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Travel / Re: Living In Australia/life As An Australian Immigrant by Alphadoor: 10:47am On Jan 03, 2019
Happy New Year Folks

May this year bring us great tidings

Sydney New Year's eve fireworks show available for your viewing pleasure

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Travel / Re: DIY Guide To Australian Permanent Resident Visa - Part 2 by Alphadoor: 11:43pm On Jan 02, 2019
emly001:
Good Evening my people, please I need some clarification about my documents that I intend to submit for vetasses assessment.
Firstly, the company where I am currently working does not pay to our bank account, they only pay by cash, which makes getting bank statement impossible for me. However, I have approached the Account manager and she promised to provide me with salary slip(s), which looks fine. But my main issue is getting tax clearance which I don't have. I would like to know if I can submit my application for Vetasses assessment without Tax clearance.

Please help a sister smiley
@tunlex01 mentioned.
Tax clearance is not a compulsory requirement for you assessment.
however
You should approach LIRS or FIRS office depending on your location.
you will be required to remit all unpaid tax amount covering the employment period you intend to claim.
Travel / Re: DIY Guide To Australian Permanent Resident Visa - Part 2 by Alphadoor: 9:23am On Dec 29, 2018
Bongzy:
Hello house,how can I get a study pack for PTE?
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https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0BxSAhiEs5XzvX3lNSnRxc3NWcU0
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Travel / Re: DIY Guide To Australian Permanent Resident Visa - Part 2 by Alphadoor: 5:41am On Dec 29, 2018
jekky83:
Kudos to everybody helping out in this thread.

I am 30 years of age (30 points). BS.c degree holder (15 Points). 45 points on ground for now.

My questions and challenges are.

1. Started working as an Information System Engineer at my previous work place immediately after finishing my Undergraduate exam in school, i also my ghost my service year and serve with the company with my work experience with this first company (April 2015-June 2017) before leaving to work at my present work place as a network engineer from July 2017--till date, can i claim that to be 3yrs + work experience.

My undergraduate degree was electronic and Electrical engineering, am i to do assessment with Australia Engineer or ACS.

Also am still single.

With ACS, The matter complex but let me try to explain.
You need to have more than 3 years of exp for a good chance for a positive assessment.
Lets say it turns out postive and they only deduct 2yrs, the 1yr left equals 0 point.
Please refer to their website for the Assessment matrix so you can understand the above better.

In my opinion, kindly consider going in as an electrical engineer w/o experience. your profile is good for 190 and 489 .
only caveat is a water tight CDR so you don't get Engineering Technologist from EA

Age: 30
Ed 15
Eng 20 (no stories)
65 raw score
Travel / Re: DIY Guide To Australian Permanent Resident Visa - Part 2 by Alphadoor: 5:21am On Dec 29, 2018
funshobabs:
Finally am here. Compliments of the seasons to everyone. I belong to the canada FSW platform here on nairaland, I have done assessment for me and wife plus I have written ielts to be out hopefully today.

But some how, my mind have been drifting to Aussie don't know why. 2019 must be my (our) year in Jesus name.

Am in Academics, Poly lecturer to be precise. I have masters degree in Petroleum engineering and undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering.
Age is 32
4 years teaching experience.
Anticipating a good ilets score but let's just put a 10 point on that.
Wife is :
She's an administrator with 4 years
Please any advise?
'

I will suggest you try Engineering Australia and nominate Mech Engineer.
Seeing that you have no experience in engineering, you won't have enough points to compete for 189 however you will be able to roll with 190 or 489 but strong advantage for 489
Age: 30 (turns to 25 the day you turn 33, hope that's still far away)
Ed: 15
Eng: 20 (non negotiable)

total 65pt

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Travel / Re: DIY Guide To Australian Permanent Resident Visa - Part 2 by Alphadoor: 4:46am On Dec 29, 2018
Aub430:
Please guys quick question, what's the best way to got to Australia with dollars? I have not opened an AU bank account and definitely too late for that.

You can come with the cash.
if its more than 10k.. ensure you declare it and you will be fine.

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Travel / Re: DIY Guide To Australian Permanent Resident Visa - Part 2 by Alphadoor: 10:43pm On Dec 26, 2018
adamsomotola:
Good evening house..i need to know what next to do to claim more point...i alrdy have 55 point including 10 point from my pte...so am hoping to get extra 5 point from state nomination...to make it 60 point but i guess i need 65 point before i can get an invite.
My question us that what elsr can i do to claim more
Point to my 55 point...
Gurus in the aws plz help

You need to push for 20points in English
You can explore partner points which gives you 5 points

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Travel / Re: DIY Guide To Australian Permanent Resident Visa - Part 2 by Alphadoor: 6:39pm On Nov 29, 2018
@cecegal
Congratulations Mate.

