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 Travel / Re: General Australian Student Visa Enquiries Part 3 by ideamaster(m): 2:11am On May 13, 2022 |
ocpaschal: My opinion - Go to any regional area or Territory that offers the opportunities you are looking for. When you get there, you will probably find a couple of Nigerians or Africans there. But then generally speaking, there is a Nigerian Association in WA that you can contact by email. I am guessing there is a whatsapp group for Nigerians living in Melbourne. There are Nigerians in Sydney but I am not sure if they have an association. Like I mentioned in a previous post, there is also a recently created whatsapp group for Nigerians living in Qld. I hope this helps. Lol. |
| Travel / Re: General Australian Student Visa Enquiries Part 3 by ideamaster(m): 2:05am On May 13, 2022 |
Leonard1995: PM me and I will add you to a whatsapp group recently created for Nigerians living in Qld. |
| Travel / Re: General Australian Student Visa Enquiries Part 3 by ideamaster(m): 10:07am On Mar 14, 2022 |
Kimikenzy: I don't think so. I have never seen any. Is there any reason why you will want USD cash? Money exchange agencies like Travelex can change your aud to USD and vice versa. |
| Travel / Re: General Australian Student Visa Enquiries Part 3 by ideamaster(m): 10:03am On Mar 14, 2022 |
DrCollins218: My opinion - 2 things you need to consider 1. What is the duration of course work Vs research. If course work is 2 years, all good. If course work is 1.5 years, you will need to do research which is usually an additional semester. My point is check both of them and go with which ever one is 2 years full time study. This will help with getting graduate work visa 2. For PR, you need to work backwards from the skills assessment you are trying to get and then check to see if course work or research can get you there. Note that for some occupations, Masters alone will not be sufficient to get you a positive skills assessment. |
| Travel / Re: General Australian Student Visa Enquiries Part 3 by ideamaster(m): 10:43am On Dec 12, 2021 |
Ekarl: I am not in Brisbane but I am in Qld. |
| Travel / Re: Living In Australia/life As An Australian Immigrant by ideamaster(m): 12:43am On Aug 22, 2020 |
PurpleG: Yes. I use world remit to Nigeria once in a while. And I prefer to pay with POLi payments. Most times, the recipient receives the money within 10 mins. Sometimes, it's takes up to an hour. But you shouldn't have any issues 2 Likes 2 Shares |
| Travel / Re: Living In Australia/life As An Australian Immigrant by ideamaster(m): 7:03am On Jul 26, 2020 |
Bellacious: Congrats Bella. I am happy for you. So much progress in 2 years and thanks for coming back to share your experience. 1 Like |
| Travel / Re: Living In Australia/life As An Australian Immigrant by ideamaster(m): 11:23am On Jun 01, 2020 |
frank043: I want to do a quick calculation. I am using the minimum wage in Australia which is $19.49 but to make it look more realistic, I would apply the 25% casual loading which would make it approx. $24 per hour. This calculation is for a single person who works normal full time hours. Can people who have families give us a similar calculation for families so we know what it looks like? Thanks Weekly wage = $24 * 38 hours = $912 (Before tax) Per year = $912 * 52 = $47,424 (Before tax) According to the ATO's tax calculator, Tax on $912 per week is $152 Weekly net pay (take home pay) = 912 - 152 = 760 Yearly tax = 152 * 52 = 7,904 (16.7%) Yearly take home pay = 760 * 52 = 39,520 (83.3%) Note that this is minimum wage hence minimum tax. As you earn more, you pay more tax depending on your tax bracket. Now using the weekly take home pay of 760 Rent for 1 person - share house or a very cheap 1 bedrom unit = 210 per week Living expenses for 1 person - including petrol, groceries and maybe even eating out = 250 per week (this is probably an over-estimate for 1 person). If you are able to live on 200 per week, it means you can put away 50 per week for bills Savings = 760 - 210 - 250 = 300 per week (if you want to pay your tithe or give to charity or support your family, you can probably deduct another 100 and be left with 200 savings per week) Using 1 Aud = N250 Savings Weekly = 300 = N75,000 Monthly = 1,200 = N300,000 Yearly = 15,600 = N3,900,000 I will list some periodic expenses that can deplete your savings. Car registration - an average of $500 every 6 months or $1,000 every year. Interstate Holidays - $3,000 depending on where you go, lol If your regular bills have to come out of your savings Home Internet - 70 per month = $840 per year - this won’t apply if you are in a share house Mobile phone - 40 per month = $480 per year Electricity (and gas for those who use gas) = $250 per quarter = $1,000 per year - won’t apply if you are in a share house Remaining savings = $9,280 =N2,320,000 This is minimum wage, working regular full time hours. Now as a single person, you can easily get a job that pays you more than $25 per hour, you can get penalties if you work weekends and you can have 2 jobs and work more than 50 hours in a week if you want to. This would increase your wage and if you smart, it shouldn't really increase your living expenses. Car rego would be the same. Electricity, internet, fuel would be almost the same. You may spend more money going on holidays and going out for fancy dinners but that is it. What do you guys think about my single person minimum wage calculation? What did I forget? 8 Likes 1 Share |
