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In Sydney CBD that is what we have to abide with. When our office was being created out of a warehouse...it was deemed to be too tall for window to be able to be opened. Wifi is now such an ingrained requirement of an office that if someone's medical condition meant that the companies wifi had to be disabled then the company could argue that abiding by this would be detrimental to the company. I Know our company could not do without wifi as we have no set work areas...we sit somewhere else each day so wifi is an essential. I dont know know about tsing awindup as Google Australia does have many of these elements

1. 1 day a week if senior enough and your role does not require you to attend meetings but only after working for a year or so. 2. Unless you are working in regional Australia offices rarely have these facilities and if they do, they do not have phones on balconies (so reception cannot forward calls to you) 3. Apart from Google never heard of any company that has this...team sports after work hours yes but not during work hours. 4. Nope...all offices can't have open windows if more than a story high. 5. Absolutely not. Limit an entire companies ability to work because one person has an issue with wifi? This would be enough not to be hired as it would be more than "reasonable allowances" to make the office environment suitable.

The media is currently talking about someone on a temporary 457 visa (although most are missing out that fact) As you know the medical requirements are more stringent for PR visas than Temporary visas....so whilst autism is "ok" on a temp visa, moving to a perm visa they are not granted. If you have a PR visa already then you are fine...moving to citizenship is no issue. Temp visas are temporary. You know that went you apply for it but most people expect that they will be able to move to a PR visa with no issue...that is their mistake.

@Bungo, this is not a WHV. The limit is the length of the program usually between 3-12 months. This is the visa for teachers in a school to school exchange program .

You ou can't include this time. You were in the UK for family reasons. Not to attend a conference or complete some work for your company that only you could do...it was a holiday

Madfruit. That stipulation if for people who work in areas like oil drilling where they spend significant time working outside what is classified as "in Australia" but are still working in their job. If you were working as a uni professor and had to spend 3 months in another country for a project that was time sensitive...this stipulation of ministerial discression could be used. Your backpacking holiday is a non essential activity. It's not something that is urgent it is purely a want on your behalf.

The choices are limited. You cannot do anything that is usually paid or there is an exchange of food and/or accommodation given in lieu of $$. So working in a community garden, school tuck shop, scout group etc is fine...but most other volunteer programs that people on WHV do are not as they are given something in return.

How many days of supervised teaching does the PGDE have? It will need to be more than 45 to count "today". The one year PG Diploma is shortly no longer going to be sufficient to teaching in Australia. you will need a two year Masters of Teaching instead. The move has already started. The question is whether it will have been completed by the end of 2016 or not and if so whether that means one year diplomas will not be eligible to migrate.mthe move with nursing happened overnight leaving many many UK trained nurses no longer to qualify for 189 ...it could happen with teaching

And its reciprocal.... I have had to certify that a degree taken in our university in Australia was taught mainly in English ...for students moving to the UK as their migration department does not believe English is used in our schools.

It really depends on the level of salary you are on. If you are on under 150k then you are effectively asking for a 33% minimum increase in salary from the company to pay for you travel. Someone on 300-500k it might be acceptable but for most people you are pricing yourself out of the market.

Despite you studying at an Australian named university...as it was an overseas one you do not qualify for the temp graduate visa unless you spent two years of more on an Australian campus.

Its not something that is covered by your employer - never heard of anyone getting it as part of their package. If you are earning over 150K (I think that is the limit) for a couple you get taxed extra if you do not have private cover but for most people its a decision on par with whether they get Foxtel or Gym membership (if they have no health issues that is)

If you are not including a phone number that would be the issue. Most recruitment agencies give you a call to test your ability to discuss yourself with no notice...if you are not giving them a number to call they are going right past your CV.

Prior to the 1980s just being born in Australia was sufficient to get citizenship - after that time you have to prove one parent was a citizen or PR when you were born so it became harder....born in 1966 - easy peasy.

Bathurst is gay friendly although you do have the hoons come out for the race (but its only for a weekend). Many people live in Bathurst and work in either Orange or Lithgow - both an hour or 30 minutes away...so if you do not get a job in Bathurst, there are two other large towns to get jobs.

Given you mentioned her mother got citizenship by descent it sounds like she was not born in Australia. As such not only did she need to be a citizen at the time of your wife's birth but she had to be born in Australia. "Citzen should by descent" only goes for one generation...the next generation has to be born in the country to be granted citizenship.

He can apply now IF he qualifies. The only relevant factor is does he qualify for PR based on his skill set and qualifications? That will not change if he is there as your spouse. He either does or doesnt.

The justification is that they are no no longer going to be working and therefore not paying any tax and as such not contributing to the Australian government. However given their age they will be taking alot of services in terms of medical assistance, social assistance etc. This is why there is a high cost associated with the visa. You can also say that by migrating to Australia you purposely choose to remove your family from your parents. Harsh, but immigrating is in many ways a selfish act that has consequences. At least there is an option available - many countries do not have even that for elderly relatives.

Never heard of an amount that high. 10k is the highest I have heard of, given on the production of receipts (cash lump sum will not be given unless it is taxed and appears on your tax return) reimbursements do not count towards what is declared to the government but cash given becomes part of your salary and affects tax paid, the other government benefits you will get etc. Unless you can provide the bill for relocation from the company (and the company pays it and not you) you will need to wait until you arrive and start work to get that amount paid....they will not give it to you up front.

Sounds standard. Only bank workers have bank holidays as leave. If 12 days means you do not have to come in for four calendar weeks again that is standard. Only a small number of occupations (teachers) and companies give you more than that (e.g. If the company closes down between Xmas and new year they might give you that week in addition to the four weeks) but all you have mentioned is as good as you are going to get for any position you are offered.

If the visa comes when you are in Australia you loose it. You cannot be on Australian soil when it is granted. Changing the flight is the best thing to do.

The he agent means the non contributory parent visa....that is the one that closed and reopened and the one which currently has a 50 year delay.

Concession cards are linked to unemployment benefits....so if you do not qualify for those you cannot get the concession. However, if you are married you are not automatically entitled to these benefits unless your partner is also unemployed. Your partner is expected to support you if you are not working, not the government. So being married you are not likely to get any government support for being out of work

We have just had to deal with a family member having a bypass. We went private and so were in hospital having the operation 6 days after the specialist consult which was two weeks after a hospital admission where we were Informed it had to happen. Had we gone public...the specialist appointment was five months away and the. It could have been several more months before the operation .....yes it would have been free and yes going private there are additional costs that are not covered by Insurance that we have to pay but it meant that it got done within two months.

2 and 3 are correct. It doesn't matter what company you are working for....on a WHV you can only work for them for a six month calendar period on that visa. The same thing happened with my brother who was wanting to continue Pt work with his UK company...it ended up being much simpler to just not bother...he didn't want to risk his chance of getting another Australian visa by being banned for three years. It this wasn't the case you could argue why would I need to have a working visa at all...just come on a tourist visa...it's an American company I am working for remotely....why should immigration be involved?