Hi, we've been in the Hunter Valley since April. We are here on a 457 visa, my oh is a mechanic and has the sponsorship. The problem is I still haven't managed to get a job. Not only have I not got a job I haven't had a sniff, just straight rejections. I'm 27 with a degree and worked in admin for the 6 years before we moved to Australia. I am applying for anything and everything, I am not fussy and willing to do pretty much anything. I'm putting loads of effort into the applications and it is so demoralising to not even get a single interview. I've never been in this situation before, i have always had a job, since I was 15.
It's really starting to get me down, the knock on effects are that I'm not meeting people and money is very tight. We can just get by on one wage but can't do anything - days out etc.
I'm just wondering whether anyone else out there is the partner of someone on a 457 and did you struggle to find work? Did you find that only having a temporary visa meant that a lot of employers dismissed you outright?
It's so hard not to feel a level of despair, it is a very frustrating situation.