Bruna's Pathway to PR (From Painting Student to Australian Permanent Resident)

In this video we meet Bruna from Brazil. Bruna came to Australia and studied the Cert III in Painting and Decorating on the Gold Coast. In January 2024, she was granted her permanent residency in Australia. Prior to beginning this course, she had no background in Painting.

Whilst undertaking the course, Bruna was also fortunate enough to find paid work experience in the industry. This allowed her to earn to support herself whilst she studied. She was allowed to undertake 48 hours per fortnight of paid work and unlimited hours in school holidays.

Relevant Links:
✔ Study Painting in Australia: https://pathwaytoaus.com/course/paint...
✔ Skilled Independent Visa: https://pathwaytoaus.com/visa/189
✔ Trade Course Options: https://pathwaytoaus.com/educate-to-m...

Upon graduating, Pathway to Aus assisted Bruna to apply for the Temporary Graduate Work Visa (Subclass 485). This is an open work visa that allowed her to remain in Australia and live and work for 18 months with full work rights.

When on the graduate work visa Bruna continued to work as a painter and Pathway to Aus assisted her to sign up to the Trades Recognition Australia (TRA) Job Ready Program. After 6 months working as a painter (or approximately 870 hours), an assessor from TRA came to visit Bruna at her work place and assessed her as competent to work in the industry.

After approximately 1 year or 1725 hours working as a painter, Bruna obtained her final skill assessment for migration purposes by TRA. This allowed her to look at applying for different General Skilled Migration Visas.

The next step was to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI), through Skill Select and apply for a General Skilled Migration Visa. Pathway to Aus assisted Bruna to lodge an Expression of Interest. She was fortunate enough to receive the invite and apply for the Skilled Independent - Subclass 189 and included her partner on the visa.

If you are interested in studying in Aus or would like to know what migration pathways you may have in different courses and cities all over Australia, feel free to contact Pathway to Aus on:

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