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Both of my nieces came out on working holiday visas and worked in offices in Sydney for most of their stay. There's a limit of six months with each employer but they didn't find that a big problem. I used to work in insurance and your girlfriend shouldn't have any trouble staying in work if you base yourself in Sydney. I don't know much about your occupation, though, sorry. I suggest you check, but I think that as long as she gets the visa before she turns 30, she can stay for the full year.

Good idea. If your 482 is for a skill that's on the short-term list, there is no pathway to permanent residency. If that's the case, maybe look at the possibility of a 491 visa. If it's on the medium to long-term list, then the pathway is to ask the employer to sponsor you for the 186 visa (which gives you PR). https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/employer-nomination-scheme-186/temporary-residence-transition-stream It all sounds straightforward, and sometimes it is. Unfortunately there are several things that can go wrong. Just take a look at some of the threads on these forums about the 186 to get an idea! The biggest hurdle is that you'll have to stick with that employer for three years before you can apply, and then for another year or so while the application goes through. If you hate the job and want to resign, you'll have to leave the country unless you can find another sponsor. That isn't easy, as many employers won't sponsor unless they're desperate, due to the amount of administration and cost involved. Your employer will be well aware of that, and some unscrupulous employers will take advantage of it, making unreasonable demands because they know you're stuck. If you're in that situation, four years can feel like a very long time... There's also the risk that the employer can go bust, and in that case you'll have 90 days to find another sponsor or leave the country. Ditto if you get retrenched. Then there's the fact that the rules change almost every year, with more and more occupations being removed from the lists, or downgraded to short-term. if that happens before you're able to apply, you're stuffed. All that may sound a bit depressing - however looking at your other posts, it looks as if you're used to globe-trotting so you're probably more flexible and more able to deal with uncertainty than the average migrant. Worse case scenario you can treat it as another adventure and see how it turns out. Good luck!

In that case the visa will not be a problem BUT it will only be temporary for 2 to 4 years. The employer is under no obligation to sponsor you for a permanent visa even if they are saying they will. That promise has no legal standing. Also the rules change almost every year and many people find they’re no longer eligible by the time they’re eligible to apply, and there’s nothing the employer can do about that. An employer-sponsored visa can be the opportunity for a great adventure but you should assume you’ll go home at the end, and plan accordingly. Then if you can apply for the permanent visa, it’s a bonus

How would you manage that?

To add to my earlier post: She should also check out the fees she would have to pay. International students have to pay full fees, they are very high,. and she'd get no financial support from either the UK or the Australian government. If she wants to spend some time in Australia, a Working Holiday Visa would be a more sensible choice. That is easy to get, and would let her spend a year or two in Australia. She could either do that now (if you're willing to let her go!), or she could get her degree in the UK and then do it. That visa is designed for young people and is available until she turns 30.

All working visas, even temporary ones, require you to have the skills AND experience specified on the Skilled Lists. So there is no way you can go to Australia and get the paperwork and visas once you're there. Well, I guess you could go on a tourist visa, but then you wouldn't be able to work at all for the year or more it takes for the visa to be considered - and then you might not get picked (as Ali says, it's a competition not a queue). Moving your whole family to Oz and back would likely wipe out all your savings, too. With a family to consider, your only sensible option is to stay in the UK, get the experience you need, apply for the visa from the UK, then move your family once you're sure you have a permanent visa.

@Silver_Swan, you may already know this, but there is NO guaranteed pathway to PR after a 482. It's just a possibility, subject to the employer being willing AND you being eligible. Years ago under the old 457, it used to be more certain. However the rules change every year now, and we're seeing more and more people finding they're no longer eligible by the time they're ready to apply. As it sounds like you're burning your bridges in the UK and transporting your whole life to Oz, I'd suggest starting your own application for a 189 or 190 as soon as you arrive in Australia, rather than waiting till the end of the 482, to be on the safe side.

Are you sure you're a South African citizen? Their rules have changed several times over the years One of my friends was born in South Africa but became a German citizen in her twenties. It was only when she decided to retire in South Africa that she discovered her German citizenship had automatically cancelled her South African citizenship. Everyone (except some refugees) holds citizenship of another country when they fill in that form, so there must be a way round it. Have you tried to see if you can leave the end date blank?

What Westly said. Most reputable agents (including him) will give you an initial consultation free of charge. Have you both already had Working Holiday Visas? If not, I'd have thought that would be the ideal course to take - it gives you a year to find out if you'd actually like to live in Australia. You don't have to do the backpacking thing - it's perfectly possible to stay in one city and work in your chosen profession, and you can make some useful contacts.

