Hey everyone,
First post...
Here's my situation as the London Oz Embassy couldn't give me a clear answer.
I'm over 30 and I'm engaged to an awesome Australian girl who's been back in Brissy for 3 weeks now as she starts her new job.
We've applied for my defacto visa in December and i'm still waiting (been told late April early May) - i'm here in London UK still.
I'd like to go over asap possible and have been advised originally by my case officer that I could go over on a bridging visa then collect my defacto by going to NZ and popping back into Brisbane.
My question is - i'm a freelancer designer and am registered as a limited UK company. Could technically go over to Oz before my visa as above and carry on working for the UK company i'm freelancing at - to then be paid into my UK bank account etc without getting in trouble? Would I have to declare my intention to work for a UK company to my case officer?
Surely this would almost be like going on a business trip from the UK and working right? I understand if I freelanced for an Ozzy company things would maybe get tricky but technically i'm literally just in a different location working for the UK still?
Any help would be appreciated...!
Thanks,
First post...
Here's my situation as the London Oz Embassy couldn't give me a clear answer.
I'm over 30 and I'm engaged to an awesome Australian girl who's been back in Brissy for 3 weeks now as she starts her new job.
We've applied for my defacto visa in December and i'm still waiting (been told late April early May) - i'm here in London UK still.
I'd like to go over asap possible and have been advised originally by my case officer that I could go over on a bridging visa then collect my defacto by going to NZ and popping back into Brisbane.
My question is - i'm a freelancer designer and am registered as a limited UK company. Could technically go over to Oz before my visa as above and carry on working for the UK company i'm freelancing at - to then be paid into my UK bank account etc without getting in trouble? Would I have to declare my intention to work for a UK company to my case officer?
Surely this would almost be like going on a business trip from the UK and working right? I understand if I freelanced for an Ozzy company things would maybe get tricky but technically i'm literally just in a different location working for the UK still?
Any help would be appreciated...!
Thanks,