JewelStone:
Hi guys, it's been such a long time I dropped by, I forgot my login details and never had the time to reset the password until now. I would like to share my brief experience, to help those who are planning to come to this great country.

I came in 6 months ago and settling down in Sydney wasn't too difficult for me, because I did my homework well and knew what I was expecting in terms of cost of living and job opportunities. I got a house on gumtree.com.au, my friends helped me tidy my resume, I applied to lots of jobs through seek.com.au, and was lucky to get 2 jobs within my first 3 weeks, so I got to choose the best. I did Cert IV in Disability, and I've been working in the Disability Sector and it's awesome. I also changed my course from Master of Accounting to Bsc Nursing.

Some key points to note:
1. Come through PR or scholarship if you can, the school fees is pure extortion
2.Choose Sydney if you can. It's an awesome city with heaps of opportunities, you'll be tired of jobs. I'm not sure about other cities though.
3. Come with some money that can sustain you for a while cos you don't know when you'll get a job. Not everyone is lucky to get a job as soon as they arrive, and I've seen Naija students live here like church rats cos they came with no plan and expected money to fall from trees as soon as the landed.
4. If you want to get a good job after studies, choose your course carefully. Just because a course can give you PR doesn't mean it can give you jobs upon graduation, except you want to work minimum wage jobs all your life. Accounting/finance is one of the most useless courses here, it's only on PR list cos of the revenue it generates, especially from Asian students, don't make that mistake
5. Disability sector is massive with numerous jobs, get your certificate as soon as you arrive if it's your kind of thing, you'll make enough money to cover your bills. Don't bother about aged care cos the pay is shitty and the job more stressful.
6. Nursing is life, you'll never lack jobs and the pay is excellent. IT is so so, cos too many Indians have infiltrated the field.
7. As a student, you can't work full time or part time; only casual and casual jobs pay higher cos you can't get paid holidays etc. And for casual jobs, Aussies don't care much about degree (there are exceptions of course), job experience is bae, so fix your resume as soon as you arrive.
8. Cost of living is the only negative but the high wages make up for that.
9. Sydney is bae. Endless beaches and parks, great restaurants and bars if you like fine dining like I do, rivers and lakes for nature lovers; the list is truly endless. Makes the high cost of living worth it.
10. Coming to Australia is the best decision I have ever made and I love my life here.

For ladies, fake Naija guys will be all over you as soon as they know you're new, use your brain and don't fall for bullshit, take your time and don't let anyone rush you. If you like dating other races and you're good looking, Aussie men like African girls, you'll have decent men hitting on you, then you'll get to choose the best. Take care of yourself and look sharp even before you leave Naija.

metrecube:
is dis a good news or bad one. I just submitted my advisory assessment yesterday and saw this this morning.


https://www.vetassess.com.au/skills-assessment-for-migration/advisory-service



Advisory Service
Effective 01 September 2016 Advisory Service is no longer available
In anticipation of the new Skill Assessment Support Service available from October 2016, we are advising customers that we will no longer be taking Advisory Service enquiries from 5pm (AEST) on 31 August 2016. Fully lodged Advisory Service enquiries received prior to this date will not be affected and will be processed as normal.

Based on business improvement initiatives and customer feedback received for our current Advisory Service for general professional occupations, VETASSESS is pleased to announce the launch of Skills Assessment Support service commencing October 2016. The new service aims to provide tailored support to applicants/agents on how to submit a decision-ready application to VETASSESS. The two new replacement service will include:
(1) step-by-step document checking support in completing a VETASSESS skills assessment application; and/or
(2) understanding the Australian context for a nominated occupation assessed by VETASSESS.

Further details about this new service will be announced shortly. We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we facilitate this transition.

justwise:


You were practically advertising for that hospital

TheLeakyTribe:


Nice one!

How long did it take to get all the required documents in Cali?

ugsams:


Did you finally made the move?

bellong:
Sheguru,

Only VETASSES can give you bold response to your question.

However, quite a good number of us got assessed as comparable to Australian Bachelor degree.

I studied a 4year course.

MRBrownJ:


nah no need to pay any agent etc, you can/should do all by yourself since you need to physically be there anyway. here is english speaking blog from a lady who explains all the procedure from beginning to finish (part 1 to .

http://www.liveinbrazil.org/the-giving-birth-in-brazil-series-a-z-on-having-a-baby-in-brazil/

MRBrownJ:


you would have to speak Portuguese and go to the gov sites for that.... but even the information you will find there is not accurate. as much as there is a law about the issue, it will all depend on the immigration officer or attendant at the cartorio, because everyone have their own definition of the law.

cutesammie:


I was charged the same amount as you.

cutesammie:


My wife was also in this same situation. Yes, you can opt for the 64 pages (nothing like 65). If you read my post, you will see that we opted for the 64 pages but they found it difficult to do due to some technical problems. They were able to resolve the problem later and it was possible to print the 64 pages. However, we paid extra for the 64 pages and the passport came out yesterday.


What you need to do is to contact your agent and tell him or her that you want them to issue a 64 page instead. The agent will tell you how much you will pay extra. I won't advice you to continue waiting for the 32 page leaflet, unless you don't need your passport urgently. That is my 2 cent. All the best.

LasoulMacuby:

IF ITS A NEWW PASSPORT, YOU JUST COME DOWN TO NIS OFFICE. WHEN COMING, GET A GUARANTOR (THIS IMPLIES THE DATA PAGE OF THE PERSON PASSPORT AND NAT I.D OR DRIVERS LICENSE). BUT IF RENEWAL JUST COME WITH THE OLD PASSPORT, MAKE UR OFFICIAL PAYMENT OF 24,500 FOR 64 PAGES AND GET UR APPROVAL. BANGGG!!! THE PROCESS JUST STARTED. BUT HAVE UP TO 35K AND U ARE GOOD TO GO. . .

LasoulMacuby:

FIRST THE PRESIDENT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH SIGNING ANY PASSPORT BOOKLET, THE PROBLEM IS THAT OFF LOGISTICS. THE BOOKLETS ARE NOT PRINTED IN NIGERIA, AND NOT EVEN BY IMMIGRATION, BUT ITS TECHNICAL PATNERS CALLED IRISH. YOU WERE NOT INFORMED PROPERLY ELSE YOU WOULD HAVE GONE FOR THE 64 PAGES. ITS JUST A DIFFERENCE OF 5K

olokings:
Greetings,
While it's "very nice and caring of you" of you to assist your *sister in having her baby in the states, I summize she's the *one who will be invited for the interview with the VO. (unless your sister is *u that is)
You will be nicer and more carrying of you introduce her to register and log on to NL community and start reading and arming herself up with knowledge.

By the way, since she has not gone for the *interview govern the information *you made available to us, let her wiggly tk a few days and read even if it's part 2 of this thread then fill a new/fresh form on her own all by her self. (*unless you are an/her travel agent I dare say because ryt now to be sincere, you are striking me as one! ).

Please remind her to identify herself when she does and even look out /call out to me after reading. ..we are all here for her if/when she put in the work to research for clarity. ...

PS: jump id n we still be a way of figuring out.

Bid *her gud luck and success in her prospective medical venture to the states specialty from moi.

Thank You olokings for your replies, she reads sometimes as a guest though. I will try and persuade her to join, I am not an agent ( lol) but I understand why you will think that looking at my profile, thanks anyways for your replies, am grateful.