If your daughter is coming on a student visa, that's only temporary, and she'll be coming home again at the end of her course. if she imagines it's going to help her emigrate to Australia eventually, then suggest that she joins the forum herself and finds out the facts. It's an extremely expensive way to get into Australia and usually ends in tears. Migrating isn't an option for you at your ages, so your only choice would be a holiday (tourist) visa of some kind.

My vote for the RRV as well. It may not work but it's the best bet and you never know until you try.

I did my research on the Carsales site and found lots of people saying not to judge by the prices you see on there. Carsales encourages people to advertise their cars at unrealistic prices and it doesn't mean they sell for that price! @Red Rose, I suggest taking it along to a car dealership and ask them how much they'd give you for it. We were pleasantly surprised by how much we were offered - not much less than the our make/model was being advertised on Gumtree. We found it was worth losing a few hundred dollars for the convenience of keeping the car up until the last day.

In that case they should be paying for the temp accommodation

Google for executive rentals. Look at staying further out away from the tourist areas. Consider shipping your container earlier and “camping” in your current home or stay with relatives

Firstly, the 489 visa no longer exists. You will have to apply for the new 491 visa. Your sister needs to live in the regional area to be able to sponsor you. Your parents have to pass a "balance of family" test for the parents visas so check on that. It would be worth having a consultation with a migration agent to make sure you've understood everything properly. Most reputable agents will give you an initial consultation free of charge (if they're charging for the initial consultation, go somewhere else). Just make sure they're MARA registered.

Did he ever activate his visa?

It's complicated but I think this is the correct information for you: https://firb.gov.au/guidance-resources/guidance-notes/gn3 I assume you're going to arrive on a tourist visa and then apply for the 804 visa while you're in Australia. That means you'll be on a bridging visa (probably for the rest of your life), and I think that means you are legally a "foreign non-resident", even though you are physically residing in Australia. If that's the case, then you'll have to buy a new build. Bottom line is that you'll have to apply to FIRB for permission to buy a property (and pay them a fee), then you will have to pay extra stamp duty on your purchase (in most states, you will pay triple the usual amount). If you're going to live in the property.

Unless you or your partner have very well-paying jobs, I would avoid Sydney now. Sydney has a great lifestyle if you can afford to live near the beaches or in the inner ring, but house prices in all the nice areas have really sky-rocketed. We're living in Melbourne now because we moved over to the UK and by the time we came back, we couldn't afford Sydney at all. The two-bedroom strata townhouse we sold for $640,000 would cost us $1.2 million to buy now - and it's not even in a swanky area (near Hurstville). According to the statistics, house prices in Brisbane are currently half the price of Sydney. However, depending on what you do for a living, don't dismiss Newcastle, which gives you easy access to Sydney, gorgeous beaches, wineries on your doorstep, and it's great for young families.

Sorry, I was on my phone earlier. To elaborate on my answer: you're discovering what we always warn people about. Trying to get permanent residency by studying in Australia is always a gamble. There just isn't enough time after completing your studies to get the experience and get a job offer, so you're always living in the edge. It's usually much better to get your qualifications and experience in your home country and then apply for PR direct. However, it's too late for you now. What does your husband do?

The most important thing is to make sure you understand the criteria AND that you're able to prove you meet all the requirements. Remember that "de facto" means "the equivalent of marriage", so you can't count any period when you were just dating, even if you were in a committed relationship. You'll need some kind of proof of when you became de facto, and evidence of a continuous shared life. Then you just need a lot of patience!

Darn auto-correct. That should have been, "DO you mean in respect of superannuation? The point both agents on this thread were making is that the definition of an expired permanent residency can be different from agency to agency. Immigration and the ATO have different definitions.

The 491 is a brand new visa so no one has experience of it yet. The important thing is that it's a provisional visa, not a temporary visa. With a temporary visa (usually employer-sponsored), the intention is that you'll go home at the end. There's a slim chance you might be allowed to to apply for permanent residency. With a provisional visa, it's like you're on probation. The sponsoring state is giving you a chance to prove that you can settle and make a living in one of their country towns. If you're successful, then you get permanent residency. Of course, four years is a long time and it's possible the rules will change in the meantime, so there is always a risk it won't work out.

Actually the bridging visa might not have helped either, because employers don't like hiring people on a bridging visa, so he would've struggled to get a job anyway.

So you mean in respect of claiming superannuation

Your work record is irrelevant for a Resident Return Visa. You need to show strong ties to Australia. If you ha a job offer that would be great. Usually you’d just do the application yourself but as you’ve been away so long, it might be wise to pay a migration agent to do it for you. They know the kind of wording that will get through