Kayme:
Hello, does anyone have any idea what it’s like in Gold Coast, Queensland? Any Nigerians there?

momamorgz:
Please I need list for the food items allowed by the authority....

Spizzy1:
Finally, I went through this thread when I was in Nigeria. Today, I read it again in Australia. Like a dream, am experiencing Australia myself. Thank you so much for this beautiful piece. I am in Sydney, Fairfield. It's great to connect with family here. Aussie can be so lonely many times.

momamorgz:
Good day Nairalanders,
Please i will be arriving Perth in few weeks and I need help with accomodation. Please any help will be so appreciated .
Thank you.

momamorgz:
Please I need list for the food items allowed by the authority....

xpensivealex:
Good day to u all,pls kindly guide me on best way to relocate to Australia.Am a married young man in my mid 30s with 2kids. Is it advisable to go with family? Or I go alone first. Which route is the easiest between study or other way round.pls I will love a complete guide

momamorgz:
Please I need list for the food items allowed by the authority....

Tykoone:
Good day to you all. Its really an honour to be here. I just recently moved to tasmania, I will be studying at Utas(mechanical engineering). Heard engineering could be really tough out here, also I leveraged on this course because my previous studies in Nigeria was engineering related(OND welding and fabrication engineering).

But I do not wish to continue in this path. I was hoping to switch to information technology but I hear it's very competitive for obtaining PR. My friend I'm staying with suggests nursing but I had a 6.0 in writing and 6.5 in listening module of ielts but 7 overall. So I'll have to sit for ielts, if I'm choosing to pursue nursing.


I'm confused on what to do. I wish to switch courses to something easier, that would enable obtain a PR faster.

kory:


Yes there is. Reach out to tyosho. Or send me a message. I can send your number there.

Jayneve:
Pls i want to join the Nigerian group in Melbourne.
I just arrived this week. Thank you

Adejuliet:
Hello House,

I have been following this thread silently and I decided to post today to ask some questions as I am considering relocating to Australia this year. Please I will appreciate information on the following:

- Best route or at most easiest route to migrate to Australia from Nigeria.

- I will be glad to know the step by step of any of this route you are projecting for me.

- An overview of the cost associated with this.

Please I am really really in need of this help from this family and would be waiting for anyone that will be of great and immense help to me.

Thanks as I wait to read your responses.

kory:


Yes there is. Reach out to tyosho. Or send me a message. I can send your number there.

DrCollins218:
My Australian landing gist and experience so far.

I arrived Australia on a PR visa through Qatar airways. It was a smooth scale at the border control apart from filling the long covid forms and entries.

I was picked up at the airport by a Senior Brother whom I have been living with and his family since my arrival.
I will need your help on some questions dr Collins,I am trying to come to Sydney,I want to know the best course to study that will get me a PR eventually and how is the working as a student like,will it be able to fund my living in Australia ?will I be able to pay for my fees from working there?and pay other bills too like rent and the rest and I will be coming with my wife as dependent
Settling down in Australia as a new immigrant isn't easy especially getting used to a new system.

In terms of jobs, there are many jobs here that can fetch one good money both in the blue and white collar industry.

I got my first job in May and I have been enjoying the experience. Over here, people don't joke with time. If someone living in Australia spares sometime to respond to your questions, you should appreciate it because everyone is busy and on the move constantly.

I didn't understand this till I arrived.

Disability support worker jobs are everywhere in Sydney and they are heavily short staffed. In fact na dem dey beg you to come and work.

Disability support worker jobs can fetch one a good 3k dollars per forth night if you pick good shifts.

In terms of getting a professional job, it's very difficult because most companies won't employ someone without Australian local experience. For instance, if you a construction engineer, breaking into the construction industry is very difficult without local experience.

In terms of mobility, you will need a car, in fact most jobs will ask if you can drive, drivers license, car insurance etc.

Besides, having a car in Australia is a necessity not luxury. You can't get around without a car because everywhere is far from each other. I have spent 8 weeks here and I thank God for bringing me to the beautiful country despite the challenges of settling in.

If you have any questions please do ask me and I will be happy to respond.

Thank you so much and happy weekend.

Misanto:
I will be there before July by Gods Grace..... I heard when you leave the shores of Nig most countries are boring same in Dubai is only Nigerians the lightens it. I believe we have the capability to make anywhere a home and more lively.

Akesam05:
Hello house, please I am new here. I just got admission offer from University of Tasmania. Pls I need Australia students visa what'sapp or Telegram group in other to get more guides. I feel lonely.pleaae help me......

Kayme:
Hello, does anyone have any idea what it’s like in Gold Coast, Queensland? Any Nigerians there?

bellong:


Are you travelling alone or with family?

The rental market is extremely competitive right now, you will likely need to book airbnb for few weeks.

Use www.realestate.com.au for real estate agents advertised rentals.

Facebook market and www.gumtree.com.au for private landlord listed ads.

DO NOT PAY ANY DEPOSIT TO ANYONE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE except someone is physically present to assist you with the process.

Do you have any specific suburb in mind?

tyosho:
It will be nice if this thread is restricted to info about life in australia.Not questions on how to secure visa or gain admission.

