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visitor business visa VS student visa for bridging program for nurses

epixrnepixrn PhilippinesPosts: 1Member
hi! please help. nacoconfused na ko kung ano dapata visa ang iaapply para sa bridging program sa Aus. Ang dami ko na napagtanungan na agencies, usually yung may mga bayad na agencies ang iaapply nila is business visa, pero sa mga agencies na walang bayad like AMS, student visa ang iapply nila for me. so which is better? yung hndi mahirap mag-apply at hndi masyadong maraming reqs since nagkaroon na ako noong 2008 ng tourist visa refusal. pero my mom was the main applicant back then. hindi nya na rin marecall bakit kami narefused. actually hindi ko nga alam noon na nag-apply siya. dependent nya lang ako sa visa na yun kasi fresh grad lang ako noon. thanks

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  • bunnyhunterbunnyhunter Sydney, Australia
    Posts: 31Member
    Joined: Oct 27, 2016
    epixrn said:

    hi! please help. nacoconfused na ko kung ano dapata visa ang iaapply para sa bridging program sa Aus. Ang dami ko na napagtanungan na agencies, usually yung may mga bayad na agencies ang iaapply nila is business visa, pero sa mga agencies na walang bayad like AMS, student visa ang iapply nila for me. so which is better? yung hndi mahirap mag-apply at hndi masyadong maraming reqs since nagkaroon na ako noong 2008 ng tourist visa refusal. pero my mom was the main applicant back then. hindi nya na rin marecall bakit kami narefused. actually hindi ko nga alam noon na nag-apply siya. dependent nya lang ako sa visa na yun kasi fresh grad lang ako noon. thanks

    Hi @epixrn ! Nagbridging din ako last 2015 and ako lang ang nagprocess by myself. Business visitor visa subclass 600 ang kinuha kong visa. Depende sa school kasi kung pwede kang kumuha ng student visa. Ang difference lang naman kasi nun is kung magstudent visa ka kung may balak kang magwork while you are doing your bridging course, which is mahirap naman kasi intensive ang bridging program talaga. Wala kasing working rights pag business visitor visa and max stay is 3 months. And usually ginagrant ang student visa kapag 6 months and up kang mag-aaral. Since ang bridging is, kung parehas tayo ng school, 11 weeks, di sya applicable for student visa. Hope this helps :)

    Registered Nurse in Philippines with 6.5 years work experience
    Dec 2013 - IELTS L:8.0 R:7.5 S:7.0 W:6.5
    Mar 2014 - IELTS L:8.0 R:7.5 S:7.0 W:7.0
    Jun 2014 - Applied for AHPRA
    Feb 2015 - Received LOE from AHPRA
    Mar 2015 - Applied for Business Visitor Visa Subclass 600 + medicals done
    Apr 2015 - Visa Grant for Business Visitor Visa Subclass 600
    Jun 2015 - Started with Bridging Program for Internationally Qualified Registered Nurses at ACN
    Aug 2015 - Finished Bridging Program
    Nov 2015 - Received Registration as RN from AHPRA
    Dec 2015 - Sponsored by employer, lodged 457 Working Visa
    Jan 2016 - Medical for child in Makati
    Feb 2016 - Started working as RN in Australia, still under bridging visa with work rights granted due to special circumstances (husband not available for medicals)
    Apr 2016 - Husband's medical
    Jun 2016 - medicals done; 457 Visa granted; Submitted for ANMC assessment
    Aug 2016 - ANMC assessment received; EOI lodged and approved for 189
    17 Oct 2016 - 189 visa lodged
    21 Nov 2016 - CO contact for additional documents - Form 80
    06 Dec 2016 - Uploaded Form 80 and Form 1023
    14 Dec 2016 - VISA GRANT!!!

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