| Travel / Re: Living In Australia/life As An Australian Immigrant by ideamaster(m): 2:40pm On May 17, 2020 |
FBS: They have probably also considered trucks, short road trains, busses and coaches. Maybe they don't want 2 sets of different speed limits for small cars and for trucks. Freeways/highways close to big cities are really good as they are dual carriageways with multiple lanes on both sides. You know you are entering a regional area when the highway merges into this bumpy undivided roads with overtaking lanes. The road condition, winding roads, animals at night, overtaking speed and then fatigue zones are factors they may have considered to set the limit at 110. |
| Travel / Re: Living In Australia/life As An Australian Immigrant by ideamaster(m): 2:06pm On May 17, 2020 |
FBS: Yeah, I know right? Some people struggle with 2 to 5 hour drives and I can definitely understand. It's not easy. My old manual car doesn't have cruise control. But one thing I have noticed about cruise control drivers on the highway, is that they usually set the speed above the speed limit at a value determined by how much faith they have. Haha. You would often find people setting the speed at 110 in a 100 zone. |
| Travel / Re: Living In Australia/life As An Australian Immigrant by ideamaster(m): 4:17am On May 15, 2020 |
bellong: On the 17 hour drive, how many times did you stop to fill up your tank? Lol. Or do you put extra fuel in jerry cans? |
| Travel / Re: Living In Australia/life As An Australian Immigrant by ideamaster(m): 4:12am On May 15, 2020 |
FBS: Yeah. I don't speed because I have better ideas on how to spend my money. Lol. But even with that, it's still good to know where the speed cameras are, both mobile and fixed, average speed cameras, the police, road works, broken down vehicles etc. And yeah, Bellong is right, a 10 hour interstate drive is short. Driving from Cairns to Brisbane within the same state is 18+ hours. During that journey, I was already midpoint between my origin and destination. But then, I break up my journeys into max 10 hours driving per day. Fatigue is real and for me 8 to 10 hours per day is just okay. |
| Travel / Re: Living In Australia/life As An Australian Immigrant by ideamaster(m): 3:09am On May 12, 2020 |
It's been a while but I guess I was heading from Brisbane to Sydney. Waze instead of Google Maps in Nsw. What do you think? 2 Likes
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| Travel / Re: Living In Australia/life As An Australian Immigrant by ideamaster(m): 2:51am On May 12, 2020 |
Queenslander photo taken at the Nsw-Qld border. For those of you who fly into Brisbane, sorry, you can't take pictures like this. Haha 4 Likes
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| Travel / Re: Living In Australia/life As An Australian Immigrant by ideamaster(m): 2:47am On May 12, 2020 |
Brisbane - June 2019 4 Likes
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| Travel / Re: Living In Australia/life As An Australian Immigrant by ideamaster(m): 2:17am On May 12, 2020 |
In my opinion, if we keep asking and answering questions about how to migrate, we would just end up with another DIY PR or student visa thread here. There are lots of kind hearted people on those threads who are willing to answer migration related questions. We should instead encourage people to share their experiences about settling in Australia, post pictures, ask and answer questions generally about living in Australia. 10 Likes
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| Travel / Re: Living In Australia/life As An Australian Immigrant by ideamaster(m): 1:07am On Sep 14, 2019 |
damsel020: Congrats. Wishing you all the best 1 Like 1 Share |
| Travel / Re: DIY Guide To Australian Permanent Resident Visa - Part 2 by ideamaster(m): 3:06am On Jun 28, 2019 |
gaaaa: @ gaaaa. You sent me a pm. I have tried replying but it keeps bouncing back - not delivered. |
| Travel / Re: Living In Australia/life As An Australian Immigrant by ideamaster(m): 4:12pm On May 12, 2019 |
