JewelStone:


Have you gotten your grant? And when is your start date?

I'm not going to Geelong though.

Bianca24:
Please I need to know about accommodation in Edith Cowan, will be going July

Osamuzi:
I was told to provide full tuition and other cost as part of conditional offer... Close to 30million.on my bank statement. Pls any advice

kingso4love:
Please I want to be cleared with these questions...

1. Has anyone been granted student visa with a sponsors that's not directly related to you, e.g ur brother-in-law, sister-in-law, cousin, uncles or a friend??

2. Can someone also got student visa grant with English proficiency to do Masters program, like TOFL,IELT,PTE etc, because I have gotten admission @UNSW without
English proficiency..so I want to know if I will be able to get student visa grant with out that


Someone should help me answer urgently before I apply for visa...

Thank you very much for ur reply.....

rudyislife:
Good morning people I am new here,I want to make inquiries,I would like to apply for masters in Australia,I want to know if they are schools that accept second class lower(Cgpa 3.46),also I want to know if they would require an application fee ,and if it is also possible to use my cousin accout as sponsor for visa application. Thanks.

gunpoint:
Hey house
Just wanted to share my success story and give some encouragement
So i am just about to enter the final semester of my MSc and have just landed a job at the largest oil and gas company in Australia
This job has taken all my worries away as they are also sponsoring me for PR.
How did i do it? First of all, study as hard as hell. Yea, i came top 2% or so in my class.
Secondly, use the career services department in any school you are going to. Yea, as soon as you arrive, find where the career services dept in your school is and find out and use and and every service they have. Its free while you are a student, use them HARD!!!
Thirdly, this advice may sound corny to people who have experience before coming here (i had 8years banking experience too from Nigeria) but target graduate programs to get this kind of PR gig i got.
See what happens is companies that take you into their grad programs have an obligation to keep you till the end of it. And most grad programs are longer than your post study visa. The compromise therefore would be to apply for PR for you. And if the company is as large or as good as mine, their grad program would pay more than most regular jobs in Australia anyways.
Anyways congrats to all of you who just got their study visa, its a long road but you got this

FutureDon:
Apologies to everyone who PM'd me, I only just saw the notifications as I had not logged in my profile in ages.

gunpoint - good on you bro. These are the kind on inspirational news I love to read.

AlvinKem - you know there is nothing as annoying as the way you type right? For F sake, you are coming to Australia to study. I do not know your level of education but I would like to think that you have completed secondary education at least.

dydxtutor:
Please Family, I applied for visa 573 SVP since 6th of june 2016, but up till this moment no news yet from the immigration in pretoria. My resumption date is 18th july, heading University of Queensland-Brisbane. Please someone should help with the info on possible delay cos i need to arrive early to settle in since i know no one over there in brisbane. And please should anyone be heading Brisbane please indicate...

Adetoi01:
Nope, not compulsory. I did mine without any English test and I'm in Australia now. The only thing is some locals find my accent funny!

Adetoi01:
RMIT.

chi50:

Hi malmo, I sent u a pm. I stay in Northern suburbs of Melbourne too... Would be nice to see a fellow nairalander

dydxtutor:
Please Family, I applied for visa 573 SVP since 6th of june 2016, but up till this moment no news yet from the immigration in pretoria. My resumption date is 18th july, heading University of Queensland-Brisbane. Please someone should help with the info on possible delay cos i need to arrive early to settle in since i know no one over there in brisbane. And please should anyone be heading Brisbane please indicate...

Ayaboyo:
Hello all. This is my 9 month update.
We left Naija on the 30th of April 2015 via dubai courtesy IOM and arrived Melbourne on the 2nd of May 2015. We met Mayofikky another nairalander and her Family at the Airport. They were enroute Adelaide.
Got called for an Interview for a job I applied for while still in Naija on day 5. Two interviews and lots of phone calls to Naija for reference check, was told i was successful on day 10.
Started working on day 16th. Registered Son for Kinder . Meanwhile we went for a regional job fair on day two . We also did our centrelink and bank paperworks.

Salary is paid forthrightly for most people. We started house hunting towards the end of the month as agent needed reference from work and payslip as part of paperwork for character reference for house. We even got additional letter from our pastor. The fact that you have your money doesn't influence your getting a house.It your credit history and character reference that is key.

We moved from our friend's house who hosted us to a house a month after arrival.We were considered lucky as our host did not get a house for 6 months due to inability to quickly get a job.
Hubby started his masters at Unimelb in the 3rd month, so both kids being under 5 , started full-time daycare i.e $400 per week after govt rebate.

Luckily he got a job a job in a near entry role in his field after 4 months.Half bread is better than none.
We reviewed our finances and my commute time and family life balance. We decided I should start applying for part time jobs.
Luckily I applied and got a job for which over 2500 people applied. I was oneof the lucky 90 employed.
Less commute, half of the working hours of my previous job and same pay. It was a divine provision.

Lessons :God's grace and favor is key. You also need to be computer savvy. You are going to use the computer for everything including knowing where to get bus, train, food ,apply for job, benefits even house.
Police here are armed to the teeth, no sme sme.
Passing your driver test is more stressful than waiting for visa grant mail.
Australian meals are delicious, be prepared to change your palate.
Centrelink are slow to give but very swift to retrieve.
Aboo mi re oòo.

onyemamuoc:


Yes bro or sis....let's chat on whatsap...+2347030063418. my start date is 18th July, so I need to fast forward.

bellong:

So you live in Adelaide?

bellong:


So you live in Adelaide?

meekmk:



Sir.. You asked me to wait for your response.. I never gorrit! Hehe

jasmine1147:


Yes