> Thanks George,
>
> So we do not actually get a visa, we just get stamped on the way
> into Aus?
>
> In that case how does that work with my previous post about visiting
> Aus on a tourist visa until the 457 is granted, could we just go to NZ
> and back and re-enter on the visa?
>
> Am under some pressure to get to Aus as soon as possible, my employers
> are in the dark having never done this before.
>
> I have added pressure that i need to be in NZ for a conference on the
> 20th Feb and we were hoping that our visa would have been granted by
> then, i do not want to go all the way out there only to come back 2
> days later, was hoping we would both go the NZ on route to Aus.
>
> Thanks Gary
Hi,
I was on a Dependant Student Visa (wife doing PHD and I was on open Work
Permit) when I got the job and they decided to sponsor me for 457, in my
case, they hired an agent because they wanted to go through the safest
way. First company had to apply for a Business Sponsorship License which
gives them facility to hire someone on 457 visa.
I think it took them somewhere around 2 weeks to get License and then
another week for my 457 visa.
In our case, we did not have to travel out of Australia and we just
wento to the Immigration Office in Gold Coast and they cancelled the
previous visas and stamped new (457) visas in passports.
Too easy.
Ghanghro
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