Emma Hadley

Hey Christo Great idea for a thread. My boyfriend and I are coming to Perth in December and for the first few weeks whilst we get on our feet, we are staying with a few of his friends, which is great in terms of taking off some of the pressure in finding somewhere to live. Just wondering in terms of jobs on a working holiday visa. When i went to Sydney on my first working holiday visa I found it really hard to find a job as I found lots of other backpackers were flocking in their millions to Sydney and applying for the jobs. I want to ideally find some temp office work or something in Perth. In your opinion, or to the best of your knowledge, do you know what it's like for jobs of this type over there at the moment? Thanks for any help. Emma

Ah hi @GooseRenders, thank you for your welcoming words. It is so tricky getting your head around it all, but like you say thank goodness for this forum, it's nice to relate to other people who are going through the same thing. That's funny you're in Dorset too, he's from Bournemouth, how about you? That's so exciting you're getting married soon, so has your visa been granted and everything now?

I've just done a bit of research and have noticed you can't register your relationship in WA. Typical!

The thing is we are currently in a long distance relationship in the UK. He lives in Dorset and I live in Kent, this is why we have no de facto evidence or anything. We have obviously remained together the whole time we've been living apart but not sure how this would stand for the de facto bits and pieces. We have booked our flights to Perth (via a few months in Southeast Asia) with both of our names on the booking etc, we'll have a few months travelling together and then a year on my working holiday visa to count for the 12 months de facto. I'm just wondering if any of the time travelling or any of the time spent in a long distance relationship in the UK will count towards the de facto requirements?

We will be living in WA, in Perth. Thank you for your advice, it does seem like a good idea to lodge the application 9 months into the working holiday visa to allow some time. We will be travelling for almost three months in Southeast Asia before we arrive into Australia, so will these three months count towards the de facto do you think?

Oh i thought I'd seen that you have to prove you're in a de facto relationship (i.e. Living together.) So how would I go about proving we've been together then as we have no utility bills or joint accounts in both of our names or anything like that?

Hello I'm new to this website so forgive me if I use incorrect terminology or don't know the visa numbers etc. So at the weekend my boyfriend and I booked our flights to Australia to arrive middle of December. I have a second working holiday visa to use and he's a citizen. We've been together for two years and it will be three by the time we land back into Australia. However we have never lived together so don't meet the requirements for a partner visa just yet. We intend for me to stay for a year on my second working holiday visa and then apply for a partner visa after this and we will then have lived together for the required twelve months. I am worried though about when to apply for the partner visa because I've read it can take 12-15 months to complete the application, but how do I apply for the visa with enough time on my working holiday visa and to meet the requirements that we have to be living together for a year. I've heard briefly about bridging visas, is this something they might look to grant me if I applied for a partner visa right at the end of my working holiday visa? Also so my boyfriend seemed to think it would be a good idea for me to enter the country first of all on a tourist visa as we intend to travel for a bit before settling down and finding jobs, so he has said to do that so I can fully utilise the working holiday visa. The other thing I'm confused about then, is whether I will be allowed to enter the country on my WHV straight after using a tourist visa and then applying to be de facto. I am just concerned the Australian immigration will ask so many questions and may refuse entry because of how many times I've entered the country on different visas. Sorry if this is really confusing, I would really appreciate any advice at all. We only booked our flights on Saturday but I want to get organised with what I am doing. Thanks in advance for any help.