An article from “the age” makes interesting and in some instances slightly worrying reading for someone looking at moving his whole family lock stock and barrel to western Australia.
The long article covers how successful Perth …

DIMA have finally started advertising the allocation to case officer times.
The information is updated weekly so I’ll start posting the latest updates from time to time on getting down under. The most up to date …

I’ve been dabbling with websites for a number of years but this is the first time that I’ve run a website as a diary or blog as they are more commonly know.
Since we launched the …

If you need to visit Australia on business, even for a very short period of time, you will need to apply for an Australian visa. This article gives some basic details of the three types …

Many people would welcome the opportunity to spend some time in Australia studying and they can, as long as certain conditions are met.
Firstly they must be proficient in English language, must attend a course or …

Australia is a popular destination. Gone (or nearly) are the associations with convicts from Mother England and bars filled with muscle-bound sheep-shearers (women not allowed). Now if you ask for someone’s impression of Australia they’re …

If you want to holiday or visit family in Australia, unless you are a New Zealand citizen, you will need to obtain an Australian visa before you travel.
The type of visa you will need …

One of the (more obvious I guess) reasons why I love Australia is down to the fantastic climate, to at least attempt to personify this I thought I’d chuck up a couple of photos that …

Ok, now I have finally got around uploading a few photos I thought I’d share with you some of the picture that I took inside a show house that we visited in Perth.
Nice aren’t they!
The …

Ok, well, that’s a seriously huge sweeping statement, they don’t really suck but we’ve been pretty let down by a couple of folks who have made appointments to View the house.
You get home early to …

Yay, it’s seems to have taken forever but the house is finally on the market and the forsale sign us up.
We went for Halifax Estate agents in the end, not the cheapest but they seem …

Skilled migrants who have been granted visas under the general skilled migration visa categories are achieving significantly higher levels of labour market success than ever before, the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Senator Amanda …

The following is the text of the Minister’s announcement for the budget of changes to the skilled migration program.
It should be read with her announcement on Monday of the points and technical changes foreshadowed …

We had a link posted in our forums outlining the likely changes. the new changes appear to have a particular focus on overseas students desiring to go the PR route.
Snippet of the text:
AUSTRALIAN university graduates …

Well, since we had our house valued the other week, we’ve had a second valuation and thankfully they have confirmed a similar price.
We’ll therefore be putting the house on the market early next week (the …

There was a small security update for the wordpress software we use here at getting down under.
Everything appears to be working OK but if you notice anything strange then would you be so kind as …