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Cake day: August 5th, 2023

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  • Bud, I used the official “Visa Finder”: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-finder/work

    What kind of work will you do? skilled/highly specialised work How long do you intend to stay? up to 5 years

    Because of that I thought of getting into the country on a temporary visa, skilled or otherwise and this is what the official office says

    • Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482) – Sponsorship needed
    • Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485)
    • Skilled – Recognised Graduate visa (subclass 476)​​
    • Skilled Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 489)
    • Business Innovation and Investment (Provisional) visa (subclass 188) – Sponsorship needed

    476 is cancelled, 485 requires having studied in Oz for >2 years, 489 requires invitation or already hold a visa.

    189 didn’t even come up under “work visa” because it’s a “skill visa”. Bloody awful naming.

    However, it’s good to know I can apply to apply. Will check it out. I do fall into one of the categories.



  • I’d welcome more Aussies in Europe. The ones I met were a hoot and a half.

    There used to be “shortage” occupations which allowed you to get the visa first and gave you I think 3 months to find a job

    457 doesn’t seem to exist any longer and every other visa I looked at requires you to live in Oz first, study there for at least 2 years, or get sponsorship. If Oz is trying to keep people out, it’s doing a good job. Even skilled workers need sponsorship first.