After feeling trapped in their home country of Holland, Claudia and Rachid decided it was time to realise Claudia’s childhood dream of moving to Australia. A migration agent advised them they would not be granted an Australian working visa. They didn’t have much money in the bank. If they couldn’t work they wouldn’t last long. But they decided to try their luck. They packed five bags, their young family and headed to Australia on a tourist visa.
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Queensland Health offers exciting employment opportunities and career pathways for many healthcare professionals.
There are a range of healthcare services and diverse centres, from large technologically advanced tertiary hospitals in our metropolitan and regional cities, to community health centres servicing rural, remote and Aboriginal Torres Strait Island communities.
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Health Workforce Queensland recruits and supports doctors, nurses and allied health professionals needed in rural and remote Queensland. Health Workforce Queenslands role is to match the right professionals with the right communities, then help and support them as they provide essential health services to the people who live there.
Working in rural Queensland can offer many benefits including the knowledge that you are really making a difference. Better health isn’t just about seeing a doctor or health professional when you have a health need. Access to healthcare is fundamental to every community’s feeling of self-worth. It’s about stable communities, and knowing that help is there when, where and how it is needed. Knowing that you are part of the healthcare solution provides excellent job satisfaction.
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Family stream migrants are selected on the basis of their family relationship with their sponsor in Australia. There is no test for skills or language ability as required for skilled stream migrants.
Family stream migration has four main categories—partner, child, parent and other family visa categories.
There are two visa types in the partner category:
There are three visa types in the child category:
There is also a temporary visa (dependent child visa) for dependent children of temporary partner visa holders. This visa enables such children to be added to their parent's permanent partner visa application.
There are two visa types in the parent category:
There is only a limited number of visa places available each year for parent visa applicants, and applicants can expect to wait a number of years for their application to be finalised.
There are more places available for contributory parent visa applicants and application processing times are significantly shorter. However, applicants must pay a higher second visa application charge and a larger Assurance of Support (AoS) bond, with a longer AoS period than parent visa applicants.
The other family category consists of the following three visa types:
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The region’s facilities include 73 schools, 3 Technical and Further Education Colleges, 12 hospitals and a Rural Medical Training Centre operated by the Flinders University of South Australia. The region’s diverse multi-cultural community includes people from India, the Philippines, China, the U.K., Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Bhutan and the Sudan. Most have been attracted to this region through Australia’s Skilled Migration program.
