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You would need to be in Australia for the test and the ceremony. This is sort of how it was for me. I was working fifo internationally, so, was spending 6 weeks in Africa, 3 weeks home. This continued after lodging, but I was home for the test and ceremony. However, I am aware of people being able to at least have the ceremony outside of Australia, but, I don't know the criteria or if it is still allowed, so would check with an agent.

First, yes, your time frame is correct. There are some exemptions for the time out of Australia, but these are very limited and mainly to specific industries including resources and marine occupations. Yes, you can travel once the application is in.

Impossible to say. Many of us are surprised it is still there.

Will just add, that as well as needing four years of university (normally in the UK this will mean a degree and a post grad). You also need enough points. So, you may also need several years experience post qualification.

A DG is just a grant with no further contact from the CO. Your not put at bottom of the queue if you later submit, the two are not related. when you front load. The medical and police certificates just sit on the system until the point the CO would have processed them after requesting. So, at best, you might save a matter of days. On the flip side of saving days, both are only valid for 12 months and there are a million reasons for applications to blow out, for example a couple of years ago, the department suddenly went on strike. All grants were massively delayed. Then, do not underestimate the need to meet the first entry date. Visas ARE CANCELLED if you fail to meet the first entry. No refund, no apology. No sympathy as the department will point out you should have waited for request. The only time it is worth it is if there is a possible complication with either, though not submitting, but to have available for a agent consultation. Though agents will advise if this should be done.

Yes, she can try this. But, if on arrival immigration realise her intent is not a genuine tourist, they may deny entry. If she succeeded, then she would be granted a bridging visa after the tourist visa expires, which would allow her to stay in Australia and have work rights. But it is a gamble and you should weigh that off shore applications are generally quicker and that a refusal for any visa can now have implications world wide.

You can apply for a resident return visa. However, you would need to show strong ties to Australia or compelling reasons for absence. It is only a few hundred, so worth a shot over reappyoforma PR.

If, they have offered a 489 from the state, then that is all they will offer.

When you mean sponsored, do you mean temporary visas or 190 / 489?

Sadly every proffession gets a bad apple. Doctors, surgeons, lawyers. Thankfully, the reason things like this make news is because it is very rare.

After a decade on the forum, a fair number of years as moderator, having had three visas, then citizenship. I have not seen any evidence that suggests (even remotely) that it speeds up the process. On the flip side, you have to make first entry within 12 months of the police or medical check. Which ever the earlier. The department don't care if your grant is on day 364 of this. Not their problem. We had a member late last year who found he needed to suddenly make first entry within weeks of grant. At Christmas. If you fail to meet the first entry date, your visa is cancelled.

That doesn't sound bad. But contact any of the agents that post regularly on the forum. You need to be aware, this is a very expensive process and getting the visas is actually the drop in the ocean.

You can, but states want a 100% commitment to that state and if they think you aren't, they often refuse sponsorship. You should apply for sponsorship from a state prior to lodging an eoi.

For a 190, probably yes.

I would base it on job availability. Look at seek.com.au which is the main job site. Be aware that living in a rural area in Australia is not like living in a rural part of the U.K. While there are some nice rural towns, many are not places you would even want to visit. Also, there could be very limited opportunities for your husbands work in such area. On the flip side, Sydney in particular is eye wateringly expensive.

Any of the regular agents on here such as wrussel. However, temp sponsored visas now require several years experience if you don't already have it for the occupation you are applying under.

No, that is fine. Though I would suggest she discusses it with the employer as it will require their permission.

It varies and is something you need to ask at interview.

For purposes of migration, insurance isn't relevant to passing the medical as obviously someone could "promise to take insurance" but doesn't. From what you have posted it sounds like you would have significant issues passing the medical, as a result I would strongly recommend speaking to an expert such as George Lombard who is a registered migration agent who specialises in visas with medical complications.

1. As long as you meet the definition of de facto - can prove you have lived together for 12 months, then yes. He would also get a bridging visa once his whv expires. Note, bridging visas do not start until the current visa has ran its course and ended. 2. No, you would be able to continue, but this will need assistance from your agent 3. Not sure 4. It isn't a lawyer you need, but a registered migration agent. There are a number of excellent ones on the forum. 5. Do research what living in a regional area is like. It isn't like living in a rural area of the U.K. 6. You will need a skills assessment, so should look up that you can pass it.

Will just add, annual allocation has been reduced significantly from July 1.

Will just chip in, if the trip is urgent, once you get his birth certificate call your local passport office and they can get a passport done very quick. I became a citizen on a Thursday and had my Oz passport by lunchtime Friday. But, you need to make an appointment in advance.

Nope. They would have been out of the country more than the 12 months permitted. They also can not be out of the country more than 90 days in the 12 months prior to application.

If you look through the forum you will find a number of agents that post regularly, all of which will give an initial consultation. For example wrussel and Alan Collett

First, the 457 never had any defined pathway to PR. Far from it, and if you look through old posts, you will see that exact information being reiterated for years. I myself arrived on a 457, then had a second 457 with a different employer, so know a little about what the 457 was and wasn't. For example, when I arrived, if you lost your job on a 457, you had 28 days to find another employer. I was one of 12 close friends that arrived within months of each other all on 457. I waved off nearly all of them when their 457's were cancelled. Two of us went on to gain citizenship. People should be aware of the nature of a temp visa. It is what it says on the can. A temporary visa. An employment contract, should for a temp visa holder state it is subject to visa. This totally alters it from a normal permanent contract. If people chose to remain ignorant of that, and yes, many do, that is their fault. Not the visas. Not the employers. My post is correct, valid and stands.