FASTEST WAY TO OZ

Hello Everybody,
My name is Boris, a 26 years old Canadian citizen, living and working as a Chef/Cook in Toronto. My life long dream has been to move somewhere warmer with ocean, and eventually become a fisherman and seafood chef, and also make a family there. I also like outdoor activities, sports, hiking, swimming etc. Brisbane seems to be a place for me, but what is the quickest way to reach my goal. Everyone with experience please help me out, by suggesting the fastest/best/most affordable paths. Thank you guys !!!

Peace

Unfortunately, you're going to find that immigration to Australia is tightening up a lot in recent times. Australia is slashing the number of immigrants and has already cut out many of the previously approved occupations under which you can immigrate. Also there is huge public backlash against immigration at the moment, with the majority of people feeling like immigration has been far too high, and wanting to see it stemmed. Government policy reflects that.

Your occupation (chef/cook) is no longer listed under the Skilled Occupation list for General Skilled Migration - http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/_pdf/sol-schedule3.pdf so you will not be able to apply to migrate directly.

You MAY be eligible for the Employer Nomination Scheme as Chef is a listed occupation http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/_pdf/ensol.pdf
For this type of immigration, you'd need to find an employer willing to sponsor you to live in Australia (generally this will be first on a temporary 457 visa, and then later for permanent residence). That employer would have to prove that you have the proper training and skills for their open position, and that they cannot fill that position from within Australia. Obviously, this is a difficult thing to prove. If you haven't been through some sort of apprenticeship already, and have accreditations, I wouldn't bother trying. You MUST have some sort of industry accreditation (university degree, college diploma, trades diploma etc) in order to be eligible for any kind of immigration.

If you think that way might be an option, however, the difficulty will be finding an employer willing to sponsor you. As you're under 30, I would recommend coming to Oz on a working holiday visa and spending your time here working on finding such an employer, as there are very few that will agree to sponsor someone sight unseen, and without seeing how you are as an employee first.


Another option for moving to Australia MAY (if you think you can afford it) be coming here to go to school. There are some courses and studies you can take that will qualify you to apply for permanent residency at the end of your studies. You'll have to look into that, and the risk is that the list of those qualified programs is constantly changing (based on industry need) so you could end up in a position where you get to the end of your course and are not eligible to apply.

You could potentially just apply for a Working Holiday Visa and come over here and see how it pans out. If you do 3 months of regional work will here, you can qualify for a second working holiday visa which would buy you a 2nd year here. That 2 years may be enough time for you to figure out how to stay permanently - maybe you'll fall in love and get married, or find an employer who wants to sponsor you, or find an education program you want to apply for.

I'd suggest you spend a lot of time exploring the immigration Australia webiste http://www.immi.gov.au/ to see what else might apply to your situation. Good luck because they really don't make it easy for you.


You might want to think about looking into New Zealand instead. I believe their immigration rules are a lot easier, and the lists of jobs a lot broader. New Zealand also has lots of fishing, beaches, warm weather and outdoor sports. Also, if you were there long enough to become a citizen, you would be eligible to come and work in Australia anyway. I don't know a lot about it but it might be worth looking in to in your situation.