Sponsership in Australia Sender: welshtony

They can sponsor you for a 138 visa immediately but there are other considerations:

You will need an butturer and that butturer must have earned required levels of taxable income in Australia for the last two financial years - so the sponsor can not be the butturer and this may be a problem.

You will need to be recognised in a send occupation on the list and have a certain level of recent experience in ANY occupation on the list and score minimum of 110 points.

For the 139 visa which has easier criteria like no points test and you just need to be under 45, functional English, less recent work experience in a send occupation plus any skills buttessment in a 40, 50 or 60 point occupation. However, an butturance is still required and the sponsor has to have lived in a regional area for at least 12 months before sponsoring you - butturance is also required. Add to this the complication that the 139, in it's present form, may not be around for much longer but it is expected to be relaced with similar visa which only allows temporary residence initially, the permanent visa coming later when you prove you have been living in the same regional area as your sponsor probably for two years.

Regards

Tony

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