INFORMATION BOOKLETS

These booklets are a series of booklets about migration to Australia. The relevant booklet can be downloaded from:

http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/

You should download and study the booklet  most relevant to your case but they should be read in conjunction with your visit to the Department’s site  to ensure you have the latest updates and changes to the regulations.

                                                                                                                                                        Information booklets are far more detailed than information forms and describe the procedures to follow for migration.  However you should visit the Department’s site to ensure you have the latest updates and changes to the regulations.

DO YOU QUALIFY FOR A PERMANENT RESIDENT VISA?

The starting point is to study the following categories of permanent visas  to ascertain if you qualify in any one or more of them.

The categories of Permanent Visa issued by the Australian Government’s Department of Immigration and Citizenship  are broadly as follows:

1 Skilled Migration Visa;

2. Employer Sponsored Visa;

3.Business Visa;

4.Partner Visa;

5.Parent Migration;

6.Other Family Migration

7.Child Migration

8.Business Skills Entry Migration

8.Special Migration

1. SKILLED MIGRATION VISA

It is useful to study the Schedule 1and 2 of the Skilled Occupation List (SOL)

 http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/_pdf/sol-schedule1-2.pdf

Booklet 6. Download the Information, General Skilled Migration

http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/booklets/books6.htm

2. EMPLOYER SPONSORED VISA

Employer Nomination Scheme, Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme, Labour Agreements

Booklet 5. Employer Sponsored Migration Download the Booklet at:

http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/booklets/1131.pdf

3. BUSINESS VISA

4. PARTNER VISA

spouses, de facto partners and fiancés

Booklet 1, Partner Migration Download the Booklet at:

http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/booklets/books1.htm

5. PARENT MIGRATION VISA

Aged parents and Working-age parents

6. OTHER FAMILY MIGRATION VISA

Aged dependent relative, Remaining relative or carers

7. CHILD MIGRATION VISA

Dependent children, orphan relatives or Adopted children

The following information can be found in the booklet -

1.      General information

2.      Basic requirements

o    Sponsorship

o    Assurance of Support

o    Costs and charges

o    Living in Australia

o    Dependents

8.  BUSINESS SKILLS ENTRY MIGRATION

Business owners, senior executives, those with an ownership interest in an established business in Australia, or Investment-linked migration.

9. SPECIAL MIGRATION VISA

Former resident, Distinguished talent, or Close ties with Australia

For fuller details, you should visit the Department site at: 

http://www.immi.gov.au/

Use the Visa Wizard to try to which visa is appropriate for you or whether you would be granted any visa.

THE RATIONALE FOR THIS BLOG.

This blog, written in a journal style, catalogues in the first person singular my journey which started some two years ago from Kuala Lumpur  and  ending  in our being ensconced comfortably in Melbourne.

For a mixture of reasons, Molly, my  wife of forty years have made a most momentous decision  to migrate to Melbourne.

 That journey was made in  November 2010. Come November 2012, we would have been in Melbourne for  two years.   A Migrant’s number of  years’ stay has a lot of relevance in monetary terms in that an unbroken continuous stay of two years would earn him a HealthCard. This card determines a broad number of cost related matters. Of primary concern to most migrants would be the cost of health care.  A ten years’ stay would mean a pension.  Full details of the Health Card and Pension are found in  the  other sections of this Blog.

This Blog was created for the twin reason of keeping\ a sort of journal of our new life in Melbourne. It may also be of interest to similarly placed Malaysians  who may have intention to migrate.   We will  try, in as systematic fashion as possible cover all the grounds cataloguing the steps necessary to make for  a successful relocation from Malaysia to   Melbourne.

But Firs t  Thing Firs t

A.  Do  you  Qualify for anAustralian Government Permaneny Visa?

Before even beginning  to think about  migrating, you have  to ascertain whether you fall into one or more of the categories which  qualify you  to apply  b e  a migrant to Australia. If you so qualify   the steps to be taken t o make a formal application to apply  to migrate.

B.  Making the Application

C. When your Application is Approved

[1] The First Arrival Date condition

D. Your Accommodation in Melbourne

1]  Buying or Renting

[2] Checking out possible accommodation and desirable locations while you are still in Malaysia

[3]  Ways Real Estate transactions are carried out in Melbourne

[4]  Zeroing on a Property

[5] Travelling to Melbourne  to sight an identified property

F.  Location of Accommodation

D.  Relocating your Household Effects

[1] Types of International Removers &Approximate Cost.