contrex wrote:I think maybe you had better get your visa requirements sorted out. You can only migrate to Australia, that is, go to live there permanently, under certain specified circumstances, which include having a job to go to, or a recognised desired skill or profession. Gambling is very heavily regulated in Australia, and I have a very strong feeling that "professional poker playing" is not the sort of professional skill that would get you admitted!
On the other hand, you may be able to get a 3 month tourist visa, but you would be in breach of its conditions (i.e. a criminal liable to deportation and exclusion) if you engaged in professional gambling (or any other kind of gainful work) under such a visa. You will need to show (prove) that you have enough funds to support yourself in Australia for the whole of your proposed stay.
If you go to Australia on a tourist visa, with the intention of making money by poker playing, you may well be deemed to have a false statement to get the visa, which is itself a criminal offence.
I would enter through a tourist visa, which means I can't be employed while I'm in Australia, it doesn't mean I can't play poker. As long as online poker isn't illegal in Australia, I can't be prohibited from playing just because I'm good at it.
If it is more palpable to you, consider us 22 year old retirees who enjoy poker, since we all have enough money saved up to allow us to forego work the 3 months we're down in Australia if we so choose.
Anyways, thanks for the concern on that front, but I'm more focused right now on finding the best place for us to live. Any help with that would be greatly appreciated.
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