Visa confusion

[bex84]

Hi, I am planning to move to Oz with with my older sister and her family for 2+ years, however I am getting really confused about the best visa to apply for. My initial feeling was to get a working holiday visa, and then either try to get sponsorship once out there, or to do the seasonal work option bit so that I can extend it for the whole 2 years. Upon looking into it further, I have noticed that peole are sayng that It is harder to get sponsorship than I was lead to believe. My other option is to get a state sponsored full visa (as I only qualify for 110 points, so cant get the independent one!), but is it best to apply for this from the UK, or to go over on a working holiday visa and then apply from within Australia for the state sponsored one, and which way would be cheaper?!

Thank you!

[Dolly]

Hi there,

Welcome to the forum.

Have you looked at the sticky at the top of the forum page "PLEASE READ...". There's a link to the DIAC website which details all the visas available, including working/seasonal and their restrictions.

With the state sponsored visa, your skills must be on the Skilled Occupation List (SOL). Also, you will have to live and work in a Specified Regional Area.

Have you thought of asking a migration agent for some advice? Their first consultation is usually free without obligation.

Dolly