Australia Car prices compared to the UK

When we bought our first car in Australia we were pleasantly surprised by the cost and as a car is going to be a likely purchase for most folks immigrating to Australia, I thought I’d write a short entry on new car prices in Australia versus those you’d find back in the UK.

I decided to use a couple of familiar manufacturers and models by way of comparison to help you visualise what kind of car you can get for your hard earned money down here.

Please note that this is not an all-embracing review by any means, but it will give you a general idea.

If you’re really looking for extensive data it’s easy enough to search and compare using the information all major manufacturers make available on the Australian and UK versions of their websites (See list at the bottom of this entry)

As for the car themselves, surprisingly, even European cars are priced very competitively here in Oz.

Doing a quick comparison of the price we paid for the Holden Astra we bought this weekend versus the price of a similarly -spec’d Astra listed on the Vauxhall UK website, it works out that we’re paying over £4000 less for a brand new Astra down under then we would for a similar model back in the UK. That’s nearly 30% cheaper.

Doing a similar price comparison of a Ford Focus using the information published within the pages of the UK and Australian Ford Websites, a 1.8 Ford Focus Zetec in Australia would set you back $27,490 or £10,996.

The same Zetec at time of typing in the UK would cost you £14,245!

An Extra £3,279 to buy, what would probably be the same right hand drive Ford Zetec model but in the UK! Even if the exchange rate gets worse, there’s still big savings to be had on Fords over here to.

It really does make you wonder why we are able to buy European cars (possible cars that may have even been manufactured back in the UK) cheaper over here then they are back in Blighty.

I guess the astronomical amount of tax levied on new car purchases back in the UK might be something to do with it but I’m pretty glad that we are able to take advantage of a more economical car market over here.

It’s also something to keep in mind for those of you contemplating shipping your four wheeled pride and joy down under.

Note – Where price comparisons have been made I’ve used today’s exchange rate of 2.5 Aussie Dollars to the UK Pound so please don’t start complaining about my math if your calculations don’t work out the same

Useful Websites (open on new page):

Ford - UK / Ford - Australia

Vauxhall - UK / Holden - Australia

Volkswagen - UK / Volkswagen - Australia

Honda - UK / Honda - Australia

Subaru - UK / Subaru - Australia

Mitsubishi - UK / Mitsubishi - Australia

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Buying a new car in Australia

Since arriving in Australia we’ve been renting a car. We picked up a large Toyota from the airport at Hertz for the first week as we needed something large to carry out six suitcases around.

Then, after the first week we downgraded to a small Toyota Corolla through a company called Bayswater car rental in Perth.

The car from Bayswater has set us back in the region of about $46 per day. As we arrived in Perth just before Christmas and during the six week school holiday period, it meant that we were renting a car during the one of the most expensive times of the year.

This resulted in a premium being added to the normally reasonable rates at Bayswater although the one week specials they offer in Perth (and also Sydney) beat the likes of Avis and Hertz hands down.

I suppose in hindsight it would probably have been cheaper to buy a small run around but having said that, renting a car meant we had a reliable motor to drive around in whilst looking for somewhere to live.

This point becomes even more pertinent now I’m working in the CBD. When all’s said and done the last thing I wanted was for the missus and junior to find themselves stuck, 25 km’s in the middle of nowhere due to an old banger breaking down.

So why am I telling you all this? Well the end result is this weekend we decided to bite the bullet and buy a new car!

Even though the house still hasn’t sold, the sale is immanent and financially buying a new car made a lot more sense then continuing to pay out $1000 a month to a car rental company for a small Toyota hatchback.

Now before I go on, let me give you a little more information about Australia cars.

Many Australians like their cars big. Not in the ‘hey look, my car seats six adults in comfort’ sense of the word but in the ‘you’ll here me coming from 10 miles away’ big.

Although the cost of petrol is slowly starting to increase, it is still very cheap by UK standards.

At time of typing a litre of petrol cost just over $1.05 so you’d be looking at about 42 pence per litre or less then half the price of petrol back in good old Blighty.

This means that for many Aussies, particularly the younger generations, fuel economy is infrequently a key decision maker when purchasing a new car. In fact it often seems that the bigger and louder the better in many cases.

It’s not unusual to see new cars for sale, from the major manufacturers likes Ford with 6 litre V8 Engines on offer. Comparatively speaking, these monsters burn a similar amount of fuel to the space shuttle at the time of take off and similarly, the roar of the engines sounds great as well so that makes it alright….right?

