Guys, I am a new member of this group. I gained admission into an australian university. I am wondering whether anyone has information on the relative ease of getting a residence permit in Australia

How do you go about it and how can we make this helpful to people on nairaland with no strings attached?

u have to post ur particulars to australian embassy in south africa.call me if u need more info. 80823862401

I thro'way Salute!!

Firstly if you are sure that is the institution you want to go to, you'll have to pay at least half of the tuition and bording fees if applicable. The institution will then send you a document known as "A Confirmation of Enrollment". You will then take this document together with the Acceptance Letter, a Bank statement of your sponsor(that shows enough funds to cover at least a whole semester) to the Australian High Commision in Lagos or Abuja (do'nt know if they have moved or not) when you present these documents, they will give you a Form for your medical exams and a list of the Physicians you can go to. After the medicals, the doctor will hand you the result in a sealed envelope and you take this back to the High Commision. If all is well, based on all the documents you have presented, you will be granted a visa for the duration of the course you are to study.

This is based on the process I went through in 1998. I got my visa from Zimbabwe cos I have a Zambian passport as momsie is Zambian. I studying my Bachelors in Perth, Western-Australia after which I moved here to the States.

Goodluck!!!!!!!!

Emeka.

Guys,
The process for getting the australian student Visa may have changed a little bit. The australian embassy incharge of nigeria and the sub saharan africa is in Pretoria South Africa. After getting admission, you send your offer letter, passport, financial documents through DHL to the australian high commission in SA. DHL will collect the visa fee and courier fee. IF you are successful, they will send you a list of panel of docters. After that, u'll be instructed to pay some part of tuition to ur educational provider. Your educational provider(school) will subsequently issue u with an electronic confirmation of enrollment (eCOE) which u'll send to the embassy b4 being given a visa. The whole process takes approximately 3 months.

Why dont you go to DHL and ask for more informations about the Australian Embassy in South Africa or better still check on www.immi.gov.au for any information you want about Australia they have it all on there.