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Travel / Re: DIY Guide To Australian Permanent Resident Visa - Part 2 by Alphadoor: 8:02pm On Nov 26, 2018
jayooh:
4 hours stop in Melbourne 8a.m-12noon, anybody to help me kill dis time?
Off to TAS !!!
How was your experience in Brisbane?
Travel / Re: DIY Guide To Australian Permanent Resident Visa - Part 2 by Alphadoor: 7:58pm On Nov 26, 2018
Casumugha:
Sorry but is it possible to submit EOI and get ITA the next day
It possible to submit EOI 1hr to ITA round and get invited.

There are few cases of people submitting EOI in the morning and getting ITA in the afternoon in this thread also
Travel / Re: DIY Guide To Australian Permanent Resident Visa - Part 2 by Alphadoor: 11:12pm On Nov 25, 2018
luvluvluv:
Good evening people...
Please anyone did assessment with TRA? Am about submitting mine but I see my company though is registered but has no website.

Will this affect my outcome pls?
GreenMavro:
you can create a website now...i created a website for my company with less than 20k

while this is an option and you may scale through with assessment.
this may be dangerous when applying for visa.
some CO's have been know to run whois on websites.

Does the company have a working number and email?
Does google search return any information on the company that tallys with letterhead information?

If the above is yes. you are good to go
Travel / Re: Living In Australia/life As An Australian Immigrant by Alphadoor: 1:52am On Nov 23, 2018
jayooh:


This big man. Cheers
I'm in brisbane now

Enjoy the land bro.
Travel / Re: Living In Australia/life As An Australian Immigrant by Alphadoor: 1:48am On Nov 23, 2018
firpemi:
people in Sydney, how is the giant dust hope its not something unbearable. please keep safe

It wasn't so bad and it didn't last long from my own end.
I guess it was weak on arrival

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Travel / Re: DIY Guide To Australian Permanent Resident Visa - Part 2 by Alphadoor: 1:44am On Nov 23, 2018
@zanyzara

Congratulations Mate

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Travel / Re: Living In Australia/life As An Australian Immigrant by Alphadoor: 12:53am On Nov 20, 2018
Touchdown:
Nov 7th, Immigration was a breeze, they only asked for yellow card,Passport and grant letter. the only food item seized was my sweet fried snail sad.
below is the list of my permitted foodstuff and everything was packed in transparent zip lock bags with labels on it

Garri.
Crayfish (grinded)
Pepper soup spice
Panla (stockfish)
Shea butter
Coconut oil (frozen)
Smoked catfish
Smoked shawa/agbodo/bonga fish ( peeled, no head)
Chilli pepper (ata gigun)
Cassava flour (Amala white)
Yam flour (Amala black)
Potash (koun)
Melon (egusi)
Water leave (sun dried)
seeds are not allowed
Ugwu Leaves aka pumpkin ( diced and sun dried)
Pap (compressed to dry)
Maggie cubes
Tomato paste
Herbs ( powdered and sun dried the fresh ones)
Drugs ( over the counter ones.. paracetamol, cough syrup (no codeine), Robb, non prescription pain killers, drugs for kids if you have one, no malaria or typhoid drugs (treat before you move)

Emirates had delayed my baby car seat luggage, my pickup car could not carry my baby, had to breeze down to a store and fork out AUD200 for a new one. the other option is to call the cab company to send a cab with baby seats (this is something I discovered much later).
INITIAL ACCOMMODATION:
I had booked an Airbnb with high proximity to the CBD for two weeks before arrival, this made it easy for me to get around and hit the ground running.
NETWORKING:
I reached out to everyone I know in Australia and the support was and is still quite overwhelming,
via phone: bellong, vinsmuft,misoke,yeeshas,tosin, mctowel,olalekankd
In person: zoew, doyen06, bnimz, jamson, iceberg54.
I don't want to bore you with all the details of meet but it was awesome from ice cold coffee to pure blondes and burgers .......hahahahahaa
GETTING A JOB
On the 9th, I attended my 1st face to face interview which was I was lucky to lockdown b4 arrival, because I had starting pushing my CV in Nigeria about 2 weeks to arrival.once I updated my CV with Australian number on arrival, I had more calls from recruiters Friday for potential opportunities.
(Just to say it lightly, I owe much thanks to doyen06 for the excellent tips and strategies that led up to this)
By Monday 12th, I was invited for a follow up interview on Tuesday morning, and b4 end of day, I got an offer letter for the position. Oluwa lose oooo.. It was a Full time and permanent role with nice perks.
The week was pretty much overwhelming with calls and I got other casual/ temporary offers too but I decided to stick with the Permanent role.