Great for the rev heads and I think that’s exactly the reason why folks purchase these kinds of cars.

I have to admit, being a bloke who loves his cars, the noise some of these ‘babies’ make when they start up does send a tingle down your spine but I must resist. I must be practical!

Well actually, when it comes down to it. I didn’t have a choice as this car will belong to the missus.

I’m still enjoying public transport at the moment so the more boring practicalities of boot space, safety ratings and colour came into effect with this motor.

European cars are readily available here in Australia and we had a short list of three cars that the missus liked the look of. In no particular order we were looking at the VW Golf, Ford Focus or the New Holden Astra.

Holden for all you non anoraks is the Australian incarnation of Vauxhall. I’m unsure why General Motors decide to use different brands in different continents but Holden is the name that they choose to use down here in Australia.

For those who have driven in mainland Europe; I’m sure you’ll be familiar with the Opel brand used by GM over there. Similarly you’ll find Holden Astra’s, Corsas and Vectras driving down the freeways of the States in Australia.

The car dealerships are the same here as they are in the UK. You get jumped on as soon as you walk through the door but most if not all of the car dealers here are pretty friendly without being to pushy.

We really liked the look of the WV Golf but relatively speaking they were pretty pricey and the boot space was the smallest out of the three.

We’ve always liked the Ford Focus but I’ve owned a Focus in a previous life so we decided to opt for the Astra from Holden.

The car looked good, all the extra’s we were looking for were included as standard and the price was much better then we would have expected to pay for a similar car in the UK.

The process to complete the purchase of our car was pretty straight forward, the extras were selected and the colour (Magma Red) was chosen.

One of the things that we’d not taken into account (and I’m still not sure how big a deal this actually is) was our lack of Australian driving license.

The dealer appeared stumped when the missus presented her UK driving license when her license was requested. Apparently, in order for the car to be registered when it arrives we’ll need an Aussie driving license.

This was on our list of things to do anyway as we could only drive using our Aussie licenses for three months as permanent residents. We’ll just need to make sure we get our licenses sorted out in time for the cars delivery in two weeks.

As a full UK driving license holder, obtaining you Western Australian Driving license is a pretty straight forward process apparently.

You are not required to do a theory or practical test; however you do need to go to one of the test centres to have your picture taken for your license and have your sight tested.

I’d imagine that the sight test probably isn’t a particularly complicated affair, more on the lines of the sight test you do as part of your driving test in the UK.

Unlike the UK licenses, Australian licenses are only valid for five years. After five years is up you need to apply to have your driving license renewed.

I’m unsure why the Aussie driving license is valid for such a short amount of time however at I guess I’d day its down to money.

You need to spend over a hundred dollars each time you renew your license. Still we’ve saved enough on the car to pay for a few hundred years of car licensing so I’m not grumbling too much.

Anyway, back to the car purchase. The form was filled in with a couple of blanks (to be completed at a later time), we were then passed onto an extremely large, top heavy lady (note the use of the word lady and not lovely).

It’s assumed this individual must normally be kept in a cage during the majority of the day, only being released at short intervals to try and lure unsuspecting victims into spending more and more of their money on things they really do not need. Really important stuff like paint protector, extended rust protection warranty, seat fabric protection, exhaust pipe shiner uppers etc.

We spent about five minutes listening to her patter and it was interesting to see her strategy, a familiar one used by many sales people. I.e. if you don’t buy the first thing they offer you and then go on to refuse the second thing, would you believe it, if you buy both together (both things that you still don’t want) you get them for half price.

Once we’d sat through the wonders of Holden’s aftercare service, we were then past onto the ‘finance guy’ who’s sole purpose was to try and flog us finance, Holden’s car insurance and anything else that might increase their margin.

We politely declined each of their kind offers, quickly paid the $500 dollar deposit and made our way out of the showroom. The car turns up in two weeks.

As always, I’ll provide more details around getting insurance, applying for our driving licenses and all that other good stuff as and when we get them.

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Wanted Down Under - New Series from the BBC

Wanted Down under is a new TV series being aired by the BBC in the UK. I’ve not seen any of the episodes myself but it sounds pretty damn interesting and I’d love to hear from anyone back in the UK who has seen this program.

