Australia Day - Celebrate what's great!

26 January is the official national day of Australia. Celebrated annually since 1808 when the first fleet arrived in Sydney. It is marked by thousands of events throughout the country, celebrating everything that is great about being Australian!

Preparation for immigrating to Australia

Immigrating to Australia - the process

If you want to immigrate in Australia you will need professional advise and up to date information. Every migration agent offers many professional advice and services that include helping with visa applications, analyzing of the necessary documents, visa assessment, lodging the applications and many other services. Every migration agent must be up to date with the Department of Immigration and Citizenship. The registered migration agents must be with a good character and must be good and competent and in Australian Immigration law.

Free online visa assessment before lodging an application 

Engaging with a migration agent usually is the right choice for everyone who wants to stay away from any difficulty and problem when lodging the visa application. Usually many visa applications are denied because of the insufficient documentation.

The Australian Migration Agent will help you to get the proper and best for you Australian visa and will support you any time if you have some kind of troubles. But you should know one thing, you must be armed with a lot of patience. Every visa application and case is different and the processing time depends on the type of your visa. Generally speaking most of the applicants for Australian permanent visa wait 9 to 18 months to receive an answer about their visa application.

Sydney, Australia - a great place to migrate for work and study

What makes Sydney a great place for living?

When you think about the characteristics of a perfect place to live in, what comes in your mind? Surely the place has to have good economy - thus good working opportunities, good schools and universities that would make it a good place to raise children and rich cultural life that would add to the quality of life. Sydney has all of these characteristics, and then some.

Sydney is very welcoming to skilled worker looking for a job overseas. There is a shortage of highly skilled workers in more than one field throughout Australia and migrating here to on the basis of your skills and work opportunities is a great option.

Whether you are thinking of Sydney as a possible tourist destination or as an option for work, you will not be disappointed. Sydney has always been rated among the best cities in the world with the highest quality of lifestyle ranking.

Get a job in Australia with a Sponsorship Visa

Australia is famous by its fine climate, employment opportunities, beautiful lifestyle and landscape. Unlike the other European countries, Australia overcome the debt crisis pretty unmarked. This July, the Australian employees added another 14 000 jobs compared to the last month, demonstrating the stability in this world with many economical and financial problems.

Skilled workers are in demand in Australia

Australia expects the majority and leading industries to grow and develop due to investment. Because of this, Australia is looking for highly skilled workers which makes it totally obvious option for those who want to come and find job in Australia. Australia provides to the migrants social and political stability and balance, an extremely good education system and easy access to medical health care.

Secure a job with Sponsorship Visa Australia

 For all those who have properly secured job there is the Sponsorship Visa Australia. Currently, this is the best of the Immigration priority list and these kind of visa applications are going to be processed before the others.

In spite of this, for lots of people the Skilled Australian Independent Visa is the best visa, because it doesn't demand the migrants to have a job or sponsorship to be able to move.

The applicants are rather assessed on their abilities, attributes and capability for job to make sure that they are in a solid position to contribute very fast to the Australian Economy.

But for those who want to relax and enjoy, the Australian Working Holiday Visa is the best option.

How to get a Spouse Visa in Australia

Spouse Visa Australia requirements

Australian migration law permits partners and de facto partners of Australian residents, permanent residents and eligible New Zealand residents to stay permanently in Australia, to get an Australian visa in order to be able to live and work in Australia. To be able to get spouse visa Australia and to be able to bring your foreign wife or husband to Australia, you must be Australian citizen, permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen and you must be married by law to your partner or plan to marry your partner before a final decision is made on your spouse visa application.

De Facto Relationship

If you are in a stable de facto relationship with your partner at least for 12 months before applying for partner visa, you might be qualified to get a de facto partner visa to bring your other half in Australia. If you are in de facto relationship with your partner you have to prove that. Both of you must have the same bank account, you must prove that you live together for at least one year, you should also prove that both of you participate in the payment of the household things and bills.

Spouse visa Australia options

Depending of your individual situation, your wife or husband possibly may apply for a provisional spouse visa both onshore or offshore.The Australian Spouse visa usually is granted as a temporary spouse visa. After two years if the relationship is still strong and you are together, you can apply for permanent partner visa.

Migration Agents in Australia - What You need to Know

Look for a registered migration agent

The migration agents in Australia has to be registered with the MARA – Migration Agents Registration Authority. An approved and registered migration agent is can give advises about the visa requirements and can help you to apply your visa application. In Australia it's ilegal to give advise about the visa requirements if you are not properly registered. If you decide to use a migration agent in Melbourne you will need to if the agent is registered with MARA. It is good to choose Registered migration agent because:

• The properly registered agents passed a individual character test, have finished a complete course in Australia Immigration Law and they must follow the Code of Conduct;
• The registered agents need to sustain their registration yearly and go to special professional seminars;
• Every properly registered agent in Melbourne, need to have updated and current access to the Migration Regulations and Migration Act;
• Each registered migration agent have the knowledge and expertise to help reduce the delays that happen by the insufficient knowledge of the migration law. By working with this kind og migration agent, you maximise your possibility of getting your visa on time;
  
  
  
  
  

  What registered migration agents should know

Australian migration agents should have a great knowledge of the migration law, to be able to help any customer with different issues. The information about you as a customer and your visa application will be kept strictly confidential. Your migration agent also has the task to keep you informed throughout the process with your visa application. Therefore the best thing you can do before choosing an agent, is to make a good research about which agent is the best for you.

Using an Immigration Agent to migrate to Australia

Australia Perth (Photo credit: Kenny Teo (zoompict))

Why Australia?

Australia has the image of a country with optimal living conditions and opportunities to achieve the perfect balance between work and private life. This has made Australia one of the top destinations that foreigners choose as their second home. Quality of life, beautiful and exotic nature,
education and work opportunities make the number of foreigners wishing to immigrate to Australia increase every year.

How can you move to Australia?

Australia has strict laws and procedures when it comes to immigration. If you are thinking about migrating to Australia, it might be a good idea to consult a migration agent.

Using a migration agent is not essential to move in Australia. It actually depends completely on the ability to make a successful visa application. Somehow, it is a little bit like determining if you want to use an accounting professional to submit the return tax, or use a solicitor to make your Will.

It is individual choice. Many people feel confident to do it by themselves and do it effectively and successfully, and other people choose to use an expert consultant.

If you choose to use a registered migration agent in Australia, the offered services usually will include:

• Giving you advice about what kind of visa is best for you if you are in or out of Australia;
• Offering you a real and sincere opinion about your possibilities of success;
• Giving you a strong, written quote of their charges to represent you, which includes information about the application components, for example translation and medicals costs that will represent other extra costs;
• Ensuring that the needed application documents are of a standard that complies with the Australian Department of Immigration and the Citizenship's requirements;
• Helping you with any specific difficulties;
• Ensuring that your visa application form is finished right and correctly along with the right charge, - this means that your application is valid, because the Department can't accept invalid visa application;
• Making legal submission to support your visa application and represent you in the best light;
• Lodging the application, monitor the progress;
• In the case that your visa application is not approved/unsuccessful, applying for Ministerial intervention, submit the appeal and represent you at the tribunal court date.
  
  

  

One of the most important things you should know when choosing a migration agent is that the agent must be registered at the Migration Agents Registration Authority – MARA. It is a criminal act for the unregistered agents to provide advice.