Immigration Requirements for Australia and New Zealand

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Hi everyone! I'm in the process of submitting my EOI and I just wanted to confirm regarding work experience. Do I have to declare on the employment details section my previous work experience even if I do not want to claim any points for it? Thanks in advance.

Do you already have your Letter of Determination from ANMAC? Is that work experience included there? If for whatever reason, you do not intend to claim points for that work experience as part of your skills assessment for migration purposes, then there's no need to include that in your EOI.

However, you will still need to include those details when you accomplish Form 80, Form 1221 and CV when you lodge your visa application after receiving an Invitation to Apply.

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Hello! Regarding the visitor visa (business stream) subclass 600, can I have a relative from my home country as my sponsor? For the show money? Thank you very much!

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Hello! Regarding the visitor visa (business stream) subclass 600, can I have a relative from my home country as my sponsor? For the show money? Thank you very much!

Have you paid the tuition for the BP already? If not yet, then is the money still in your bank account? Request a bank certification of that account, have it notarized/certified and use that as proof of funds for your visa application.

That's what I did and there was no question.

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Have you paid the tuition for the BP already? If not yet, then is the money still in your bank account? Request a bank certification of that account, have it notarized/certified and use that as proof of funds for your visa application.

That's what I did and there was no question.

Thanks cucci! í ½í¸Š btw, I've sent you a PM. Thanks a lot for the help!

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Thank you cucci!

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Do you already have your Letter of Determination from ANMAC? Is that work experience included there? If for whatever reason, you do not intend to claim points for that work experience as part of your skills assessment for migration purposes, then there's no need to include that in your EOI.

However, you will still need to include those details when you accomplish Form 80, Form 1221 and CV when you lodge your visa application after receiving an Invitation to Apply.

Thanks cucci!

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Hi everyone! I submitted my EOI on March 23, 2018. Recently, while viewing my application, I noticed that I chose Bachelor Degree (other) instead of Bachelor in Science on my education history. Now I want to update my EOI and change my qualification to Bachelor Degree in Science. However, I am worried that my date of submission will be changed and it might negatively affect my ranking. My question is, is it okay if I will just stick to Bachelor Degree (Other) since I specified Bachelor of Science in Nursing as my course name anyway?

Thanks in advance!

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Hai everyone,

Anybody here submitted Victorian Nomination and waiting more than 6weeks ?

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Hi, all.

I need your thoughts on my current dilemma, please, as I don't know what to do yet. I have been doing my research and so far, I cannot get a certain answer yet. I got my registration with AHPRA 3 weeks ago and have been fortunate to be then offered for sponsorship by a hospital under TSS visa. I was planning to just wait the grant in Phils before coming back in AU. However, I was being told by the agency representative that I will have a hard time getting out from the Phils as the hospital has no agreement with our POEA since they are only hiring few people from there. Now the following are my questions are:

1.Is it possible to change from Tourist Visa to a working visa (TSS) without leaving Australia? Can I apply for a Bridging Visa A (Subclass 010) while I still have a valid Tourist Visa (subclass 600 and it will expire on October 2018)? I cannot apply with the other Bridging Visas (B and C) as my situation does not fall to any of their listed requirements. Oh, I just had my second exit from AU few days ago and am currently in the Philippines. I know I need to go back to AU for me to process the Bridging Visa application.

2.If I will lodge a Bridging Visa application while under Tourist Visa in AU, is there a possibility that it will be denied since the application per se will be interpreted as a breach to the TV condition 8101 that I must not engage to work in Australia?

3.How true is it that we will face difficulties in the airport upon leaving from our beloved country even while holding a working visa (TSS)?

4.If I will stay in UAE, HK or Singapore under Tourist Visa, what are the problems that I will be facing while processing the nomination (to be done by the employer) and later TSS visa application (to be done by me)? The reason I am considering this is to escape the lengthy processing in POEA. Will I be undergoing health exam only? What are the documents that I will get ready for me to be allowed from leaving these countries aside from TSS visa grant?

Trusting that someone can shed a light to me from all these confusions. My utmost gratitude, in advance...

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Hi, all.

I need your thoughts on my current dilemma, please, as I don't know what to do yet. I have been doing my research and so far, I cannot get a certain answer yet. I got my registration with AHPRA 3 weeks ago and have been fortunate to be then offered for sponsorship by a hospital under TSS visa. I was planning to just wait the grant in Phils before coming back in AU. However, I was being told by the agency representative that I will have a hard time getting out from the Phils as the hospital has no agreement with our POEA since they are only hiring few people from there. Now the following are my questions are:

1.Is it possible to change from Tourist Visa to a working visa (TSS) without leaving Australia? Can I apply for a Bridging Visa A (Subclass 010) while I still have a valid Tourist Visa (subclass 600 and it will expire on October 2018)? I cannot apply with the other Bridging Visas (B and C) as my situation does not fall to any of their listed requirements. Oh, I just had my second exit from AU few days ago and am currently in the Philippines. I know I need to go back to AU for me to process the Bridging Visa application.

