britchick1002

Hi guys,

It's been a few years since I was on this forum posting, UK passport holder having moved from the UK 16 years ago to New Zealand, on NZ PR and now have decided that time to give Australia a go.

Unfortunately, I did not get NZ citizenship to allow me to enter Australia on a Subclass 444 visa, so with my husband (he has his 444), we have landed in Canberra. I've read forums/Australia immigration and am pretty much up to date on submitting the application for a 461 in Australia and gathering all the supporting paperwork myself, without going through a migration expert.

So final sanity check... I've entered Australia on my UK passport on a tourist visa (subclass 651) which gives me multiple entries over the 12 months for 3 months each time, my job is currently offshore and takes me in/out during this 3 month period so I won't need a Australia working visa just yet.....

My only concern is being in Australia at the time of submission on a tourist visa... or maybe I'm overthinking the process?

verystormy

You can not work in Australia on a tourist visa, regardless of if the company is in NZ.