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will try the unis. thanks for the tip.

Thanks for pointing my frustration out bobbie :wacko: guess I just needed a big fat winge here.

Please don't get offended but as a European who recently had to take over HR in our small company I am appalled of what I am seeing. We're having several jobs on offer from technicians, engineers to accounts p/r. I'm not even mentioning the developer position I've had to fill internally thanks to Tafe teachers because of lack of applicants. How is it possible that Australians without education or experience turn down jobs at above award pay? I am baffled at how much Europeans or other Nationals want a job just for the sake of having a job and are willing to work hard whilst aussis here are turning our offers down. We are still not able to fill our vacancies which is putting a strain on everyone in the company. I am ready to say now: Australia does not have a skills problem, Australia has a moral problem. Is it that as long as the dole is better they won't work? Is it that they have been spoiled by the past economic highs? Sure there are exceptions but I'm shocked about the work attitude or our applicants. If anyone is interested please PM. We're looking for field engineers/technicians/infrastructure engineers and accounts p/r.

Quirky boutique consultancy servicing small to mid-size companies in the Northern Beaches needs a DevOpsEngineer with knowledge of: .NET (pref. .NET Core), MVC (pref. MVC 6), SQL Server 2014, EF, JavaScript including jQuery, AJAX, PHP, MySQL, Angular JS (preferably some knowledge of 2.0 or willing to learn), SharePoint (on premise and Office 365). FT or PT, initial 6 months contract with permanency for the right candidate. (Unrestricted working rights necessary) More infos PM.

Many thanks to Yoland and Raul as well. I have managed to change my flight to come back on the last day of my visa. Planning to lodge the partner application before I leave I should hopefully not have any issues getting back in if they hopefully issue the BVA upon submission.

Many thanks Ric and George for your quick replies. I've spoken to immi again and given that I have to travel in 7 days they said the BVB might not be granted before I leave Australia. I am also waiting on my stat decs to be returned to me that's why they advised that the evisitor would be the best visa to return. Now, I've read stories about people having trouble re-entering the country this way after having spent some time here already. Given the time constraint this might be my best option however, I have no idea what to do if they would refuse me upon my return. In the end I am a tourist, I would be visiting my partner and I am not working anyway. I may as well use this time and travel to some places I haven't been yet. I wouldn't have the time to book anything though before my return. So would not be able to show them any proof of my travel intentions.

Dear Pomsinoz Intending to apply for partner visa but need to travel before it takes effect. I'm currently on a student visa. I've booked a holiday a long time ago assuming that my current student visa would go until the last day of the month, as it has always been on previous student visas I held. To my surprise I got one day less this time, it runs out one day earlier. I'm returning the next day and am not able to change my flight anymore. Immigration told me to apply for the partner visa and straight after that for the BVB but their website says that I can only apply for BVB if I am already on a BVA. My BVA will only come into effect after my student visa runs out and will be canceled anyway once I depart Aus (whilst still on my student visa with my partner visa application submitted). My return date is one day after my student visa runs out. Would I really be able to apply for a BVB if I am not yet on the BVA? I could not find anything similar when searching this forum. My only other options are: Applying for a tourist visa before my departure - unsure if this will be granted as a genuine tourist or might affect the partner visa if I apply for this once on the tourist visa. Continue with another semester on a new student visa - expensive if considered that it is more expensive onshore plus the partner visa fees after that. Any similar situation and how you solved it? Many thanks in advance!

Hi Arianne I've worked with people like you, trying to make the impossible possible and finding them work on farms. I wouldn't go up unless you have a car or van and can sustain yourself financially. Farm work is not what is used to be and you may have to travel from farm to farm and be on the spot to get a place. There are too many people wanting to do the same and you are lucky if you find paid work. Tully is risky as the harvest hasn't been great last year. Try to find like-minded people on gumtree and meet up before, inform yourself and only go where you can support yourself and move on if nothing works out. Otherwise go to another city and try hospitality. Good luck!

Hi, I'm not sure to start with but for me it's a bit contradicting to say that 'the recession has caused a drop in skilled migrants'. Recessions are usually the time when educated and skilled people leave to seek their fortunes elsewhere because of the bad prospects at home. The intl. students issue could be the result of changes in immigration rules similar to what happened in Australia but that seems to shift now to Asian countries where students are starting to return to higher studies. The drop in low and semi-skilled people is logic since these are the easiest to fill and least available. The shift in immi rules is also more and more towards a vast amount of experience and more high skilled. So far to start with :-) where does this come from? Cheers

Maybe it would be helpful if you could describe your situation better. Without a PR you 'usually' pay the international fees and I've not heard so far that you'd get a loan for that anywhere in OZ. You might be able to get one in your country if you can provide securities (your house etc).

Tanks for the input starlight, will make sure it's equal.

Thanks Aka, hope so too:rolleyes: It's a new course but would be good to hear some comments about TAFE in general as well. Glad to hear yours were positive. Cheers :wubclub:

Hello all, I'd be glad to get your opinion on this new offer at TAFE Sydney. I haven't seen it offered at any other TAFE and suppose it's been created to tackle the shortage of qualified carers for long day care especially in the high population areas after some change in legislation that carers need to have followed a special curriculum. Here's my question: Do you think it's worth investing 4 years and $ 50.000 excl. living cost and housing into this? I'd be a mature and international student who missed out on education earlier and given my age (almost 30) I'm wondering if this wouldn't be an option to be able to stay on afterwards since it's in demand in certain areas which might even grow further? A drawback, it's not a bachelor of teaching but maybe this could still be obtained afterwards? I heard some mixed opinions about TAFE, not sure if it's worth the money... Since I have a slight time issue I'm also hesitating between staying in Europe and starting from scratch (which will take some years and maybe then I'm too old) or going on a WHV and changing this to a student visa if accepted for a place. I guess in that case I might also have a chance that I don't have to show the $ 18.000 required in a bank account since I'm already in the country? Would be nice to hear what you think about it, if it is worth risking and throwing all my savings into? Thanks and good luck on your own way!

Good luck for finding out and for a new start! Maybe after this experience you can see things a bit different than before? Which would at least be one good point after the experience. Imo it's still better you did it than always wondering if or what could have happened. You tried it, it didn't work out but now you know. You can go on in life and are wiser :yes: I merely have half of the amount you spent per person available and will definitely try to stay out of the cities but despite my age I don't have lots of experience to offer which wouldn't be easily replaceable (office, tourism etc). I do have friends in Sydney to fall back on to in the worst case but that's not a long term solution. Thanks for the names/tips! My desperate plan B was to manage to get a flexible ticket and fly out to Asia if it seems hopeless.... Just need to check out the options and prices...

Wow, how discouraging to read this. I'm planning to go towards the end of this year but now I'm not so sure anymore. I really hope you had some luck in the meantime but still, I'd always write it off as under experience. I also tend to think it's probably harder in a couple and heard the same about Brisbane, mabye because most WHV's go there? I also thought of doing the harvest trail in case everything goes wrong but it's even costly to move from one location to the other. I don't have a driving licence and couldn't afford to rent a car anyway, how do you handle this? And then also the usual precautions regarding how long you can stay etc. All the best for you guys!