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Not so much no, however My partner is a remote IT contractor - so we are lucky that technically he can work from anywhere and his current company are very flexible and open to him working from anywhere in the world. I also work in tech but I am office based for a company who up util now didn't like any remote working. Right now i'm working from home for the past 3 months due to Covid, it doesn't look like my company have plans to reopen our offices globally anytime soon....they are becoming much more flexible and open to the idea of a remote work force. I'm hoping they will make the decision to close our offices for good and leave us as remote working. I might wait another month to see what happens on that front. If no news i might just have to build up the courage to ask them if they would allow me to work remotely from Australia. It wold be a perfect solution for me. Fingers crossed! its difficult isn't it. what are you going to do ? Can you apply for a RRV? My mom gave me some life advice last night, basically amounted to don't bugger up a great life time opportunity over temporary fear of the unknown or not having a job.... jobs anywhere can come and go, same deal with money but opportunity's don't always come back.... so grab it and go!

Thankyou both for the advice! Yes i see what you mean, though i'm certain iv'e read of instances for example, of people who obtained skilled visas, activated it on a short holiday and then never actually made the move over.... and still been granted a RRV. How do they prove ties if i cant and I lived there for years. To be honest i didn't appreciate how hard it might be to obtain this type of visa until i really started looking into it . I think you are right, my gut tells me the same thing. We were mentally and finically prepared to make the move this year. But as time moves on Im finding it quite hard dealing with the added stress of Covid - leaving solid jobs and finding someone to rent our house in all the uncertainty - we are also very restricted on movement in UK right now, so its likely both of us would not get to see our family before we left, this is a big stress factor right now. It it would just be nice to have extra time. But then who knows what might happen, this time next year it could be even worse, god forbid. Paul Thankyou for your offer, i shall be in touch, do you prefer DM here or via your website?

Hi all after some advice if possible! i'm unsure at this point if i need to engage a migrant agent to help me so if anyones been in a similar situation id be grateful to hear from you. Il try keep it brief I have PR, the travel facility runs out at the end of this year. im looking into applying for a RRV 155 . My situation is I do not meet the 2 out of 5 years PR time in Australia, so the best i would get is 12 months RRV and for that I need to prove substantial ties. I've looked into this and the criteria for this feels quite vague. Out of all the options i think i could claim personal ties as i did live in Australia for a number of years as a participating member of the community and economy. Would this be enough and what do i need to do to prove this? Is supplying payslips from previous jobs, details of my open Aussie bank accounts & super fund enough? Unfortunately i own no property in the country as i rented the whole time. Should i get my Australian friends to write statements for me? Would this be enough enough to claim personal ties? Also does anyone have a idea of how long the process can take currently. I understood most cases are resolved in 12 weeks, however I just read on another forum in some cases it can take 12months or longer. I wanted to return this year, but due to covid i'm trying to be sensible and see if i can go next year instead. I really don't want to take a risk and let my TF expire, i worked so hard to get my PR i cant lose it. I believe my only options to avoid this are to obtain a RRV or return to Australia this year before my travel facility expi Thanks again for any advice