suzzyallen:


Tanx Yeeshas, actually need connections to an agent
ASAP.

Please send me a dm.

bellong:


Can you help SuzyAllen with his query?

Thanks...

I am miles away from Sydney. Not sure I will get to have holiday in that city again.

Yes, I have already asked our agent for that price range after I saw his post. I am waiting for a response. I wanted to get an update before responding to his query. I will come back with something hopefully.

In other news, I met Jamson in real life and I was thrilled, haha. We met at a mutual friends birthday party and I asked him for Bellong, haha.

That’s the person me I want to meet in this Australia. I hail thee!

Hello Everyone, it’s been a while. I hope we are all good. Just a quick one, anyone in Sydney looking for a job, please let me know ASAP. Role is ‘Case Manager’ you will take escalations. Thank you.

obi24:


Pls Yeeshas, did you blend ur stock fish or can one carry it just like that without blending? Thanks.

I believe @Tyosho already answered. I didn’t blend my stock fish. Just the cray fish.

obi24:


@ Tyosho, pls is it adviseable to package grinded pepper and grounded soybeans in a ziplock bag? I don't want to waste my money on buying what will be rejected at the airport. Thank u.

Yes it is. I brought those in myslef. Powder beans and pepper and even stock fish..haha

piusford:
Congratulations again, Yeeshas.

Thanks for making out time to share this. May your dreams all come true.

Amen. Thank you so much.

Omooloriredade:


Congratulations Yeeshas. I like these kind of stories that remind one that challenges or obstacles are temporary. The assessment, english test and DIBP stories are all history now. It will only get better.

Biko, come first....... How can you make me a happy Samsung customer? The only way is if I can get the 50% discount o, else no smile on my face till I leave.

Hahahaa, thanks a lot! Are you unhappy with us ni? oya send me a dm so we can chat.

Hello All,

Hope everyone is doing great? So I have been meaning to come here to share my story after I landed in Sydney, Australia, but life has been from one event to the other but tonight, I had to stop myself to do this.

Before I start, I wanna give a shout out to Bellong and say a big thank you for starting this Australian thread because I cannot emphasize the tremendous help we got from the nairaland thread during our application process from start to finish. So let me cut straight to it.

We landed in Sydney Australia by midnight sometime in January and because it was that time of the night, our luggage was only scanned but not thoroughly checked so I guess we got away with all our food items. We were accommodated by a family whom we connected with through a dear friend of ours. We stayed with this family for two weeks after which we then moved to our own apartment.

Getting our apartment was not a walk in the park, we were simply favored. One agent wanted to swindle us of an additional $350 because he perceived we were newbies and desperate to move to our own place, we didn't fall for it because he was asking us to make the payment for the 'paper works'he was going to prepare for us because we didn't meet the 100 points criteria in order to secure an accommodation. Anyway, to cut the long story short, we threatened to report him but eventually moved on to search for other properties, he later called us back and gave us the property without the 'paperwork' fee.

We currently live in Liverpool, a 2 bedroom apartment for $350 per week and I must say it isn't bad at all. The apartment comes with a communal pool and a basketball court. We have never used it though. It is also close to everything, train station, the mall, medical centre and all.

Our first two weeks after arriving here was very rough, one because of the jetlag and then the paperwork, job-hunt, house-hunt, add to the fact that we were putting up with a family we were meeting for the first time. It wasn't exactly the best of experience but we are grateful. Things began to ease out after we moved to our own apartment.

Regarding job search, the truth is that my husband and I were open-minded and were not very selective at first because we had gathered info here on nairaland about starting off and all. My husband got a Warehouse job a day after we moved to our apartment and he was asked to start immediately, four days later, he got another job offer at Fujitsu as a Stock Plan Administrator which is basically data entry and administering the company's stock plans, although this job is better for him, however, it is not in line with his career. He has a background in Network Security and so has currently enrolled in a scholarship program in Cyber Security. The Australian govt. is currently investing in the Cyber Security industry because of shortage in the skill availability.

We immediately enrolled our Son in daycare so I could attend interviews. We were paying $465 per week until his immunization was updated and we now pay $143 per week for 5 days because of childcare rebate. We also got the outstanding back after his childcare rebate was activated. We attend Hillsong church and I must say it's a beautiful place to worship. We didn't get a car yet because we are very close to the train station and our son's daycare is only a street away plus we are saving up to buy a very good car too.