Wanted Down Under is touted as a 20 part TV series where the shows producers take people who are thinking of moving to Australia, out to Australia for a week.

The families spend the week getting to know Australia, the lifestyle and some of the challenges such as job and house hunting (the latter of which is something we know a lot about). They are even given the opportunity to partake in regular common Aussie activities such as “petting kangaroos” !

Before we moved out here to Australia, we watched a similar series called “A Place Down Under” which followed the early life and times of families who had recently moved to Australia.

In the main, I found that A Place Down Under followed the emotional journey associated with such a big move (relationship issues etc) but one thing I loved about the program was the fact that it was the first TV show I’d seen that gave us a great glimpse of what living in Australia is actually like.

I hope those of you who got the chance to watch Wanted Down Under got as much out of this series as we did of similar programs.

I say for those of you who got a chance because for some reason the program was aired every week morning at about 9:15am! As the program seems be covering the journey of skilled migrants, it’s surprising that the BBC decided to choose such an odd time slot (when most skilled folks would be grafting away at work).

The production of such a big (and likely expensive) series is quite a bold move by the BBC but I wonder if there are more ‘moving to Australia’ type programs starting to appear on TV.

It could just be that you may be becoming more aware of the existence of such programs because of your own interests in moving to Australia

Another one of life’s little mysteries I guess!?

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Perth Skyworks 2007 and Australia day

Well, Australia day has been and gone and as I indicated in this post yesterday the photographs didn’t turn out that great (click here for the blurry results).

Still it gives you an idea and watching the display in the flesh, the fireworks were spectacular.

The 700,000+ crowds that were expected didn’t materialise but some are putting this down to the heat! 

It must have been the warmest day we’ve experienced since moving to Australia yesterday.

Even at about 9pm it must have still been over 40 degrees Celsius last night. Even though the sun had set, sitting outside in the calm evening breeze was like sitting in the path of a hair dryer.  The net result of all this heat is that many people decided to stay within the confines of a nicely air conditioned pub or restaurant for most of the night..

In addition, the lower turn out may have also been down to the fact that for the first time, Freemantle (much to the displeasure of the Perth Mayor), Hillarys and a few other popular spots held their own Australia day fireworks celebrations.

About 30,000 made the Freemantle display which was sold to the Western Australia public as the firework display for families (unlike the firework display for drunken louts on the Perth foreshore I suppose).

In the end, all wasn’t bad on the foreshore. Despite 3.5 tonnes of booze being confiscated, the revellers down on the foreshore were pretty well behaved.

Some were treated by the folks from St Johns Ambulance for heat exhaustion and excessive boozing, but in general the night went ahead pretty uneventfully apart from a minor fire on the river.

According to the news, two of the barges used for launching fireworks from the river caught on fire.

Burning barges and a few tonnes of unexploded fireworks don’t make a good mix apparently so a few hundred spectators had to be evacuated due to the risks of smoke inhalation and I guess the possibility of having their limbs blown off by the odd stray firework.

It was all very exciting if the stories in today’s Western Australian newspaper are anything to go by!

As for us; our night was spent watching the Skyworks display from the balcony outside our bedroom.

The evening started when a couple of helicopters carried a huge and I mean MASSIVE Australian flag through the sky.

As you’ll see by these pictures, it wasn’t particular clear and I’m unsure why they didn’t do the flag display whilst it was still light.

Still, it was pretty impressive and was a good opener to the main firework display.  Makes you wonder what the hell they will do with a flag so big now the display has been completed, somehow though, I don’t think it’s the last we’ll be seeing of it

We watched the firework display again late last night on TV and although we did miss some of the action, in the main we caught most of the big bangs from our balcony.

Not the sort of thing you see everyday (especially in Bradford) so generally speaking a very enjoyable and very cool experience was had by all.

Perhaps next year when Junior is a little older we’ll all wonder down to the foreshore to see ALL the sights, sounds and burning barges first hand!

PS. If anyone has some good tips on how to take great photo’s of fireworks please feel free to share them

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Happy Australia Day!

Well, Happy Australia Day!

Its our first Australia day today and we’re looking forward to enjoying some of the activities on offer.

A big bonus is that Australia day is a public holiday which is great news as I get a day of work and a nice long weekend too.

