In my case it was immediate as I'd previously been on an OA visa and had started the 65k transfers during that two-year period, so I didn't need to have the 800k, but yes, starting from scratch you'd need the 800k
It's a shame the fake volunteers are spoiling it for the genuine ones. Visa agents are generally f*****g everything up for those who do the right thing. Same as ED visas
Not really. Dodgy agents were arranging fake volunteer visas during and immediately after covid. Obviously some top brass at immigration has decided to weed out the bad boys!
Elite visa is your best option. It'd be extremely difficult to try to pad 11 years out with ED visas and tourist visas. Eventually you'd be denied entry. You could probably stretch four years by doing a university degree