Immigration Lawyers 285Jessica Stooke Hi Jishnu I disagree with Jessica's second buttertion. She is a Migration Agent, but presumably she is not...
I came on the ENS and its getting the sponsorship which is the hard part I'm afraid. In my experience it is not enough for a potential employer to decide that you'd be acceptable to them -- the employer has to prove to DIMIA that you have skills etc that he couldn't get from the existing Oz workforce, that the job he is offering has been advertised and that he has a record in training Oz workers. I work in education, so in the end applied for an advertised position which I was luckily offered. It was plain sailing from there. I am no expert, but I would have thought the way forward if you are favouring the ENS route is to start reading the papers, internet etc and start applying for jobs that might be of interest.
One advantage of the ENS route is that there are no restrictions on location or employment so there is a lot of flexibility. In practice though its not quite that easy -- my employer paid for all our visa costs, container costs, helped towards rental costs for the first little bit, paid for installation of household utilities, new school uniforms for the kids etc. But the deal was I have to stay with them for 2 years or reimburse a proportion. I still think I got a cracking offer. So I'd suggest that ENS is a great visa to get if you can, but there is some work getting the job.
Best of luck fiona
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