What is a Sponsored Visa or a Visa Sponsorship? There are a variety of visas that make entry into Australia possible. These visas are (but are not limited to): Visitor visas Studying and training visas Family and partner visas Working and skilled visas Refugee and humanitarian visas In this article I will focus on the main visa that is relevant to my area as a…
How to Find a Home in a Rental Crisis?
How to Find a Home in a Rental Crisis? Immigration is not for the weak at heart. It takes a special type of courage and an adventurous spirit to pack up your life in a shipping container, limit your travel baggage to 23 kilograms, and get onto an airplane destined for the Great South Land. You leave behind all that is familiar to come and…
Part 4 – Will I Survive On the Offered Salary?
Will I Survive On the Offered Salary? This blog continues my previous series, Will I Survive In Australia? In this entry, we will discuss the sponsoring employer’s obligations to you as a sponsored employee and some of the financial questions you should ask before deciding whether to accept. Will I Survive On the Offered Salary? You will be offered a market-related salary. It is one…
Part 3 – How the skills recession in Australia may help an international jobseeker?
How the skills recession in Australia may help an international jobseeker Part 3 of a series of blogs on surviving life in Australia. In a recent survey by Hayes[1] , almost nine in ten employers are experiencing a skills shortage. Many of these employers know that not only are potential job applicants looking for a competitive salary, but they are also considering what emotional salary…
Part 2 – Will I be taken advantage of because I am a migrant employee?
Will I be taken advantage of because I am a migrant employee? Part 2 of a series of blogs on surviving life in Australia. A fear that potential international jobseekers may have is that they will be taken advantage of. Some job seekers are desperate to leave their country and wonder if their desperation may cause an employer to take unfair advantage of them and…