Apparently for a number of years the holiday was held on the closest Monday, to provide a long weekend for everyone. Now the government (one assumes) has made the change so Australia Day is now held on the actual anniversary (today) but thankfully we’ll get the long weekend anyway

Not surprising, for such a big day there are some huge events planned, all around Australia including the Order of Australia and Australian of the Year awards for outstanding achievement.

Air Force aerial displays are being held in many of the capital cities including here in Perth so I’ll be sure to duck as the planes fly past.

Citizenship ceremonies are also held on Australia Day so hopefully this time in two years we’ll be pleding our oath to the Australian flag

There is an Australia Day Achievement ceremony where medallions are awarded to citizens based on excellence in both government and non-government organisations.

Customarily, the Prime Minister will make an address to the nation. I’m unsure if this will be like the Queens speach we get back in the UK but it be worth watching.

John Howard certainly has some interesting stuff to say at times. I’m sure it’ll make more sense once I’ve had a couple of beers.

Fireworks celebrations are held in many towns and cities around the country (click the picture above for an idea of whats in store).

The one we get here in Perth is supposed to be the best.

The Lotterywest Skyworks display, named after the sponsors of the display; Lottery West is billed as the largest Australia Day celebration in the country, with more than a third of the city’s population (around 600,000 estimated for the 2007 Skyworks) lining the river foreshore for the display.

We were going to go down to the rivers foreshoure ourselves but most of the roads are going to be blocked off this afternoon and although were close to the city, walking that far with a four year old isn’t really an option for us.

Getting there by walking wouldn’t be a problem, but getting back late at night when all his lordship wants to do is sleep, would not be the most relaxing of times for any of us.

So, we’re going to enjoy the display from our balcony at home.

Although we are on the wrong side of Bankwest Tower (as you’ll see in the picture we can see the CBD skyline but not the river behind it) we’ll still get an ace view of the fireworks (we hope) from the balcony outside our bedroom so we’ll see how things go.

I’ll post some photo’s but then again, if they come out like all pictures of fireworks come out I maybe won’t!

I’ve been reading that apparently for many Aboriginal Australians and sympathisers, the Australia Day celebrations arouse hostility; there has been some comment on how the arrival of the British adversely affected the indigenous people of the country which I guess goes without saying unfortunately.

They call the day “Invasion Day” as they regard it as celebrating the decimation of their people, the confiscation of their lands and the destruction of their culture. In recent years, some indigenous Australians have also celebrated the day as “Survival Day,” thankful that their ancestors were not completely wiped out by the newly arrived settlers.

Australia Day is also treated with ambivalence by those who consider the anniversary of the founding of one colony not relevant to Australia as a whole.

Some proud Western Australians point out that Western Australia was not even claimed by Britain until 19 September 1829.

For us though, we’re just going to enjoy Australia day for what it is, a celebration.

Hopefully the day will be pretty uneventful , one thing thats for sure is it’s going to be a very hot one - it’s forecast to be 102° F today!

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Ten things I’ve noticed whilst living in Australia

It’s two months to the day that we arrived here in Sunny Perth so I thought I’d celebrate the occasion by writing about ten things that I’ve noticed about that fantastic country that we now live in.

I have a feeling that this will not be the last entry I make on this subject matter and as always, please feel free to make a comment:

1. There is not always a red-back or Funnel web spider hiding under your toilet seat.

Neither is there a deadly snake lurking in every crevice or around every corner waiting to jump out at you (that’s if snakes could jump).

We have seen redbacks and snakes and other spiders but in both instances these were safely secured behind glass at Perth zoo. When we see the real things out ‘in the wild’ you’ll read it here first.

2. Parrots are a damn sight louder at 6 am then sparrows and blackbirds.

I remember waking up to the ‘dawn chorus’ in the early hours of the morning back in the UK. Depending on my mood and whether or not I had a hangover it was sometimes a really nice way to wake up.

On the flip side, some UK birds, however much they might try, couldn’t quite grasp the concept of birdsong.

I’ve got to say though, by comparison, even the most annoying UK bird song is positively harmonious compared to the shrieks and squawks made by the local parrots first thing in the morning.

I’d love to be able to tune myself in to bird talk so I could understand what the hell these little guys were shouting to each other in their own little parrot ways.

At a rough estimate I think it would go something like:

Parrot 1: “hey Bruce that’s my branch”
Parrot 2: ‘bollocks to you its mine”
Parrot 1: “no it’s MY bloody branch”
Parrot 2: “look I’ve been here since last night it’s MY branch”
Parrot 1: “Bruce, I’m coming over it’s my branch”
Parrot 3: “is anyone sat on this branch?” etc.

