MTA 024 - Don't Study Accounting Or Smoke Weed
Migrating To Australia Podcast
Release Date: 01/20/2020
MTA 077 Renting a property with Wendy Chong
Migrating To Australia Podcast
Wendy Chong is the founder and energy behing Home Run Realty, and she help many recent migrants navigate the property market in Australia, either for those seeking to rent or to buy a house or apartment.
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MTA 076 - Citizenship update - Get your maths correct! End of Year 2021
Migrating To Australia Podcast
There are some common mistakes that you need to avoid and some main points that you need to get right when you are applying to become an Australian Citizen. Leading Migration Lawyer, David Bongiorno and I go over the things to get right, and we rejoice in the joys of a Melbourne summer afternoon. Seasons Greetings to you all!
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MTA 075 Jaco Vorster, Auditor from South Africa
Migrating To Australia Podcast
In this episode, meet Jaco Vorster, an Auditor who has built a successful careeer in Australia after coming to Australia from the Rainbow Nation, South Africa.
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MTA 074 Paul Cott returns with advice for Casual Workers - Employment Law Update!
Migrating To Australia Podcast
Paul Cott, from Law on Lydiard, returns with an important update for anybody who thinks they may be a Casual worker in Australia. The law covering casual employees has changed, so you need to be aware of what your circumstances might be following this change.
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MTA 073 November 2021 Update - Opens Up?
Migrating To Australia Podcast
David Bongiorno tells Grant what the state of play is regarding travel and visas as we come into November. Things seem to change every day, so keep listening, and checking out David on social media, to get the latest.
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MTA 072 Updates - NSW 491, QLD State Nominated program, Leaving Australia & Visitor visas
Migrating To Australia Podcast
David runs through the latest news from the Aust Government - leaving Australia, update on Visitor visas, Qld delays the state-nominated skilled migration program, NSW Business and Skilled Migration (subclass 491) is open for all of October and David gives his tips for if you have to leave Australia at the moment.
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MTA 071 NSW opens up the subclass 190 visa for General Skilled Migration. Conditions Apply!
Migrating To Australia Podcast
New South Wales has opened it's state-sponsored program, for General Skilled Migration, for those already living in New South Wales, and can satisfy a range of criteria, that David Bongiorno and Grant Williams, explore in detail in this episode.
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MTA 070 Update for Medical Students, studying in Australia, and completing studies this year - 2021
Migrating To Australia Podcast
Not a lot that needs to be said about this episode - it is aimed at a very particular cohort (haven't we heard a lot about that word in the countless medical updates and press conferences, during the pandemic?!) - medical students, studying onshore (in Australia) and who complete final year in 2021.
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069 - Australia via Serbia, Zimbabwe and NZ with Sara Bogdanovic
Migrating To Australia Podcast
David and Grant are joined for this episdoe by Sara Bogdanovic, who has arrived in Australia from Serbia, via the circuitous route via Zimbabwe and then to New Zealand.
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068 Michael Glasser came from South Africa to become a Social Media guru
Migrating To Australia Podcast
David and Grant are joined today by Michael Glasser, who came to Australia as a child from South Africa, and has carved out a career in the highly competitive Social Media space, and along the way, has become somewhat of an expert on Burgers.
info_outlineIn mid-December, the latest round of invitations for the Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) and Skilled Work (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) from the Australian Department of Immigration and Home Affairs were released.
These are working visas, and pathways to permanent residency, and invitations to apply are assessed using the points system that David discusses frequently.
The latest round has lifted the MINIMUM points required to be considered has risen to 100, and now makes Accounting a very poor (if not stupid!) choice for anybody thinking about studying in Australia as a pathway to gain permanent residency.
David and Grant walk through how to arrive at 100 points, and discuss how it is basically impossible for anyone studying accounting.
They then answer a listener question about cannabis (weed) and the medical blood test for immigration.
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