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Hello all,

We are going to be travelling down the east coast Oz in Feb 07 and although I am young enough to get a whv for Oz my boyfriend does not qualify.

Just wondering whether anyone can offer any advice etc on the sponsorship/visa dilemma - we may want to stay permanently - we actually came to NZ with that idea but we are sure this isn't the place for us, which leads us to contemplate Oz. Glenn (my boyf) was an assistant manager in a legal publishing firm in the UK and with this experience was offered a work to residence visa here in NZ - however, he does have a WHV for NZ (got in quick just before he turned 31!). Does anything similar exist in Oz? As for me, I am a biochemist with experience in DNA forensics.

I have looked through the Australian Immigration website but it is sooooo confusing even more so than NZ's - actually NZ's immigration laws/rules seems easy by comparison.

Any thoughts would be appreciated/or stories from people in similar circumstances!

NZ is known to be slightly more accepting of immigrants and refugees.

Unless you can line up an employer in OZ who is willing to sponsor due to a shortage of your particular skills you may have to go home and line up and apply like the rest.


MH

Not worth the risk in Aussie, they are very strict and you risk a ban