Obligation of 176 VISA

[qirat]

Dear All,

As you know that there is a condition of living and working for initial 2 years in a State which has sponsored you for your visa subclass 176.

My question is what can happen, if anyone does not live and work for initial 2 years in that particular state that he/she has been sponsored from??

Waiting for your comments on it. thanks!!

[_shel]

Do you have a sponsored 176 visa?

[hahamed]

clearly written on DIAC website, and must be there in you SS contract with State.

Good luck

************************************************** ***********
Main applicant and secondary applicant obligations
1. You and any secondary applicants must comply with all Australian laws as permanent residents.

2. If you are nominated by a State or Territory government, you need to agree to:

•remain in the State or Territory for a period of at least two years
•keep the State or Territory government informed of changes in address details before and after arrival
•be prepared to complete surveys and provide information as required.
Before lodging an application, please read all related obligation requirements.

[qirat]

Originally Posted by _shel

Do you have a sponsored 176 visa?

Yup..any issues??

[dsn]

Originally Posted by qirat

Dear All,

As you know that there is a condition of living and working for initial 2 years in a State which has sponsored you for your visa subclass 176.

My question is what can happen, if anyone does not live and work for initial 2 years in that particular state that he/she has been sponsored from??

Waiting for your comments on it. thanks!!

Yes.
U have to live min of 2 yrs in sponsor state.

[atsurti]

Originally Posted by qirat

Dear All,

As you know that there is a condition of living and working for initial 2 years in a State which has sponsored you for your visa subclass 176.

My question is what can happen, if anyone does not live and work for initial 2 years in that particular state that he/she has been sponsored from??

Waiting for your comments on it. thanks!!

It is a moral obligation to live in a state rather than a legal one. I reckon, in Australia, a moral obligation is almost as good as a legal one though.

If one does not want to live in the state and just got the sponsorship for the sake of getting the visa then they have stolen a slot from someone who really wanted to live and work in the state. It's definitely not right.

Apparently, the DIAC and the states' computer systems are strongly connected and they definitely share data. So if someone enters Oz and lives in another state, the sponsoring state would eventually come to know.

The issue might be taken up during grant of RRV or citizenship as well and who knows they might add a rule in the future that such violators should be sent home!!

[shonawilke]

AFAIK from what I have heard it is a moral obligation really however that being said it can affect citizenship. People who go to a state and really battle to find work, and I mean giving evidence of how they have looked, etc, can apparently apply to that state to have the conditions of their visa waived in which case if they grant it, it should give you then the right to live and work elsewhere. This is what I have heard but I am not a migration agent so don't know if it is 100% accurate.

[V2S4R]

What if a person got 176 visa in One state and do the contract work for short term in other state without relocating to that state?

For example: one would get 176 from Victoria state. He/she would get contract in NSW state for 4-6 months. He/she just travel every weekend or alternative weekends to Victoria from work, as his/her permanent home in Victoria state.

Does the obligation still apply with this kind of situation?

Cheers

[hahamed]

at least my WA SS Agrrement it is written LIVE & WORK in WA for 2 years

not sure about VIC SS Agreement

[V2S4R]

In this example, I mean the person would be live in the same state (Vic) and payroll company also pay the salary from the same state(Vic) and only work for a company in NSW on contract.