Hi all sorry for my in-experience here, I am interested in visiting Australia towards the end of the year on WHV, however I have a criminal conviction that resulted in 21 months jail time.. i served 6, this was in 2007, the Crime was graffiti.
I have some family in Aus, my sister is an Aus national and is happily married with 2 kids in Melbourne, and i would love to go visit them.
I have spoken to a migration agent and i am planning on going with him , however i wanted to know about the reference's. The Migration agent advised me i would need around 10-12.
What i wanted to know is do these reference's need to be certified ? and if so will that be hard, i was planning on asking a teacher from my Uni but it think it might be a problem if he/she needs to take half a day off to go somewhere to get the references certified ?
I might find it hard to find that many reference's from people like teachers,policemen,doctors ( people with respect in the community ) that are willing to take a day of work to get my reference signed?
Since my conviction i have done many things like completed my degree at uni, got a fantastic job as a graphic designer and have been in no trouble what so ever.
Any advice would be fantastic
Thanks!