Question: How do I prove the "market salary" requirement for employer sponsored visas? What is the minimum salary to nominate someone on a 457? Ok firstly, let's deal with the minimum salary question first. The minimum salary threshold for the 457 visa at the moment is $53,900 (gross base salary, not including superannuation). Yes, it does […]

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Question: Am I eligible to sponsor (as a business)? What are training benchmarks? Rather than regurgitating what is explained on the official immigration website, I am going to answer this question as simply as possible. Ok... If you are a NEWLY ESTABLISHED business (operating for less than 12 months or just starting up), then in […]

Question: How soon can I apply for PR (permanent residency) after the grant of my 457 visa? This is one of the top questions that me and my team get asked after helping people acquire a 457 (employer sponsored working visa). Most people actually think that you "must" wait for 2 years on a 457 […]

Question: Am I eligible to migrate to Australia? Can I get Australian Permanent Residency? This is a fully loaded question that I can spend a few days explaining. So let me break it down into 3 simple areas of "eligibility". There are 3 main areas that I will talk about, that is: Skilled Migration Employer […]

    Question: How much do Australian visas cost? There was a time in my early adult years where I viewesd everything as a cost. This was probably born out of the conditioned mindset I had developed in University where I learned the gift of "thrift" and pinching every penny to save up for a […]

Question: Can you match the price of this cheaper migration agent? More often than not, I get asked this question to which my answer is mostly "No". I know there are agencies that have a price matching policy for "any" quoted price, but It is most likely that the provider is a self-employed sole proprietor/entrepreneur working from […]

Question: I have been working with one employer on a 457 but changed to another employer, can I still get PR? I have now worked for 2 years.  With the change in legislation, that just occurred on the 1st of July, changing employers on a 457 can still mean that you can get your Permanent Residency (PR) […]

UPDATE: On the 14th December 2015, new policies were implemented by Immigration that now discourage self-sponsorship from sole operators and small businesses under the Subclass 457. To do a self-sponsorship, you have to have substantial start-up capital available and a very strong business plan with viable market penetration. The requirement to prove that the position, […]

Question: Can you get me a 457 work visa? And can you get me a job? To answer the first question, “it depends if you have an employer sponsor”. To answer the second question, “no”. One of the most common questions I get is: Can you get me a work visa? Answer: It is only possible to […]