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Originally Posted by almeltias
1) Out of the two of us (my partner and I) who applies for the visa to live in australia? or do we both? as I did note it states you can bring your immediate family if you get a visa, right? so only one need apply?
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Only one of you applies and the rest of the family is put on the visa too.
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Originally Posted by almeltias
I am confused and concerned as it seems quite hard to get into Australia..and even when you are in it can be temporary??
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That depends on the visa you apply for - we went for permanent residency. It took us longer but they can't get rid of us unless we commit a crime, so we're here for good!
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Originally Posted by almeltias
I have my own successful business but am not highly educated (besides finishing school and a short business course I did 18 years ago! which set me off in the business world) I have always worked iether for others or for myself and have savings. My partner is a qualified personal trainer..but at present works with autistic people as he also has a qualification in health care - it is like a nurse but here in Sweden it is not a nurse but a person who is just underneath a nurses level..and you can continue to study for one more year to become a nurse (in sweden) so its kind of hard to know where we would both stand on the skilled list?? if anywhere?? We are hard working and support ourselves but the visa thing confuses us.
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Have you been through the sticky posts towards the top of the forum? Especially the one thinking of emigrating? You can check whether your skills are on the critical skills list since then you get priority processing.
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Originally Posted by almeltias
It always seems that everything I read is iether people with an exact qualification in something so they get in under the 'needed' catorgory or then I read others who did not have much money or qualifications to offer so how did they get in? I have also been told (by those who have done it) its easier than it seems (than when you read at the immi pages) but not sure on that..
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It's easier than it seems IF you fit the requirements that Oz are looking for. Usually they need to be a combination of education and experience that they are looking for and these change (especially in the current economic climate). Skills that were required a few weeks ago are no longer required....
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Originally Posted by almeltias
We are willing to put in the effort for this of course but we just would like to hear
some diiferent experiences of how it went for you and what you had to offer (you or your partner) in way of education or the job you were going for or if you went with the idea to start a business and how that went and what you had to provide.....
One last thing does it matter where you apply from?? as I said I am a british citizen living in Sweden for now..
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Have you had a look at the visa wizard? There is a link under the DIAC info in the 'PLEASE READ....' post.
I'm not sure if the rules are different for Swedish citizens, but myself (UK) and my husband (Irish) didn't have any issues about where we came from.
I was in IT at the time and worked as an IT contractor with my own company for 8 years (at the time of visa application) and my husband was a maintenance gardener. Since it was hard to prove my skill set as primary applicant and since I didn't have a degree my husband was primary applicant and I was added as spouse.
We applied for permanent residency through skilled independent route and it was granted in 2004. We didn't move to Oz until July 2007 since we wanted to make sure that our businesses and investments were running smoothly before we moved.
I did soooo much research you wouldn't believe it!
We also visited Oz several times to make sure that we were doing the right thing for us.
We've been here almost 2 years now and not regretted it at all.
Regards,
Karen