Accommodation required,Please help.
#1
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Accommodation required,Please help.
Dear Friends,
I have applied under visa section VE-175,general skilled migration which grant few days back.So I have planned to move to Australia in coming Jan 2015,need to know the following points.
1.How to select a city to live in & to start life in Australia.
2.How to find a accommodation for temporary basis.
3.Do i have to pay for this accommodation charges before arriving to this country or i can pay after arriving.
4.Since i know no body in Australia,am bit confused how to arrange my accommodation there.
Please help....
Regards,
Rabi
I have applied under visa section VE-175,general skilled migration which grant few days back.So I have planned to move to Australia in coming Jan 2015,need to know the following points.
1.How to select a city to live in & to start life in Australia.
2.How to find a accommodation for temporary basis.
3.Do i have to pay for this accommodation charges before arriving to this country or i can pay after arriving.
4.Since i know no body in Australia,am bit confused how to arrange my accommodation there.
Please help....
Regards,
Rabi
#2
Re: Accommodation required,Please help.
Dear Friends,
I have applied under visa section VE-175,general skilled migration which grant few days back.So I have planned to move to Australia in coming Jan 2015,need to know the following points.
1.How to select a city to live in & to start life in Australia.
2.How to find a accommodation for temporary basis.
3.Do i have to pay for this accommodation charges before arriving to this country or i can pay after arriving.
4.Since i know no body in Australia,am bit confused how to arrange my accommodation there.
Please help....
Regards,
Rabi
I have applied under visa section VE-175,general skilled migration which grant few days back.So I have planned to move to Australia in coming Jan 2015,need to know the following points.
1.How to select a city to live in & to start life in Australia.
2.How to find a accommodation for temporary basis.
3.Do i have to pay for this accommodation charges before arriving to this country or i can pay after arriving.
4.Since i know no body in Australia,am bit confused how to arrange my accommodation there.
Please help....
Regards,
Rabi
You can try Stayz, Homeaway and airbnb for holiday lets which may be available. There are also hotels, hostels (YMCA) and shares (try gumtree). You probably will need to pay for these before arriving.
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Re: Accommodation required,Please help.
Dear Friend,
Thanks for your advise but the sites you are advising seems costlier,As you know i ll be searching a job there which may take 2 to 3 weeks minimum.
so please can you suggest some of less costlier long stay accommodations.
Regards,
Rabi
Thanks for your advise but the sites you are advising seems costlier,As you know i ll be searching a job there which may take 2 to 3 weeks minimum.
so please can you suggest some of less costlier long stay accommodations.
Regards,
Rabi
#4
Re: Accommodation required,Please help.
The cheapest is probably YMCA if there are places and rooms / home shares on Airbnb and gumtree. Did a quick google, and realestate.com.au also do shared accommodation. Where you choose will affect how much you pay but you may be able to get a share for less than $200 week
#5
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Re: Accommodation required,Please help.
And unlikely to find job in 2-3 weeks, more like 2-3 months minimum and then waiting few weeks (depending on pay cycle) to get paid so I would highly recommend to have atleast 6 mths worth of funds with you
#7
Re: Accommodation required,Please help.
Dear Friends,
I have applied under visa section VE-175,general skilled migration which grant few days back.So I have planned to move to Australia in coming Jan 2015,need to know the following points.
1.How to select a city to live in & to start life in Australia.
2.How to find a accommodation for temporary basis.
3.Do i have to pay for this accommodation charges before arriving to this country or i can pay after arriving.
4.Since i know no body in Australia,am bit confused how to arrange my accommodation there.
Please help....
Regards,
Rabi
I have applied under visa section VE-175,general skilled migration which grant few days back.So I have planned to move to Australia in coming Jan 2015,need to know the following points.
1.How to select a city to live in & to start life in Australia.
2.How to find a accommodation for temporary basis.
3.Do i have to pay for this accommodation charges before arriving to this country or i can pay after arriving.
4.Since i know no body in Australia,am bit confused how to arrange my accommodation there.