rinzylee: Australians love their animals and they don't want to see you hurt an animal intentionally. No one sets out to intentionally hit a kangaroo. In most cases, you might be driving at 100km per hour and they just jump out in front of you giving you between 1 and 3 seconds to react. Government websites like this https://roadsafety.transport.nsw.gov.au/stayingsafe/drivers/animalsoncountryroads/index.html would tell you to drive safely at dawn and dusk, slow down if there are animals on the side of the road, apply your brakes safely and most importantly, don't swerve. It's better to hit the animal after slowing down a bit than to swerve and lose control of your car. People have died from trying to swerve at high speeds. Another thing is damage to your car. Hit an average size kangaroo at slow speeds and you would be looking at smash repairs on your bonnet, changing headlight, bumper and maybe radiator. If you are travelling at a higher speed, obviously there would be greater damage. And I hear once your air bags deploy, they write off your car. That means they wouldn't even attempt to repair it. What can get you charged is intentionally running over animals especially if you also choose to record yourself doing it. Like the guy who was arrested because he ran over some emus, recorded a video and sent it to his friends. Another thing you wouldn't want to do is beating or hurting your pet - dog or cat or whatever pet you have. Someone may be watching or recording and before you know it, Rspca would come looking for you. DoDirtsLikeWorm: Most indigenous people would tell you they love kangaroo meat. I am not sure about this but I think indigenous people are the only ones permitted to hunt kangaroo for their meat or whatever. Sometimes you find kangaroo meat in grocery shops. 2 Likes |
| Travel / Re: Living In Australia/life As An Australian Immigrant by ideamaster(m): 1:58pm On Apr 29, 2019 |
GoodMemory: Nice one. I like long distance trips. Is it dual carriageway all thru between Sydney and Melbourne? The kind of road affects the speed limit. I love the drive between Sydney and Newcastle. It's mostly 3 lanes dual carriageway with 110km/h limit. But as expected, there is a fixed camera along the way and traffic cops are usually hiding along the way. I always used Waze app instead of Google Maps when I was driving in Sydney and surrounding areas. After Newcastle, heading towards Tamworth, it becomes the boring single lane with overtaking lanes and 100km/h speed limit. Btw, I don't think those Safe-T cams and average speed camera sites scattered around Nsw are turned on for light vehicles. They are for heavy vehicles/trucks. As for kangaroos, the threat is way higher at dawn and dusk. That's one disadvantage of leaving very early in the morning on those interior single carriage highways. Apparently, the kangaroos are blinded by your headlights or they just have a special love for it. That's the reason they jump towards the light. I would love to do Brisbane to Perth either thru the back roads/shorter route or thru Sydney. 6 Likes 2 Shares |
| Travel / Re: DIY Guide To Australian Permanent Resident Visa - Part 2 by ideamaster(m): 3:43pm On Apr 25, 2019 |
ChampXC: You can create multiple EOIs. For you to get 489 sponsorship from Regional Nsw, you need to apply to the particular region you are interested in. This involves an application fee. It's only when the region agrees to support/sponsor you that you would get Nsw 489 invitation. At the moment, I guess it's only Nsw Far South Coast that has Mech Engineering on their list. They require 2 years experience and their nomination program is currently suspended. Just like others have said, try other states. You would need to apply to them first and some of them have application fees. |
| Travel / Re: Living In Australia/life As An Australian Immigrant by ideamaster(m): 11:08am On Mar 30, 2019 |
Bnimz: Yeah. The warning signs before mobile speed cameras is really good in Nsw. And then the cars they use in Nsw are clearly marked cars painted with Mobile Speed camera. They are usually easy to spot from afar. It's a different ball game in WA. WA traffic police are another thing. First of all, they don't have to put a sign out. Mobile speed cameras are usually in unmarked SUVs hidden behind curves or bushes. You can even drive past it without noticing there was a camera there. There are also some fixed cameras that are not at traffic lights. They would just be there lying somewhere along the freeway. In Perth, you can go online and download the list of mobile camera locations for the next week. But that doesn't really help. Qld doesn't really have that much fixed cameras. They have mobile cameras in both marked and unmarked cars. They don't put signs out for mobile cameras. They focus more on highway patrol. There are tons of them. If you drive past one, there is a high probability, you would drive past more in front. The solution is driving to the speed limit, so you are not worried about getting a fine or not. 5 Likes |
| Travel / Re: DIY Guide To Australian Permanent Resident Visa - Part 2 by ideamaster(m): 6:24am On Feb 21, 2019 |
stanssy: Nsw Regions don't require proof of funds. Head to the Murray website, see their requirements, gather your documents and apply. |
