Thank You Australia!
Mar 22nd 2013, 9:54 pm
#16
Lost in BE Cyberspace
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Re: Thank You Australia!
You can also take part in the lottery......I think there are 2 to 3000 given away every year. But all the same, job prospects, salaries and working conditions are not a patch on Australia. Then a huge chunk of your money goes into health care.
I think the whole point of this post is to wind people up!
I think the whole point of this post is to wind people up!
Mar 23rd 2013, 2:35 am
#18
Concierge
Joined: Jan 2013
Location: Western Australia
Posts: 21,139
Re: Thank You Australia!
You can also take part in the lottery......I think there are 2 to 3000 given away every year. But all the same, job prospects, salaries and working conditions are not a patch on Australia. Then a huge chunk of your money goes into health care.
I think the whole point of this post is to wind people up!
I think the whole point of this post is to wind people up!
Mar 23rd 2013, 3:52 am
#20
Daffyd Duck
Joined: Jul 2008
Location: Paradise
Posts: 5,636
Re: Thank You Australia!
yes. and when you become a US citizen you wiill be taxed on worldwide income.
Mar 23rd 2013, 3:54 am
#21
Daffyd Duck
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Re: Thank You Australia!
when you get E3 visa do you become non-resident for Aust tax purposes? given the options i'd rather be treated as Oz tesident under the Oz-US tax treaty.
Mar 23rd 2013, 3:54 am
#22
Lost in BE Cyberspace
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Re: Thank You Australia!
Thank you Australia for having me too! I love it here. 
Mar 23rd 2013, 6:32 am
#23
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Mar 23rd 2013, 6:34 am
#24
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Re: Thank You Australia!
Bullshit
Mar 23rd 2013, 9:03 am
#28
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Re: Thank You Australia!
...Forced voting is nothing compared with that.
Last edited by paulry; Mar 23rd 2013 at 9:06 am.
Mar 23rd 2013, 11:03 am
#30
Daffyd Duck
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Re: Thank You Australia!
It is available only to Australian nationals and can be extended indefinitely, within or outside the US (unlike many visas which must be applied for in a US embassy/consulate). Spouse and unmarried children under 21 years of age are entitled to the same visa regardless of nationality.
Australian citizens applying for E-3 are not subject to the 65,000 annual visa limit for H-1B visas. A separate annual quota of 10,500 E-3 visas is believed to be much more generous to Australians than requiring them to compete with all other nationalities for H-1B visas.
One calculation is that E-3 guarantees Australians 15% of combined annual US visas for persons in specialty occupations, if they want such visas, even though Australia only has 0.3% of the world’s non-US population.