Yup...a mate of mine did the US licence - Oz licence conversion and then 10 years later applied to
VB. They suggested he come back when he had the Oz subjects passed. He failed the first one and CASA ripped his ATPL off him in a heart beat...he did NOT get any timeframe to pass them all before licence cancellation, it happened overnight...he was just very lucky his job didn't require an ATPL otherwise he would have been unemployed as well.
That caused another mate of mine to withdraw his application from
VB.
Get the Ozzie licence first and then get the US one if you feel you want to work somewhere that requires that licence...the ME for example.