Can Polish Citizens work / travel in Australia?

Hello I am an English citizen and am going to work in Oz but my Polish boyfriend wants to come and is unsure if he can work too or not... also does anyone know the entry requirements for some one from Poland going to Australia?

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British passport holders such as you also need a visa to work in Oz. You don't mention which visa you have got or are going to get...

If you are going on an Australian Working Holiday Visa that allows you to be in Oz for 12 months and do temporary work then no, Poles are not entitled to that visa.

He would have to apply for a similar visa as you, or a working visa, just remember also the Australian Govt. will want to see money in the bank also.

So what is your plan know .Are you going to take your boyfrend with you? I have same problem .My girl frend is polish .And I want to travel to Australia for work experence etc.I know she can't work there . Is it such a good idea I go ? Will she be driven crazy with bordem?

That will depend on how long you are going for and how much money she will have to live on whilst you are there.

If you are just going for a few months and she won't need to work then you will both have a great time. If not then it doesn't sound like a very good plan to me.

immi.gov.au/skilled/index.htm

Merged: Work and travel in Australia

Hello everybody,
I was born in Katowice in Poland and I live now for 20 years in Germany. I think about to moving to Australia for 6 months (first of all). I look forward to start the trip at the end of the year (11/2009). At the first i must arrange an unpaid holiday in my job. I find many offers in the internet for "work and trevel", there are too much on this...so i don't know which are really respectable. This organisations will help you with the flight, the visa, to find the first job, to find an apartment or bedsit and so on. But they provide their service for different prices.

Do you know which of these organisations are respectable? Can someone recomend a good organisation? Which prices are acceptable for such an trip (1000 € for the flight, 200 € for the visa, 10-12 $ earning)? I don't have an idea.

thanking you in anticipation

greetings Gosia

What I can tell ,earnings between 10-12 $AUD per hour is absolutely too low for an adult.

Normally High School students less then 17 years old are starting their first casual job with $10-12 per/h.
There is an internet site where you can get some important info about travel & work in Australia, ....australink.pl . The best way to obtain details is from people who are already staying here temporarily on working visa.

Good luck

yeah, you would want to be earning $20 an hour minimum.

and im not sure australia has a working holiday agreement with poland. or has that changed due to eu membership?

you're best either going to the polish government website or call the department and they should provide you with visa information.