Bonjour from Mira

Dear Mira,

« I didn’t quite understand how your wife is moving to Sydney – did she find an Australian employer who is willing to sponsor her ? »

In fact, yes! She found an Australian employer in Sydney and he propose us to make the necessary for the visa for both her and me. the Visa that they propose to her is a Long Stay Remporary Business Entry subclass 457 Visa!
I do not know yet, what kind of Visa they will propose to me and I would like to ask you, which one should I ask them to be allowed to work in Australia?
And then, Should I come to sydney to find a job? or is it better to stay working in France and looking for a job on Internet?

Many thanks for your answer.

Best regards,

Marc

Dear Mira,

By the end of this year I’ll be 30 (so will be my wife)…this will be the end of a period and the begining of a new life.
I would like to move to Australia and experienced a new way of life…an old dream…

I’d describe my case as « unclassic ». Let me explain.

Here after my 2007 profesionnal options:

I’m an Electronics Engineer and I’ve been in charge for 2 years of the « Hardware Departement » for a small French company in France.
I’ve been working hard for 7 years in this company and now I have the possibility to work for this company from a remote location.
My employer is giving me the choice to work for him from anywhere (as long as I’ve access to the web). That’s great.

I have several questions that I could answer by simply reading the
different web sites & forum about « moving to Australia ».

1°)
Is it a real plus if I underline the fact that I already have a job when I/you apply for any kind of Australian visa ?
This means I will already have a salary when I’ll be landing on the Australian ground.
Info: My employer is French and the company does’nt have any agency in Australia.
I don’t exactly know how to use this situation. Is it a real advantage or nothing special or valuable?

2°)
Which visa is suitable for the above case?

I had a look at your website, it looks serious and your company is not too
big, based on my own experience I consider this as a plus.

If you can help.

Best Regards.

Sébastien ROCA.

Suis ce lien. C’est celui du gouvernement australien pour l’immigration.
http://www.immi.gov.au
Tu y trouveras tout ce dont tu recherches…
Que fais-tu comme metier ? De meme ton fiance?

Bonjour Mira

je suis acheteuse (dans le département achats au sein d’une multinaltionale , groupe pharmaceutique ) et mon fiancé est responsable commercial au sein de l’entreprise nationale maritime .

nous avons tous les des backgroung dans le commerce international et j’ai aussi eu une licence en langue anglaise

merci a vous

Hi Mira,

I went through the threads and found some precious information but not all the answers to my very particular case. So I ‘ll give it a go hoping you may find time to answer me.

My profile
Male- French – Single – 28 years old
Engenering master degree (Grandes Ecoles…)
35 month professional experience in the investement banking industry
32 month in the last 4 years
=> Current position: Project manager on Equity Derivatives solutions
Bilingual french / english, Russian fluent

My objective
Currently living in Paris with my australian -female- partner we need to realocate to sydney asap.
Ideally I would like to find a permananent job in my area of expertise (cf supra).
Deadline is january 31th 08

My solutions so far
No positions available for transfer within my company.
Currently have many jobs propositions but no visa sponsorship is available.
My score at the skill assesment is 115 points (online test)

So my questions are
1. Should I try to get in tough with an immigrant officer (fee to expect) to apply for one of the « skill visas » ? How long does the whole process take in best effort ?
2. Should I forget option 1 and get a WHV instead ?
Would I be eligible for the same range of jobs ( investment banking…) ?
Is it possible to start a permanent job with a WHV and undertake the « long term visa » procedures in the mean time ?
3. Should I get married with my australian partner ??

That’s all that crosses my mind.

Hopefully you are not in vacations and will find time to answer.

Cheers,

François

Hi Mira,

My name is Benoît and i’m living in the Reunion Island, a french island located in the indian ocean.
I’m 31 so too old now to pretend to the working holiday visa… I’ve been thinking of moving to australia for a few years now, without knowing how to do since i don’t want to go there without a job or the security to get one.

My profile:
French – Male – Single – 31 years old (and almost 32… next january)
Engeneer in Agrnomy from Toulouse, i also have a master in Biology.
Spent a year in Swansea (Wales) as an erasmus student
I have now 6 years of experience :
– 3 years in Toulouse, working for BNP Paribas, major french bank – I was in charge of the department of agriculture for the south-west.
– 3 years in the Reunion Island where i’m still living and working for a company dealing with farmers and other activities. I’m manager in a service of 12 people and in charge of the development of consulting activities.

