danrst171

Why do you assume a WHV would use all your savings? It all depends how you use the year. It's true most WHV'ers come out to work in menial jobs, travel around the country and drink a lot - but that's not compulsory! It's perfectly possible to choose one city, bring all your smart clothes and a good CV, hit the temp agencies and get good temp jobs in your chosen field, even though you can only work with each employer for 6 months. So you'll have a decent income and potentially make some good contacts for your future migration.

 

I would be going to Melbourne or Brisbane because your living costs would be much cheaper than in Sydney.

Oh yes, that would be the plan, obviously with a little time to ourselves on the beaches!

However, I'm under no illusion that I'll walk straight into a job (particularly given I can only work 6 months for each employee). I think I'd be best suited to paving a way into Database Development, which falls under Developer Programmer and is on the SOL.

Some of the skills required to do my current role are directly transferable to that role (often you'll find a DBA is required to do development work, which I have done small amounts of already).

May need to extend my timeframe a little!

I would strongly encourage you to go for the WHV. Sure, it's not going to advance your career but at your age, you have plenty of time to get back on the career treadmill.

 

My first husband and I went to Africa in our early thirties for three years - we had no trouble getting back into working life in the UK at the end of it. So you can afford to take a year out to see Australia.

 

A year in Oz will either make you realise Australia's not for you, or it will reinforce your desire to move, so you'll be more willing to do the work needed to qualify.

My only concern is money. We are saving by living at my girlfriends parents but would be using all our savings to both go with a WHV. Then we'd have to come home and rent, which means saving would be much slower and we'd also need to find money to get qualifications to help us move (if that's what we chose to do).

I never saw the benefit of going to University when I was younger, now I do!

Sorry, just found this:

https://www.acs.org.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/7324/Summary-of-Criteria-2014.pdf

Seems to suggest I need 8 years experience as I have no Diploma or higher?

I wasn't expecting to need that much experience! That makes things very difficult! Is that a strict 8 years? And does it all have to be specific to the role I am applying for? For example, I worked on the IT Service Desk for 3 years prior to taking a role in Database Services. That was IT related knowledge, although not specifically in the field of Databases.

Now the thread has been moved to the general forum, I will repost my initial response.

 

At the moment, I do not think you would be in a position to obtain a permanent visa. Your girlfriend works as a Retail Manager as far as I can tell which is not on the SOL or CSOL. You mention a few other things that she has done, but seems like this is study only and perhaps not backed up by work experience, in which case it isn't going to help.

 

Your occupation is only on the CSOL which means it needs state sponsorship and it also requires you to have a degree or possibly the degree could be replaced by more years of experience than you currently have. There are not many states sponsoring it either, so that is another hurdle.

 

If you can wangle the transfer with your company then that could be a route to Australia and an eventual permanent visa, but that wouldn't come for two or three years or so as you are not in a position to pass a skills assessment at the moment. A "girlfriend" cannot come with you, a defacto partner could.

 

If you cannot get a transfer, then a WHV is a great opportunity for a young person to experience Australia. However you could also shoot yourself in the foot, because currently you would need to upskill to degree level or obtain more years of work experience in order to qualify for a skilled migrant visa. Going to Australia on a WHV could disrupt that pathway for you, particularly if you have a steady job now but are unable to find similar in Australia. Your visa limits you to six months with any employer so it will put many off.

Thanks for this, very helpful. My girlfriend has done unpaid volunteer work and worked as part of her degree but hasn't actually had a paid job in either field. Would this potentially benefit us?

Could you provide a link to something I can read on the skills assessment that I would need to complete? I am probably able to obtain an MCSA qualification at my current skill level and not far off MCSE, so could do those within the next few years, along with another couple of years experience.

So if we went on a WHV each, could we get jobs in our respective sectors and look to make the visa permanent by getting sponsorship by whoever we are working for?

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Married, probably not by the time we want to go. Engaged, potentially.

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My company was bought by an Australian based firm about a year or 2 ago now. If I could internal transfer to Australia I assume it would make the whole thing a lot easier? Would my girlfriend be able to come with me if I did transfer?

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Hi all,

I'm completely new to all of this and have been trying to understand the visa process but have no idea what it all means. I've got no familiarity with visas or how it all works.

Myself and my girlfriend are thinking of moving to Australia. I'm 27 next month and she is 25 later this year. I am an IT Database Administrator and she is the manager in an outdoor store. I have 3 a level's, although low grades, and my girlfriend has NVQ level 2 hairdressing and a foundation degree in theatrical media and makeup. I have no idea if this would get us visas or not?

My job was a trainee role, which I've done for over 2 years now, but I don't have a qualification. I can gain Microsoft Certification but I don't think it's recognised qualification from what I have read.

We are currently saving money and have around £3.5k at the moment, but wouldn't be looking to make the move until later next year at the earliest.

Any advice on whether we would be accepted for a visa, what to do to help our applications and also how to go about it, do we look for jobs then apply for visas or the other way? We have friends in Australia already who we could stay with if we need to go to there at any point.

Cheers,

Dan