state sponsorship

[Guest liquorice]

Has anyone gone through state sponsorship?

Is it hard to get one etc? I read somewhere you need to have at least $35k in savings/bank account to be able to get a state sponsorship?

I know you have to stay in that state for 2 yrs but I can handle that!

any advice would be great

[Guest cally]

Hi Liquorice,

we're looking at ss and i think it depends on which thread you read to be honest some have had to show proof of assets/savings some haven't depends on who you officer is i think or what day it gets read ! some people have 'borrowed' the money from rellies to sit in the bank so you can show you have the money, obviously if you have a house to sell ( which we dont ! ) you only need to show mortage agreement or borrow someones deeds lol

which part of salop are you from ? my mum is in Ludlow

[Guest liquorice]

Hi,

We arent far from Ludlow, we are in a small village called Highley nr to bridgnorth.

We dont have a house to sell either but Thanks for the tip!

At what stage are you? We havent even started yet just looking into everything first, which is blind blowing!

My husband is a plumber so needs to take a vatassess assessment before we can apply for SS or visa but they arent doing the next practicals until August time and by then the new point system has come in, not sure how it will effect us.

I have spoken to a few agents but not sure what to do next?!

[Guest johnny.w]

I have applied for ss and you have to fill a declaration form basically stating the assets that you have , savings ,car, house etc.

You then have to get this authorised by a solicitor. I tried the bank but they refused point blank to sign it.

You are simply stating that you will be self sufficient when you arrive in auz.

I think $35,000 is the min but i may be wrong.

Hope this helps.

[Guest cally]

oh i know where highley is used to go to the cinema in Bridgnorth quite a lot lol small world isnt it,

we're just beginning,looking at costs of everything and ss, my oh is a bricklayer and i'm a hairdresser so we shouldnt find it too difficult to secure jobs ( we hope ) but we also have a 9 yr old son, so im a stay at home home mum at the moment and we're struggling on one wage here and the work down here is very sparse i've done a rough calculation on costs to get us there (visa, med & police checks etc) and so far its up to £11,000 and that's without factoring our sons Pug lol,

[Guest liquorice]

it is a small world, Ive spend many a friday night as a child at Bridgnorth cinema.

I work as a sales manager in a department store so dont have any skills on the SOL list, should of done hairdressing myself, did think about but did an nvq in beauty therapy instead.

I have been in touch with some agents and with their costs it comes to just over 6k, but we cant afford that but may be the only way to get there?!

My husband Chris is 42, 43 this yr so we need to get our skates on. I have a 15 yr old daughter shes doing her GCSE's next year!

[Guest cally]

I'm going to do all the leg work myself and save the agents fees, to be honest as a stay at home mum i have the time to go searching and getting paperwork done etc and if you look on here at as many posts as you can ( like i've been doing this last week lol) i think a lot of people have done the process themselves if you have a straight forward application anyway and if you go on ss the SA government will do a 'meet & greet' thing when you get there anyway, make yourself a list of things that need to be done in which order and tick off each one as you do it, the au government website has everything you need to know on it and in which order it has to be done, i was reading a thread yesterday and one lady had put up an extremely long list of things that need doing and it was fab ! ( i'm going to copy it for us ) I'm the older one in our relationship ( 40 this year ) and my oh has just turned 30, so i'm hoping if we dont get our app in before Aug we will still have a chance

[Guest liquorice]

Ive just had 3 days leave last week and off again today and spent all the time on the internet, dont know about you by head is all over the place and this is all I can think about lol....it will all be worth it in the end. I'm thinking of going to do an evening course for something that is on the sol list if it help? (nvq) As long as we start to apply before end of next year when Chris will be 44 in the august, we will then have 12 mths to get assessment and SS completed. I'm so glad Ive found this site, it has been great. Ive just asking lots of questions! Trouble is I'm so impatient lol

[Guest liquorice]

hope you dont mind me asking, where will i find the thread with the list of things that need doing?

[Guest cally]

yeah it will all be worth it , i've been looking at local jobs and there are loads of beauty therapy jobs ! maybe you could just update the quals you already have ? it wont take as long then

i have no idea where i found it lol but will have a look now and see if i can find it again i'm impatient too all we have to do now is save good job you dont have to pay for everything upfront or we would never be able to go !

[sharon69]

I have applied for ss and you have to fill a declaration form basically stating the assets that you have , savings ,car, house etc.

You then have to get this authorised by a solicitor. I tried the bank but they refused point blank to sign it.

You are simply stating that you will be self sufficient when you arrive in auz.

I think $35,000 is the min but i may be wrong.

Hope this helps.

Hi Johnny,

you only need to fill in the declaration if you are a recent student, unless it's changed in the last 6 weeks, forms do not need to be certified

 

Sharon

[Guest guest3462]

Hi Johnny,

you only need to fill in the declaration if you are a recent student, unless it's changed in the last 6 weeks, forms do not need to be certified

 

Sharon

 

Sharon, when we applied for our state sponsorship (april 2010) we definately had to fill in the finacial pro forma and get it legally certified by a solicitor or justice of the peace. We were then asked by our SA immi case officer to provide further proof and we had to send all our bank statements, car ownership docs and mortgage documents etc as proof that we did actually have the funds.

There is a page on the SA immi that explains everything you need to get before you send in your application.

[Guest The Dimmocks]

State sponsorship requirements: South Australia

 

Good website to help with some questions

[sharon69]

Hi Dimmocks,

thanks just read the page you've put the link to and it still says the same as when I applied.

 

:if you are a recent international student you may claim financial support from your parents but will need to complete the Financial Support Pro Forma.

Sharon

[Guest The Dimmocks]

We had to fill out the financial support proforma as well.

[Hughes'Roberts]

Hi Everyone,

 

I have just been reading the "Make the Move" website and noticed last year that a form for your finances had to be signed etc but Sharon...you are correct....the only form regarding finances is for International Students which will save us a job!! We are in the process of gathering the information for the SS and we are going to submit it in a month or so.

 

Nat & Gaz