Marisawright

This is so important that I think you should hire an agent to sort this out for you. It would probably only need one consultation to help you fill out the form correctly, so it shouldn't be too expensive. I think you are wrong to think you are an offshore applicant. You happen to be offshore right now, but you have a valid Australian visa and you are legally resident in Australia - correct me if I'm wrong, but you do not have a residential address in your home country, you are a guest in someone else's house, right? Remember, if you get this wrong, then your application will be refused and you will lose the application money. Better to pay a bit more so you can be sure you've got it right.

No, of course it doesn't. You have to be aware that the current government is anti-immigration. For various reasons, they cannot close down certain visas, but they can discourage applications by making the waiting lists unacceptably long. If an employer needs to recruit a worker quickly, they can sponsor on a 482 visa to get the employee into the country and working. But the government really wants the employer to keep trying to find a local worker, so the foreigner can go home at the end of the 482.

Your best bet is to have a consultation with a good migration agent. There are business visas but you need to have very deep pockets. I would think your chances are pretty poor, but there's no harm in asking.

You say it's been a goal of yours. What about the wife? You've been in Australia before on temp visas but didn't take the opportunity to get PR - that rings an alarm bell or two for me, making me wonder if your wife is as keen as you on life in Australia?

What visa would you apply for? Employers can't sponsor just anyone, your occupation still needs to be on one of the skilled lists. And if it's only on the short-term list (STSOL), then you might be able to get a short contract or two in Australia but you'd never be able to settle permanently.

She wouldn’t be able to leave Oz anyway

...but like I said, it's all irrelevant to the OP because he can't get a second WHV anyway, and he can't get any other kind of visa because he hasn't got enough experience.

Yes, but he's already used his and you can't get a second one.

@Aussiebird, your principle place of residence is excluded from the assets test, but that's only if you're actually living in it. If it's sold, it's just money in the bank and not exempt.

I never said it was impossible. I said it was rare. You basically need to arrive for your WHV with an occupation that's on the list, and the required qualifications under your belt. That's the bit most people miss when they dream of coming on a WHV and then getting sponsored.

You're right, you definitely wouldn't get sponsored because you don't have enough work experience to be eligible for an employer-sponsored visa. Your only option is to stay in the UK until you've got enough experience to meet the criteria. No point in applying for any kind of visa until you've got that under your belt.

To the OP - currently, you are not allowed to fly out of Australia unless you can prove you have a permanent address overseas.

What are the rules for who can fly into the UK?

I'm not an expert but this is my understanding: People on a 489 visa are not eligible to access Medicare, and therefore don't pay the Medicare levy. However, you were a UK resident, so you get covered by the reciprocal agreement with the UK. Nothing to do with your visa, you'd be covered even if you were just visiting. I have no idea whether this means you''ll get hit with the levy,. How the levy works - it's worked out when you submit your tax return. The taxman looks at how much tax was deducted from your wage vs. what you're actually liable to pay in tax + levy, and either give you a refund or send you a bill. If you have health insurance, you declare that on your tax return and they take that into account. So, considering that most of this tax year is already gone, it's already too late to get insurance for this year - I'd wait until you get your tax bill and see whether you get charged or not. As a 489 visa holder, you can't get the health insurance that's available to permanent residents. You can only have Overseas Visitor Health Cover. I don't think you have to worry about getting the insurance before you're 30. I believe there's a special exemption for migrants and you just have to take out insurance within a year of getting your permanent visa.

The problem is that I don't think there is any removalist company which can keep control of your container throughout its journey, because none of them are truly global. They have to hand off the container to sub-contractors, sometimes more than once. So you think you're dealing with JM but by the time it gets to Australia, you're dealing with Chess or Allied or whoever. That's not the first time I've heard of people's stuff being transferred from one container to another. I'd love to know what the explanation is - it would be great if you could contact them and demand an explanation and let us know. It does make it more attractive to send two or even three Movecubes rather than a container (even though that would cost more) if your stuff is important to you.

Makes no difference which country the money is in, it's still an asset you have to declare. You could take a risk that they wouldn't find out about it, but personally I wouldn't risk it. Financial systems are very interconnected these days and there are big fines if you get found out. There's no way round it, I'm afraid. We are in a similar situation. We sold our home in Australia to try retiring in the UK. It didn't work out, and by the time we got back to Australia, house prices had shot up (the little $600,000 townhouse we sold had gone up to $1 million). We now can't afford a home we'd want to live in, so we're renting, and that money is in investments. It means we're not eligible for any benefits including the pension.

If you have cash in the bank then it is counted as an asset. The fact that you plan to by a house with it is irrelevant I’m afraid

That may be the problem you're up against. If he needs aide funding then that's what will push him over the threshold. Obviously it would be fraudulent to say he didn't need it, so you may need to be prepared for a disappointment. Best of luck

No. You'll hear lots of stories about people coming to Australia on a WHV (Working Holiday Visa), finding an employer to sponsor them and eventually being able to get permanent residency. Sadly, most of them are just stories. Employers can't sponsor just anyone. The occupation still has to be on the skilled list, and you must have all the qualifications and experience specified. There's no way around it. I do know people who came on a WHV and managed to get sponsored, but they were in their late twenties and already had all the qualfications and experience required. Why not come to Australia on a WHV and just enjoy 2 or 3 years here while you can? You're young enough that you can afford to have an adventure and then pick up a career again when you get back.

Be careful. If your husband leaves Australia to live in the UK before he’s eligible to claim the Australian aged pension, he’ll never be able to claim it. He won’t be able to get a UK pension either. His superannuation would also be taxable in the UK.

Have you got your British pension yet?

I agree, if a parent is reliant on a UK pension, they probably can't afford to make the move (unless their child pays for it). That's why I said the cost of the Australian pension is almost irrelevant. The huge cost is in health and aged care - as you'll be well aware, having had to pay for your own health insurance/costs here, before you got PR. Having said that, I have seen posts here from children wanting to move their parents here and asking how quickly they could access the pension and other benefits.

I second the advice that you should contact an agent asap to be on the safe side, however my understanding is that your TSS visa remains valid until its expiry.

But remember that the UK pension is frozen at the level you're receiving when you first arrive in Australia. So for those people who arrive without private pensions, the likelihood is that they will get some Australian pension eventually, as the value of their UK pension drops every year. However the pension costs aren't the main factor. When you consider that one hip replacement costs the Australian taxpayer around $30,000, perhaps you can see how the health costs alone would far outweigh the visa fee. And that's not to mention the prescription costs. One could say that they might as well grant visas to UK applicants, because they're already receiving those benefits through the reciprocal scheme, but then they'd be accused of discrimination no doubt...

He does say, get the required work experience first, before you go for the WHV. You are right, the OP wouldn't be able to work as a fully qualified plumber on a WHV, but he would be able to work for a plumber - and it would get him over to Australia instantly, instead of having to apply and twiddle his thumbs for a year or more while his application for a permanent visa goes through. He could even apply for the permanent visa and take the WHV while he's waiting.