2.If I will lodge a Bridging Visa application while under Tourist Visa in AU, is there a possibility that it will be denied since the application per se will be interpreted as a breach to the TV condition 8101 that I must not engage to work in Australia?

3.How true is it that we will face difficulties in the airport upon leaving from our beloved country even while holding a working visa (TSS)?

4.If I will stay in UAE, HK or Singapore under Tourist Visa, what are the problems that I will be facing while processing the nomination (to be done by the employer) and later TSS visa application (to be done by me)? The reason I am considering this is to escape the lengthy processing in POEA. Will I be undergoing health exam only? What are the documents that I will get ready for me to be allowed from leaving these countries aside from TSS visa grant?

Trusting that someone can shed a light to me from all these confusions. My utmost gratitude, in advance...

1. YES. Since, all visa information are stored electronically, the changes will reflect on the database which you can check using the VEVO app on your smartphone.

2. You do not apply for a Bridging Visa.

The Bridging Visa A is granted only:

a. when the substantive visa you applied for (in this case TSS - 482) has not yet been granted;

b. you are onshore

c. your current Visitor visa has expired

Normally BVA is granted but in case, you encounter financial difficulties while waiting for the TSS visa grant, you can request for a change into a Bridging Visa that has limited work rights. They will ask you to submit proof of such difficulty.

3. You need OEC inorder to be allowed exit because TSS is a temporary work visa which needs to be recorded by POEA. As such, an agency must process your papers. This is quite difficult if you are a direct hire because understandably the local agency does not earn from you. There has been rumors that the local agencies would require as much as 1 month salary equivalent to process your papers but I have no personal knowledge or experience on the matter.

4. If you're outside the country (Phils) while processing your TSS visa application there should be no problem because the current country you are staying will not mind these things. For them you are a tourist/visitor and as long as you comply with their laws, that is, you entered legally and exited before the end of your allowed stay, that's all that matters to them.

The "problem/trouble" comes when you go home for vacation to the Phils while on TSS visa. No problem with entering, but upon departure you will be required to present the OEC and will not be allowed to exit without it.

I have inquired with the Australian embassy in Sydney regarding this and was informed that there should be not much problem with processing OEC for direct hires with them but I have yet to undergo the process. I am also on 457 and exited the Phils with visitor visa. My 457 was lodged and granted while I am in Au so I did not go home anymore.

Another option, albeit much dependent on circumstances is, while on TSS, apply for PR visa and hope that you can be invited (either by State or the Commonwealth) and be granted the visa before you go home for vacation. This is an option for those on 457 but the current TSS allows this only after 3 years.

Hope this helps.

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Oh, my apologies for this late reply, Cucci, but many thanks! Your info is really of great help as it afforded relief to my clouded mind...and for sure to others, as well, who are having the same plight as myself. So, I will not ever be worried at all being in Australia again while under Tourist Visa as it will be converted to another substantive visa, the TSS. My action (lodging a TSS visa application) will not be misconstrued as a violation of the 8101 condition of the former visa. And while waiting for the visa grant, the BVA will be automatically issued only under those conditions you've mentioned.

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For the benefit of DIRECT HIRES who leaves the Phils with visitor visa and was granted 457/482 visa onshore and would like to take a vacation to the Phils while on 457/482 visa.

I just got this email from POLO Canberra:

Please be informed that POLO Australia is processing OEC for vacationing Filipinos under the Balik Manggagawa Program of POEA. Please be further informed that the OEC is only valid for sixty days from the date of issuance.

Kindly create your BM Online Account if you do not still have or Reactivate if you have existing account through this website POEA :: Balik-Manggagawa Online Processing System. The instructions can be read or viewed in the website itself. Upload a full face picture with white background. (Note: In filling out the portion of Contract Details, the Latest Departure date is your latest flight from the Philippines going to Australia while the Latest Arrival date is your arrival in the Philippines for your next vacation)

Then set an appointment for the processing of your OEC by clicking the green button "Acquire OEC or Exemption" and choose the location: POLO Oceana Branch: Australia Yarralumla. Please make sure that your return to Australia is within the sixty day validity of the OEC from the date of your appointment. Once appointment was successfully made, kindly print out the copy of appointment and affix your signature.

Please take note that you do not need to appear personally to POLO Office for your scheduled appointment. The following are the requirements needed in securing an OEC which you need to send through courier c/o Philippine Embassy 1 Moonah Place Yarralumla ACT 2600 at least a day before your date of appointment:

1. signed employment contract

2. copy of your passport and visa

3. Signed Information Sheet generated from the BM Online appointment (go to "My Transactions")

4. Australian Money Order for the fees which can be bought from the Post Office

5. Self addressed envelope where we can post back your verified contract and receipts

The following are the fees: Verification is AU$18, OWWA Membership is AU$25 and OEC is AU$5 payable to Philippine Embassy POLO through Australian Money Order amounting to AU$48.00

Your processed OEC will be sent to your BM Online Account under "My Transaction" then print it out before your flight to Australia which you need to present before the immigration. You may enter the BM Online OEC Number on your next application for OEC and will be exempted from payment if you are returning to the same Employer and Jobsite.

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