Hi Marissa, lovely to see you. When you return Down Under I believe you should apply for your PR. You're an Aussie at heart nowadays and we need more people like you to help populate the country. We only have 26.5 million citizens. Plus, I really hope you meet a very nice Aussie boy and settle down soon (preferably in Australia).
@@petermcculloch4933it literally just refers to the location on paper of Australia compared to the UK and the USA. Just if we say Up Top if we choose to describe them this way. Are you that fragile?!
When moving countries, I first felt how naive I was with visa restrictions and I decided to make informed decisions moving on. Once I started better planning, I suffered from heartbreak as the timelines I planned from my informed decisions were never met. Sometimes I wished there were no borders. It has been a cycle of hope and heartbreak.
Hopefully it gets approved soon! Are you planning to stay in Australia permanently, if possible? There's a Facebook group called Americans in Sydney. There might be good tips on that group for you. My partner is American but she came in on a student visa and then transitioned to a skilled migrant visa
Marissa whilst your trying to kill time at home go & watch two YT vloggers Aussie adventure vids uploaded over the last couple of yrs "One Pack Wanderers" both American travellers who fell in luv with Aus & the other is "Kendall & Glenn" with Kendall being Amercian & Glenn an Aussie who travelled Aus extensively over the past 4-5yrs. Both are epic with their fliming & editing & story telling and it gives a real insight into life in every region of the country with lots of fun & humour to make it very entertaining to watch - enjoy
Aus gov moves slow, especially this time of yr. Don't stress as it will come through, usa-aus visa's are safe as houses sorta. You're certainly welcome back to our townsville area again.
@@MarissaDownUnder Glad you had some fun here. Up here in Queensland is great if you can handle the heat. I worked in the USA. The biggest difference is Americans seem to live to work, we work to live. Work is just to get some $ to live your life. Being relaxed makes you more productive at work.
as an aussie I thought they change the Visa requirements regarding how many days you have to work certain kind of jobs to extend your Visa etc. Interesting.
Some rules apply if an Australian wants to apply for a working visa that you have work in certain areas? Do you you have to go through the " wringer"when you arrive? Like how much money what accommodation do you have? Ect
Hi Marissa I can’t believe how messy your Visa process is. I thought when you do your 88 days regional, your 12 months working holiday visa is automatically extended to 2 years. (as an Aussie myself, the Visa system is irrelevant to me, and I don’t understand all the nuances). I was surprised you went back to the States straight after your 88 days regional. You did the hard yards, but did not stick around to reap the benefits. I felt you left too soon, and that your Aussie experience was incomplete. Also, spending so much time in a quirky place like Magnetic, is pretty unbalanced and doesn’t really teach you much about the broader Australia. So I feel there is a lot more for you to see and do, and to lean and understand Australia in more depth. So I’m glad you are coming back. I feel your need more time to do justice to what you are seeking to achieve - both for yourself, because you don’t seem ready to go back to your old life yet, and to work out where you are going in the future, and for Australia in giving our guests the best experiences they can have here. Best of luck, and I look forward to seeing the next chapter of your life in Australia. BTW - re Visa. Here is a link to a British person who migrated a few years ago ua-cam.com/video/vmvspo3tO64/v-deo.htmlsi=lR5bAhVUpnokzZo_ His UA-cam channel is sponsored by True Blue Migration Services, and they offer a free initial consultation. Maybe you could give them a call, they could put you on the right path to get your next Visa approved more quickly. Cheers. Chris from Brisbane.
G'day from Melbourne and good luck, Marissa 😊
Fingers crossed it all gets approved soon.
welcome back 😃
Hang in there. You are very patient it must be hard. As we say, "She'll be right"!
Best of luck to you Marissa. I hope your WHV gets a speedy approval.
Fingers crossed for you.
Hi Marissa, lovely to see you. When you return Down Under I believe you should apply for your PR. You're an Aussie at heart nowadays and we need more people like you to help populate the country. We only have 26.5 million citizens. Plus, I really hope you meet a very nice Aussie boy and settle down soon (preferably in Australia).
