Sponsored visa in Australia

polc07

Hi , Just wondering what is the success rate of getting a 457 visa ??plus the total cost to apply for one . have labouring experience, but no papers . Have a mate in Oz at present and he informed me that he could organize sponsorship any advice ???

mandrake04

What are you going get sponsored as? a Labourer?

Sure labourer is not on the occupation list and if you have no papers what are you going to attach to 1066 form for immigration? the whole point to Employer sponsored visa is to fill a skills shortage like Carpenter, Nursing, plumber, Engineer, fitter etc.

Labourer is not a skill, an employer can pick them up anytime or hire/dump people on a WHV when it suits.

hussey

Mod First advice is to do a search on the forum. Lots of threads about this, sponsorship.

We cannot answer your questions as you have not given us enough info, no age, no work info (you mentioned labouring ?), no experience

What is the success rate? Very High - Very low .... once you a company agrees to sponsor you (not not your mate, unless he runs a business capable of sponsorship)
Those criteria are the hard parts.

My advice is to look at immi.gov.au and you'll find cost there and do lots of reading about visas, min wage etc

polc07

Thanks Mandrake and Hussey for your responses

jank

mandrake04 wrote: »

What are you going get sponsored as? a Labourer?

Sure labourer is not on the occupation list and if you have no papers what are you going to attach to 1066 form for immigration? the whole point to Employer sponsored visa is to fill a skills shortage like Carpenter, Nursing, plumber, Engineer, fitter etc.

Labourer is not a skill, an employer can pick them up anytime or hire/dump people on a WHV when it suits.

This!

Your mate is just telling you what you want to hear.

mandrake04

jank wrote: »

This!

Your mate is just telling you what you want to hear.

What you mean?

hussey

He means he agrees with you!

mandrake04

hussey wrote: »

He means he agrees with you!

Ah yeah a fellow realist then.

jank

Mate in Australia telling mate in ireland "sure come over and ill sort you out with a visa no problem" even though he has no qualifications or skills on the skills short list. I would always take what friends say with a pinch of salt as pub talk doesnt matter a damm to Immi.

ALWAYS do your own research.

mandrake04

jank wrote: »

Mate in Australia telling mate in ireland "sure come over and ill sort you out with a visa no problem" even though he has no qualifications or skills on the skills short list. I would always take what friends say with a pinch of salt as pub talk doesnt matter a damm to Immi.

ALWAYS do your own research.

You mean to say there isn't a desk at the airport that just hand you out sponsorship forms and then point them to a queue of sponsoring employers outside just beside the taxi rank?

That's what I thought myself, but reading some of these threads makes me wonder.

SuperSocks

Just got sponsorship confirmed there last week. I'd agree with most of the advice given so far. You will need proof of a skill.

However it may be worth following up on your mate's offer. Some companies are in the habit of giving out lots of sponsorships. Mine is based on a one month period of work I did while on holidays last summer, and the fact I got on well with the other workers. So the fact that you know someone already there could work for you.

polc07

Hi Supersocks

Thanks for response and advice