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Come to Australia! We need as many skilled workers as possible.

toomuchtodo 10y ago
Ease of receiving an Australian work permit/visa as a US citizen tech worker? Definitely interested in working outside of the US.
- adamseabrook 10y ago
  You can self sponsor with this https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/189- https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/189- bit of mucking about to get but once you have it you can work for any company. Otherwise company will need a company to sponsor you on https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/457- https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/457- which is not hard to get but does limit the companies you can work for as not all will know how to do it.
  - toomuchtodo 10y ago
    Thank you!
- i_feel_great 10y ago
  https://www.border.gov.au/ https://www.border.gov.au/. I don't know the details of the process though - I am a New Zealander, and I get right of residence automatically. There is always New Zealand of course, so you can live and travel between the two countries without hindrance once you get a passport in either.
  - toomuchtodo 10y ago
    Thank you for the reply!
  - gsklee 10y ago
    What's the tech scene in New Zealand like? How are things there going compared to Australia?
    - i_feel_great 10y ago
      NZ badly needs a tech scene. It has not produced anything of note like Atlassian in Australia. But the lifestyle is great. Only two time zones from the Australian east coast.
      - gaius 10y ago
        Isn't Weta in NZ? They are 100x more interesting than Atlassian and their dull project management websites.
      - tluyben2 10y ago
        I checked both AUS & NZ and despite the fact I can get in there through the company I work for, it does not seem easy or 'we need all the skilled people we can get'. The process seems not very easy in either country. I will live in AUS probably starting next year to manage the tech side from there and I will definitely check out NZ and maybe skip to there if possible as, for some reason (never been) it attracts me more. That said; I often need to go to China which is easy from AUS; I did not check how it is from NZ.
dmix 10y ago
Canada gets plenty of the smart ones that get rejected by the silly American H1B lottery system. Hopefully Trudeau welcomes even more of them.
- Fricken 10y ago
  And America gets plenty of Canada's smart ones. There's an estimated 350,000 of them working in just the Bay area. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/lessons-from-canadas-silicon-valley-diaspora/article535544/?service=mobile http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazi...
tacticus 10y ago
Yep we have lots of coal for you to dig up.

Ease of receiving an Australian work permit/visa as a US citizen tech worker? Definitely interested in working outside of the US.

adamseabrook 10y ago
You can self sponsor with this https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/189- https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/189- bit of mucking about to get but once you have it you can work for any company. Otherwise company will need a company to sponsor you on https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/457- https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/457- which is not hard to get but does limit the companies you can work for as not all will know how to do it.
- toomuchtodo 10y ago
  Thank you!
i_feel_great 10y ago
https://www.border.gov.au/ https://www.border.gov.au/. I don't know the details of the process though - I am a New Zealander, and I get right of residence automatically. There is always New Zealand of course, so you can live and travel between the two countries without hindrance once you get a passport in either.
- toomuchtodo 10y ago
  Thank you for the reply!
- gsklee 10y ago
  What's the tech scene in New Zealand like? How are things there going compared to Australia?
  - i_feel_great 10y ago
    NZ badly needs a tech scene. It has not produced anything of note like Atlassian in Australia. But the lifestyle is great. Only two time zones from the Australian east coast.
    - gaius 10y ago
      Isn't Weta in NZ? They are 100x more interesting than Atlassian and their dull project management websites.
    - tluyben2 10y ago
      I checked both AUS & NZ and despite the fact I can get in there through the company I work for, it does not seem easy or 'we need all the skilled people we can get'. The process seems not very easy in either country. I will live in AUS probably starting next year to manage the tech side from there and I will definitely check out NZ and maybe skip to there if possible as, for some reason (never been) it attracts me more. That said; I often need to go to China which is easy from AUS; I did not check how it is from NZ.

dmix 10y ago

Canada gets plenty of the smart ones that get rejected by the silly American H1B lottery system. Hopefully Trudeau welcomes even more of them.

Fricken 10y ago
And America gets plenty of Canada's smart ones. There's an estimated 350,000 of them working in just the Bay area. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/lessons-from-canadas-silicon-valley-diaspora/article535544/?service=mobile http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazi...

tacticus 10y ago

Yep we have lots of coal for you to dig up.