Hi all,
My husband and I have been looking at nursing jobs in Australia and one clinic is prepared to offer us sponsered migration.
What i want to know is...is it best for us to agree to sponsered migration visa or should we get skilled migration visas?
If we were to were to have sponsered visa's can we still apply for permanent residency in Australia? Or do we have to have skilled migration visas to do that?
Basically our aim is to both work as nurses in Australia but to also become perminent residents too as we want to stay and not return to Uk. We would sell our property here and everything in order to set up home in Australia.
I am just rather confused about which visas to have?
2007-07-22 03:05:59 · 4 answers · asked by laplandfan 7 in Travel ➔ Australia ➔ Other - Australia
Hi. Im a nurse also going to Australia from the UK and ive gone for the Sponsorship visa. You can apply for permenant status in Australia within three months of being there. There are many many hospitals and agencys that will offer you sponsorship because nurses are in demand in australia at the moment. I applied direct to the hospitals in the area where i wanted to live and 9/10 offered me sponsorship. I picked the best offer and went with that, it is a lot quicker than going with a skilled visa and less money to pay out. Hope this helps. All the best
2007-07-23 21:45:06 · answer #1 · answered by bevsthe1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My daughter and her husband went last year to Melbourne on Skilled migration visas. That way they coul look around for jobs when they decided what area they wanted to live in and weren,t tied to any sponsors. Neither of them had a lot of trouble getting jobs although the " you dont have any australian experience" topic was raised a time or two.
Good luck - whatever you decide.
2007-07-22 13:27:30 · answer #2 · answered by nicki 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Info about australia at
http://www.travelinfocentre.com/destination/australia/overview.html
2007-07-22 13:02:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Department of Immigration web site should answer all your questions about different types of visas
http://www.immi.gov.au
2007-07-22 17:54:33 · answer #4 · answered by tentofield 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