VisaFirst Blog » australia working holiday visa http://blog.visafirst.com A blog dedicated to Working Holidaymakers and people willing to immigrate Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:16:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Australian Backpacker or a Trekkie? http://blog.visafirst.com/australian-backpacker-or-a-trekkie/ http://blog.visafirst.com/australian-backpacker-or-a-trekkie/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:41:11 +0000 admin http://blog.visafirst.com/?p=406
Well, if you are both than be sure you are near Sydney in April. The reason is no other than the world premiere of the latest Star Trek movie. Australian trekkies sure are lucky to be the first to see the latest addition to Gene Roddenberry’s universe.

According to BBC the upcoming movie will have it’s premiere in the Sydney Opera House on the 9th of April. Leonard Nimoy, who originally starred as Spock had joined a cause for the movie to hold it’s premiere in a small Canadian farming town called Vulcan, however that initiative did not go far, partially due to the …

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  • Over 154 148 people were granted Working Holiday visas to Australia in 2007-08.
  • It is expected that they would spend 2.4 billion Australian dollars while on a working holiday.
  • About 8 % of all applicants will apply for a second working holiday visa.
  • The 22% of the working holiday visas 2007-2008 were granted to UK citizens, followed by Korea with 21%.
  • Australia has another 18 reciprocal agreements with other countries.
  • On average working holiday makers stay in Australia for 9 months and spend $16,000 during their stay.
  • Last fiscal year (2007-2008) 98% of all applications for working holiday visas were filed online.
  • 89,568 of these

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]]> http://blog.visafirst.com/australia-working-holiday-visa-facts/feed/ 0 Is it too late to apply for my 2nd year visa? http://blog.visafirst.com/is-it-too-late-to-apply-for-my-2nd-year-visa/ http://blog.visafirst.com/is-it-too-late-to-apply-for-my-2nd-year-visa/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:40:24 +0000 admin http://blog.visafirst.com/?p=90 Hello there, dear visitors! It’s Monday and we are ready with the next piece of advice for working holidaymakers. If you wish to apply for your second Australia working holiday visa and have only a couple of days left, it might not be too late to take action. Since the health check is no longer required, you can get your visa extension quicker than before.

  • Karen: Welcome to the Visa First live chat! How can I help you today?
  • Susan: Hi, how are you? I’m currently on a working holiday visa and it expires the 23rd of this month, is it too late for me

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The name of the person is replaced with “John Doe”.

  • Mike: Welcome to the Visa First live chat! How can I help you today?
  • John Doe: Hey – I have been working for almost 6 months in a company and because of the visa status I have to stop after the 6 month period. My boss has offered me another position within the company. Can I take that

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