Maca5876

I'll be looking to join wapol and was wondering what cost would be involved in moving , visas , accommodation. I don't plan on moving anything other than myself, clothes , maybe some sports equipment .

looking to rent like a studio or 1 bed flat . Has anyone moved as single person ? How did you find it ?

Pollyana

Not really enough info to go on.
Visa costs vary according to what visa you are going for - permanent, temporary? holiday/working holiday? Costs are the basic visa are here - https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visa...es-and-charges
You then need to add various things such as skills assessment costs, medicals, police checks, English tests - all or some may be required, depending which visa you apply for.
If this move is part of the WAPOL recruitment drive, you'll be looking at a 190 State Sponsored visa, with full medical and police checks. Basic visa cost is $4,240

Moving - air fares obviously depend on who you fly with. You might be able to get away with just your luggage allowance, otherwise look at companies like Seven Seas for freight costs.

Accommodation - main sites are www.realestate.com.au and www.domain.com.au Beware, housing is at premium in most cities now, and trying to secure a rental is a cut-throat business. Don't forget you'll need all kinds of set up costs too, bond for the rental and possibly for utilities, transport, basic bits and pieces for your kitchen etc.

scrubbedexpat143

Good advice from Pollyana (#2). A friend did this from North America last year. He came to stay with us for a month - and moved on after six months.

He came without a job offer. Had to sort out his immigration and visa situation before coming, which he said took him ten months. No particular hurdles but he recommended a lot of patience, he said the processing of some of the essential bureaucracy was a little slow.

Accommodation was the problem. There is a major rental crisis throughout Australia, with long lists of applications for any rental, poor service from rental agents, and homelessness involving even many people who work full-time.

Our country town (population <9000) has at most two rentals posted online sites at any given time. Two bedroom houses in "so-so" condition go for >AUD$400 a week. One house on our street was online for one week and according to the agent who we know, there were hundreds of phone queries and the office stopped all new online or paper applications after they had 300+ in two days.

A few pubs rent rooms by the week but again not cheap. No studios are usually available in country towns. Ours has no furnished apartments or houses for rent (AFAIK).

You will have better luck with furnished rentals in the large cities. Rentals vary but can be on the high side.

Better options can be found in the cities with serviced rentals, boarding houses, small hotels.

Several good rental sites online - I suggest you try property.com first. A passably good "second" is domain.com which nowadays attracts fewer listings than property.com, but it's still worth checking.

Shipping costs look high. Consider culling down your baggage to what your airline will allow - some airlines will sell you up to 50 kilos of accompanied baggage, at a cost (this will vary).

Overall costs are high in Australia now but salaries are excellent and if one is working, almost everything is affordable.

It may be of interest to you that this friend has now decided to go home. He has been looking into shipping quite a lot of stuff he accumulated here, and says shipping out costs from Australia to the USA are now 3x as high as they were to ship in a year ago.

I wasn't aware that visa costs are so high. I came in 1974 when the going was good. As a Canadian citizen I fronted up at Sydney airport and I was literally waived in. Got PR 12 months later and became a citizen in 1980. At no cost to me. The good old days, oh yes...

spouse of scouse

The best website for rental properties in Perth is realestate.com
Type Perth in the search field and from the drop down menu choose Perth - Greater Region WA. This will show you all rentals available in the suburban areas as well as Perth city.

scotty9000

https://flatmates.com.au/rooms/perth