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Some of the visas you are looking at have a wait time of 50 years. Yes, five zero. The contributory would be the best. Though, you should be aware even that is going to take 5 to 8 years

I would say only retrain if it something you really want to do into an occupation you really want to spend decades doing regardless of if it results in a visa. Both the occupation lists and the entire process changes regularly and it is impossible to know if an occupation will be eligible even tomorrow, let alone in a number of years time (the department have repeatedly made massive changes that have been a big sudden surprise)

Have you got a new employer willing to sponsor you? Is your occupation eligible for sponsorship?

A couple of things to consider. First, living and working somewhere are VERY different to been on holiday. If you do decide to go down the TSS route, get a lot of understanding of the visa. It has a big bag load of issues associated. Everything from the state will charge you fees for children's education, to implications on your partner finding work to even your children's education when you return to the UK (for example, they must have been resident in the UK for 3 years prior to u overwork entry to be classed as a resident student and not charged international fees). If they reach uni age while in Oz, they WILL be regarded as international. Which means no government help, and international fees. Do consider that HSE advisors in WA is very much linked to the mining community and how it is doing. It is a very boom and bust industry. To give an example, in 2014, I could advertise for a senior HSE manager on minimum wage and been inundated with applicants.

If you are including points for English, you need to actually sit an English exam such as ilets. Tip. Do prepare for it. I have seen Brits with a PhD in English not get max points.

It is the not telling. The conviction wouldn't have been an issue, at worst, you would have been asked to write a explanation letter. But not telling could lead to a refusal and even a ban on replying. My advice would be to contact a good migration agent such as wrussel above. His contact details are in his signature

Hello and welcome to the forum. Inthink what you are going through is fairly normal. One of the key reasons people move back is when they have children. Getting your citizenship is sensible. There is no hard or fast rules though on what is best. Both are first world countries that offer good but different lifestyles. We lived in WA for 8 years and then moved back to the UK and now live in Scotland, which we had never done before and love the lifestyle.

If you have moved to a state that isn't your sponsoring state, that can be a very serious issue. The states are now clamping down on this and people are having visas cancelled.

You were convicted. To get the good behaviour bond required a conviction. I would seek some professional advice as normally, a conviction with such a low level sentence wouldn't be an issue. However, failing to declare may be

Are you aware that a sponsored visa is only a temporary visa which may only gopive you a fairly brief time in Australia. Depending on which list your occupation is on. It would be a maximum of two or four years. Though note, those are the maximums. Have you had it even confirmed that your occupation is eligible for sponsorship?

Ther are no requirements on what you do. You can change career, retrain or what ever you want.

Generally speaking, you can only include experience that is post qualification of that occupation. So, once you have gained a qualification that fully qualifies someone in that occupation, only the experience gained after that is applicable.

Which bit isn't correct in my reply to the OP?

I disagree, after many years on the forum, one of the most common issues is that people do not understand business sponsored visas and can often be a long way down the process before they do. So, now when we have a member start to make enquiries regarding them, the experienced members start to immediately point out that these visas have massive issues. I was originally a temp visa holder and wouldn't wish that time on anyone.

An important. Note. If any of the state's realise you have requested state sponsorship from another, then none will sponsor.

You could, if you can find a job offer get a TSS visa, which is employer sponsored. However, these are hard to get as employer sponsorship is now expensive for the employer and the visa takes many months. It is only a temporary visa and you would have no option to later gain PR. It also comes with a number of significant issues.

Police and medicals are best left until requested. what visa are you currently on?

Yep, they are British citizens. They will just need to apply for national health service numbers and NI numbers, which is very simple.

Never ever under any circumstances take advice from the department. I know this sounds odd, but the people you speak to are just call centre staff with minimal training and the department works on a legal indemnity for giving bad advice. The official policy is, if you ask us for advice and that advice is wrong, it is your fault as you should have consulted a registered migration agent.

No. It used to be much more lax, but states are now being serious about it and people are getting visas cancelled for visa fraud for failing to live in the sponsoring state.

As a rule, on experience gained post qualification is counted.

Did you read my post? BEFORE you lodge an eoi, you need a skills assessment. If you are claiming points for English, you need to also take the test before you lodge an eoi. You also need to check if WA (or any state) are sponsoring your occupation if you are applying for a 190. Note, WA doesn't sponsor many occupations. If they are, then you need to apply for state sponsorship. Also, some states will caveat some occupations with special conditions such as having a job offer. You our need to do all this before you lodge an eoi. You are months away yet from even being certain of eligibility.

The sol no lover exists, so you need to go to the homeaffairs web site to see the new lists and see if your occupation is listed. Depending on which list is on will dictate if you can apply for a visa. If it's not on any, then no option. If it is on a limited such as requiring state sponsoring then you need to check if WA are sponsoring. WA do not sponsor many occupations. If it is eligible, then you need to calculate points, you need a minimum of 65, but that is the legal minimum. At which point many people realise they need to take English exams to gain points such as ilets. Then you need to pass a skills assessment from the relevant skills authority. Once, you have all this lined up, you can submit an eoi.

I am sorry, but this is still a massive red flag "my dream". I don't think you are fully appreciating what we are saying. There are massive issues at stake. One of the big ones is your husband goes along with it all and seems happy, but isn't. This is stupidly common. He feels like he can't say anything as you are living your dream, but he isn't. To him, it isn't "right". That can slowly build to resentment and eventually major issues. Be 100% certain he is as in love with the move as you are. Do not assume you will be financially better off. Throw in the mix that the process is likely to cost 30k and that it can take a while to get set up. It is very easy to say, oh, we just move back. While the legal side of things is correct, the practical is far from it. We did it, we found ourselves at Heathrow with me, my wife, the dog and a suitcase each and nothing else or anywhere to live and pretty much no money. Because in reality, moving around the world is stupidly expensive no which way you go.

I know you are disappointed, but, I strongly recommend you concentrate on gaining PR from the outset. I am one of the few mentioned above who arrived on a 457 - what is now the 482 but went on to get PR and citizenship. It turned out to be a stupidly stressful time as when we arrived, all was brilliant. But shortly after, the world economy changed and I was a facing redundancy, which of course means the visa is cancelled. I ended up lucky and was subsequently sponsored by my company. But, most of my British colleagues ended up leaving. It was stupidly stressful that I wouldn't want on my worst enemy. There are also massive issues that temp visas carry, such as spouses finding it very hard to find employment, that some states charge for any children's education, that if you want to buy a home, you need foreign investment approval, that employers often abuse holders knowing they are tied to the employer and a load of others.