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End of 457, have to leave Australia

End of 457, have to leave Australia

Matbe this is a case for not letting folks who have "mental health issues" into the country in the first place, like they won't accept a family with an autistic kid as an immigrant, at least not through the usual channels. Maybe. Anyhow, I've been here nearly 4 years, holding down a professional position and paying my taxes. Not that it all went smoothly, mind you, these have been the most stressful years ever - being bipolar and having the possibility constantly of losing the job if one ever slacked because of going down, and losing the right to stay if I lost the job.. well, that is a stress no one wants to face! It's finally happened - you know, the "whatever you focus on" thing - well, I've been paranoid about what would happen when time was up for so long now, and now it's happened. My parents are Australian citizens , one of two sisters is a citizen, and I have to leave. Why can't I stay? I'm over 50. It never occurred to me to attempt immigration begore because quite frankly, lots of paperwork freaks me out. But now I got a job because what I know is rare. Not rare enough to have paid me enough to be able to stay because I earned the Fair Work High Threshold. Nope I must go because all visa options fall away when you turn 50. Why am I writing this? Well, I feel that someone ought to know. Much is made of mental health care here. Australian citizens don't know how good they have it. I, like Snuffles, have no support and no carer, but unlike Snuffles, I also have no country, nowhere to go, no one I know in any of the countries "out there", but I can't stay here, amongst the people I've grown to know. Yes, maybe you should keep them out altogether, because it's really difficult when they've been here and then, mental health or not, they have to go.

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Hi @ws1dumb,
I hope all goes well with you my friend. From the bottom of my heart COz I see my problem is easier than your problem and I am finding it so hard just to quit everything and and just leave and leave my son behind. All I want to reside where my son resides, very simple, Australia, Africa, Antarctica anywhere.

Now my partner just caught me reading the forum and she saw my nickname coffeejunkie now. I told her this is Sane forum so what?! Now she will stalk Internet and google trying to find me and eventually she might find this thread and know I am talking about what's going between us and another world war will start and another threating to cancel my visa will start.

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Its sad if we lose good people.

I am from migrant stock ... most of us are.

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Hi @w1sdumb, I tried to reply to this a few days ago but it didn't work. I used to work in this field so I can really sympathise with your situation. Australian law views skilled migrants, both temporary and permanent, as essentially economic units. It's really harsh.

There is one potential route but it's very discretionary (meaning unenforcable at law and unlikely to succeed). I don't know enough about your situation to advise properly but there may be free migration/legal advice available to you, depending on what state you're in, e.g. Immigration Advice and Rights Centre in NSW or The Humanitarian Group in WA. If you approach either of those groups, you should mention your mental health issues because they have quite strict eligibility requirements based on need and vulnerability.

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I agree with @AlienBP2

But thinking about you,

Anne

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