457 Advice please

[vickijem22]

Hi

 

As a Nurse, would I benefit by going out in a 457 visa? My worry is that I have 2 children still in education abd worry about school fees, medicare etc.

 

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance.

Vicki

[Guest guest9824]

Hi

 

As a Nurse, would I benefit by going out in a 457 visa? My worry is that I have 2 children still in education abd worry about school fees, medicare etc.

 

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance.

Vicki

 

Hi Vicki, there are lots of pros and cons for the 457 visa, we came on one ourselves, and have been successful in becoming citizens last year.

 

The visa has had a lot of bad press with lots of stories of unscrupulous employers promising the world to get people over to Australia and many have been burnt once here, either treated badly because the employer feels like they have the upper hand sponsoring someone in the first place therefore paying less than others and generally mistreating them.

 

The 457 visa was initially brought into effect by the boom and was a quick fix to the problem of finding many people quickly to do the jobs the boomtime created. So many who came a few years ago have been fairly successful in now getting PR and staying. That's not the case for all, and many on this forum have stories to tell of their own experiences, so positive others, not so much.

 

The big thing for us as a family, if we were looking to come over now, would be having to pay the school fees, and unless the sponsorer was happy to increase the salary offered to cover some of the cost of schooling, then we would have had to think long and hard whether to come. You do at least have a job to come to, which makes the decision a bit easier, maybe come over see how you like it, if you do, then apply for PR as soon as you can so that you are not having to return to the UK after 4 years, that's if you don't get a further 4 years extension to your visa or your don't get PR. This is a temporary visa, so you have to think of it like that, (although honestly I didn't) and if it's a case of using it as 4 years working and living in a different country, then returning, go for it.

 

Best of luck

 

pea

[verystormy]

The big issue with a 457 as well as those mentioned by Peanuts is the insecurity. If you lose your job, you only have 90 days to find another or leave the country. While nursing is one of the more secure jobs, it can and does happen that people have had to leave.

 

My advice is that if you can qualify for a PR visa, then that is a better route.

[Tata]

I fully agree with verystormy, the experience through 457 from 2013 onwards is not good.

Before reaching here the agency was saying about MOON and GOLD is in our hands.

Once we reached here then only we came to know the reality. Now the HR is not ready to talk. They says 457 visa is for 4 years. That's it. Above all I need to pay school fees both private and public in WA, NSW and Canberra.

[ali]

457 can get you here quickly, but it is a temporary visa. Your employer isn't obligated to sponsor you for PR, indeed a friend who came over a few years ago was promised sponsorship but then there was a big freeze and she ended up doing it herself. You are stuck with the one employer - if you don't like it, you have to think about another employer taking over your sponsorship. You may be excluded from some job opportunities or course because of the temporary status. You will have to work full time. Some jobs have recently been advertised as giving preference to citizens and PR visa holders. As peanuts said, there is now also the school fees to think about in WA for this visa.