Rocko
You lied to me Kev, I’m hurt.
I like an oul chicken and sweetcorn myself. Ooh aah knock this out, get down.
Any accusations of soup taking against AP McCoy will be hitherto thrown out after his insistence on using ‘the north of Ireland’ when referring to the political entity Rory McElroy was born in despite being questioned by arch soup-taker Mick Fitzgerald who used the partitionist term ‘Northern Ireland’ on a number of occasions during the otherwise boring interview.
A qualification from the Queens University could classify you as a soup taker
Mick Fitzgerald. Actually enjoys wearing a poppy, works for the BBC, bandies about inflammatory terms like ‘Northern Ireland’ without a thought.
UCG was formerly the Queen’s University, Galway, I have a qualification from its current incarnation, yes. Make your case for my taking of soup.
Cork cunt.
Not formally the Queens University anymore?! 
I was referring to your diploma in cartoon drawing from the English University near Dame Street.
I am a prizewinning scholar of The College of the Blessed and Undivided Trinity, near Dublin, yes of that I am guilty too. I also attended the Spring Show in the Royal Dublin Society as a child on at least three occasions.
You’re lucky you’re involved with the Dublin Branch of the Limerick supporters club. That’s all I’ll say.
I often knot my tie with a full Windsor. I drink Pimms Rangoon when it’s in season.
U probably drive a vauxhall and drink magners too
I agree on the Recruitment firms. I met one nice crowd alright who are a big professional firm(thanks TASE) but i wasn’t staying around so it didn’t suit. Had contacted a few others and they are just stupid. I explained exactly what i was doing, coming over on a kind of fact finding mission, i was on a holiday visa and didn’t have a tax number etc. Just wanted a way in to meet companies etc. Plain as day written on an e-mail. Get a response saying, “call in Kev, we can set you up in some temp work asap, bring your passport and your Tax File number please”. Jesus :rolleyes: . They are worse than the Irish ones.
Anyway KIB, you got to stop thinking your the only person to get a sponsorship or get on in Oz, its making you look very foolish. Well done fella, we all hope it goes well for you, but you talk with authority on stuff you seem to have no clue about, even though your here 12 months longer than me. This “its so hard to get in over here act” is silly. If one goes about it correctly and is well informed its not that hard at all. It is probably easier coming from a working holiday visa alright granted, but not much harder.
Its piss easy to get work here illegally, to say anything else is just madness.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with meeting companies, having interviews etc while on a holiday visa. And i got that from Immigration.
I have contacted big companies (Vodafone and the likes) directly about sponsorship and they have all been quite receptive, and i have no doubt i’d get in if i wanted to go that route.
They don’t give a fuck what age you are coming in, and very very few European people get pulled at airports.
A student Visa is without doubt the easiest way to live and work (and study obviously) in Oz if you are over 30.
What i have sensed from the Aussies and immigration etc is if you can bring something to the table you will walk in. If i get a cop to sign a form saying i worked voluntarily here in QLD its supposedly worth alot when it comes to get passed for Visas etc. Think there is far too much scare mongering about Visas etc over here. Although they will chase you out if you are found to be working illegally, but its only fellas who leave trails behind them that get caught. I have no intention whasoever of being here illegally though, went through that in USA and it gets old.
Put yourself in the recruiters position. They get commission from placing people in jobs. Of course they will have little interest in a person that can’t legally work.
I speak with the authority of someone who has gone through the system recently and have many Irish friends that have gone through it too. Few Irish people come for a year’s piss up now, anyone I know that has arrived in Sydney is looking to get sponsored. The best place for advice is immi.gov.au. You can ignore what I’m saying if you wish but it hardly makes sense for you to go onto speak with authority on the matter either.
I’m not bothered with your personal situation but I can only advise others don’t mess around with Aussie immigration. They are watching student visas in particular at the moment looking for attendance sheets off colleges etc. I know lads that have been caught. Of course in a country with near full employment there are opportunities to work illegally, I know a good few but it’s no life. Plus if they do
shack with a resident then the ATO will be looking for a fair old payoff.
I’m kind of repeating myself on this matter but if anyone would like my assistance with Aussie immigration based on my experiences, send me a PM.
Kev and KIB going to fierce lengths to try and convince us they are living the dream in Oz. In reality they are both work colleagues on the nightshift in a box factory in Mallow.
Kev went over there on a ‘fact finding mission’. Give him a break.
A job in the United Nations gym in New York would be perfect for Kev. Combining his strength and conditioning expertise with an organisation that specialises in fact finding missions.
people who dont buy sandwiches at lunch
people with the sniffles
Can you fucking read or what you moron? I said all those things, i have been onto immigration myself.
But the “they are watching student visas” bit is hilarious. what a blatent lie that you put up to demean my suggestion. Jesus you re one saddo. You know plenty of foreign students in australia? You still living in a hostel or something?
Hardly runt, i fucking hate where i am now, its the biggest shithole i’ve ever lived.
Jesus Farmer and bandage are two sad cunts.
Ironic from someone with 15,524 posts on an Internet forum, most of which are arguing with strangers.