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Australian Working Holiday visa

06 Apr

Australian Working Holiday visa is one of the ways to move to Sydney temporarily. This visa scheme gives visa holder the right to work in Australia for up to 24 months. If you’re not sure about moving to Sydney, this visa scheme is one option you might consider of as it would be a great opportunity to spend a lot of time in Australia/Sydney, make lots of local friends or even work in some great industries you would never have imagined into at home.

The agreement is generally reciprocal and always seems to be expanding, so if your country isn’t listed, there is always a chance that a deal might be struck in the future and you will eligible for the visa. Please check with your local Australian Embassy or High Commission to see if your country has been added.

However to get a Working Holiday Visa for Australia is quick, easy and straightforward as long as you are holding passport from any of the following countries listed on below:

  • United Kingdom
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • The Netherlands
  • Japan
  • Ireland
  • South Korea
  • Malta
  • Germany
  • Denmark
  • Sweden
  • Norway
  • Hong Kong
  • Finland
  • Cyprus
  • France
  • Italy
  • Belgium
  • Estonia
  • Taiwan

Requirement:

  • You must be between 18 and 30 years old
  • You must have a valid passport with at least 1 year left until it’s expired
  • You must have sufficient fund to support yourself when you arrived in Australia
  • You must not have any serious criminal convinctions
  • You must not have any serious medical issues

Restrictions:

  • You may not apply for the first Working Holiday visa from within Australia
  • Work undertaken must be incidental to your travels (meaning you shouldn’t go there to work full time and start a career)
  • You may not work for the same employer for longer than six months

You can get this visa without any help from the agencies. It’s also possible to renew/extend the 12 month visa to 24 months by applying for a second Working Holiday visa. To be eligible for this , you must have worked in regional Australia in one of the following industries:

  • Plant / animal cultivation
  • Fishing
  • Tree farming
  • Mining and construction work

Good luck! :)

 
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Sydney Ethnic Communities areas

15 Mar

Sydney is famous of the multicultural city where all people from different background lives together in harmony. So if you want to know what specific area for Sydney ethnic communities, here is the list:

  • Ashfield (Chinese – Shanghainese)
  • Auburn (Turkish)
  • Bankstown (Vietnamese)
  • Blacktown (Filipino)
  • Bondi (Jewish)
  • Cabramatta (Vietnamese)
  • Chatswood (Hong Kong Chinese)
  • Earlwood / Brighton Le-Sands (Greek)
  • Eastwood (Korean)
  • Fairfield (Various: Assyrian, Yugoslavs, Hispanic)
  • Five Docks (Italian)
  • Homebush (Sri Lanka / South Indian)
  • Hurstville (Chinese)
  • Kingsford / Maroubra (Indonesian)
  • Lakemba (Lebanese)
  • Leichardt (Italian)
  • Liverpool (Serbs)
  • Manly (Danes, Norwegians and Swedes)
  • Mount Kuring-gai (Polish)
  • Northbridge (Japanese)
  • Petersham (Portugese)
  • St Ives (South African / Jewish)
  • Strathfield (Korean)
  • Waverley (Russian)
  • Willoughby (Armenian)

 
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