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Thank you all for the help Seems like my options are spousal or extending the WHV, due to the situation with the 6 month work limit we will try to go for a spousal visa if we have the money. My final questions therefore would be once I have applied for the spousal visa can I get permission to work longer than 6 months with my current employer even if my original visa is still valid? Also once the bridging visa kicks in does that mean it is an extension of terms on my WHV where I would only have another 6 months work at that company ? Samson said about getting a job with a steady income, this is very difficult in my field of work in the area I live and getting any kind of job is tough as there is a lot of unemployment here and my lack of experience in other areas holds me back. Would this then qualify for an extension on 8547

Hi All I was wondering if anyone could help with a very confusing visa conundrum In October I moved out to Mackay, QLD on a WHV with my girlfriend. We moved from Canada (I'm British and she is Australian) and the quickest way was through this visa. As I have heard from friends and also in past experience from living abroad I am looking for my next visa already. Let me tell you a bit about myself, I am a football (soccer) coach by trade I have been working around the world for 9 years in coaching, as people that know Mackay can imagine there isn't much of a market for football coaching here however I have managed to get myself two jobs one at a local school and another at a local club, both companies have already said they would support my long term visa application even though I haven't started working for them yet. I have told the club that they cannot employ me full time due to the 6 month working rule as well as the telling the school to wait till next year (ridiculous I know, I have had the same visa in America and Canada with no silly rule). As a result of me forcing myself not to work with them till the season starts in feb/march I have gotten myself an ABN (sole trader) and have started trying to do a few things on my own. Progress is slow as I expected being in a small Rugby League based town but I think in the future if things go well it could become successful as there is a huge gap in the market for what I plan to do and enough people are into football. This now leads on to my visa issue, the first and obvious idea was extending my WHV however I have now found out you cannot do this if you are living defacto with your partner so that I believe is ruled out. My next idea was the 457, this seemed the best option as I had companies willing to sponsor me which I heard is the hardest thing about getting the visa but, after doing more research into the sponsorship programme I have found that there is a minimum wage of around $55k, this unfortunately for the club is too much they are volunteer based and unless things went very well with the school I cant see them forking this out for the amount of hours I am doing. I then looked into the 457 with self sponsorship through my ABN, this idea may still be possible but its come to light that you can no longer sponsor yourself on a 457 as of this year. The next set of visa's I looked at were the 190 (skilled nominated), 489 (I have relatives here), 181 and the 186. I have struggled looking into these on two factors. 1 - They seem skill/points based which I assume means I need to be assessed by a third party company. I have done free assessments on a couple of online visa lawyers websites but do not fully trust them to start an application off 2 - also relating to 1 is that these visa's seem quite costly The last option which we have been trying to avoid is the spousal visa. Although this seems the easiest way long term, we just cannot afford the crazy $7k minimum for this visa. We don't want to apply from England as we really don't want to be apart even though it is slightly cheaper Apologies for the rambling but I am trying to give you an insight into the whole situation as it is pretty confusing, what I am really looking for help with is some viable options and solutions to my problems which put simply are: the cost of some visas out of my own pocket the 190/489/181/186 do I qualify also how much roughly in total are they ? avoiding this 6 month work rule ASAP or ways around it given my niche working climate is there a possibility of self sponsorship through my own business if so how and through what visa? is there a chance by april next year when eligible to apply the spousal will be cheaper and is there any ways around the cost Any help would be much appreciated as it looks like currently spousal is our only option and as a result we cant be spending unnecessary lawyer fees! Thanks