₦airaland Forum

devdev:
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u no dey crash

Why are Africans like this?
One man...no good job ... married 123456 wives ...all of them must reproduce.
If that guy had not died, he would have created more havoc

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

How is medical practice over there?

Place were I no go fit sh!t for bush.

MrMystrO:
Kai.. Look at what chrony capitalism has done to this young girl. Every possibility that she's eventually going to live out a normal life has been shattered and destroyed by this grave decision she's made for herself because of money. Such a sad situation. Life hard in this country Sha!

She for no marry b4?

Good way for a Nigerian � officer to die.

lordkay10:
2-0 IFO Everton....quote me after the match

Are you still there?

Better go and see Baba for renewal, the other sacrifice has expired.

BravoDe:
No one gives a fuvk about ur thought tho.

... but you just did�
Maybe it was the � that used you.

I have been in RCCG since I became born again but if I start asking questions now they would say it's the � that is using me to fight the church.

Let me stop here until I see Daddy GO.

A true Nigerian; too greedy and selfish.

Does Arsenal still exist in the EPL
I thought they now play at the National League?

Would I ever wish the police well? GOD4BID!!!

24 hrs in their custody with my GF without an explanation... when the discovered I wasn't ready to "comply" they tagged us Kidnappers.

It would never be well with ALL Nigeria Police officers even those who are my relatives.

I can't be distracted!!!
2019 na my year.

Why seek court order to detain him? Would they not keep him in detention even if the order wasn't granted?
Everybody who answers YES SIR to the Major General becomes above the law.

How does he make his money
Some many questions on my mind but I dey fear God.

Good luck to you!!!

BULSH!T

My best Actress.
Respect to her!

youngbabaj:
Him next of kin now, , go dey smile

If you have actually lost a love one you wouldn't type this; It is only then you would understand that loneliness kills faster than poverty.

I pray the good Lord keep your love ones save and grant them long life.

kenodrill:
Two arrogant failures

That's your opinion.

LordAzubuike:
Nothing special. 5 year old kids in China and Japan are doing crazier things.

At least this one is from your country... why not appreciate him so that others would be motivated to do more.

How does that affect the price of Rice �

dawnomike:
Sometimes i feel pity for these snakes... But this is Nigeria where we are snakes are sworn enemies.So, they die while we live!

So would you love to die for a snake to live?

KingSatan:
HE IS NOT DEAD! STOP FAKE NEWS!!!

I AM ASSURING YOU THAT HE IS NOT DEAD!!!!!

SENATOR BENJI IS VERY MUCH ALIVE!!!

STOP FAKE NEWS!!!

YOU ALL WILL SOON HEAR FROM HIM.

STOP FAKE NEWS

STOP FAKE NEW

STOP FAKE NEW

ROCHAS STOP FAKE NEWS

NIGERIANS, THIS IS FAKE NEWS.
EVEN IF YOU KNOW ABOUT HIS HEALTH CHALLENGE, DONT WISH HIM DEATH.
ROCHAS STOP NOW

I feel your pain bro! Accept our deepest sympathy

atiku4President:
It will be a waste of time to respond to your life of emptiness.

This guy dey vex ooo Na Deeper life or choosen member you be?

People are still talking about marriage. Everybody just dey vex me

edoairways:
The wig does. A woman putting on wig is indirectly telling God that her natural hair is useless and than she is not wonderfully and fearfully made in the image of God

I know who taught you that so I wouldn't argue with you because it wouldn't make sense to you.

You belong to the SELF RIGHTEOUS group.

Wrong message from a demonic messanger.

The only thing you need to do to be born again, is to acknowledge that you are a sinner... accept Christ as your Lord and saviour as you change from your old ways.

This wig has nothing to do with your relationship with God.

I don't understand this story.

They just walked to you and demanded you transferred 500k to them and you still added 100k.

Tell us what crime did u ALLEGEDLY commit.

Jhayeahsam01:
read psalm 7 inside water 7 Times add little salt place inside dew bath with it before talking to anyone in the morning.
do this 3times consecutively

Sense would visit u 2night.

Chingykay77:
poverty na bastard 2020 i must make am big time ............
JAHO gbe mi di de

2019 were never finish nko?

...the lady still looks beautiful sha.