Doesn't work that way. There is no pathway to PR from a working holiday visa.
I really dislike referring to us as "down under".It is such a subservient description
@@petermcculloch4933it literally just refers to the location on paper of Australia compared to the UK and the USA. Just if we say Up Top if we choose to describe them this way. Are you that fragile?!
When moving countries, I first felt how naive I was with visa restrictions and I decided to make informed decisions moving on. Once I started better planning, I suffered from heartbreak as the timelines I planned from my informed decisions were never met. Sometimes I wished there were no borders. It has been a cycle of hope and heartbreak.
it is scary that you can never be 100% sure about what will happen
Well I hope they hurry up !
Hopefully it gets approved soon! Are you planning to stay in Australia permanently, if possible? There's a Facebook group called Americans in Sydney. There might be good tips on that group for you. My partner is American but she came in on a student visa and then transitioned to a skilled migrant visa
Marissa whilst your trying to kill time at home go & watch two YT vloggers Aussie adventure vids uploaded over the last couple of yrs "One Pack Wanderers" both American travellers who fell in luv with Aus & the other is "Kendall & Glenn" with Kendall being Amercian & Glenn an Aussie who travelled Aus extensively over the past 4-5yrs. Both are epic with their fliming & editing & story telling and it gives a real insight into life in every region of the country with lots of fun & humour to make it very entertaining to watch - enjoy
Thanks for the recommendation!
Aus gov moves slow, especially this time of yr. Don't stress as it will come through, usa-aus visa's are safe as houses sorta. You're certainly welcome back to our townsville area again.
For USA viewers, Australia doesn’t have ZIP codes, we have Post Codes.
They only have limited staff. They do the most urgent ones first. So the people working in Australia extending get done first. The rest have to wait.
Understandable!
@@MarissaDownUnder Glad you had some fun here. Up here in Queensland is great if you can handle the heat. I worked in the USA. The biggest difference is Americans seem to live to work, we work to live. Work is just to get some $ to live your life. Being relaxed makes you more productive at work.
as an aussie I thought they change the Visa requirements regarding how many days you have to work certain kind of jobs to extend your Visa etc. Interesting.
If its going slow for approval? It's because of being short staffed. It's not you, it's us....
See you in January then! ( not literally ) 😁
Some rules apply if an Australian wants to apply for a working visa that you have work in certain areas?
Do you you have to go through the " wringer"when you arrive?
Like how much money what accommodation do you have?
Ect
Hi Marissa
I can’t believe how messy your Visa process is. I thought when you do your 88 days regional, your 12 months working holiday visa is automatically extended to 2 years. (as an Aussie myself, the Visa system is irrelevant to me, and I don’t understand all the nuances).
I was surprised you went back to the States straight after your 88 days regional. You did the hard yards, but did not stick around to reap the benefits. I felt you left too soon, and that your Aussie experience was incomplete.
Also, spending so much time in a quirky place like Magnetic, is pretty unbalanced and doesn’t really teach you much about the broader Australia. So I feel there is a lot more for you to see and do, and to lean and understand Australia in more depth.
So I’m glad you are coming back. I feel your need more time to do justice to what you are seeking to achieve - both for yourself, because you don’t seem ready to go back to your old life yet, and to work out where you are going in the future, and for Australia in giving our guests the best experiences they can have here.
Best of luck, and I look forward to seeing the next chapter of your life in Australia.
BTW - re Visa. Here is a link to a British person who migrated a few years ago
ua-cam.com/video/vmvspo3tO64/v-deo.htmlsi=lR5bAhVUpnokzZo_
His UA-cam channel is sponsored by True Blue Migration Services, and they offer a free initial consultation. Maybe you could give them a call, they could put you on the right path to get your next Visa approved more quickly.
Cheers. Chris from Brisbane.
It's common for the Australian government workers to be slow AF. Even for Australian citizens 😅
Time already to leave our beautiful country again like all those celebs promised after the election?
aussie here, id be ringing them and explaining. thats if you havent as of this video.