thomas1877

Thanks for your reply, I had been told by multiple people that it wasn't. What would you advise for me as my next step?

Hi all, I came over to Australia in July 2013 with a Working Holiday Visa after getting my degree and stayed in Perth for 6 months working for the Perth Glory media team before moving to Melbourne and working for a BUSINESS news website. My whole objective was to hopefully achieve sponsorship but it unfortunately didn't come to fruition and I hadn't left enough time to do the required 3 months farm work to receive a 2nd year WHV. Basically I am very much wanting to return to Perth and I was looking for some advice on how I would go about this. I know Journalism is not a required skill on the list so I was wondering if there were any other avenues I could go down. I'm also not just stuck on working as a journalist if my degree would get me some work in another field. Thanks for reading and any advice would be much appreciated. Thomas

Hi all, I came over to Australia in July 2013 with a Working Holiday Visa after getting my degree and stayed in Perth for 6 months working for the Perth Glory media team before moving to Melbourne and working for a business news website. My whole objective was to hopefully achieve sponsorship but it unfortunately didn't come to fruition and I hadn't left enough time to do the required 3 months farm work to receive a 2nd year WHV. Basically I am very much wanting to return to Perth and I was looking for some advice on how I would go about this. I know Journalism is not a required skill on the list so I was wondering if there were any other avenues I could go down. I'm also not just stuck on working as a journalist if my degree would get me some work in another field. Thanks for reading and any advice would be much appreciated. Thomas

Still looking so I was wondering if I could possibly use an alternative Visa such as a student Visa etc. and then hopefully find something in that period of time? Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks everyone for the replies. Louisella I will look into that, it does look as if any type of Visa will be expensive though so I better get saving! Alison13 good on you for working hard to get out there, looks as if I may have to follow the same method! Blossom79 thanks for that info, didn't know that I needed to have a willing employer first before I obtained the Visa.

Hi everyone, I have just returned back to the UK after completing a year in Australia with a working holiday Visa and really enjoyed it but felt it was the right time to come back home. Now that I've been back home for over a month though, I've decided that Australia is definitely where I want to live and I was wondering if anybody had the experience of finding a sponsored job for Australia whilst living in the UK? I graduated from university last year with a Honours in journalism and have been offered the opportunity to obtain a 'Regional Sponsored Scheme Visa' for Western Australia through 'SkillSelect' but with that costing $4600, it is not the ideal option for me. I also have three sets of Aunts and Uncles in the Perth area but am I right in thinking that family sponsorship only refers to parents now? Anyway if anyone could answer my questions I would be extremely grateful. Thanks, Thomas