Australian work visa

[Rach*]

I just went through the assessment for a 1 year working visa, considering they're meant to be desperate for qualified professionals.... I FAILED!

They don't want me because I haven't booked a return flight! I don't know when I want to fly home yet!

Has anyone else had a years visa?

Maybe I should just apply for a skilled worker visa

[phumy]

Rach* said:

I just went through the assessment for a 1 year working visa, considering they're meant to be desperate for qualified professionals.... I FAILED!

They don't want me because I haven't booked a return flight! I don't know when I want to fly home yet!

Has anyone else had a years visa?

Maybe I should just apply for a skilled worker visa

If you just failed on the return flight, why dont you just book the return flight, for a date way ahead, then change it once youre out there it might cost you a few $ but at least you will get out there.

[Rach*]

I back-tabbed and added that I have a flight but it must have remembered and still failed.

I guess I'll have to do that, book a flight a bit nearer the time

Still annoying

[JRM]

Yeah, it'll only cost about 50 quid to change the flight date.

Skilled migration worker visa can be a huge amount of work - mine took 2.5 years to go through all the process (although I wasn't pushing that hard), but I have got permanent residence now

Just got to convince my wife to go now....

[Don]

I remember that from years ago.

Had to buy an open ticket (at great expense to the company I worked for) with a notional return date. My secretary would then call the airline periodically and move my return date back...until I eventually needed it.

[smack]

You could marry an Aussie....?

[TadKa]

smack said:

You could marry an Aussie....?

I'm free. Are you hot?

[smack]

TadKa said:

smack said:

You could marry an Aussie....?

I'm free. Are you hot?

I don't date Falcon drivers.... Or blokes for that matter...




Oh you mean Rach?

[Mc Lovin]

oh the joys of having an Australian passport, even though ive never been

[SkinnyBoy]

Black yourself up, and claim asylum. You'll get a few weeks in tropical Nauru, or even Christmas Island if your really lucky.

[Rach*]

TadKa said:

smack said:

You could marry an Aussie....?

I'm free. Are you hot?

Oh, well yes, yes I am actually

[Silent1]

I've got a 1 year working holiday visa, going in 8 days

[Rach*]

How did you get that? grrr! Did you book a flight home?


:jealous:

[Silent1]

Rach* said:

How did you get that? grrr! Did you book a flight home?


:jealous:

Didn't even have a flight booked at that point.

I take it you're applying through immi.gov.au?
Have you checked to see if there are any other visas you qualify for?

[ali_kat]

Silent1 said:

I've got a 1 year working holiday visa, going in 8 days

No BTaP for you this year then

I'm calm - no need to flee the country

ETA - Have a fabulous time - and look up Tim the PoolMan whilst there please and give him a kiss from me

Edited by ali_kat on Monday 22 September 21:23

[Rach*]

I did this "assessment"
https://assessments.visabureau.com/australia/asses...

I'll try the place you mentioned, but I would qualify for a skilled migrant visa too I think that would be a bit more long winded to get, I might want to come home after 4 months on the road!

I do want to check out all these single Aussie men they've been talking about on the news though

[SleeperCell]

There are loads of people who illegally overstay their visa and you have just triggered one warning factor by not having a return ticket and being vague on when you are leaving, so now you have a black mark against your name and they will be looking at you very closely in future applications because of your oversight. If you are an Australian trying to work in Britain you will find exactly the same thing applies for the same reasons, I still get interrogated by British immigration everytime I re-enter the country. There's not really an excuse for not knowing this as it's very well known and probably mentioned amongst the various terms and conditions for application. Ironically most people who do plan to stay illegally would know this and be much better prepared to fool immigration officers than you .

It shouldn't be that much more to get a return ticket, I found a return trip going the other way was only a little more than a one way ticket.

[Rach*]

How annoying is that! Well they can just have one less dental professional and I'll just have a nice beach holiday perving on the lifeguards instead

[smack]

Rach* said:

TadKa said:

smack said:

You could marry an Aussie....?

I'm free. Are you hot?

Oh, well yes, yes I am actually

And a biker babe

As I said on BB, you need to get yourself down from the north to find some biker nutters

And Aussie ones too!

[Rach*]

smack said:

Rach* said:

TadKa said:

smack said:

You could marry an Aussie....?

I'm free. Are you hot?

Oh, well yes, yes I am actually

And a biker babe

As I said on BB, you need to get yourself down from the north to find some biker nutters

And Aussie ones too!

I'm coming! To Yorkshire! From mid-October, I'll be living with my folks though but the bike is coming too, so I'll be out and about