SOLVi Migration

SOLVi Migration SOLVi Migration was founded by Principal Lawyer, Rhea Fawole.

🥇Rhea the lawyer: 17+ Years in Oz Immigration Law
🇦🇺We help skilled people migrate to Australia
✈️ Get permanent residency
💌 DM the word “AUSSIE” to get started Rhea has over 12 years’ experience working in the Australian immigration department, including in the Immigration Minister’s office. With this inside knowledge of how complex and overwhelming the migration process is, Rhea has shaped the v

ision for SOLVi Migration to provide a more seamless, stress-free and positive experience to get the visa solution that you need.

04/06/2026

If your partner is a UK nurse, this might be the conversation you've been waiting for.

Eight-hour shifts. Picking up the kids from school. A walk in the park. A barbecue. The beach.

That's not a holiday. That's nursing in Australia.

The 189 and 190 skilled visas grant permanent residency from day one. For the whole family. With full work rights for both partners. No employer sponsorship needed. No retraining for post-2017 UK qualifications.

If you've watched your partner sit in the car after a shift trying to find the energy to walk through the door, this is the comparison worth running together.

Comment AUSSIE if you're ready.

03/06/2026

Most UK nurses don't know they may already qualify for Australian permanent residency. If you're a nurse, or your partner is, this is worth two minutes.

A UK NMC qualification opens an AHPRA recognition pathway most don't know exists. The 189 and 190 skilled visas grant permanent residency from day one, for the whole family, with full work rights for both partners.

The question isn't whether Australia wants UK nurses. The question is whether the criteria fit.
The Eligibility Check is a 60 second screening that gives you a clear answer.

Comment AUSSIE and we'll send you the Eligibility Check.

02/06/2026

When the only thing standing between you and Australian PR is one more 12hr shift.

In Australia: 8 hour shifts. Smaller nurse-to-patient ratios. Same registration.

If you know, you know.

Comment AUSSIE if you're done.

01/06/2026

If your partner is a UK nurse, this one will matter to both of you.

The UK skilled worker visa now requires £38,700 a year for most jobs. NHS Band 5 nurses sit below this. Many internationally qualified nurses do too. The threshold is rising again next year.

Australia does it differently. The 189 and 190 skilled visas grant permanent residency from day one. No salary minimum. No employer sponsorship. You both get full work rights from day one in Australia.

If the UK threshold is making your future feel uncertain, this is the comparison worth running as a family.

Comment AUSSIE and take the Eligibility Check.

31/05/2026

UK nurses now wait 10 years for indefinite leave to remain. Australian PR is granted day one on the 189 and 190 visas.

Here is the contrast that matters.

The UK Government has extended the standard ILR qualifying period from 5 to 10 years for most skilled worker visa holders. NHS nurses received a 5-year exemption following Royal College of Nursing advocacy. Nurses working in private healthcare, social care, and below the higher earnings threshold remain on the 10-year track.

Australia skilled independent pathway works differently. The 189 and 190 visas are permanent residency from day one. No employer sponsorship. No salary threshold gate. No 10-year clock.

If you are a UK-registered nurse weighing the next decade, this is the comparison that matters.

Comment AUSSIE and take the Eligibility Check.

30/05/2026

US nurses, comment AUSSIE for the independent pathway breakdown.

In Australia, your patients don't sue you personally.

The career on hold for most US RNs isn't lack of opportunity. It's the weight. Personal liability for clinical decisions made inside understaffed, unsafe units. Malpractice premiums. The constant low-grade awareness that a shift years ago could surface as a complaint with your name on it, not the hospital's.

Australia is not a perfect system and professional indemnity insurance is still required for every registered nurse. But the culture of individual nurses being personally pursued in court for doing their job inside their scope, that isn't part of practising here the way it is in the US.

As a registered migration lawyer, the 189 skilled independent visa is the legal pathway in. PR from day one. Points-tested. No employer sponsorship required. Australian healthcare workforce strategy already prioritises nurses with your training.

Comment AUSSIE below and take our 60 second eligibility check.

US nurse planning Australia? Comment AUSSIE below and take our 60 second eligibility check.

29/05/2026

US nurses, comment AUSSIE for the independent pathway breakdown.

You don't need a hospital to sponsor you to work in Australia.

Most US RNs are told the only route is employer sponsorship, find a hospital, hope they file, wait on their timeline. That assumption is what holds the dream up.

The 189 skilled independent visa is a different route entirely. As a migration lawyer, the legislation is clear: PR from day one, points-tested, no employer sponsorship required.

You qualify on your own credentials. You choose where you work. You choose where you live. A permanent life in Australia on your own terms.

Comment AUSSIE below and take our 60 second eligibility quiz.

28/05/2026

Nurses moving to Australia: stop starting with the visa.

Comment AUSSIE for the right starting point. Months lost googling visa subclasses, comparing options, and second-guessing yourself. Exhaustion before the real work has even started. The proper order matters.

Eligibility first. Then pathway logic. Then documents. Then the visa.

As a migration lawyer, that is what the legislation supports. Fewer wrong turns and a cleaner Australian PR pathway. A structured move on your terms.

Comment AUSSIE below and take our 60 second eligibility quiz.

27/05/2026

UK nurses, comment AUSSIE for the 3 mistakes checklist.

Months pass, the rules shift again, and the road to permanence in the UK gets longer for skilled professionals.

So you start scrolling. Forum threads. Social media advice. Everyone has an opinion. None of it is legislation.

The first mistake is starting with the visa instead of the right pathway logic.

The second is assuming every Australian visa requires an employer to sponsor you.

The third is building a plan from forum threads instead of a properly mapped Australian PR pathway.

A registered migration lawyer works from the legislation, not opinion. Fewer delays, fewer surprises, and a real Australian PR timeline. A structured move on your terms.

Comment AUSSIE below and take our 60 second eligibility quiz.

26/05/2026

US parents moving to Australia: a recent consultation said this exactly. "We don't want our son to do gun drills at school."

Comment AUSSIE and take our 60 second eligibility quiz.

Having grown up in Australia, that had never occurred to me. School drills here are for fires, for cyclones, for emergencies in the natural world. Not for the human one. But this is something I have heard in consultation after consultation with US families.

As a registered migration lawyer, the legal pathway exists. The 189 skilled independent visa grants Australian PR from day one for points-tested nurses. No employer required. No sponsorship contract.

Australia is not a fix for everything. It has its own challenges. But the morning drop-off is not one of them. A childhood spent learning.

Comment AUSSIE below and take our 60 second eligibility quiz.

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