457/417 visa holders looking for permanency??

[New Life Down Under]

Since 12 September 2011, Perth has been classified as Regional for the purpose of the Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS). From July 2011 the top priority of processing for DIAC is the RSMS visa. There have been 16000 places allocated in this financial year for RSMS visas.
For anyone out there who has been on a 457 for 2 years or more, now may be the time for you and your employer to look at securing permanent residency through this scheme. If you are under 45, satisfy the skill requirement for your trade/occupation, are commited for at least 2 years with your employer ,you may wish to look into this scheme if you are seeking PR. If you work in the trades and are skills level 4 on ANZSCO your two years work experience may help you achieve recognition for this visa scheme. Also those of you on working holiday subclass 417 visas with diplomas or degrees should consider their options if looking for permanency.

Registered Migration Agents are permitted to send in Agent Decision Ready applications for this category and also ENS visas. If you are interested in being considered for these visas contact your migration agent. Only agents registered with MARA https://www.mara.gov.au/agent/ARDeta...e&FolderID=394 are able to submit decision ready applications. Processing times are considerably shorter through this scheme.
Migration Law changes continually and the quota for 16000 places is for this financial year only.

Good luck with your applications

Camilla

[Gollywobbler]

Hi Camilla

Everything you have said above is a 100% accurate description of the current Policy and Legislation. I am NOT trying to criticise you. Rather, I want to question you, please!

I am aware that the present Govt is having a blitz on trying to encourage new immigrants but to try to encourage them to go to the Regions rather than to the non-regional areas. I can understand why they are slanting the immigration programme in this way and I think that 16,000 is a sensible figure to aim for.

When the current lot were the Loyal Opposition, they produced a Paper in which they theorised that there was no reason why the population of Australia should not be allowed to rise to 50 million souls. According to the Paper - which had the official Government logo on it and had been presented to Parliament in some way - a new generation of immigrants could go and build new towns in places that are currently either underpopulated or not populated. These new towns would create mini-economies of their own and so forth. I read it and believed every word - it seemed very clever and truly visionary to me.

Then I asked an Australian doctor whom I know. He said, "Rubbish." I asked why he was so dismissive? He said, "There isn't enough fresh water in Australia to support a population of 50 million so this grandiose idea is dead before it even begins!" I reminded him about CY Conner and the freshwater pipeline that goes 600kms inland from Perth - to Kalgoorlie, I think. They've done it before, so why shouldn't they do it again, using desalinated sea water if necessary? He huffed that in this current age, CY Conner would be locked up in an institution for the criminally insane, in his opinion! He said that it would be murderously irresponsible to rely on anything except a reliable, natural, local source of sufficient fresh water and that was that! He said that in some parts of Australia, one could sink a borehole 3 miles deep without discovering fresh water.

Well - if he's right then 16,000 new recruits to the Regions each year does make much more sense than the original idea proposed in the Paper.

Have you heard any feedback about whether this new scheme is a success?

Also, have you heard anything about whether they are likely to maintain it at around 16,000 during 2012/2013?

Cheers

Gill

[New Life Down Under]

Hi Camilla

Everything you have said above is a 100% accurate description of the current Policy and Legislation. I am NOT trying to criticise you. Rather, I want to question you, please!

I am aware that the present Govt is having a blitz on trying to encourage new immigrants but to try to encourage them to go to the Regions rather than to the non-regional areas. I can understand why they are slanting the immigration programme in this way and I think that 16,000 is a sensible figure to aim for.

When the current lot were the Loyal Opposition, they produced a Paper in which they theorised that there was no reason why the population of Australia should not be allowed to rise to 50 million souls. According to the Paper - which had the official Government logo on it and had been presented to Parliament in some way - a new generation of immigrants could go and build new towns in places that are currently either underpopulated or not populated. These new towns would create mini-economies of their own and so forth. I read it and believed every word - it seemed very clever and truly visionary to me.

Then I asked an Australian doctor whom I know. He said, "Rubbish." I asked why he was so dismissive? He said, "There isn't enough fresh water in Australia to support a population of 50 million so this grandiose idea is dead before it even begins!" I reminded him about CY Conner and the freshwater pipeline that goes 600kms inland from Perth - to Kalgoorlie, I think. They've done it before, so why shouldn't they do it again, using desalinated sea water if necessary? He huffed that in this current age, CY Conner would be locked up in an institution for the criminally insane, in his opinion! He said that it would be murderously irresponsible to rely on anything except a reliable, natural, local source of sufficient fresh water and that was that! He said that in some parts of Australia, one could sink a borehole 3 miles deep without discovering fresh water.

Well - if he's right then 16,000 new recruits to the Regions each year does make much more sense than the original idea proposed in the Paper.

Have you heard any feedback about whether this new scheme is a success?

Also, have you heard anything about whether they are likely to maintain it at around 16,000 during 2012/2013?

Cheers

Gill

Hello Gill,
Yes a few more golden pipelines wouldnt go amiss!!! Perhaps CY OConnor wouldve done better to be locked up in an institution, if what my primary school children have taught me is correct, he killed himself shortly before the water arrived! Poor bloke!
With regards to the quota for 2012/13, I am unaware at this stage, however, when I was at DIAC last week the ROO (Regional Outreach Officer, not a skippy!) kept reminding us that he was only talking about the current figures and legislation! I know this always happens, but being the sort of person that I am, I got the impression it would be all change again next year, but who knows!!!
With regards to your comments of a 50mill population, I hope that not too many more come to Perth! Since I have been here the traffic congestion on the freeway has increased 10 fold, its harder to park your car in CBD and my kids school has grown from 260 to 450 students!!!! Oh and our utility bills have sky rocketed!!!
With the EOI scheme coming in, I think that GSM visas will dwindle rapidly and more visas willl be employer driven. Anyone looking at GSM should try and submit their applications asap!!!
Regards
Camilla