Although a tad annoying, I’m sat here writing about the annoyance of Parrots squawking first thing in the morning. In hindsight it’s actually pretty damn cool.

3. All Aussies do not spend Christmas day on the beach

A very common misconception and if I’m being honest; until I got out here and spoke to ‘home grown’ Australians it was a view shared by me to.

In Perth some of the local Australians do go to the beach but this is normally in the evening (Cottesloe is a popular spot as it’s floodlit in the evening during the Christmas Period). This way they can enjoy the beach without the heat of the sun and without the risk of bumping into too many drunken Poms.

4. Aussies are the most compliant folks I have seen when it comes to crossing the road.

Folks living in Australia obey the green and red man at pedestrian crossings like their life depends on it (which probably explains the low number of road fatalities on roads where pedestrian crossings are located).

Many a time I have found myself stood at the side of a road, waiting to cross in Perth’s central business district with about 20 people on either side. There is not a car to be seen but the almighty red man god says ‘do not cross’ so everyone remains at the road side until the red man goes green.

I guess I shouldn’t really joke and I must say it certainly helps when it comes to teaching our four year old the ‘green cross code’ with so many obedient people around.

5. Trying to find a house to rent in Perth.

One of the most expensive cities in Australia aparantly and a damn sight harder then I originally thought it would be.

6. Traffic lights do indeed stay red for a very….very…..very long time.

I’d heard and read about this before I came out to Australia but its right, sitting in your car at a traffic light for 2 – 3 minutes isn’t unheard of down under. On the flip side, going the other direction the traffic lights stay green for a very….very….very long time. Worst case scenario is you get an opportunity to appreciate the scenery around you.

7. Australia daytime TV

I was going to write about how terrible Australian TV was as a whole but now we’ve been here for two months it’s almost bearable. Early morning TV (up to about 9:30am) is good for the Kids, Early evening TV isn’t that bad either.

Daytime TV on the other hand is absolutely terrible. Despite all this, at the end of the day if you need something to encourage you to go out and enjoy everything this beautiful country has to offer, then Australian TV is just that.

One of the main channels, channel 10 has a slogan ‘Sun all day, Ten all night’ so it looks like I’m not alone in my thinking

8. The benches in Perth’s CBD (city centre) should carry a health warning!

9. The local animal quarantine station used for pets flying into Perth is about 45 minutes drive from the airport.

In a country with so much spare land I’m still trying to get my head around why Byford Quarantine Station is so damn far away.

10. Australian supermarket check out attendants.

I’ve endured 20 odd years trying to pack bags at the local supermarket whilst the young, earring clad check out assistant tries their hardest to break the Tesco/Asda/Sainsbury’s/Morrisons (delete as appropriate) ‘throw the shopping past the scanner in the fastest possible time’ record.

The check out experience at Australian supermarket is almost a positively relaxing experience. At the main supermarkets run by Woolworths (of all people) and Coles, the check out assistant does something amazing. Yep, they actually pack the shopping for you. That’s right, none of the half arsed ‘do you want any help with your packing?’ question you’ll often be begrudgingly asked back in the UK (if you’re lucky).

The checkouts here in Aus are designed so that the assistant scans the shopping; places the shopping expertly into a bag (grouping fresh, frozen and other stuff as appropriate) and then hands the full bag back to you before you pay.

Even more amazingly, they do this strange thing called…..speaking. Yes, they actually make the effort to talk to you about your day whilst cheerily packing your shopping for you. Amazing!

More observations to come, I have quite a few more up my sleave but I’ll save these for another day.

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Playing with our sites design

Hey all

I’m testing a couple of new designs on our Blog to see if they work any better or not.

Feel free to provide any feedback or comments on the design currently in use on the site.

When implementing any new site design I’m trying to make the information within our site as easy to find as possible so If the currently site design doesn’t work for you then please let me know

Cheers

Mark

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Current Australian Immigration processing lead time as of January 2007

Well, we are into a new year and ASPC have finally released details of the current processing times for 2007.

If you have any specific questions in relation to your current processing time, please post these in our forums, thanks.