Please help....
Regards,
Rabi
I'm a bit concerned that you don't seem to have a lot of information about the basics of living in Australia - where to live, how much accommodation costs - this leads me to wonder how much research you've done into your move.
The very worst thing someone moving to Australia (or anywhere) can do is just hop on the plane and trust that everything will sort itself out. Unfortunately, a lot of people seem to do that and it plays a big part in their experience here being not a successful one. You need to get as much information as you can before you arrive - research the employment market in different areas for your profession, work out a rough budget of how much you will need to live on, including your accommodation, food, personal items, transport, health costs, utilities and so on.
I also think that your understanding of 2 - 3 weeks as a minimum time to obtain employment is risky - you need to plan ahead and budget for a much longer period of time. Hopefully you will find employment quickly, but you do need to consider what you will live on if you don't.
As well as seek for employment, and the sites others have recommended for temporary accommodation, you can look at realestate.com.au for an idea of rental costs. Also, you can search for 'cost of living' threads in the Australian section of British Expats, there is a lot of information on here.
I hope you understand that I'm not trying to be negative or off-putting - you've put a lot of work into getting your visa and I think you will have a much better time of it in Australia if you are as well prepared as you can be. Wishing you the best of luck.
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Re: Accommodation required,Please help.
I am curious to see how this thread progresses.
#9
Re: Accommodation required,Please help.
Beoz, I give them 3 months or under to be back on the plane.
Under the current economic climate I can't see getting a job within their 3 week expectation.
Under the current economic climate I can't see getting a job within their 3 week expectation.
Last edited by The Bloke; Sep 7th 2014 at 9:54 am.
#10
Re: Accommodation required,Please help.
Dear Friends,
I have applied under visa section VE-175,general skilled migration which grant few days back.So I have planned to move to Australia in coming Jan 2015,need to know the following points.
1.How to select a city to live in & to start life in Australia.
2.How to find a accommodation for temporary basis.
3.Do i have to pay for this accommodation charges before arriving to this country or i can pay after arriving.
4.Since i know no body in Australia,am bit confused how to arrange my accommodation there.
Please help....
Regards,
Rabi
I have applied under visa section VE-175,general skilled migration which grant few days back.So I have planned to move to Australia in coming Jan 2015,need to know the following points.
1.How to select a city to live in & to start life in Australia.
2.How to find a accommodation for temporary basis.
3.Do i have to pay for this accommodation charges before arriving to this country or i can pay after arriving.
4.Since i know no body in Australia,am bit confused how to arrange my accommodation there.
Please help....
Regards,
Rabi
Do you have sufficient funds to keep a standard of living if you do not find employment in your 2 -3 week expectation (which can sometimes be the processing time for applications for skilled roles)?
#11
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Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 14,040
Re: Accommodation required,Please help.
What economic climate? Lots of work in many sectors. Not so many in others. By the post that started with Dear Friend, I suspect he or she is unlikely to be a British Expat. Seven Eleven and taxi driving is always an option.
#12
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Location: Leschenault WA (after few locations around WA and Around Europe!)
Posts: 1,151
Re: Accommodation required,Please help.
It's an option but they still won't get paid straight away even if by some miracle they land a job straight away. So if, by some miracle, they find and secure a job within 3 weeks, depending on pay cycles most likely looking at min 5 weeks to get first pay... All this factions into calculations...
#13
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Re: Accommodation required,Please help.
Forgot to say that as they are planning to arrive in January, no chance of even an interview in first weeks as Australia is "closed" until mid February atleast
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Re: Accommodation required,Please help.
The wife is a tax accountant and you would be surprised how much cash some make as taxi drivers, carers, care givers (for some reason this is one of the well paying) and other manual jobs. You would be surprised how many students or graduate visa holders make more than the average wage.
If the OP's concept of a job is anything to pay bills - then two or three weeks may be fine. Not many people can do a cleaning shift at 3am.
If he is looking for a professional job then that is a different story.