Do you think there is a possibilty for me to find a job in Australia in my area of expertise (agriculture, consulting, business and agribusiness, management)? Can you help me?

Thanks a lot for your answer.
Best regards.

Benoît

Hi Mira,

I have been working for an Australian company in Adelaide for 1 1/2 year now, first with a WHV (from February 2007 to August 2007), and since December 2007, I have been working under the Temporary Business Long Stay – Standard Business Sponsorship (subclass 457).

As I am in Adelaide, I would like to apply for Skilled – Regional (Residence) visa (subclass 887). In the immigration website, it’s written that « A permanent visa for eligible provisional visa holders who have lived for at least two (2) years and worked for at least one (1) year in a Specified Regional Area in Australia. »

I thought I would then be eligible from next February, but in the section who is this visa for, the subclass 457 is not mentioned… I’m a bit confused now… Could you help me?

Thank you! Cheers,

Bonjour à tous et toutes !

Je vis depuis bientôt 2 ans à Sydney et ça fait près d’un an que j’ai le visa sponsorship 457.
Je souhaite demander le Skilled Visa qui me permettra de rester de façon permanente dans ce beau pays 🙂 Je vais choisir comme spécialité ASCO: Computing Professionnal – specialising in C++/C#/C.

Je dois faire évaluer mes compétences par l’ACS (Australian Computer Society), mais je crains de ne pas répondre tout à fait à leurs critères.

Voici ma situation:
– Je suis diplômée de l’Ecole des Mines de Nancy, j’avais pour cours principaux Maths et Mécanique des Fluides/Thermo, j’ai eu des cours d’info mais c’était pas mes cours principaux … Par contre, j’ai 10 mois de stage où j’ai fait de l’informatique scientifique, est ce que ça compte dans les qualifications ?
– J’ai 4 ans et demi d’expérience professionnelle en C++/C (3 ans en France et 1 an et demi à Sydney)

Est ce que quelqu’un pourrait me dire si ça passe ou si je dois avoir absolument 6 ans d’expérience professionnelle en C++/C ?

Merci beaucoup !!

Julie qui a hâte d’être résidente permanente 🙂

Hello Mira,

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Bonjour Mira,

J’ai actuellement 34 ans et suis ingenieur. Ma copine a 32 ans et est architecte. Nous n’avons pas d’enfants.
Nous voudrions nous expatrier en Australie l’année prochaine et trouver du travail sur place. Est ce que c’est envisageable ? Doit on trouver un sponsor (employeur) avant ?
Neanmoins, si il y a possibilite de visa sans avoir de sponsor professionnel, quel est le cout pour l’avoir via votre aide ?

Merci d’avance

Fred

Bonjour,
Je suis nouveaux dans ce forum je suis heureux d’etre parmi vous.
Je suis un jeune marocain agée de 27 ans Technicien en informatique de gestion, Concépteur des sites web est aussi professeur de music. je suis vraiment tres intéréssée pour l’immigration dans ce beaux pays qui est l’australie avec cette vaste culture est cette ancienne civilization j’aimerais bien concrétiser mes acquis dans ce pays.
j’espere que vous pouvez me renseignée est m’informé pour les demarches pour appliquée au visa d’immigration.
Veuillez agreer mes salutations les plus chaleureuses, est merci préalablement pour le soutiens.
Bonne journée

Bonjour mira

Je suis infirmier y a t’il un visa qui me permet de rester en australie de façon définitive?? si oui quel est son nom??

Merci d’avance!

Hi Mira,

Originaire de l’ile de la Reunion, cela va faire un peu plus de 3 ans que je suis en Australie et j’ai termine mes postgraduate studies in marketing and international business, l’annee derniere.

Je fais l’application pour le Graduate Temporary Visa 485 (j’aimerai postuler pour le PR mais je n’ai pas les moyens financiers).

Selon ce document 1163: http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/1163i.pdf, je n’aurai peut etre pas a booker un health examination.
« On page 2, it says people from France (which belongs to the group of lower risk countries) who wish a temporary stay of more than 12 months in Australia: no health assessment required unless special significance* applies (none of these special significances applie to me).

Reunion Island est la France mais dans l’ocean indien, et avec toutes les regulations qu’il y a eu ces derniers temps, je ne sais pas si oui ou non je dois booker un health examination, qui au passage coute AU$300.

Si vous pouvez m’aider a ce sujet je vous serai reconnaissant.

Thanks in advance

Stephane