most working visas have the upper threshold age limit of 50.
you can try for business visa..
you can try for business visa..
Hi
I am 49 my wife is 51 and we have both decided we would like to emigrate to Australia all our children have now grown up and its time to lead a quieter and less stressful life style.
I currently run my own business and my wife is a house wife.
I have phoned around and been told by an emigration office that I could not go out on a working holiday as I am too old and as I have no sponsor I have no way of getting out there on a working VISA.
I actually want to emigrate permanently and was looking to see if maybe any one here has had the same situation but found a way to get out there permanently.
Any ideas gratefully recieved!!
It's going to be quite difficult for you.Hi
I am 49 my wife is 51 and we have both decided we would like to emigrate to Australia all our children have now grown up and its time to lead a quieter and less stressful life style.
I currently run my own business and my wife is a house wife.
I have phoned around and been told by an emigration office that I could not go out on a working holiday as I am too old and as I have no sponsor I have no way of getting out there on a working VISA.
I actually want to emigrate permanently and was looking to see if maybe any one here has had the same situation but found a way to get out there permanently.
Any ideas gratefully recieved!!
457 is a temporary visa up to 4 yrs.It's going to be quite difficult for you.
The easiest route is to obtain a 457-Visa, in which a company sponsors you for a position within the company. This would require either yourself or your wife to find a job in Australian in either of your fields. Only one of you needs the visa as the other would come across as the spouse.
Alternatively you could try coming over under your own steam, but it is a points based system. You would need to have qualifications and experience that appear on the Skills Shortage List, you lose points for your ages but if you have a bit of money tucked away this will help.
The Australian Immigration Site has a helpful tool to determine what visas are available to you. Australian Visa Wizard - Visas & Immigration
Playing around with this it seems that you have a few options:
- Get a 457 sponsored visa in any profession.
- If you meet one of the professions on the Skills Sortage you can come under your own steam.
- If you have a family member in Australia, they can sponsor you (the closer the relationship the better).
Apparently you can not come on a permanent basis under a business visa.
Basically Australia is a VERY attractive place to live at the moment. The immigration policy is aimed at filling highly-skilled vacancies with foreigners when required, leaving the semi and non-skilled jobs for Australians. They want to avoid people coming over and being non-productive.