Moving to Australia, need any helpful hints and tips!

[clipclop1]

Hello everyone! Hope you are all well!!

Me and my 'sigini' other are starting to look closer at the above. I'll be going over as a fully qualified pediatric nurse and he's got his degree and will be qualified as a PT instructor but wants to go over on a student visa to do his masters (another seperate thing we need to look into) and I was wondering if anyone had any insights on anything they may have heard of or encountered through a family member of a friend about getting out there?
Ofcourse we've started our own research etc but I was just wondering if anyone had any personal experience of anything like that! :)

[HowardKennitby]

Have either of you been accepted as it is not clear from your post?

[numnum]

my brother and SIL live out there. He got a job out there and he was lucky they sorted out everything for him. From him having the interview and getting out there all happened really fast

my SIL is a nurse out there and went out on a normal visa a few months after him and had to wait about 6 months to get a proper visa. she needed to do an english test and pay about £300 for it before she could even get agency work.

from what i remember she had to pay for everything and there was a lot she had to sort out

i'll look out old emails and see if i can get more info of what she had to do

[Brinjal]

Only advice I can offer is do everything properly and by the book. If you do anything wrong or under hand in trying to get in they will not be forgiving.

[clipclop1]

No We haven't put anything in yet, purely just getting an idea of exactly what will be expected/required so we can do our best to get it all together ready to submit when the time is right.
Oh thanks Numnum, that was quite helpful! I was under the impression from what I have heard that nurses actually have an easier time getting in and work etc! I may think about applying for jobs before we move out to possibly make the transition a bit smoother! :)
Thanks for the replies guys!

[cupid04]

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