Hi Antonio, I believe a business in Australia must be established for a period of time before they have the right to sponsor workers. I would suspect there is more job security working for more established startups (2+ years) more often than not.
If you are coming in from a tech background its a painless process to get a 457 sponsored visa. Permanent residency through an employer takes 8+ months. If are willing to pay extortionate fees you can get a DRC application but it takes up to 6 months. You can only do this after working for an Australian company for a min of 1 year. Doing a general skilled offshore migration application will take 2+ years. Australia really does need a startup visa to attract the right talent. Jonathan 2011/12/20 António Alegria <antoniomcaleg...@gmail.com>: > Good Morning Australia (I guess you guys are starting the day when I am going > to sleep =)! > > I am a Portuguese dreaming of going to Australia and working at a startup. I > have been exploring my options of working down under and would like to know > if it's remotely possible or common for Australian startups to sponsor > migrants. > > Thanks, > > António Alegria > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more > > Forum rules > 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs > > > To post to this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
