Hello eveybody, was sondering if anybody outthere can help me.

I am trying to get myself out to Aus, and am over the 45 age group plus have no formal skilled qualifications, although having worked for 25 years for the same company, and rose up through the ranks i am now an Quality engineer, but have no paperwork to back that up.

so I wrote off to a company and they told me I could apply for a visa called RSMS.

This visa is eligible if you have family Which I do a sister living over in Aus.
Own your own home which I do
and finally you are under 55 which I am.

So my question is this does anybody know what this visa is, and also has anybody used the Immigration unit company, as there is a fee to pay up front, and was wondering if they were reputable or not.

Any advice would be most welcome

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Can't help with the visa, but its a regional one, which means that you have to live in an area specified by the aus gove. (I'm on SIR which is a regional visa), found some info for you, but you may already have this (link below)


http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/skilled-wor.../rsms/index.htm

sorry, but good luck

Hi Ant.

Sorry, I don't know the company you contacted.

The RSMS visa is nothing to do with having family in Aus. If your sister is able to sponsor you then that is a different visa altogether.
I don't how how the family sponsorship visas work but there seems to be a selection of them here
http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/general-ski...ons-outside.htm

Coming back to the RSMS which I do know about.
You have to find a company who will sponsor you in one of the recognised regional areas. Regional areas are defined by post code and a full list is in the link given by Catgirl.

It is a Permanent Resident visa. You are committed to the sponsoring company for 2 years meaning you cannot willingly leave their employment. If the company goes bust or you get made redundant then you are able to stay in Aus but just need to check with Immigration if you then have to stay in a regional area or not.

There is no point scoring for this visa. Normal cut off is 45 years of age but it does allow for exceptional circumstances. In your case you and the company would have to justify why the company needs to employ an over age person and one with no qualifications.

If it proves difficult finding a sponsor then you could try the more risky route of finding a company who would offer to sponsor on the 457 temporary visa. This is usually between 2-4 years of length. It comes with no rights that someone on a PR visa has. This should be viewed as a stepping stone to get you to Aus and later applying for a PR visa so needs some thought.

Good luck. :)

sorry, cant offer any useful advice ... just wanted to welcome you to the forum :D