people thinking of sponsouring overseas technician
Fri, 15 Mar 2002, 04:19 pmRobyn3 posts in thread
people thinking of sponsouring overseas technician
Fri, 15 Mar 2002, 04:19 pmI thought this information may be helpful to overseas technical crew looking for work in Australia or employers looking for overseas technicians and specifically sponsourship for employment in Australia.
I have recently tried to sponsor an employee from overseas, who has a great knowledge and skills, benificial to the Australian industry.
It seems that the department of immigration see our industry as unworthy of sponsourship.
Under their guidelines to gain sponsorship, which lists various areas of production and entertainment crew, the crew are more likely to be accepted if they are on a specific show or tour. If not they may not be accepted.
Be-ware this is a very costly excersise for any employers thinking of sponsouring an overseas technician.
Overseas technicians may have short term casual work, however their employees must submit copies of their passport and visas to the Australian taxation office.
I have recently tried to sponsor an employee from overseas, who has a great knowledge and skills, benificial to the Australian industry.
It seems that the department of immigration see our industry as unworthy of sponsourship.
Under their guidelines to gain sponsorship, which lists various areas of production and entertainment crew, the crew are more likely to be accepted if they are on a specific show or tour. If not they may not be accepted.
Be-ware this is a very costly excersise for any employers thinking of sponsouring an overseas technician.
Overseas technicians may have short term casual work, however their employees must submit copies of their passport and visas to the Australian taxation office.
RE: people thinking of sponsoring overseas technician
Sun, 24 Mar 2002, 10:04 pmWalter Plinge
I'm an SM in commercial theatre in the UK and I've noticed a fair amount of aussies and americans working over in my line of work. It's a shame there aren't more exchange programmes run by the larger producers or even by some of the rep companies. At the moment it seems a lot easier for people to come over here to the UK to work than it us for to come to you or go to the states for a limited period. It seems that there are a lot of aussies who can work over here if they can prove UK ancestry or whatever.