i spoke to a company called visa migrate and they told me that an arborist IS on the skills wanted list, but it is on list 2 which means i can only work in certain places (which is no worries), then they said the visa application costs £2000 and then once i am accepted, there is a compulsary $3700 to pay to the aussie government. at which point im STILL not garunteed a job, by the time i have saved enough for all this without even buying a flight, trees may well be extinct! i dont get why its so difficult for a hard working youngster with a good trade to go and work in aus! it IS where i want to end up as i have been before and loved it, surely there is another way around this,
one of you guys PM'ed me and suggested getting a 3 month tourist visa and looking for work, but i dont know where i would stand if i told the visa/migration people i have come out as a tourist and been offered a job. obviously i cant afford to keep flying backwards and forwards from england to australia.
SORRY ABOUT THE RANT GUYS!
after making a few enquiries and signing up for this site i have realised i could get a half decent job in aus tommorow! its just being able to get there and do it thats the problem!
indeedy mate, that IS the problem! dont panic tho, you dont really need to go down that route just yet.
my suggestion is put away as muchcoin as possible from now untill you wish to depart what by then will be chilly ol blighty, get the 3 month tourist visa, remember, this can be extended if you wish by another 3 months and even twice more if you can show you can support yourself (tell them you live in a ratty old van and eat noodles every day,they will believe you) (you may need to do this anyway!)
while youre here find as many gangs to ask as possible, you dont seem overly sure where in aus you want to base yourself anyway so take offers ANYWHERE, make the visa as easy as possible. find sponsorship (remember, this isnt easy, its far from very hard but its not as easy as it was. dont be downheartened. keep at em. offer to pay for both sides of the application, this visa (457) is cheap, one of the cheapest at appx $600 all up.)
once you have sponsorship sorted go to the immigration and tell them, they wont chuck you out, you were travelling, met some crew and they offered you a start, how can you turn it down???
the visa will run for 2-4yrs in which time you can decide if youll stick it out and then apply for the permenant one or if you want you can while on the 457 apply for the self sponsored one, the expensive one the agent told you about.
for ####s sake dont use a paid agent, you wont need to if you can fill in a form, research well and know your mind.
when you speak to the immigration, take notes. record what date and time and by whom you are given info. keep this. the immigration dept are renowned for giving wrong info. ask me how i know this.
WOAH!!! look at me go! and at 8am too! jeepers!
easy chap
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