hey all,
i came out to perth on my second working hol visa in april of this year and due to circumstances beyond my control i have to leave again. i have tried looking into alternative ways to stay ie sponsorship and defacto but because the job that im doing now is not on the skill set, and because of a lack of financial evidence to support a defacto application both of these options are now a dead end.
i knew that when i came out here i was always going to be on a time scale but i had just really believed that i wouuld find some sort of a loop hole that would allow me to stay.i was devestated when i was told by one 2 many migration agents that lodging a defacto application would be like just giving the DIAC money for nothing because they were sure that it would be rejected.
that was a few weeks ago now and now im still a little conflicted.i have decided that i will move to scotland to start again, i figure that i am at a point in my life where i really need to settle somewhere and at at least in scotland i will never have to worry about visas or having to leave etc.i also plan to go back to college and do a course that i wish i had done years ago.
although i will be sad to leave i now feel that maybe the idea of australia can be better than the actual reality? i read a post earlier that said 'there are only so many beaches that you can go to without the novelty starting to waer off' id have to agree with that so for anyone on here that is unhappy being here just remember that life is 2 short to be miserable and you really should do whatever is going to make you happy, for me i now believe that a life here just wasnt meant to be!