:mono:GOLD Member
member
15 posts
Location: Europe/Germany


Posted:
Hi everybody,

I´m sorry, this one isn´t related to any kind of spinning but I really don´t know who to ask... confused

Well, I was asked to do some freelance work in Australia for a client of a client of mine biggrin
I am working as a freelancer in Germany, which is where I come from and I was always looking for an opportunity like that but I get more and more confused about the different types of visas...

°There´s a visa for "skilled migration": I think, I get enough points and could apply for that, but actually - I dont want to migrate, do I? I mean... migrating means to get australian resident, doesn´t it? But the contract is just a five month contract.

°Then there´s a visa for "working holiday makers", which allows me to work in Australia, but just three month within one employer.

°Now somebody told me, I just need some tax number to be able to give my client an invoice OR to do all the payment via PayPal. But what about the visa? I can´t pass the borders without one... Would a tourist visa be suitable?

Do any of you guys have experiance with that or just know about how to handle this? I really don´t know what to do and soooooooo would love to go to OZ again and have a staff retreat wink .

I´d really appreciate your help - thanks to all of you in advance,

cheers , michael

weavesmiley

EeraBRONZE Member
old hand
1,107 posts
Location: In a test pit, Mackay, Australia


Posted:
Go the the Australian Immigration website www.immi.gov.au and they have info on all the visa you need.

You don't want the immigration thing unless you want to wait over a year to hear and pay $1750 for the assessment plus medical bills for X rays and stuff.

On a working holiday visa you can only spend 3 months with the same company.

Your best option is to come under a temporaray business sponsored visa which lasts up to 2 years, the onus is then on the company to prove there is no-one in Australia who can do the same job and they need to sort it out from this end (there's something about companies have to have over a certain number of employees before they can sponsor you, it used to be 10, so if it's a one-man-band you'd be working for they can't get you over this way).

Once you are in the country then you can apply for a tax file number, that's something you don't worry about until you get here.

Basically your best bet is to ask your prospective employer to sort it out, or visit your Australian Embassy.

There is a slight possibility that I am not actually right all of the time.


MynciBRONZE Member
Macaque of all trades
8,738 posts
Location: wombling free..., United Kingdom


Posted:
My friend is in Oz at the moment on a 1 year working holiday visa (under 30's only)

A couple of balls short of a full cascade... or maybe a few cards short of a deck... we'll see how this all fans out.


FoxInDocsSILVER Member
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1,848 posts
Location: Adelaide, SA, Australia


Posted:

i would probably suggest visiting your nearest australian embassy too, simply so that you can talk to someone face to face and avoid confusion as much as possible.

"i am exotic, and must keep my arms down" - Rougie

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:mono:GOLD Member
member
15 posts
Location: Europe/Germany


Posted:
thanks a lot for your hints.



Written by:



You don't want the immigration thing unless you want to wait over a year to hear and pay $1750 for the assessment plus medical bills for X rays and stuff.






eek I knew, one has wait to some time to get a reply but I thought it was about one or two months...dang. Same with the costs - its far more then I expected.

Anyway - I´ll try to get more info about this "temporaray business sponsored visa" when I´m in Berlin to visit the embassy and am also thinking about simply get a work and holiday visa and go fruit picking or s.th. wink



cheers, michael weavesmiley
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EeraBRONZE Member
old hand
1,107 posts
Location: In a test pit, Mackay, Australia


Posted:
Find out if your potential employer has a Holdings Company; here it's very common for a company to divide into several small companies, so if one gets sued it can become bankrupt without the entire company going under (mine employs 50 people but is made of 5 seperate companies, only one of which has assets and technically, that one has no employees so we cannot loose company stuff through court cases.)

Basically, if it does, you can do three months of a working holiday visa under one company, then change to the holdings company, this saves a hell of a lot of hassle.

As for the time delay on immigration, it's not uncommon to wait 2 years or more. If your job considered in demand (builders, mechanics, civil engineers) then they'll fast-track you. If not you can wait up to three years on the books before you have to reapply.

If you do consider immigration and want to take the points test, do not go to one of those ones that advertise on the internet and promise to tell you if you will pass for money; the only one that counts is on the official immigration website and it's free.

There is a slight possibility that I am not actually right all of the time.



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