Best for Tourist Visa leading to Permanent Resident

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• Admin Singapore
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  Joined: Dec 29, 2010

  December 2016

  Hi @JulieV tourist visa is a different classification of visa. You may try to check our migration agent page for list of migration agents and reviews. You can try reachoutmigration.

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• engr_boy Sydney
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  December 2016

  I do not think that is doable. there no direct path to any other visa coming from a tourist visa. and your case seems a bit complicated. better get a migration agent to help you pursue your aussie dream. good luck.

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• rich88 Quezon City
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  December 2016

  There's no such pathway from tourist visa to PR visa. First thing you should do is find your occupation in SOL/CSOL. Once you found it, refer to this thread: http://pinoyau.info/discussion/101/general-skilled-immigration-visa-step-by-step-process#latest

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• Herbert372 Adelaide
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  Joined: Oct 22, 2016

  December 2016

  Hi JulieV,
  
  You can send me an email and let me know your plans. I can then check and program the details if you qualify for a visa.

  Herbert Legaspi, MIEAust, MMIA
  Registered Migration Agent (MARN 1684906)
  E: [email protected]
  M: +61437 319 625
  https://www.facebook.com/HLmigration/
• Binibini Canberra
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  Joined: Sep 15, 2013

  December 2016

  Depends on the visa you're intending to apply for once you're onshore. There is also no guarantee that you can apply for a further visa onshore, particularly if your Tourist Visa has a no further stay condition. While this won't stop you from lodging an application while still on a Tourist Visa, it will be taken into account during the processing of your PR visa (that is, you lodged a subsequent visa while on another visa with no further stay condition). There are many other factors to consider and timing has a lot to do with it.
  
  Gigi O'Sullivan
  MARN 0961119