Afternoon!
I was hoping someone would be able to help!
I am currently on a working holiday visa (from the UK) that expires on the 23rd December. After working with my current company for the last 4 months they have decided to offer me sponsorship as a Conference and Event Organiser.
They are a small not for profit company and do not have the resource to manage the application process and have tasked me with this. I have all the details for them to become a Sponsor, however am at a sticking point with the nomination part...As i have been in the role for more than the newly required 4 months of having advertised the role, my manager has advised that they do not want to artificially re-advertise the position (morally and reputationally). The only option is if they advertised it with a start date being if my visa expires. They did recently advertise for another role that has similar job requirements as mine, but with a different title.
Therefore my questions are:
1. Is there any rules around being in a role already? When they recruited me they have evidence they could not find an Australian worker to do it
2. Can they do a prospective start date?
My other option would be to apply for a Partner Visa (my partner is Australian), and although that initial cost is expensive, I feel like it may outweigh these costs after VETASSESS (I believe i need this but again unsure?!) etc.
Any help/advise/relevant experiences from anyone would be much appreciated!!!