| Travel / Re: General Australian Student Visa Enquiries Part 3 by ideamaster(m): 4:05am On Feb 21, 2019 |
sugark: Hello. I sent you a pm. I know someone trying for UTas. Thanks 1 Like |
| Travel / Re: Living In Australia/life As An Australian Immigrant by ideamaster(m): 10:27pm On Jan 09, 2019 |
@ zanyzara and other bosses here Maybe we should do up a general answer for those who would come asking for tourists or visitor visas and the possibility of staying back and applying for PR. The general answer can then be edited into the initial post. It would be easier to refer them to page 1. It's becoming difficult to sort through these posts to find the experiences of people living in Australia. The repeated enquiries may also discourage people from posting pictures or talking about their experiences. As regards tourist or visitor visa, this is my opinion. You need strong home ties and considerable travel experience where you have complied with your visa conditions to get Australian tourist visa. There are guys from the student visa thread who got visitor visas to attend business conferences but they had to show proof they had attended similar conferences in other Countries and complied with the conditions. So for example, if you are below 40, you don't have a good job in Nigeria, solid bank statement, landed properties, and previous travel history, your chances are extremely low. Having a wife and kids is not strong enough home ties. Correct me if I am wrong. However, if you get a tourist visa, you would most likely have a no further stay condition imposed on it. That means you can't apply for any other normal visa while you are in Australia. Chances of finding someone to get married to in 3 months is also low. If you manage to find someone, you would still need to go back to your Country to apply for a partner visa. What else? 4 Likes |
| Travel / Re: DIY Guide To Australian Permanent Resident Visa - Part 2 by ideamaster(m): 9:48pm On Jan 09, 2019 |
Saintbusco1: Have a look at the Aitsl website. It says your application is assessed against 2 criteria. Qualification and English test. They don't require experience. You would have to gather more points from other sources like English test However, your qualification must include supervised teaching practice. AmaSophy: You should probably go through the education route. You would have more options. You can go for 189 or look for state or regions sponsoring teachers. |
| Travel / Re: General Australian Student Visa Enquiries Part 3 by ideamaster(m): 1:36am On Nov 02, 2018 |
miimss: Your chemical engineering can give you PR from Nigeria if you can get 65 or 70 points. Search for the DIY Australia PR thread. And then, if you must study, study a course related to your Chemical engineering or related to your work experience. That would show you are a genuine temporary entrant and give you better chances of getting the visa. In most cases, a Masters program in engineering on its own cannot lead to PR. You still need to use your Bachelor's degree. Do your research. |
| Travel / Re: General Australian Student Visa Enquiries Part 3 by ideamaster(m): 8:28am On Oct 31, 2018 |
miimss: What's your Bachelor's in? |
| Travel / Re: Living In Australia/life As An Australian Immigrant by ideamaster(m): 8:21am On Oct 20, 2018 |
suzzyallen: This is the reality. An airbnb for $100 per night would still amount to $700 per week. But then, you can play around with the filters on the airbnb website. Look out for ensuite rooms (Masters bedroom). They are usually cheaper than renting the whole unit. And then also look out for studio apartments. Yes, you would need a cheaper place to stay for at least 1 to 2 weeks. If that's still not working, look for like 2 double rooms in the same house. Airbnb hosts are usually nice. Some would understand your condition and be flexible. And then, while on that, jump on the real estate website. Sort by prices. Low to high. And target places that are available immediately and already have inspection dates scheduled. Hopefully you find something soon. |
| Travel / Re: Living In Australia/life As An Australian Immigrant by ideamaster(m): 8:08am On Oct 20, 2018 |
Y2Kbaba: https://www.nairaland.com/3786389/general-australian-student-visa-enquiries |
| Travel / Re: Living In Australia/life As An Australian Immigrant by ideamaster(m): 8:05am On Oct 20, 2018 |
qeezo101: What kind of visa are you coming on? Read from the beginning of the thread. A couple of people shared their experiences and I believe nothing much has changed. |
| Travel / Re: General Australian Student Visa Enquiries Part 3 by ideamaster(m): 4:18pm On Oct 10, 2018 |
magastefan: Your agent is correct. Because of GTE issues, anything related to your work experience is what would look genuine. Trying to change to a course that would give PR is a red flag. |
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