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ebere272:
Hence the option of your wife coming and settling first.
Best option is you all apply for the visa and get it.
Then only your wife come first, settle down b4 you and kids join her..

Otumbalamba:
Why not let your wife go first and join her later.
You must not move at once.
It will be less cheap that way.

You can join her later on dependant visa

ebere272:
Depends on the age of the kids..
Consider which state you are moving to...
If you staying in the city, you should have at least the 2nd semester fees of your wife..
Upkeep money for at least 3 months...
Money for rent and car too..

ebere272:
Depends on the age of the kids..
Consider which state you are moving to...
If you staying in the city, you should have at least the 2nd semester fees of your wife..
Upkeep money for at least 3 months...
Money for rent and car too..

adeoladele:
Let me share my little experience in Tasmania. I came to this country last year November, Tasmania is a good place to live especially to grow up children. if you are the kind of person like me that hate traffic this might be the best place for you, low population and lovely people. No stress here like other part of the country because of the low population, the weather here is a bit cold and weather changes to different state nearly every hour that is, you cant predict the weather. Some people move to Tasmania mainly because of pr it is very easy here than most places in Australia. Once you work full time for a year, work six months in your field or study here for two years you can apply. One of the major problem most people face here is accommodation simply because movement of people from mainland to tasmania as trigger the price of accommodation and even scares. To get accommodation you will need to have rental history, payslips, water bills and so on which there is no way you can get this if you are new in the city to be honest is very very difficult expecially if you are with family. Job i can say job also is major issue here i worked for just two weeks since i landed last year "fruit picking" very hard job working in the sun for over 8hours. Even till now am still looking for job.

Most people do disability job but you need some license to work in that sector

You can't survive working here without having a car

Pay rate btw 25aud to 32aud some pay less

Rent for single room/ shared apartment from 180-250 per week
For family from 380-600 per week depending on the area Note: No one will give a family with kids a room apartment they give sign rent agreements based on the size of the family

Car from 1000 depending on your taste

Fuel 1.53 per liter depending on the type

We spend 80aud per week myself wife and kid for feeding

To family once you obtain your visa in my opinion let one person come to settle rent and job before the rest move in

To student get the half of the second semester fees job here will not pay second semester

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meavox:
From a WhatsApp post

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MIDDLE BELT AND SOUTH – FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION

As Femi Fani-Kayode said in his open letter to Buhari of 16th February 2020 Link here:
https://saharareporters.com/2020/02/16/open-letter-president-muhammadu-buhari-femi-fani-kayode


“The new generation of southern and Middle Belt leaders must NOT fail because this is the final lap. For our generation failure is NOT an option…”. (FFK)

In that same Open Letter, FFK quoted that “Worse still, according to UNICEF, if Nigeria were to ever break up the core north would be the poorest spot on planet Earth”.

We are all of us from South and MB learning that it has always been about RESOURCE CONTROL. Whether it be the foreigners Frederick Lugard and the British, or the foreigners from Futa Jalon called Fulani.

My brethren of South and MB, failure is just not an option. SEPARATION FROM AREWA is the only and best and longstanding solution. Since the British era, our Resources have been stolen from us. How long can this robbery go on? Or is it we are truly the slaves of Fulani (God forbid it!)

SEPARATION FROM AREWA is the right thing to do. We cannot continue to be the suffering victims of Fulani.

For you who think you will be safe by running away abroad what if you are wrong? Oyeebo countries are kicking against too many of us being there and are likely to send many back to Africa in time. Every time at their football matches Oyeebo do racist chanting against the Black players and this is a sign of things to come. Even rich Black football players are not wanted there, talk less of ordinary African in Oyeebo country where we also hear some Oyeebo patients rejecting treatment from Black doctors. SO NIGERIA IS ALL WE HAVE! So we must not lose our ancestral God-given lands.
SEPARATION FROM AREWA with South and MB in tight alliance to free ourselves from the robbers stealing our natural resources.

SEPARATION FROM AREWA is the South and MB agenda. Make it known widely. Broadcast it everywhere. One day for the thief, but now day for the owner. We are the indigenous people of Nigeria so we are the true owners of this territory. It is therefore SEPARATION FROM AREWA!

chimere23:
if you have the money, yes it is possible to get a PR after your wife completes her studies.

Limitednow:
https://todaypoliticsng.com/protesters-fight-over-money-after-protesting-at-amnesty-international/

Softkey:
Don’t take that risk of “I’ll join them later with invitation”. I would say you all should apply together.
Yes, as a dependent, you can work unlimited time without restriction to support the family. It would be too much a burden on your wife studying, working and taking care of kids all alone. Believe me it might wear her down.
I repeat, please and please don’t throw away the chance by applying together. She would greatly need your support.

Otumbalamba:
Are you sure of what you are saying, that accounting is not on they list.

Student visa does not equate PR,.......it only serves as part to PR.
Firstly u need to study a course on they PR list for at least 2years after that you can now apply for PR

tyosho:
It will be nice if this thread is restricted to info about life in australia.Not questions on how to secure visa or gain admission.

My family and I made use of IOM to secure our travel tickets.We went with emirates and had a stopover in Dubai.Nothing special about the travel experience.We were entitled to 40kg per adult,40kg for a child and 23kg for infant.We also paid for 2 extra bags of 32kg each but i hear prices have gone up so cargoing is cheaper.You can cargo through certain airlines like saa,emirates and etihad.
All in all we had like 12 luggages.
I went with ALL kinds of food stuffs except beans(becos of weavils).With my food items,i put them individually in transparent bags and labelled them.Fish,egusi,dry pepper,garri,amala etc.
Got to melbourne,declared i had food items but was not searched and was allowed to go through.

