Question for all 175 visa holders

sandeepraj · #1 (**permalink**) 6th March 2012, 11:34 AM

hi guys,
I know people try hard for these visas but what transpires later?

Once you get the visa,
1) Is there a period by which you should land in there with you entire family should be in Australia failing which the visa expires? if there is then just to go there with your family and come back will cost you in lakhs of INR?

2) Like me, many of them will be having jobs already, what do you do in such cases?..Resign from the job, go there, search for a new one after reaching there

Looking for some gyaan

thanks
sandeepraj

jb12 · #2 (**permalink**) 6th March 2012, 04:16 PM

Hi Sandeepraj,

The visa is valid for 5 yrs from the grant date. Yes, you will need to visit Australia to validate your visas. People on this forum stated it is about 1 yr from when you submit your medicals. Subtract some amount from when you are actually granted the visa. So it will likely be less than a yr. For me I had to validate my visa within 9 months of getting approved.

You don't necessarily have to already move to Australia when you validate your visa. But it probably is a good time for you to start networking with recruiters to get interviews upon your arrival. Maybe stay at least 2 weeks since companies do prefer that you are already in Australia. However, if you read posts from this forum, people have gotten job offers when they are overseas.

Since your visa expires 5 yrs from the grant date, you must enter Australia before your PR visa expires. It does not matter while you are in Australia that this visa expires. The only problem that you will find is when you leave Australia, you will need to have a valid Australian passport to enter back to Australia. You can apply for a 5 yr resident return visa (RRV). There are other shorter RRVs available. All information can be found in immi.gov.au In order to qualify for the 5 yr RRV, you must have 2 yrs in total of the 5 yrs residency in Australia. Plus, ties to Australia such as a job,etc. My suggestion would be to at least move to Australia just before 2 yrs so that you can apply for 5 yr RRV so that you may leave and enter Australia multiple times until the validity of that 5 yr RRV.

As for quitting your current job. It's up to you. People have different circumstances. They say you should at least have 6 months in savings if you plan to move to Australia permanently because finding a job can take someone longer compared to others. If you have no savings and have financial obligations that requires you to continue working until you find a job in Australia, do not quit your job yet. Unless of course, it's easy to get a job back in your country? I know here in the US, quitting a job with no job to replace it can be dangerous. Especially with many people still unemployed even though they have the skills and education.

Jivesha · #3 (**permalink**) 6th March 2012, 05:29 PM

Sorry to jump in between, but that was a fantastic explanation jb12. You have my thanks.

jb12 · #4 (**permalink**) 7th March 2012, 04:23 AM

You are welcome Jivesha.

I do see that I typed that an Australia passport is required to come back to Australia. This is true. But only Australian citizens would have that passport. Permanent residents would only have a visa label on their current country passport. I wanted to correct this to not confuse people.

melbourne · #5 (**permalink**) 7th March 2012, 11:01 AM

But you get citizenship after staying for 4 years continuously. Right?

-Melbourne

jb12 · #6 (**permalink**) 7th March 2012, 11:30 AM

A PR resident can apply for citizenship once they meet the residency requirements. I haven't looked at the number of years requirement to confirm. But if that is what you have seen in DIAC's website, then that is the requirement.

My comments above are for visa PR visa holders and to make sure they enter Australia before their visa expires. To get an RRV, there are certain residency requirements. But in some circumstances, they might get approved without necessarily meeting the residency requirements if they can provide evidence of those reasons. It's all up to DIAC to approve or not.

sandeepraj · #7 (**permalink**) 7th March 2012, 05:53 PM

thanks all of you especially jb12. I am still in the process of applying for the visa..these questions just came to haunt me and hence i asked.
So just to validate your visa, i should be there with my entire family(since my wife and my 2 month old childs name would be on the visa as well) for a week and i would need to factor in all the costs related to this as well. If i dont get a job in those 1-2 weeks, i will have go back and keep hoping for networking?..Do jobs come after you if you apply online sitting here in india?
I knwo i am talking 1 year in the future but just to get prepared.

thanks
sandeepraj

jb12 · #8 (**permalink**) 7th March 2012, 11:05 PM

The answer to your question is yes. You will be contacted if the person viewing your resume feels that your skills and experience match the specific job posting. You can register your resume in some of the popular Australian online job websites. Maybe a month or less before you plan to travel to validate your visas, start searching the online job websites and apply for jobs that you would qualify for. Some of those have the email address of the HR rep to ask for more questions. State you have a PR visa 175 and state this on your resume too and that you plan to visit Australia on this specific time frame. Would it be possible to meet with them to assist in your job search.

You may or may not receive a response and it's all dependent if that HR rep is able to assist you. Some of them would likely know if your skills and work experience fit with the companies that they represent. The one job posting I applied for, I didn't receive any response. However, I was contacted regarding a position that I didn't apply for but they felt I would be a good fit. However, before I could agree to have my resume forwarded to the company, I inquired what the salary was. I had to decline because it was lower than the salary I was looking for. I didn't want to waste the company's time or mine if the salary didn't meet my requirement.

I haven't really applied for anything else since I need to resolve some financial obligations before I can leave (selling of house,etc). The reason is because once you apply and you get contacted, one of the things they ask is, when do you plan to move to Australia? I think if it isn't within a month or two, I'm not sure a company would wait any longer. Unless of course they couldn't find anyone that fulfilled the requirements and they really like you. They might consider to wait.

For you, after you are able to meet with different HR reps, keep in touch with them when you return back to your country. You have to be proactive in applying for jobs, etc.

A popular professional networking available is linkedin.com They also have job postings in there that might not be available in the other online job websites.

sandeepraj · #9 (**permalink**) 8th March 2012, 12:03 PM

Thanks a lot jb12.
that really helped again.

Jivesha · #10 (**permalink**) 8th March 2012, 12:59 PM

Thanks for your detailed reply Jb12. I too had the same questions in mind as Sandeepraj. Glad I got the answers from you. But, do you say that the entire family would have to travel together to validate the visas? I heard someone say in this Forum that it would suffice if the primary applicant validated first. Also, during a job hunt wouldn't it be wiser to travel alone than bring along the entire family?