Emigrate to Australia, Australian Immigration Advice And Resources
Cheque Savings or Credit is a question you’ll frequently be presented with when paying for goods or services in Australia, but what is the difference? As a new arrival (or soon to be resident) in Australia, I thought it would be worthwhile providing an overview of the Cheque Savings and Credit options and the key [...]
Australian Immigration and Citizenship Minister Chris Bowen has announced significant changes to simplify the process for the permanent employer-sponsored visa program with the changes to be introduced on 1 July 2012. The reforms will improve the program’s ability to: meet Australia’s economic needs respond quickly to labour market demand ensure that limited program places go [...]
It doesn’t seem two minutes since our little girl was born, but here we are four years later and yesterday, junior number two started her first day at Kindy! Education in Australia is going to be a key consideration for those looking to make the move down under so with this in mind, we’ll be posting [...]
Hi Guys, I’ve been meaning to make this service available for a while but it’s taken me a little time to identify an appropriate Australian Immigration Company with whom we could partner with to offer this serice. I’m pleased to confirm that we have chosen to partner with National Visa’s and in conjunction with National [...]
Many businesses are starting to look to countries like the UK as a shortage of skilled workers across Australia makes sourcing the talent locally a lot more difficult. For those willing to make the move down under, the pickings can also be very ripe. Salaries across Western Australia are increasingly rapidly; a recent survey by Australia’s [...]
In a report released by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) in Australia, figures indicate that there has been an overall annual growth of 8.3 per cent in the Australian immigration’s first working holiday visa program. The Working Holiday and Work and Holiday programs encourage cultural exchange and closer ties between arrangement countries by [...]
On 10 May 2011 the Australian government announced the decision to implement a new way to manage Skilled Migration based on an Expression of Interest (EOI) and subsequent invitation to apply. The new program is called SkillSelect and will be introduced on 1 July 2012. The changes to their skilled migration program are quite significant [...]
Here at getting down under it’s our aim to provide those of you looking to make the move down under with as many useful resources as we can. Today we are pleased to announce the release of a new category called CDR templates. The aim of this new category is to provide examples of Competency [...]
We included an article a little while ago about importing your car to Australia from the UK. Since then we’ve had an excellent entry posted made by lezah20 within our community forums so I thought I’d include a big chunk of his post below as a separate article It includes some great tips and perhaps [...]
Hi guys, well it’s been a while since we’ve played with the look of our site so today I’m delighted to formally announced the release of our new design. I was aiming for a clean and uncluttered look which make browsing our articles easier and I’m pretty pleased with the results. I’m quite liking the new look [...]
Hi All, not done many articles on the pets front for a while however thought these new regulations would definitely be worth a mention. From the 1st Jan 2012 new regulations come into effect regarding cats and dogs entering Australia. From the AQIS Website From 1 January 2012, cats and dogs from the UK, Malta, [...]
The Government is looking to attract more skilled overseas workers by fast tracking changes to the 457 visa system reports ninemsn The federal government is also doubling the period of time – to six years – that some businesses can qualify to apply to sponsor workers. Immigration Minister Chris Bowen said on Wednesday he was [...]
The New South Wales state government has released an updated version of its State Migration Plan (SMP) including new occupations eligible for state sponsorship. The list of occupations that the NSW Government will sponsor for a skilled migrant Australia visa has grown, outlined in the latest version of its State Migration Plan recently released. (Click [...]
In early June, the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) issued some important new details related to a new Australian skilled migration points test which becomes effective from today (1st July 2011) The skilled migration points test is what determines which skilled workers will be eligible to emigrate to Australia on a skilled Australia visa. [...]
A radical new item of Australian visa legislation has been announced, with independent skilled migrants set to have to ask permission before lodging their application as of July, 2012. From July 2012, any skilled migrants applying for an Australian visa will have to lodge an online expression of interest and wait to receive an invitation [...]
Going it alone or choosing to use a Migration Agent is often one of the first questions people ask themselves when looking to migrate to Australia. One of the benefits of doing everything yourselves is the costs, however for some, getting an Australian Immigration Agent to do the leg work for you is the preferred, [...]
