Gethsemene Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 My firm (big multinational franchise) approached me with an option to move to Australia to open and run a franchise for them. Now I have never been to Oz, but love my rugby, love my cricket and really love my beer so thought as there is little chance of a UK franchise would look into it. Google brought me here and hopefully here will bring me closer to there . Will get sent a list of 100 odd location possibilities soon and they are going to start looking into visas. First (of I am sure many) questions is if they are sorting visa and employment what is he first thing I should do?? Many thanks Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OZwanted Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Wow, sounds amazing. welcome to PIO.:cute: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest33730 Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 My firm (big multinational franchise) approached me with an option to move to Australia to open and run a franchise for them. Now I have never been to Oz, but love my rugby, love my cricket and really love my beer so thought as there is little chance of a UK franchise would look into it. Google brought me here and hopefully here will bring me closer to there . Will get sent a list of 100 odd location possibilities soon and they are going to start looking into visas. First (of I am sure many) questions is if they are sorting visa and employment what is he first thing I should do?? Many thanks Ben Gethsemene, welcome to pio, you will find this a great resource as you start your journey. I was surprised you were being sent a list of only 100 'odd' locations - there a loads more odd locations here than that!! Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gethsemene Posted July 20, 2010 Author Share Posted July 20, 2010 Yeah I'll grant you that, but the company has an idea of how many franchises they want and where they want them already and these are the remaining ones. To be honest for me odd is good, as a westcountry boy if it ain't quirky it ain't home, tried big city living and found the lack of casual friendliness a touch disconcerting. Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SD_MOA Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 My firm (big multinational franchise) approached me with an option to move to Australia to open and run a franchise for them. Now I have never been to Oz, but love my rugby, love my cricket and really love my beer so thought as there is little chance of a UK franchise would look into it. Google brought me here and hopefully here will bring me closer to there . Will get sent a list of 100 odd location possibilities soon and they are going to start looking into visas. First (of I am sure many) questions is if they are sorting visa and employment what is he first thing I should do?? Many thanks Ben Hello Ben, Firstly welcome to the forum - it sounds like you are at the beginning of an exciting journey! From the details you mention in your post you may have a number of different visa's available to you. I would suggest a good place to start would be to have a Migration Agent assess your different options. Feel free to drop me a line if you would like me to do this. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abz123 Posted July 21, 2010 Share Posted July 21, 2010 Hi Ben Welcome to PIO. Definitely a good forum to find. There's no such thing as a stupid question here (plenty of stupid answers!) but most folk will do their best to help / share experiences. I would suggest a recce trip / busman's holiday once you have an idea of possible locations before committing yourself. You'll find plenty of people on here who wished they'd never come or are desperate to go back so make an educated decision especially if things aren't bad where you are. Personally, I'd say go for it,(been in Perth for 4 months) but eveyone' different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gethsemene Posted July 21, 2010 Author Share Posted July 21, 2010 Will be heading out to Oz for a couple of weeks before committing as have to complete skills assessment anyway, sounds like a good plan to do a proper recee as opposed to simply having a holiday . One thing I was wondering (should I now take this to a different forum?) is I will be looking to move to somewhere outside of a big city as it suits both the buisness model and my preferred lifestyle, how will an 'outsider' be treated out in the sticks, consider myself a social person (sports, am-dram and the like)? Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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