Jfk

My wife and I are in the very early stages of applying for emigration
to Australia. I intend to apply under the skilled independant
category and would be sponsored by my sister who is an Australian
citizen currently residing in Malaysia. I have worked out that my
points total without my wife's spouse skills points would be 110 which
I believe meets the required total for the Skilled - Australian
Sponsored category.

Could anyone advise me on the following questions:

1. Would it be advisable for me to apply for the extra points
available for my wife's spouse skills even though in theory I may not
require them?

2. If I did apply using the extra points available for my wifes spouse
skills would this mean that if my skills and/or experience was not
deemed to be suitable by DIMA for emigration purposes, then my wifes
skills and experience would automatically be considered as if she was
the main applicant instead thereby giving us a better chance of
success?

If anyone can help with this I would be most grateful.

Regards

JFK

Jaj

    >On 19 Nov 2003 17:15:21 -0800, (JFK) wrote:
    >My wife and I are in the very early stages of applying for emigration
    >to Australia. I intend to apply under the skilled independant
    >category and would be sponsored by my sister who is an Australian
    >citizen currently residing in Malaysia.

You must mean skilled sponsored rather than skilled independent.

If your Australian citizen sponsor is living overseas, there may be
issues both with acceptability of the sponsorship to DIMIA, and you
will certainly need an assurer who meets the income and requirements
for the mandatory assurance of support.

You should get some professional advice on this.


    > I have worked out that my
    >points total without my wife's spouse skills points would be 110 which
    >I believe meets the required total for the Skilled - Australian
    >Sponsored category.
    >Could anyone advise me on the following questions:
    >1. Would it be advisable for me to apply for the extra points
    >available for my wife's spouse skills even though in theory I may not
    >require them?

Probably yes, because it gives you some protection against having been
over-optimistic in assessing your points.


    >2. If I did apply using the extra points available for my wifes spouse
    >skills would this mean that if my skills and/or experience was not
    >deemed to be suitable by DIMA for emigration purposes, then my wifes
    >skills and experience would automatically be considered as if she was
    >the main applicant instead thereby giving us a better chance of
    >success?
    >If anyone can help with this I would be most grateful.

Your wife must be the main applicant if it's her relative.

Both of you will be assessed for the points test (with each partner
contributing the spouse skills if applicable) and the case officer
will take the higher result.

Note that this process does not apply to skilled independent, where
the main applicant must be the skilled partner.

But your main problems may be acceptability of the sponsorship and
assurance - get some good advice from a professional.

Jeremy
This is not intended to be legal advice in any jurisdiction

Jfk

(JAJ) wrote in message news:<>...
    > >On 19 Nov 2003 17:15:21 -0800, (JFK) wrote:
    > >My wife and I are in the very early stages of applying for emigration
    > >to Australia. I intend to apply under the skilled independant
    > >category and would be sponsored by my sister who is an Australian
    > >citizen currently residing in Malaysia.
    >
    > You must mean skilled sponsored rather than skilled independent.
    >
    > If your Australian citizen sponsor is living overseas, there may be
    > issues both with acceptability of the sponsorship to DIMIA, and you
    > will certainly need an assurer who meets the income and requirements
    > for the mandatory assurance of support.
    >
    > You should get some professional advice on this.
    >
    >
    > > I have worked out that my
    > >points total without my wife's spouse skills points would be 110 which
    > >I believe meets the required total for the Skilled - Australian
    > >Sponsored category.
    > >
    > >Could anyone advise me on the following questions:
    > >
    > >1. Would it be advisable for me to apply for the extra points
    > >available for my wife's spouse skills even though in theory I may not
    > >require them?
    >
    > Probably yes, because it gives you some protection against having been
    > over-optimistic in assessing your points.
    >
    >
    > >
    > >2. If I did apply using the extra points available for my wifes spouse
    > >skills would this mean that if my skills and/or experience was not
    > >deemed to be suitable by DIMA for emigration purposes, then my wifes
    > >skills and experience would automatically be considered as if she was
    > >the main applicant instead thereby giving us a better chance of
    > >success?
    > >
    > >If anyone can help with this I would be most grateful.
    >
    > Your wife must be the main applicant if it's her relative.
    >
    > Both of you will be assessed for the points test (with each partner
    > contributing the spouse skills if applicable) and the case officer
    > will take the higher result.
    >
    > Note that this process does not apply to skilled independent, where
    > the main applicant must be the skilled partner.
    >
    > But your main problems may be acceptability of the sponsorship and
    > assurance - get some good advice from a professional.
    >
    > Jeremy
    > This is not intended to be legal advice in any jurisdiction



Thanks Jeremy, I will find out more about the Family sponsor and
Assurance of support issues.

regards

John