Hi,
I've been in Oz for 16 months on a 4 year 457 sponsered by an Australian company owned by my previous UK employer. (So it was a pretty easy exercise to get in)
Love the Aussie life style but I've had enough of my Job and been looking for a job with one of there compebreastors. I'm talking to them now.
I'm asking them to take over sponsership of my 457 which I belive will have no cost buttociated to it and as It's the same job spec (APAC IT Manager) so will not need to be rewritten. This might be a big buttumtion on my part as I confess I have not researched this and have been finding it pretty hard to get good specific info on this.
Also to make things more unclear I would be employed as an IT Specialist with a Consultancy group (not my Employer, quite common in IT Circles) which is really be an unmbrella company and in reality I would be self employed which would mean I was getting the sponsership from my Client (Still Following) and would not be thier PAYG Employee.
So my questions are:
How easy is it to change Jobs on a 457.
Can you be self employed on a 457 with a sponser and a 12 month contract.
How will Immigration know If now one tells them my current sponser is no more, is this risky ? I'll still be paying taxes
Is there a good company I can ask for advice or anyone done something similar ?
I also need advice on the Tax situation ?
Hope this makes sense
Cheers
Tim
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