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Australian Backpacker or a Trekkie?

March 20th, 2009


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 fact Vulcan has no cinema.

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Quick Australia WHM Program Facts

March 11th, 2009

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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 visas (57.9%) were granted automatically.
  • Only 0.6% of all working holiday makers overstayed their visas.

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Is it too late to apply for my 2nd year visa?

October 6th, 2008

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 to apply for my second year now so I don’t have to leave Australia.
  • Karen: Hey Susan, I’m OK. How are you?
  • Karen: It’s not too late for you to apply for the visa. Have you already completed the forms?
  • Susan: No, not yet. Will I not get in trouble for been in Australia past that date before the visa is granted ?
  • Karen: It wouldn’t be a problem.
  • Karen: Do you want me to confirm your personal information now, complete the Employment verification form and fax it back?
  • Susan: If i get you to confirm it, does that mean if I changed my mind not to apply it wouldn’t matter ? I’m just trying to decide in the next day or so, but not a 100 per cent yet.
  • Karen: If you want you can just think about this another day or two and get back to us with our final decision.
  • Susan: How much does it cost to apply and is that all that’s involved, just sending back the form, or is there other requirements ?
  • Karen: The price is 330 AUD. There will be no additional costs involved.
  • Susan: What about a health check ?
  • Karen: It’s no longer required.
  • Susan: Is that just a recent change ?
  • Karen: It’s been for a couple of months.
  • Susan: So just 330 in total ? I don’t have a credit card so where would I pay with cash ?
  • Karen: Yes, we have an office in Sydney. Can you come and pay cash there?
  • Susan: Yeah, that shouldn’t be a problem
  • Karen: Great, the address is Suite 1, Level 4, 600 George Street, Sydney, NSW 2000
  • Karen: You can just complete the forms, bring them with you and pay for the visa.
  • Susan: That’s brilliant, actually quite made my day ! Thank you so much for your help. Much appreciated.
  • Karen: You’re very welcome ! Have a great rest of the day !
  • Susan: Enjoy the rest of your day!

Conditions and regulations change all the time. We keep track of them, so we can help you to make the right choice. We hope Susan will enjoy another sunny year in Australia! If you have a question, don’t forget to write us at ask@visafirst.co.uk.

Have a great week!

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