The ASPC is current experiencing some delays in receipting and acknowledging applications and regrets the inconvenience this may be causing applicants and their representatives. While this backlog exists information will be provided here about receipting. Please note that these delays do not affect the date on which a valid application is recorded as having been received and is the date used for processing purposes.

As of 23 January 2007 the ASPC is receipting offshore applications received on 18 December 2006 and onshore applications received on 22 December 2006.

Processing and Allocation Information - As of 23 January 2007

As advised on the DIMA website processing of an application will usually commence within seven (7) working days of its receipt by the department. This means that an application is receipted, acknowledged and a file number is allocated.

Once this has occurred a case officer is appointed to assess each application as soon as possible, however, the ASPC receives a large number of applications and you will not be contacted immediately.

Applications lodged on or before the dates shown below have been allocated to case officers for further processing.

ONSHORE APPLICATIONS

Student/Graduate

Paper based applications: 20 August 2006 (subclass 880 ) and 21 August 2006 (subclass 881) and 24 August 2006 (subclass 882)
E-lodged (online) applications: 21 August 2006 (all subclasses)

Skilled Independent Regional (Provisional) (SIR VISA)

Paper based applications: 26 September 2006
E-lodged (online) applications: 21 August 2006

New Zealand

All applications: 22 August 2006 (all subclasses)

OFFSHORE APPLICATIONS

Applications for Classes BN, BQ and BR (subclasses 134, 136, 137, 138 and 139)

Priority Applications: 24 May to 7 June 2006
Non-Priority Applications: 10 May 2006

Skilled Independent Regional (Provisional) (SIR VISA)

Paper based applications: 30 August 2006
E-lodged (online) applications: 01 January 2007

Notes

Onshore: means that the visa being applied for can be granted while the applicant is in Australia.

e-lodged: applications lodged online have quicker processing times.

SIR visas: All applicants for a Skilled - Independent Regional [SIR] visa receive priority processing.

Offshore: means that the visa being applied for can only be granted when the applicant is outside of Australia.

If a visa application was made more than two weeks before the relevant date shown above and you have not been contacted by a case officer please contact the Adelaide Skilled Processing Centre from the web page http://www.immi.gov.au/contacts/visa-enquiries/professionals.htm

Applications eligible for priority processing

1. Applicants whose nominated occupation is on the Migration Occupations
in Demand List (MODL)

2. For applicants whose nominated occupation is not on the MODL,
applications for any of the following visas are given priority:

a) Skill Matching (Migrant) (Class BR) - Subclass 134 - Skill Matching
b) Skilled - Independent (Migrant) (Class BN) – Subclass 137 - Skilled - State/Territory-nominated Independent
c) Skilled - Australian-sponsored (Migrant) (Class BQ) - Subclass 139 - Skilled - Designated Area Sponsored
d) Skilled - Independent Regional (Provisional) (Class UX) – Subclass 495 - Skilled - Independent Regional (Provisional)
e) Skilled Designated Area-sponsored (Provisional) (Class UZ) - Subclass 496 - Skilled Designated Area-sponsored (Provisional)
f) Skilled New Zealand (Residence) visa class (Class DB) - Subclass 863 - Skilled - Onshore Regional-Sponsored New Zealand Citizen
g) Skilled Australian-sponsored Overseas Student (Residence) (Class DE) - Subclass 882 - Skilled Designated Area-sponsored Overseas Student

Eligibility for priority processing does not mean that any processing requirements can be waived.

Finalising Applications

Please note that the information provided above is not about the time it will take to process an application to completion. The time it is expected to take to process a General Skilled Migration visa application to completion is detailed in the department’s service standards. Service standards are specified for applications lodged with complete documentation. Individual cases may take longer than the service standard depending on the completeness and complexity of the case.

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Telephone or email enquiries to the ASPC

The ASPC have published Information on making telephone or email enquiries to their offices.

This system has been established to provide consistent and efficient responses to email enquiries and you are requested not to send enquiries to individual departmental officers regarding an application unless specifically requested to do so.

The new section on the ASPC Site provides advice on how to:

Check the progress of your online application

Read more

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Medical Forms now available to download from the DIMA Website

A nifty new feature and useful addition from the Department of Immigration and Multicultulral Affairs.

Medical forms can now be accessed directly from the DIMA website for all General Skilled Migration applications.

As well as the forms themselves, you will also find a good mix of Information relating to specific health requirements.

The information and the necessary forms can now be conveniently accessed by clicking here

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