We opened accts with NAB and commonwealth bank but didnt transfer any money from nigera.We went with some cash and left the remaining in a GT dom acct and transferred from there to our OZzy acct when we arrived.We also opened a dom acct in OZ(commonwealth bank was seamless) for ease of transfer.There might be a cheaper way to transfer funds but this is what we did.

We stayed with family in Northern suburbs initially but got our own place in the Eastern suburbs,somewhere not far from Dandenong.We settled for the East because its quite busy,more factories and industries in these areas.If i dont live in the East,I will go for the North and West in that order.West is cheapest but people say it has a history of crime.I however have friends who have lived in the West over 10years and have never had any incidents.Anyhow,wherever you decide to stay is fine.Just get somewhere close to the train station and mall.

In melbourne,you can use your naija license for 6months.My husband passed his victoria drivers test on first attempt,i havnt tried yet for my drivers license.People say though that it can be quite tough cos i know someone who failed 5times!I was able to start driving within 2months of getting here.Just remember,you drive on the left always.

No ideas on how mortgages work but when choosing a neighborhood,also consider ones with good schools if you have kids.If your kids are still of daycare age(below 5),use careforkids.com.au to compare prices,reviews etc.

Settling in was not bad for me cos i had friends and family here already.My kids settled fine as well.

Upon arrival;
Get a mobile sim(i use lebara)
Apply for TFN(tax file no)
Open a bank account or go and activate the one you opened from Nigeria
Go to centerlink and medicare for registration
Get a travel card(MYki card if in melbourne).

Update your linkedin profile and make it very appealing to recruiters.You can also search for recruiters on Linkedin.

With regards to work,there is always something to do.It might not be want you want initially but there is work.Some people start off working at factories,aged care homes,disability and support centres etc until they eventually get what they want.Some people also end up going into nursing,community welfare,policing etc.But like i said,if you dont mind chopping humble pie to start somewhere earning money with these blue collar jobs,you will be okay.I know people who have houses with money earned from these blue collar professions.
There is dignity of labour here so people dont care what job you do to earn money.

For transportation,if you can afford it,pls plan to buy a car asap(carsales.com.au,gumtreee.com.au).please buy cars with roadworthiness and valid registration(at least 6months).If no car,you can use the metro system until you can afford to get a car here.

For housing,a friend referred us to her agent who leased us an apartment even though we didnt have jobs at the time.She accepted our bank statements as proof of income.We pay just a little below 2k monthly as rent.

Then i also just found out about NRAS housing scheme from a colleague days back.Its for families who fall within a certain income threshold.IF your rent was like 350,you would pay like 260 and the govt will pay the balance.I dont have much info as i dont qualify anymore since hubby and I both work now.But im certain most freshbies would qualify.

With furnishing the house,we went across gumtree.com(for people who were selling their furniture due relocation or other reasons),kmart stores( for kitchen items),bestbuy.com(this is a company that sells new electronics at reduced prices because they have scratches or marks on them;there are plenty stores like that but this is the one i patronised) and ikea stores(for kitchen and beddings)

For people that dont mind as well,in order to save costs,you can patronise Salvos stores(its a charity shop that all kinds of household items in great condition).

To get the best energy providers,internet providers,insurance etc,you can make use of iselect.com.au

During cold weather,you wear jacket and use heater(we paid almost 200 a month for heating during this past winter)

I do most of my shopping at Dandenong Market as food stuffs there is cheaper than everyother place I know.There is also Marmara market at Dandenong(all kinds of food items including shaki,cowleg,cow tongue etc) and an African store not far from the market(cant rememeber the name).At noble park is SUR african shop where i get dry fish,palm oil,egusi and stuff like that.

With departmental stores,woolworths is most expensive and aldi is cheapest.Coles is in between.
I know of only one nigerian restaurant that recently opened in the city and i have never been there before.
There is also another popular naija shop in the West called Fatimoh"s shop

With centerlink link claims,we were paid family tax benefit part A and B,family rebate and child care assistance.This all sumed up to $621 forthnightly for the first 4months,it came down to 550 and then now sits at $89 fortnightly.It reduces with every income increase.
Childcare rates was $113 for two kids initially (5days a week) and now is $370 a week.

We also got a concession card which has now been cancelled since we both have jobs.With the concession card,we paid discounted electricity and waterbills,half price for transportation,free ambulance cover,susbsizied fees if we had done any studies at the time and my first kid who is in kinder got 15hours free of daycare weekly .

With jobs,for me,it was just God.I got a job in the Tier 1 team of an IT company with no technical knowledge whatsover.It was my 3rd video interview and i got the job two months after arrival.I commute 54mins by train to the CBD which is quite a distance by OZ standard.But i dont mind really.I got the job through indeed.com which i prefer to seek.com
There a couple of recruitment agencies i know and i will list as i remember.

Strategy one(blue collar)
Adecco
Hoban
Ozstaff(blue collar)
Randstad
Sharp &carter
Hays
Smaart



cc Bellong,vinsmuft,funkjo,oknee,hordunayo,incemay,abeg you guys should come and add o

Dereformer:
It is important at this critical time to secure your region. The federal government of Nigeria has failed completely in securing the lives and properties of individuals in this failed country called nigeria.

The yorubas has formed Operation Omotekun

The North has Hisbah.

The East should as a matter of urgency form Operation Eke Mpkochapu.

The Middle belt should come up with their own security outfit.

The south south should have theirs too.

By so doing, no herdsman will run over your farm lands again.