189 Visa Process: How to Immigrate to Australia (Skilled Independent)

189 Visa Process: How to Immigrate to Australia (Skilled Independent)

If you want to immigrate to Australia and are wondering how to get Australian permanent residency (pr), this guide will walk you through the steps I took to get a points-tested, subclass 189 skilled independent visa. The 189 visa is a skilled migration visa, where...
How to Start a Business in Australia as a Sole Trader

How to Start a Business in Australia as a Sole Trader

Starting a new business can be overwhelming, particularly if you’ve moved to a new country. If you’re thinking of starting a business in Australia as a sole trader, this guide will break the process down into easy steps. You’ll not only learn about...
Medicare Australia: Understand How the Healthcare System Works

Medicare Australia: Understand How the Healthcare System Works

If you’re thinking of moving Down Under, knowing how Medicare Australia, the public healthcare system, works is vital. I had no idea how Medicare worked when I moved to Australia. I’d read about it online, but didn’t really get my head around it until I started using...
5 Ways of Making Friends Abroad You May Not Have Considered

5 Ways of Making Friends Abroad You May Not Have Considered

Making friends while working or living abroad is an important part of settling into your new home. Having a good social network is likely to result in a more successful move. But how do you go about meeting people in an unfamiliar country? To give you some...
How to Transfer Money Abroad Cheaply with Wise

How to Transfer Money Abroad Cheaply with Wise

If you’re planning on moving overseas and need to move your savings over, you’re probably wondering how to transfer money abroad cheaply. As an expat, I’ve often had to transfer money to Australia from the UK. After a lot of research, I decided that...
Emigration Preparation Part 2: Let the Madness Begin

Emigration Preparation Part 2: Let the Madness Begin

In my last blog post, I detailed how I finally got my permanent residency visa for Australia, why I decided to go backpacking across Australia’s south coast, and the terror that set in once the whole notion of migrating had sunk in! Here are the grown-up hurdles...
Emigration Preparation Part 1: Visa Excitement & the Ensuing Terror

Emigration Preparation Part 1: Visa Excitement & the Ensuing Terror

Immigrating to Australia. It’s a pretty dramatic concept. One that may fill you with terror or excitement. Either way, it’s a word that you would associate with months of organisation involving paperwork, cardboard boxes and tearing out clumps of your...