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On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 23:45:16 GMT, Richard
wrote: |"Henning Keutgen" wrote in : | | Hi NG, | I´m a german student living in Aachen in Germany. My father is a | british citizen and I´m currently applying for an english passport so | I have both the german and the british. | I have a question concerning working and living in Australia or NZ or | generally in a country which is a member of the commonwealth as a | british citizen. | What I heard is that I can work and live in member countries without | having a special working permit or a visa something similar. I looked | up Google but didn´t find any significant information of what kind of | rights my british citizenship would give me in commonwealth countries. | | Is there anybody out there who could give me some information on this? | Thanks, | Henning from Germany | |Henning, ||As a citizen of Canada, I can tell you that membership in the |Commonwealth means bugger all, except for the Commonwealth Games, which |are quite entertaining. | |Richard As a citizen of Australia - I second that:-) Incidentally, the Games are in Melbourne in 2006. But our country, like all countries including Commonwealth members, have quite specific visa, permit and immigration requirements which have absolutely nothing to do with Commonwealth membership. Try http://www.immi.gov.au/ Cheers, Alan, Australia |
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On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 23:45:16 GMT, Richard
wrote: |"Henning Keutgen" wrote in : | | Hi NG, | I´m a german student living in Aachen in Germany. My father is a | british citizen and I´m currently applying for an english passport so | I have both the german and the british. | I have a question concerning working and living in Australia or NZ or | generally in a country which is a member of the commonwealth as a | british citizen. | What I heard is that I can work and live in member countries without | having a special working permit or a visa something similar. I looked | up Google but didn´t find any significant information of what kind of | rights my british citizenship would give me in commonwealth countries. | | Is there anybody out there who could give me some information on this? | Thanks, | Henning from Germany | |Henning, ||As a citizen of Canada, I can tell you that membership in the |Commonwealth means bugger all, except for the Commonwealth Games, which |are quite entertaining. | |Richard As a citizen of Australia - I second that:-) Incidentally, the Games are in Melbourne in 2006. But our country, like all countries including Commonwealth members, have quite specific visa, permit and immigration requirements which have absolutely nothing to do with Commonwealth membership. Try http://www.immi.gov.au/ Cheers, Alan, Australia |
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"Richard" wrote in message As a citizen of Canada,
I can tell you that membership in the Commonwealth means bugger all, except for the Commonwealth Games, which are quite entertaining. Especially at the swimming, where its interesting to see which finals are NOT followed by "Advance Australia Fair" -- Tony Bailey Mercury Travel Books |
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You can get a working visa only once in your life if your under 31 that
lasts for a year. Also Holiday visa that can last 6 months or a ETA for 3 months that u can add nother 3 months while your in Australia on that one. To stay on holiday visa u need a rtn ticket and over £2000 in the bank more if u stay for 6 months. Australian Vodafone, Telstra, Virgin and Optus sim card bids starting at 99p ! Vodafone Cards for sale from £6.99. Telstra sim cards for sale from £9.99 http://stores.ebay.co.uk/experimenta...lian-Sim-Cards http://stores.ebay.co.uk/experimenta...tralian-Photos Australian and NZ Forum - Upload and view your photos for free. http://www.poms.co.uk/forum/index.php Resister for free at http://www.poms.co.uk/forum/register.php http://www.poms.co.uk/austsraliansimcard.htm http://www.simcard.me.uk/australian_sim_card.htm |
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You can get a working visa only once in your life if your under 31 that
lasts for a year. Also Holiday visa that can last 6 months or a ETA for 3 months that u can add nother 3 months while your in Australia on that one. To stay on holiday visa u need a rtn ticket and over £2000 in the bank more if u stay for 6 months. Australian Vodafone, Telstra, Virgin and Optus sim card bids starting at 99p ! Vodafone Cards for sale from £6.99. Telstra sim cards for sale from £9.99 http://stores.ebay.co.uk/experimenta...lian-Sim-Cards http://stores.ebay.co.uk/experimenta...tralian-Photos Australian and NZ Forum - Upload and view your photos for free. http://www.poms.co.uk/forum/index.php Resister for free at http://www.poms.co.uk/forum/register.php http://www.poms.co.uk/austsraliansimcard.htm http://www.simcard.me.uk/australian_sim_card.htm |
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"Tony Bailey" wrote in
u: "Richard" wrote in message As a citizen of Canada, I can tell you that membership in the Commonwealth means bugger all, except for the Commonwealth Games, which are quite entertaining. Especially at the swimming, where its interesting to see which finals are NOT followed by "Advance Australia Fair" Where's the competition? You even have a *Canadian* coach down there, since swimming is so underfunded in Canada. Go Ozzies, I say! Oi Oi Oi Richard |
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"Tony Bailey" wrote in
u: "Richard" wrote in message As a citizen of Canada, I can tell you that membership in the Commonwealth means bugger all, except for the Commonwealth Games, which are quite entertaining. Especially at the swimming, where its interesting to see which finals are NOT followed by "Advance Australia Fair" Where's the competition? You even have a *Canadian* coach down there, since swimming is so underfunded in Canada. Go Ozzies, I say! Oi Oi Oi Richard |
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