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How to to get an extension on your WHV?

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  • 14-01-2009 10:48pm
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    brendansmith
    Registered Users Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭


    ....without fruitpicking?

    A friend of mine has got 1 month left on their WHV, she has been working as a manager in a jewelry shop for the last 6 months but is not confident they will sponser her due to current economic climate.

    Any suggestions that we might have overlooked?


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    slipss
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,025 ✭✭✭slipss


    brendansmith wrote: »
    ....without fruitpicking?

    A friend of mine has got 1 month left on their WHV, she has been working as a manager in a jewelry shop for the last 6 months but is not confident they will sponser her due to current economic climate.

    Any suggestions that we might have overlooked?

    I'm fairly sure your three months regional work only has to start while you're on your 1st year visa, then you can get a bridging visa for the final two months (this is just what I heard best to double check it with the visa authority). If she is dead set against fruit picking, work in a roadhouse or country pub or on a farm equates to the same thing.


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    The_B_Man
    Registered Users Posts: 7,869 ✭✭✭The_B_Man


    or even in a shop in a rural area. doesnt matter what ya do as long as its in a rural area.


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    brendansmith
    Registered Users Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭brendansmith


    Nice one lads, you have given me an idea.


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    whyulittle
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    slipss wrote: »
    If she is dead set against fruit picking, work in a roadhouse or country pub or on a farm equates to the same thing.
    The_B_Man wrote: »
    or even in a shop in a rural area. doesnt matter what ya do as long as its in a rural area.

    I'd love to know if that is definitely the case? Any of the official things I've read states "specified field or industry" - construction, mining, fishing, farming etc.


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    brendansmith
    Registered Users Posts: 4,526 ✭✭✭brendansmith


    whyulittle wrote: »
    I'd love to know if that is definitely the case? Any of the official things I've read states "specified field or industry" - construction, mining, fishing, farming etc.


    Yeah i noticed that yesterday to.


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    Larianne
    Registered Users Posts: 35,954 ✭✭✭✭Larianne


    No, you can definitely work in a petrol station etc. in the outback and be considered for a 2nd WHV. But always make sure that the area is accepted as rural.


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    The_B_Man
    Registered Users Posts: 7,869 ✭✭✭The_B_Man


    ye its the post code that counts.


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