tammigotcha

Thank you I've been on and off that site daily! Ill make sure to get the fella to have a word with his employer and see what they can do for me if that's the best way to do it, thank you.

First of all I just wanna say hi since I've literally only just joined the forum *virtual waves*. It's nice to see a lot of like minded people all in one place and all ready to offer up help, suggestions or even just a chat by the looks of things! Anyway I just thought I'd try and save myself a headache by asking you clever people what might best options might be with the following scenario. I am a 23 year old female with a product design degree which unfortunately doesn't seem to be on the SOL lists. My partner (whom I've been with for 5 years and been living with for 1) has been offered a sponsored job within a mining software company and I'd love to go with him. Our destination will be Perth. Luckily for him, his company is happily taking on all his visa worries for him... But that still leaves me with a lot of questions. Since my degree/profession isn't on any list, am I able to go straight on a de facto partner visa before we've even gotten out there? Or will I need to go on a working holiday visa for a year and then apply for de facto? At the moment my research has shown only these two options but if there any other ways I can get out there and get working without this six month restriction, then please lemme know! as you can probably tell, I'm keen to get this lot sorted so I can get out there at roughly the same time as my partner since his company is sorting everything for him - I'm almost wondering if its worth contacting them directly or getting an advisor since a lot of the reading involved is stifling.