jss

How many money do you think is needed to migrate to Australia from the moment you are in Australia (I mean, not taking into acount the flight tickets) and living alone and being in CSL (supposely you will get a job faster if you are in CSL, but without a job offer before arriving to Australia)?

Please give your ideal estimate and your mimimun estimate (I mean: which is the minimun amount of money someone would need? )

Deutschmaster

I'm going to take a blind stab at this and say $20,000.

I've guessed it because I reckon at least $40,000 is needed to get by here per year - and suppose it took 6 months to get a job so half of that.

Of course there are loads of other thoughts - you might be able to get a job stacking shelves in a shop to make things meet while something else comes along.

Cars are expensive - you may need one. Also rent in a city can be around the $1000 mark per month - not forgetting the $1000 bond up front.

I would imagine that some people do turn up then start working pretty much the next day - but others might not be so lucky.

As far as the CSL list goes - it wouldn't surprise me if it took a company a month just to read your application.

jss

$20,000 / 6 months = AU$3,333 per month

If I were to Australia with AU$4100 (not taking into account the amount spent in flight tickets), and I am in CSL, do you think I could survive while I get the first salary from a job ?

I understand that I would need to live a simple life, but is it not crazy to come to Australia with just AU$4100 ?

Thank you very much

Eastend Girl

What's CSL???

jss

Critical Skills List => Supposely if you are in CSL you could get a job faster. The CSL is compiled by the government

Eastend Girl

Thanks! Good luck with that; I hope you do get a job quickly but I think you need to bring at least $20,000 (just in case!)

dmpp

Girlfriend and I arrived on a PR and had about $18000 to start with and spending was about $1000 a week ($500 and $500 spending), remeber the more spare time you have the more you will spend. We survied about 4 months before getting work but we didn't have much left in the bank when we got our first wage.

Another thing to keep in mind is the Rental Bond and 1-3 months rental in advance which can easily be over $5000 and then furnishing it.

RCoight

The CSL does *not* necessarily mean you will get a job faster. It just means that occupations on the CSL are still considered necessary by the Australian Government.

Don't think that having a CSL occupation guarantees you a job.

Deutschmaster

If you were really really careful with money you could get away with:

$20 a night youth hostel
$10 a day food from supermarket

thats already $30 a day around $1000 a month. Realistically I'd say though to live in a backpackers you need about $50 a day to cover everything - $1500 a month.

So if you cut everything to the bone your $4100 would run out sometime in the second month. That's assuming you didn't have any 'unforeseen' costs. I'd hope that you had a return flight booked already just so you didnt get stuck here.

It's hard to say how quickly you would get a CSL related job. It could easily take a few months just to start applying through to finding somebody to interview you to starting - especially in today's economic climate.

I don't know how quickly you could get 'backpacker' work such as fruitpicking/cleaning/ working in hostels etc.

betsyboob

How long is a piece of string?

A friendly piece of advice.....do not think that being CSL means anything, as we found

jss

oh , thank you ... good recommendation ... I am already working in my country, no problems with job in my country, the only problem is low wages but (almost) no more ... I was being desperate because my country's currency is devaluating eating up my savings !!! It is devaluating because of this little Depression , this is not a Great Depression (yet) ... and because of this little Depression the Australian government is predicting that 2010's unemployment rate will be higher than 2009's (and of course 2008's) ... so: the more time you wait the less easily you will be employed ... but yes, better to have savings for a rainy day

sj oldfield

Also rent in a city can be around the $1000 mark per month - not forgetting the $1000 bond up front.

Not quite sure what areas you are referring to but not much around to rent for $250 per week

ray2gill

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Just because your profession is on the CSL doesn't mean they are going to let you walk in and get a job doing that without having your skills assessed.

Don't forget depending on what skill you have, you may have to pay a lot of money getting your licences etc to be able to work in that field first. Think thousands of $.