June 3, 2015 Gomez Lawyers 68-72 York St SOUTHE MELBOURNE VIC 3205 AUSTRALIA

HOW TO GET AN AUSTRALIAN WORK VISA Australia needs 250,000 new migrants each year.

WOULDN’T IT BE NICE, if you

could hop on an airplane to

Australia and walk right into

a good job in one of the best

cities in the world Melbourne,

Sydney, Brisbane, etc.?

The average salary or wages for

full-time work which generally is 5-

days a week for about 7.5 hours

per day is AU$74,724 according

to the Australian Bureau of

Statistics.

Such are the generous

conditions because Australia is a

developed economy, resource

rich but with a serious labour

shortage problem due to an

ageing population and

inadequate labour force. The

Australian population of about 24

million people just cannot

support its large economy.

This is why Australia grants

190,000 permanent visas to

foreigners and their family

members every year. However,

this is not enough. In order to

boost its economy and sustain

GOMEZ LAWYERS: IMMIGRATION & BUSINESS LAWYERS

HOW TO MIGRATE TO AUSTRALIA

HOW WE WORK

ASSESS your circumstances

and provide you with an

honest opinion of your

chances of living and

working in Australia.

PREPARE a written plan of

action to help ensure you

have the best chance of

calling Australia home.

SUBMIT a comprehensive

and proper application

addressing the detailed

and complicated criteria.

DEAL with the department’s

ongoing enquiries on your

application promptly and

provide you with regular

updates.

NOTE It only takes a poorly

prepared Visa application

to ruin your chances of

living the Australian dream?

From your first meeting with

us, you’ll be glad you

chose Gomez Lawyers.

We’ll give you the best

possible chance of calling

Australia home.

G O M E Z L A W Y E R S : I M M I G R A T I O N & B U S I N E S S L A W Y E R S

future growth, the migration

levels of Australia needs to be

increased by

about 30% p.a.

according to

independent

modelling by

the Migration

Council of

Australia

(MCA). This

means the numbers need to go

up to 250,000 visas per year.

The higher migration numbers

would boost Australia’s economy

by $1.6 trillion, says the report

from the MCA who warned that

reducing the migration intake

would have a profound impact

on labour participation,

productivity, the national skills

base and income. Without a

strong migration program

Australia’s economy will suffer

and it will not hit its projected

population target of 38 million by

2050 - the projected

population target of

the government’s

intergenerational

report.

This is the reality in

Australia. It needs

people. The

challenge for you as

a potential migrant to

Australia is to work

through the complex

maze of constantly changing

legislation to get that green light

for a permanent visa. Australian

immigration laws are complex

because the government want

to attract only the best and the

brightest people to Australia.

In order to get

a permanent work

visa, the first thing

you need to do is

to assess your

circumstances to

see which

program suits it the

best. There are a

range of visas available, some

require sponsorship by an

employer whilst others allow you

to make an independent

application. Some grant you

immediate permanent residence

whilst others offer work stays of

between 6 months to 4 years on

a renewable basis.

All this complexity makes

planning important. Planning a

migration pathway is important

not only because visa charges

are expensive but also because

rejection rates are high. What is

worse is

that if your

visa

application

in Australia

is refused,

you will be

barred from

making

applications in Australia for 3

years.

As the saying goes, If you fail

to plan, you plan to fail.

Your planning should be done

with a professional migration

lawyer. Planning with a

professional will help focus your

time, money and energy into an

intelligent strategy with good

prospects of success. A

professional migration lawyer

should assess your circumstance

and lay down your options for a

realistic migration pathway to

Australia with clear instructions of

what exactly needs to be done,

step by step.

In a nutshell, to be granted a

work visa, you must have or

acquire skills that are in demand

in Australia; be of good health

and good character; lodge a

comprehensive case to the

department of immigration with

documentary evidence, to prove

your case plus pay their non-

refundable visa charges.

DISCLAIMER: This article is for

general information only and

should not be construed as

legal advice. Please contact

jerry.gomez@gomezlaw.com.

au for more information.

A VALID AND

COMPREHENSIVE

APPLICATION MUST

ADDRESSES ALL THE

RELEVANT CRITERIA

FOR THE VISA

BASIC WORK VISA

CRITERIA REQUIRES

THAT YOU HAVE OR

ACQUIRE SKILLS THAT

ARE IN DEMAND IN

AUSTRALIA; BE OF

GOOD HEALTH AND

GOOD CHARACTER.

SOME PATHWAYS Student visa ►graduate

work visa ►permanent visa

Work holiday visa

►temporary employer

sponsored visa►

permanent visa

Direct onshore or offshore

application for a temporary

or permanent visa

Investor or business visa

which is targeted at high-

net worth individuals with

high-level business skills.

NOTE visitors on tourist visas

seeking other visas could

have DIBP raise concerns.

Gomez Lawyers: Immigration & Business Lawyers

Jerry Gomez

Gomez Lawyers: Immigration & Business Lawyers

68-72 York Street, South Melbourne 3205 VICTORIA AUSTRALIA

© Gomez Lawyers 2015

For more information contact Australian Registered Migration Lawyer Jerry

Gomez (MARN 0854080): jerry.gomez@gomezlaw.com.au.

Visit our website: www.gomezlaw.com.au

Disclaimer: This article is for general information only and should not be

construed as legal advice. Please contact us for a detailed review of your matter.