Re: 457 Without Flights and Meds? HELP!!

To add a bit more to my last post, my 457 sponsor paid for flights for my wife and for me to get out here and $5k set-up expenses. They have not paid LAFHA despite my representations.....it remains...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Jan 14th 2008, 3:39 am
Replies: 22
Views: 1,820
Posted By rustics

Re: 457 Without Flights and Meds? HELP!!

Dram,
I am in Perth on a 457 visa, arrived last August. My experiences:
-Get everything you want or expect as far as terms/conditions go in your contract with your employer before you travel....
Forum: Canada
Aug 8th 2007, 7:59 pm
Replies: 38
Views: 4,176
Posted By rustics

Re: Wolfville anyone?

Hi 2NS,
Sorry...no idea who those Wolfville Welshies are.

And no...angwantibos are not Welsh...they used to be confined to tropical Africa, but with climate change 'n' all, now they're over...
Forum: Canada
Aug 8th 2007, 5:12 pm
Replies: 38
Views: 4,176
Posted By rustics

Re: Wolfville anyone?

Glad it was helpful. Are you Welsh, 2NS? Mostly Welsh genes in my veins too - a Hughes, look you.

No wolves any more in these parts, sadly, but the whole Maritimes are stiff with moose, bears,...
Forum: Canada
Aug 8th 2007, 1:50 pm
Replies: 38
Views: 4,176
Posted By rustics

Re: Wolfville anyone?

Hey folks. I live in NB but my youngest daughter has just graduated from uni in Wolfville and is still there working, so we have been there many times in the past 4 yrs. Wolfville proper is very...
Forum: Canada
Aug 3rd 2007, 3:47 pm
Replies: 48
Views: 5,509
Posted By rustics

Re: Two years in New Brunswick.

Hi vixen,

No, they are a lot nicer than the TO/SW Ont area. A lot more winter sun here, colder, and drier. Less rain and more snow. Similar to central Ontario. Having said that this is Canada...
Forum: Australia
Aug 2nd 2007, 11:59 am
Replies: 17
Views: 1,577
Posted By rustics

Re: Where to stay when we arrive - Perth

Hi Sally, I will be arriving in Perth later this month and looking for rental accom's somewhere in the Vic Park/Kensington area for my wife and me... Any tips? I gather that rentals are getting...
Forum: Australia
Aug 1st 2007, 6:57 pm
Replies: 1,157
Views: 93,963
Posted By rustics

Re: Settling in Perth 2007/8 List

Hi folks,

Will be arriving in Perth sometime later this month....job lined up with the WA government and visa came though last week. Probably flying out with Emirates. The baggage allowance is a...
Forum: Canada
Aug 1st 2007, 6:44 pm
Replies: 48
Views: 5,509
Posted By rustics

Re: Two years in New Brunswick.

Hmm , quite. If too many people move here it'll end up like everywhere else. :)

It's revealing reading various people's comments. Unless somewhere is truly the black hole of Calcutta, whether an...
Forum: Canada
Aug 1st 2007, 4:50 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 2,523
Posted By rustics

Re: Hi Gang New Brunswick Anyone?

Hi britishvixen,

If you can do without the trappings of a bigger centre /city then NB is a good choice. It really is quite poorly know about and I hope it stays that way as this is part of what...
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