visitor business visa VS student visa for bridging program for nurses

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• bunnyhunter Sydney, Australia
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  Joined: Oct 27, 2016

  February 2017

  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
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  Mar 2014 - IELTS L:8.0 R:7.5 S:7.0 W:7.0
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  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
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