I left my job story for the last because I am extremely grateful to God for this and I also wanted to use it to encourage folks coming down here. After about 2 weeks of job search, I got a Customer Service job at a Telecoms company called BSA where I was a Remediation officer. I earned $26 per hour and it was a contract job. After 3 weeks or so of working there, my shift got changed to 11 am - 7 pm shift and so I had to stop work because my Son's daycare closes by 6 pm and you pay $1 per minute for every minute after 6 pm.

I applied for more jobs and granted a couple of interviews and as God would have it, on one of those days, I made an application for a job with 'Private Advertiser" written on it. (I am normally reluctant to apply for such vacancies) but I went ahead anyway and then I was asked to answer a couple of questions and write a cover letter. (these were things I didn't like doing but I did it anyway). A day later, I got a call from a guy saying he was from Samsung Australia and if I could come in for an interview and I'm like "Absolutely"! To cut the story short, after 2 stages of the interview (one individual and another group interview) with very intimidating guys especially because I don't have the Australian 'phoneee'accent, I was a bit intimidated by these other candidates. Anyway, I got the job and it is a permanent job with amazing pay and benefits including a 4-week annual paid leave, 10 days paid carer's leave, 50 percent staff discount off Samsung products and several other benefits. Why did I take the pain to spell out some of the benefits? Because when we came into Australia, some people told us it was hard to get a permanent job as a newbie and even a professional job for that matter and bla bla but this is really not the case. If you believe it, then you can have it.

I currently work as a VOC Case Manager at the Samsung head office in Australia. The role simply means dispute management, processing of refunds, repairs, exchange and what not, pretty much making a disgruntled customer happy again.

Its been a little over three months since we came here and we can't be more grateful to God for how He has settled us quickly and in ways we didn't even imagine. Generally its easy to save here as long as you don't live above your means.

I'll stop here and I wish you all the very best.

PS: I also resumed Uni for my Master's degree at the University of Sydney but I have now put that on hold for some time because I work full time and it was too much for me so I suspended it for now.

bellong:


Why?? Why did you quote that long post to write wow.. abeg, undo the quote.

This made me roll. lmaoooo. I thought so too!!!

Omooloriredade:



I have since completed my account opening using my Nigerian address and phone number (no money to send yet ). It was a smooth process. Your account number is sent to you via email in about 24-48 hours. You'll also be sent your internet log in details via a seperate email (for security reasons) another 24 hours after.
Read the instructions on the PDF attachment containing your acct details carefully.

Thanks a lot!

kamotisha:
Hi fam!
Pls I need advise o. I tried opening a NAB classic account from naija and experienced issues because they asked for phone no and I was putting +234...Apparently they expect the no to be an aussie no. Any ideas on what to do pls? Or do I try another bank? Any referrals with good testimonies?

Same happened to us as well as we plan to transfer our money there before leaving Nigeria. But I'm guessing we will just wait till we arrive. If you ever find a way, please let me know will you? Thank you.

abby2443:
Architectural draftsperson 312111

Hmm, that is not the occupation I nominated but you can still send to me just to help you go through against their checklist or if I think there is anything you may need to add.

abby2443:
Anybody in the house?

Which occupation did you nominate?

jukeblam:


Now why would that person leave Oz to go birth in the USA?! (Off the top of my head too )

'That person' sure would need a visa to get the baby to enter Oz- probably spend a few months waiting too.

Hahahaa...A person might want to do that for several reasons known to them.

But hey, thanks a lot! I appreciate.

So I hope I don't get insulted for this question oo. lol. So just off the top of my head, was wondering if a person had an Australian Permanent Resident Visa and is already residing there but decide to have their baby in the US, do they need to apply for a PR visa for this child before bringing he or she back to Australia to leave with the family? cc Bellong

Thank you Sir!

majiouk2002:


skyscanner.com

Thanks a lot! God bless.

Solitin40:

https://www.cheapflights.com.ng/

Thanks a lot! God bless.

Hello All, Please I need other cheap flights sites, I reached out to IOM twice and they said they are not processing 2018 tickets for now and we are not sure we want to wait till early January since we plan to leave by end of January 2018. Just so they don't disappoint us. Please any suggestion? Thank you.

[quote author=bellong post=62352057]

Though you will work in mental health but your role as a social worker will be different from a clinical psychologist.

Are you trying to apply with your undergraduate degree? Yes, postgraduate admission for psychology is very very competitive but you shouldn't stop trying. Meanwhile, don't discard the social Work admission


This correct Sir, I am applying with my undergrad. Thank you.

