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Does India have working holiday arrangements with the EU? As a Ukrainian living in Australia without a degree, to move to Europe I got my Australian citizenship

Does India have working holiday arrangements with the EU? As a Ukrainian living in Australia without a degree, to move to Europe I got my Australian citizenship so that I could then get a working holiday visa. In the meantime I freelanced and contracted in Australia to save up money. The working holiday visa allowed me to move to my chosen European country for a year and look for work while there - much easier than trying to get a company to relocate you remotely. I ended up applying for jobs through listings on various company sites after moving and started work about 2 months after the move with a largeish company (which then assisted with applying for a proper longer-term employment visa when the time came).

lonesword 10y ago
Nope, India does not have working holiday arrangement.
leojg 10y ago
Hi, I plan to do something similar, a WHV only allows you to work for less than 6 months... how is the job market for short term contracts? Do you plan to get a work visa after your WHV ends? Thanks!
- drakonka 10y ago
  Hey, This was about 5 years ago. I was employed under a permanent contract, and have since received an employment visa/residence permit. During my interview and then again when I came in to sign the contract I just made sure the employer knew my visa status - they indicated that it would be no problem to get the longer term visa when the time comes, and they work with a relocation company which helps with applications and such. There _was_ some question about whether I would have to leave the country while the application for the new visa was in progress, but this did not end up being the case. I'm not really sure what the job market is like for short term contracts since I've been with the same company ever since and haven't really looked around. I've had recruiters approach me but always for permanent positions. Most of the in-house contractors I see on our end are in QA (though we do have some engineering contractors as well, I just don't see those positions advertised so much). More specifically I am in game development and there seem to be a lot of permanent game dev positions going around.

lonesword 10y ago

Nope, India does not have working holiday arrangement.

leojg 10y ago

Hi, I plan to do something similar, a WHV only allows you to work for less than 6 months... how is the job market for short term contracts? Do you plan to get a work visa after your WHV ends? Thanks!

drakonka 10y ago
Hey, This was about 5 years ago. I was employed under a permanent contract, and have since received an employment visa/residence permit. During my interview and then again when I came in to sign the contract I just made sure the employer knew my visa status - they indicated that it would be no problem to get the longer term visa when the time comes, and they work with a relocation company which helps with applications and such. There _was_ some question about whether I would have to leave the country while the application for the new visa was in progress, but this did not end up being the case. I'm not really sure what the job market is like for short term contracts since I've been with the same company ever since and haven't really looked around. I've had recruiters approach me but always for permanent positions. Most of the in-house contractors I see on our end are in QA (though we do have some engineering contractors as well, I just don't see those positions advertised so much). More specifically I am in game development and there seem to be a lot of permanent game dev positions going around.