Ok so here's my job situation.

There is a list of countries that have mutual working agreements with Australia that allow the citizens of each to get working holiday visas at the other, but the US isn't on it. A working holiday visa is like a visitor's visa, but it allows you to get work while you are visiting. The fact that I can't get one of those means that I can't get temporary work to support me until I get a longterm job nor can I start at a longterm job (once I get one) until my longstay work visa application clears. The office of immigration in Australia originaly told me that the application would take 14 days to clear after it was submitted. However, several calls to the office of immigration later I have found out that the time to clear is more like 6-8 weeks than 14 days. And they seemed to think that it was my fault for believing the first person I spoke to at the office.

Where does that leave me? Sitting in Australia, no income and can't get a temp job, running out of money with 6 weeks left on my visitor's visa. So I'm fucked. Oh well. I gave it a shot. I'm heading back to the US and will hopefully be able to get a job there quickly. Not going back to Iowa, tho. Since I'm set to live in a new place anyway I'm going to give Seattle a shot. Any advice anyone? Know any easy places I can get a job or someone who could help me get one out there? I was pissed about my situation yesterday, but now I'm just anxious to get moving again. I'm going to go and do some scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef before I go, tho. I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if I didn't...

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Anonymous (not verified)
Fri, 11/04/2005 - 09:00
o...kay.
good luck with whatever, sounds like a big pain in the ass. hang in there, call if you need, i'm around.

slackfiend
Fri, 11/04/2005 - 12:38
Prior to this, I was going
Prior to this, I was going to spare Australian from tasting my fiery wrath. Now, the kangaroos will fry like bacon when I get access to a nuclear arsenal.
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