Basically I have been wanting to go to Australia on a working holiday visa for years and years but the only thing stopping me is that I have been informed I would have to have at least £3000 in my bank account when I go over - then flights on top of that...
However this is the thing: I have family in Perth, not immediate family but I am in touch with them and could easily live with them rent free for a month or two while I search for a flat. I also have friends over there and could probably arrange a job before I went over. So although I would still need to take some money over - I reckon I could get by with about a grand which would do me as I will be getting free accommodation and then a job...
Do you reckon I would be allowed into the country without £3000 in my bank account under these circumstances?
Any help would be massively appreciated as the sooner I can go the better =)
Thank you
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You'll probably be allowed into Australia with less than £3000 if you have family who will provide accommodation but you'll find that £1000 won't go far in Perth. The financial requirements aren't there just to make life difficult - they're there to make sure you have enough to live on. This is a very expensive country and there's no guarantee that you'll find work easily to begin with or that you won't have periods of unemployment at some time during your stay..
Do not ask us - ask the Australian embassy or consulate. You'll suppose pretty foolish when you get off the airplane and inform the Aussie immigration humans that RooDuud92 advised you that you simply would waltz into the country with 15 euros and a Foster's for your pocket. When the knowledge has to be correct, go to the authority that may provide the straight dope, no longer a mob of persons with a couple of minutes spare time.
you will be lucky that a landlord even allows you to rent a place in Perth, they have probably fifty people to choose from right now
I guess shared accommodation is an option
you should be able to find work pretty easy though, but it might be picking fruit in the country down south
which is much nicer in summer anyway
As a slight addition to Ozmaniac's usual comprehensive answer, you need either the funds in a bank account OR access to those funds, which could take the form of available credit on a credit card.