PERMANENT ACCOMMODATION
getting a house here is like telemarketing, no be beans but its fun and interesting.
Most inspections happen on weekends and so many apartments of interest usually have clashing inspection times and each open house usually lasts for 15 mins and you better not miss it (no African time here ooo). I checked houses in Liverpool, Strathfield, lindfied but decided to settle for a two West Ryde due to proximity to work.
Thanks to Bnimz for the lovely tour of Liverpool, I love the communal feel the suburb has to offer and everything you need is just a walk away.
There are various mobile apps to help with rentals and inspection booking. Most common : tenantapp, 2book. com. au and domain. com .au mobile apps to schedule inspection.
It may save you some energy to fill your rental profile from offshore with 1form and t-app for submission of rental application . ( the form long pass river Niger)

Getting Around:
It's very easy to get around easy with the trains and buses but it makes the journey longer due to many stops. Google maps, Opal mobile app, Tripview Lite, caters for the all the information required on the routes, buses, trains,ferry and brooms. I have survived so far without a car but it sure makes journey easier and shorter. Funny thing here is that most office in the sydney CBD no get car park, so no point bringing car to work except you have the about 40 dollar a day to fork out.
I must say the transport system in Sydney needs some improvement as seen in singapore,Uk, tokyo and japan.
I heard Melbourne has the best in Australia, very connected and faster commute time.
Everything here is on the clock. Calendar and Alarm na your friend

Biggest culture shock for me is the high level of politeness from everyone I have met so far.


Pls ignore the typos and grammatical errors,
To be continued....................................

Since nairaland wont allow me upload so many pictures, so here is an online gallery link for you to feed ya eyes.....
https://www.flickr.com/photos/143644955@N02/
or just search for alphadoor on [url]flickr.com[/url]

#COTERIE
#EFMNG
#WTFMNG
#WKPS

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Travel / Re: Living In Australia/life As An Australian Immigrant by Alphadoor: 5:18am On Nov 18, 2018
Epistle
Epistle
Epistle



Space booked.

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Travel / Re: DIY Guide To Australian Permanent Resident Visa - Part 2 by Alphadoor: 6:51am On Nov 12, 2018
jayooh:


Which is the easiest n fastest payment mode for IOM? Oz or Accra. Kamara is asking. If I pick Accra will it make the purchase any longer?

OZ is the fastest

You already know who to contact for the payment
Travel / Re: DIY Guide To Australian Permanent Resident Visa - Part 2 by Alphadoor: 5:41pm On Nov 10, 2018
jayooh:


Hope they'd be able to book a nearby date oh. Like wednesday/Thursday. It would be soothing.

Oga jayooh
Why don't you just bust a move already !!!!
Travel / Re: DIY Guide To Australian Permanent Resident Visa - Part 2 by Alphadoor: 12:11pm On Nov 10, 2018
jayooh:


Can IOM book in 3-4days, I learnt their procedures/protocols are usually lengthy.

Forget those guys, Just contact the Australia office and you have it sorted in 48hrs or less a k a m a r a@i o m.i n t
Travel / Re: Living In Australia/life As An Australian Immigrant by Alphadoor: 9:44am On Nov 10, 2018
Hey Sydney folks.

Anyone around camperdown willing to grab a latte or a beer. pls holla @ me

Lets break the norm of going silent once on ground..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lets connect

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Travel / Re: DIY Guide To Australian Permanent Resident Visa - Part 2 by Alphadoor: 9:43am On Nov 10, 2018
@tred

congrats mates
Travel / Re: DIY Guide To Australian Permanent Resident Visa - Part 2 by Alphadoor: 2:25pm On Nov 06, 2018
@Bamz
Your last resort should actually be your priority right now.

Chase the 20pts.... it will always be a win for you

winter is coming

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Travel / Re: DIY Guide To Australian Permanent Resident Visa - Part 2 by Alphadoor: 2:11pm On Nov 06, 2018
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Travel / Re: DIY Guide To Australian Permanent Resident Visa - Part 2 by Alphadoor: 6:42am On Nov 05, 2018
Franklyly:
I joined this thread November last year, shortly after graduating from school, the accessing body for my profession insisted on 2 years post graduation job experience before you can get a positive outcome.....one year has passed, unto the 2nd year now, the wait is not easy,but its worth it!!! Kudos to all the in-house gurus and congrats to those that have made it.

Which assessment body is that?
Travel / Re: DIY Guide To Australian Permanent Resident Visa - Part 2 by Alphadoor: 8:12am On Nov 04, 2018
Updated

Honorary Roll Call .

