please help

[phily]

Hi guys, I was just wondering if anybody knows how i could get into oz,I am a Hgv class 1 driver ere in the uk,also have my psv(coach)licence.

We have tryed to get in throu an agent,southern cross settlement services,but it was a no go cos of the minister(chris evans)putting a stop on drivers goin in on a 457.

So i would like to know if there was another way in for us..does anybody know of any jobs goin lol..i mean it!!!!!!!

Please help.

Thanks

phil

[kaz101]

Hi Phil,

I would try more than one agent. We were told by 2 agents that we couldn't get in and the third agent said yes we could and we've been here just over a year now.

The last I heard (and I'm not an agent) HGV drivers were in demand in South Australia since in the regional areas move things move by road. We have some agents on the forum (Alan Collett and Veronika (SOMV)) and it may be worth checking with them to see if they say the same thing as the other agent.

You say 'we' could you get in with your partner as first applicant? Just an idea but it worked for us. We thought I would be first applicant because I was in IT but because I was a contractor without a degree it would have been very hard (and some agents said we wouldn't get in). However my husband being a gardener was also in demand and that was how we got in.

Good luck,
Karen

[phily]

Hi and thanks for the info..my wife cant go as first applicant,i dont think anyway.she was a childminder,but now a teaching assitant..not on the sol list.i,d be willing to do anything to get there.within reason!!!!thanks anyway..