I had no route to permanent residency until 2021, when being a copywriter allowed me to apply to remain in the place I call home
It’s hard to pinpoint the exact moment that my desire for an Australian visa became the canvas on which all else – relationships, heartbreaks, new jobs, new homes – has been painted.has become as much a part of my identity as my passion for reading, my love for early mornings, and my daily ritual of sunrise ocean swims.aged 29, on a working holiday visa.
And then the holy grail – in 2021, copywriter was added to the list of jobs eligible for permanent residency. Up until that point there simply was no route to permanent residency for me – so the relief I felt was vast. A few days after taking the test I got my results back, and in reading and writing, I was scored “proficient”, the level below “superior”. No explanation, no obligation to justify why they scored me the way they did.
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