Omooloriredade:


Congratulations.

"Domestic student".....so you're to pay 'shinkini' money. Hmm, makes sense. Your "International student" brothers and sisters are paying for you o.

Lool. Yesso @shikini money. I am grateful for that. My international brothers will soon become residents too oo.

Phlunter01:
I sha knew that one day I will proclaim my feggo connection

Hahaha, please feel free to pm me anytime. I will respond as soon as I can. Freely have I received, freely shall I give.lol.

Do you think I should try again? @Bellong

bellong:
@Yeeshas,

You don't want to practice psychology?

So I tried severally to apply for Clinical Psychology but my grades did not meet up with many of them and since my interest is really in Mental health, I found the Social Worker course in this Uni that allows me specialize in Mental health and I thought why not? So I decided to go for it.

I have come come again to say thank you. To the glory of God, I just got my admission for Masters of Social Works (Qualifying) from the University of Sydney this morning as a domestic student. If I didn't find this thread, I probably won't be here saying this today. First semester commences in March 2018. I am grateful to God and I am thankful to Bellong and everyone here doing a great job to help other people. Thank you and God bless!

*Latecomer* Happy 500th Page! God bless you Bellong. Thank you for everything. You have been one of my helpers in the course of destiny. Thank you.

tyosho:
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I don't know about IT scenario but I'm in a what's app group with some Indians and they constantly post openings.Someone who's in the core of that field will have a better response

Thank you so much for all the information you have provided. It will do a world of good! May God bless you and your family. We are going to Sydney early next year by God's grace and I find this thread very invaluable!. Please my husband is in IT, can he be added to the group. Please, thank you.

Kingbukaz:
@bellong @ Yeesha and others, please has anyone gotten a positive assessment with ACWA using a 4years degree from Nigeria? Occupation: Welfare center manager. Dnt know if ACWA do like Vetassess by assessing it as an Associate degree?

Hi, sorry Im just responding. Have you gotten an answer to this yet?
Hi everyone. I have been MIA since September. So sorry. so many things to sort. Work, baby, family..... Oga Bellong, hope you are great Sir? It is good to be back.

@stickaman04, google sample questions on both and see which one you find easier or you are more comfortable with. I hope this helps.

@kingbukaz

UNIT GROUP 1342: HEALTH AND WELFARE SERVICES MANAGERS

Description: Plan, organise, direct, control and coordinate the professional and administrative aspects of health and welfare programs and services. Nurse Managers are excluded from this unit group. Nurse Managers are included in Unit Group 2543 Nurse Managers.

Skill Level: Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with a bachelor degree or higher qualification and at least five years of relevant experience. In some instances relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1).

Tasks
Providing overall direction and management for the service, facility, organisation or centre
Developing, implementing and monitoring procedures, policies and standards for medical, nursing, allied health and administrative staff
Coordinating and administering health and welfare programs and clinical services
Monitoring and evaluating resources devoted to health, welfare, recreation, housing, employment, training and other community facilities and centres
Controlling administrative operations such as budget planning, report preparation, expenditure on supplies, equipment and services
Liaising with other health and welfare providers, boards and funding bodies to discuss areas of health and welfare service cooperation and coordination
Advising government bodies about measures to improve health and welfare services and facilities
Representing the organisation in negotiations, and at conventions, seminars, public hearings and forums
Controlling selection, training and supervision of staff

Forgot to add, IED is 17th of May , 2018 and Processing team is GSM Adelaide.

Good morning e-family. As it has always been my habit(bad habit) I have always tended towards being a silent passive reader (I answer questions o because plenty people PM me and I answer o, lol guilty conscience is worrying me)

Anyway, I am first of all grateful to God and second, my biggest thank you goes to Bellong (May the Lord perfect all that concerns you in Jesus Name Sir).

To everyone who recently got their grant and ITAs, I say big congratulations to you all.

I want to also say a very big thank you to this e-family, without this forum, I probably won't be a PR visa holder today.

I have gotten my grant, for me, my husband and our son yesterday morning by 5.34 am. I will come back to put a detailed timeline but I lodged on the 18th of May (190 NSW Visa) on my Mum's birthday and at exactly 4 months, 18th of September, on my nieces' birthday, grant came. I am super thankful to you all and I am most grateful to God.

Thank you MamaJaz, Ucheylee, everyone really, everyone. Thank you and God bless!

PS: Please continue to ask me questions, I won't hesitate to answer or be of help.