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Visa/work dilemma

  • 05-03-2008 5:17am
    #1
    Gijoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 79 ✭✭


    Hey,

    I'm currently working in Australia at the moment for a very well-known international company.
    I came to Australia in Sept 2007 and started work in October with this company! I hadn't intended to work full-time but was referred to this job by a HR person who saw my CV. The job matched much of my skillset from college so I took it - agreeing to be sponsored for 4 years to stay here.
    My 4 year visa recently got approved so I'm full-time and all set to work for 4 years...however i don't want to.

    Since I've been here I've realised I want a career in something else and want to return to Ireland in September to pursue this.
    My GF is also coming out in June for 6 weeks so I want to pack in my job and go travelling with her and then meet mates in Thailand before heading home in Sept.
    This would mean I would have used a whopping 4.5 months of my 4 year visa.

    I feel bad for taking the job now knowing that I am guna be moving on and it feels like a waste of their time.
    If I leave within 1 year of getting my visa I also have to pay back the money the co. spent in getting my visa. a whopping 1900 dollars. Although there is a clause in the contract that says I might not have to pay this in "exceptional circumstances".

    Does anybody know how I could break it gently to the company in May? Whats the best way not to pee them off? Or could I make up an exceptional circumstance?


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  • #2
    MIN2511
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,398 ✭✭✭MIN2511


    The company i work in has offices in Australia e.t.c and this year alone 4 people have been sponsored to move the Sydney offices on 4 year visas. These people were selected after long consideration. I believe there were 10 who applied to move, they were chosen based on how long they had been in the company, dedication, and career ambition. It's expensive to get a work visa, IMO i think you should save up between now and May and pay them back their money (if asked). Don’t depend on the “exception” clause, your reasons for resigning IMO are not exceptional
    Just so you know, it's really stupid of you to take an offer knowing your heart wasn't in it. And it is really a waste of their time, think of it this way someone here (Ireland) really wants the opportunity you are throwing away.

    And in May when you decide to leave, apologise but tell them the truth(You want to travel e.t.c.)
    They might be pissed off but companies deal with this things everyday


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