jay429

Hey wrussell, thanks a lot i will most certainly take your advice on board

Yea that's a good idea thanks!

Hey all thanks for all the comments and advice, actually I don't find it hard to get a job, my employers are always fully aware of my history. I am a graphic designer and my previous graffiti blends well into my career so it is always easy for me to get a job. But I will go with a migration agent and see what happens, I have family living in Aus so it would be a shame not to try ..I just wanted to know more about the references needed

Hey thanks, i did read this before .. but i am sure people with substantial records do get into aus, and with even more substantial records than mine. I am just curious for some others experience, and more specifically experiences with the references But once again thanks

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!