Where are you from? Most visa laws are related to the applicant&#x27;s country of citizenship.<p>A few points:<p>- Australia is a great place to live (I am Australian, lived there till my late 20s), but be aware that it&#x27;s expensive compared to e.g. USA.<p>- While you <i>can</i> apply for a PR (permanent resident) visa from within Australia, it&#x27;s <i>much</i> cheaper to do it from outside the country.<p>From a more general view I see two points here: You want to work as a developer on cool projects, and you want to live somewhere nice.<p>To me, those are not necessarily related to each other. Remote working is real, and often the nicest places to live (IMO) are the places where it <i>isn&#x27;t</i> convenient to commute to a &#x27;regular&#x27; office every day.<p>I first got into remote working through X-Team [1], and while I&#x27;ve moved on to my own company now, I would still recommend them to anyone who wants to work on amazing projects without being tied to an office in NYC, London or SV.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;x-team.com" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;x-team.com</a>