My family and I made use of IOM to secure our travel tickets.We went with emirates and had a stopover in Dubai.Nothing special about the travel experience.We were entitled to 40kg per adult,40kg for a child and 23kg for infant.We also paid for 2 extra bags of 32kg each but i hear prices have gone up so cargoing is cheaper.You can cargo through certain airlines like saa,emirates and etihad.
All in all we had like 12 luggages.
I went with ALL kinds of food stuffs except beans(becos of weavils).With my food items,i put them individually in transparent bags and labelled them.Fish,egusi,dry pepper,garri,amala etc.
Got to melbourne,declared i had food items but was not searched and was allowed to go through.

We opened accts with NAB and commonwealth bank but didnt transfer any money from nigera.We went with some cash and left the remaining in a GT dom acct and transferred from there to our OZzy acct when we arrived.We also opened a dom acct in OZ(commonwealth bank was seamless) for ease of transfer.There might be a cheaper way to transfer funds but this is what we did.

We stayed with family in Northern suburbs initially but got our own place in the Eastern suburbs,somewhere not far from Dandenong.We settled for the East because its quite busy,more factories and industries in these areas.If i dont live in the East,I will go for the North and West in that order.West is cheapest but people say it has a history of crime.I however have friends who have lived in the West over 10years and have never had any incidents.Anyhow,wherever you decide to stay is fine.Just get somewhere close to the train station and mall.

In melbourne,you can use your naija license for 6months.My husband passed his victoria drivers test on first attempt,i havnt tried yet for my drivers license.People say though that it can be quite tough cos i know someone who failed 5times!I was able to start driving within 2months of getting here.Just remember,you drive on the left always.

No ideas on how mortgages work but when choosing a neighborhood,also consider ones with good schools if you have kids.If your kids are still of daycare age(below 5),use careforkids.com.au to compare prices,reviews etc.

Settling in was not bad for me cos i had friends and family here already.My kids settled fine as well.

Upon arrival;
Get a mobile sim(i use lebara)
Apply for TFN(tax file no)
Open a bank account or go and activate the one you opened from Nigeria
Go to centerlink and medicare for registration
Get a travel card(MYki card if in melbourne).

Update your linkedin profile and make it very appealing to recruiters.You can also search for recruiters on Linkedin.

With regards to work,there is always something to do.It might not be want you want initially but there is work.Some people start off working at factories,aged care homes,disability and support centres etc until they eventually get what they want.Some people also end up going into nursing,community welfare,policing etc.But like i said,if you dont mind chopping humble pie to start somewhere earning money with these blue collar jobs,you will be okay.I know people who have houses with money earned from these blue collar professions.
There is dignity of labour here so people dont care what job you do to earn money.

For transportation,if you can afford it,pls plan to buy a car asap(carsales.com.au,gumtreee.com.au).please buy cars with roadworthiness and valid registration(at least 6months).If no car,you can use the metro system until you can afford to get a car here.

For housing,a friend referred us to her agent who leased us an apartment even though we didnt have jobs at the time.She accepted our bank statements as proof of income.We pay just a little below 2k monthly as rent.

Then i also just found out about NRAS housing scheme from a colleague days back.Its for families who fall within a certain income threshold.IF your rent was like 350,you would pay like 260 and the govt will pay the balance.I dont have much info as i dont qualify anymore since hubby and I both work now.But im certain most freshbies would qualify.

With furnishing the house,we went across gumtree.com(for people who were selling their furniture due relocation or other reasons),kmart stores( for kitchen items),bestbuy.com(this is a company that sells new electronics at reduced prices because they have scratches or marks on them;there are plenty stores like that but this is the one i patronised) and ikea stores(for kitchen and beddings)

For people that dont mind as well,in order to save costs,you can patronise Salvos stores(its a charity shop that all kinds of household items in great condition).

To get the best energy providers,internet providers,insurance etc,you can make use of iselect.com.au

During cold weather,you wear jacket and use heater(we paid almost 200 a month for heating during this past winter)

I do most of my shopping at Dandenong Market as food stuffs there is cheaper than everyother place I know.There is also Marmara market at Dandenong(all kinds of food items including shaki,cowleg,cow tongue etc) and an African store not far from the market(cant rememeber the name).At noble park is SUR african shop where i get dry fish,palm oil,egusi and stuff like that.

With departmental stores,woolworths is most expensive and aldi is cheapest.Coles is in between.
I know of only one nigerian restaurant that recently opened in the city and i have never been there before.
There is also another popular naija shop in the West called Fatimoh"s shop

With centerlink link claims,we were paid family tax benefit part A and B,family rebate and child care assistance.This all sumed up to $621 forthnightly for the first 4months,it came down to 550 and then now sits at $89 fortnightly.It reduces with every income increase.
Childcare rates was $113 for two kids initially (5days a week) and now is $370 a week.

We also got a concession card which has now been cancelled since we both have jobs.With the concession card,we paid discounted electricity and waterbills,half price for transportation,free ambulance cover,susbsizied fees if we had done any studies at the time and my first kid who is in kinder got 15hours free of daycare weekly .

With jobs,for me,it was just God.I got a job in the Tier 1 team of an IT company with no technical knowledge whatsover.It was my 3rd video interview and i got the job two months after arrival.I commute 54mins by train to the CBD which is quite a distance by OZ standard.But i dont mind really.I got the job through indeed.com which i prefer to seek.com
There a couple of recruitment agencies i know and i will list as i remember.

Strategy one(blue collar)
Adecco
Hoban
Ozstaff(blue collar)
Randstad
Sharp &carter
Hays
Smaart



cc Bellong,vinsmuft,funkjo,oknee,hordunayo,incemay,abeg you guys should come and add o