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by physicskate » Mon Dec 31, 2012 11:12 am
If you think you fit an exemption, then go for it. But you don't unless you fit one of the categories that you quoted. And you don't seem to from the info you have given.
If you think about it, the point of the RLMT is to keep out workers who could be found in the resident labour force. If someone else can do your job, they don't want you here. The politics behind this are crap, but they are what they are.
They want to be sure that you continue to be necessary in your function and changing employers (and/or roles) needs some oversight to ensure that you continue to be necessary and that no one else can do what you do. (BTW I personally disagree with this as I think the difficulty in change of employer can easily (and has in my case) lead to exploitative and degrading practices by some unscrupulous employers who know you are tied to employment with them).
Again, feel free to disagree with me. My original response was to a slightly different question, but it gave you an answer too. Many of us came here under Tier 4 (or student visa before that) but it doesn't mean we can stay as long as we like. If you want to read what you like into peoples' responses, feel free, but you clearly can read the rules and they apply equally to us all. Ignore them at your peril.