If you know..... you know grin

E fit be you too ooo.

Don't be passing by.....


Bellong
Jukeblam
Tyosho
Malkingburg
Sammywemmy
Cuteannie02
Akinnawou
Pinoralia
Kempguy47
Sesal
Oknee
Ome240
Jamson
Bolaobby
Vinsmuft
Chidike
Incemay
Martinoonline
Funkyjo
Catchdwind4rmkd
Bnimz
Greeneophyte
Majiouk2002
Baenoz
Disectur
Yoctek
Eladua
Blitzenkreig66
Royal54
Doyen06
Yeeshas
Babylove01
Samge
Duch1020
Ozymigrant
Sofi05
Iceberg54
Lalaazo
Nosula
Teejah80
Omooloriredade
Hephziebah
Sujydee
Olalekankad
Ibiyemiara
Humanshado
Ifexsco
Kamotisha
Mctowel01
Yinlak
Johnsontade
Scrollmeout
Hordunayodt
Zoew
Manga5
Aussy4life 
00francis
teewhysafe
Bellacious
NNBB2012
afolaseg
SallyAUS
Cottyekundayo
Solace5
misoke
neks01
afosahid
emmabogs
ALPHADOOR
jayooh
Aub430
Michealmo
Trastar
Spyroxy1

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Travel / Re: DIY Guide To Australian Permanent Resident Visa - Part 2 by Alphadoor: 7:26pm On Nov 01, 2018
@spyroxy1

Congratulations Mate.

#WTFMNG

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Travel / Re: DIY Guide To Australian Permanent Resident Visa - Part 2 by Alphadoor: 10:28pm On Oct 31, 2018
trastar:
198 days later.
We finally got our grant.

190 visa for husband and myself (I didn’t change my last name and all we submitted for proof is marriage certificate and joint account).
Occupation is Computer network and systems engineer.
State sponsorer-NSW
Applied -April 16

Congratulations Mate.
Well deserved.
Travel / Re: DIY Guide To Australian Permanent Resident Visa - Part 2 by Alphadoor: 8:26am On Oct 28, 2018
vikmeek:
Good Day everyone.

I am a little confused on the best route to follow at this time.

I recently got a Master admission offer from Macquarie University in the NSW state so I was told to make a commencement fee of $16,865 bfr I can apply for visa.

I think I also qualify for Skilled migration in the 189 and 190 cos I have 3yrs work experience in telecoms, Elect/Elect Eng Degree, 28yrs and hoping to write PTE or ielts and I'm sure to get atleast 10points from it.

So my confusion is whether to calm down and pursue the PR or to spend that much and start my Masters in Sydney with the student visa.

I know PR takes time, and I know deep down I want to leave this country as soon as possible.

So I want ask, if after spending this much to commence my studies in Sydney, can I be able to recover the money thru working as a student? within a short time

Is it possible to pay my subsequent tuition fees of $18K while working and studying in Sydney?.

Please gurus help me clear my confusion so that I can make a wise choice.

Thank you all for the good work.

You have done your homework already.
Age is 30
Ed: 15
Exp: 5 or 0
Eng: 20 is the best



PURSUE YOUR PR NOW NOW

There are upcoming changes to the PR visa which may not be too pleasant.

You don't even need up to AUD10,000 to land the PR in a about 7 to 12 months based on the current processing time. Assesment inclusive.

As to whether you can pay your tuition fees as a student.
It's not impossible but you have to work through your nose, super prudent and sometimes defer some courses. When you are done with studies you still have to apply for same PR for continuity in OZ.

As a student, you have limited work hours right and running expense.

Visit the Australian student thread for better insights

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Travel / Re: DIY Guide To Australian Permanent Resident Visa - Part 2 by Alphadoor: 10:22pm On Oct 27, 2018
@Aub430

Congratulations Mate

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Travel / Re: Living In Australia/life As An Australian Immigrant by Alphadoor: 2:53pm On Oct 21, 2018
Abel1990:
Hey my people pls hw can I get Portugal visa and I also want to leave there
What are the things I need to do Pls?

http://www.vfsglobal.com/Portugal/Nigeria/contact_us.html
Travel / Re: DIY Guide To Australian Permanent Resident Visa - Part 2 by Alphadoor: 10:13am On Oct 21, 2018
Avangard:
Hi guys,
Pls what tier is UNILAG?

Tier 1
Travel / Re: DIY Guide To Australian Permanent Resident Visa - Part 2 by Alphadoor: 10:10am On Oct 21, 2018
Biakwa:
Good morning family,

Am planning on traveling to Ireland for studies how can I start processing my PR to Australia,giving the fact am the only one going my family is still in Nigeria

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