long tourist visa / state sponsored / cheap living
Mar 18th 2009 | 2:38 am
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long tourist visa / state sponsored / cheap living
Hi folks,
im looking for some advice about my situation which is -
I applied for a 175 visa in september (modl painter and decorator) and my girlfriend has enroled on a college course which starts in july with a student visa .
In January i applied for WA state sponsorship but as yet have heard nothing , i called the office yesterday and was told they are snowed under with applications and are proccessing Decembers at present .
I think its a very real possibility that my visa will not be sorted by the time my girlfriends course starts so im looking at getting a 6 months tourist visa whilst the other one is being proccessed ! Is this no problem ?
Also as i may not be working for 6 months or so does anyone have any tips for surviving on a budget of about 200 gbps per week after buying transport ? Have thought about buying a cheap campervan to live in for 1500 gbp , giving up fags and booze and spending the six months reading, keeping fit and hitting the beach
thanks for reading
jac
im looking for some advice about my situation which is -
I applied for a 175 visa in september (modl painter and decorator) and my girlfriend has enroled on a college course which starts in july with a student visa .
In January i applied for WA state sponsorship but as yet have heard nothing , i called the office yesterday and was told they are snowed under with applications and are proccessing Decembers at present .
I think its a very real possibility that my visa will not be sorted by the time my girlfriends course starts so im looking at getting a 6 months tourist visa whilst the other one is being proccessed ! Is this no problem ?
Also as i may not be working for 6 months or so does anyone have any tips for surviving on a budget of about 200 gbps per week after buying transport ? Have thought about buying a cheap campervan to live in for 1500 gbp , giving up fags and booze and spending the six months reading, keeping fit and hitting the beach
thanks for reading
jac
Mar 18th 2009 | 3:02 am
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Re: long tourist visa / state sponsored / cheap living
Hi folks,
im looking for some advice about my situation which is -
I applied for a 175 visa in september (modl painter and decorator) and my girlfriend has enroled on a college course which starts in july with a student visa .
In January i applied for WA state sponsorship but as yet have heard nothing , i called the office yesterday and was told they are snowed under with applications and are proccessing Decembers at present .
I think its a very real possibility that my visa will not be sorted by the time my girlfriends course starts so im looking at getting a 6 months tourist visa whilst the other one is being proccessed ! Is this no problem ?
Also as i may not be working for 6 months or so does anyone have any tips for surviving on a budget of about 200 gbps per week after buying transport ? Have thought about buying a cheap campervan to live in for 1500 gbp , giving up fags and booze and spending the six months reading, keeping fit and hitting the beach
thanks for reading
jac
im looking for some advice about my situation which is -
I applied for a 175 visa in september (modl painter and decorator) and my girlfriend has enroled on a college course which starts in july with a student visa .
In January i applied for WA state sponsorship but as yet have heard nothing , i called the office yesterday and was told they are snowed under with applications and are proccessing Decembers at present .
I think its a very real possibility that my visa will not be sorted by the time my girlfriends course starts so im looking at getting a 6 months tourist visa whilst the other one is being proccessed ! Is this no problem ?
Also as i may not be working for 6 months or so does anyone have any tips for surviving on a budget of about 200 gbps per week after buying transport ? Have thought about buying a cheap campervan to live in for 1500 gbp , giving up fags and booze and spending the six months reading, keeping fit and hitting the beach
thanks for reading
jac
Hi Jac
If you are under 31 and have not had one before, consider a working holiday visa. This gives you a year with the option to work. They are processed v.quickly (or at least they were when we got ours back in January - a couple of days literally) and do not interfere with your 175 app (I checked this with DIAC before doing it but check it is still the case). Just keep DIAC up to date with your whereabouts as you will need to be out of the country before they can grant your 175.
You can also potentially get a second year (if you ended up needing it) as well if you do three months seasonal type work in the first 12 months.
Hope this helps
Mar 18th 2009 | 3:04 am
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Re: long tourist visa / state sponsored / cheap living
Hi Jac
If you are under 31 and have not had one before, consider a working holiday visa. This gives you a year with the option to work. They are processed v.quickly (or at least they were when we got ours back in January - a couple of days literally) and do not interfere with your 175 app (I checked this with DIAC before doing it but check it is still the case). Just keep DIAC up to date with your whereabouts as you will need to be out of the country before they can grant your 175.
You can also potentially get a second year (if you ended up needing it) as well if you do three months seasonal type work in the first 12 months.
Hope this helps
If you are under 31 and have not had one before, consider a working holiday visa. This gives you a year with the option to work. They are processed v.quickly (or at least they were when we got ours back in January - a couple of days literally) and do not interfere with your 175 app (I checked this with DIAC before doing it but check it is still the case). Just keep DIAC up to date with your whereabouts as you will need to be out of the country before they can grant your 175.
You can also potentially get a second year (if you ended up needing it) as well if you do three months seasonal type work in the first 12 months.
Hope this helps
Mar 18th 2009 | 3:04 am
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Re: long tourist visa / state sponsored / cheap living
when in Jan did you apply for WA sponsorship? just got to hear that someone who applied in Jan 3rd, got it yesterday. March 17th, 2009. So, you might get it any time soon. May want to cross your fingers and hold your thoughts on the tourist visa and going saintly etc..
Please see the link below...on the WA success story..
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=598315
Please see the link below...on the WA success story..
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=598315
Mar 18th 2009 | 4:24 am
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Re: long tourist visa / state sponsored / cheap living
when in Jan did you apply for WA sponsorship? just got to hear that someone who applied in Jan 3rd, got it yesterday. March 17th, 2009. So, you might get it any time soon. May want to cross your fingers and hold your thoughts on the tourist visa and going saintly etc..
Please see the link below...on the WA success story..
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=598315
Please see the link below...on the WA success story..
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=598315
Hi , i applied on 25/1/09 , got a funny feeling they will pull the plug on the trades state sponsorship soon , but thats just my opinion , there have been so many changes since i applied ! crossing everything to avoid becoming saint jac but if it happens i suppose it will be a chapter
