I came to Canada a few months back, looking for a Front-End &#x2F; Full-Stack Developer position. After months of search, I finally found a startup who was ready to sponsor me. After making me fly from Toronto to Vancouver, telling me they would like to &quot;go ahead&quot;, and wasting 45 days of my time (&quot;We&#x27;re talking to the lawyers&quot;) they stopped answering my emails. I&#x27;m in a fix now. My visa here expires soon, and I don&#x27;t think I can find a company here to sponsor me.<p>I am 23-year old, self-taught, with 4-years of experience and have an impressive portfolio. Most of my work has been around JavaScript - Angular, React, and Node. On the back-end, Laravel on PHP. I have been working on my own projects for the past few years, and make enough money to sustain. I am looking to work with an exciting startup, and settle down somewhere.<p>These are my options now:<p>1. Go to Sydney, Australia, and look for work sponsorship there<p>2. Get a 1-year diploma in Canada. It gives me a 1-year work visa. Then, find someone to sponsor me in those 2 years<p>I looked at UK, but getting a visa without a college degree seems quite hard. Also, I&#x27;d have to wait for 5+ years to get residency.<p>I don&#x27;t qualify for Working Holiday Visa.<p>Any advice? Is getting sponsorship with an Australian company any easier than Canada?
Ask HN: Canadian visa woes. Should I try Australia?