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Forum: Australia
Dec 30th 2011, 1:58 am
Replies: 37
Views: 11,422
Posted By ScotsSal

Re: Out to Perth on 457 visa - easy to get Aus credit card, car loan, etc.?

The CBA denied any knowledge of the 'first 12 weeks of arriving' rule when I asked them about it on the phone recently.

I'm still in dispute with them about how they handled my car loan...
Forum: Australia
Dec 15th 2011, 2:29 am
Replies: 152
Views: 12,733
Posted By ScotsSal

Re: Aussie drivers

I found driving in Paris, Egypt, UAE and Qatar much worse than driving in Perth. It's pretty stress-free and easy going here, in comparison...
Forum: Australia
Dec 13th 2011, 1:52 am
Replies: 15
Views: 3,279
Posted By ScotsSal

Re: Car allowance for job - help please!!

I may be wrong here, but I thought the purpose of a car allowance would be to help you pay for the car, whether you buy or hire one. That's what it has always been for me in the past and is for me...
Forum: Australia
Dec 9th 2011, 12:36 am
Replies: 4
Views: 818
Posted By ScotsSal

Re: Perth: Spray Tans - Recommendations Please!

I was thinking more along the lines of this... ;-)
Forum: Australia
Dec 8th 2011, 6:19 am
Replies: 4
Views: 818
Posted By ScotsSal

Perth: Spray Tans - Recommendations Please!

Any recommendations on where to go for a good, natural-looking spray tan in Perth, preferrably in CBD / West Perth / Subiaco area, as I don't have a car.

In other countries I've been in I've...
Forum: Australia
Dec 8th 2011, 2:10 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,309
Posted By ScotsSal

Re: my mum is on the plane

I flew my mum and dad over to Dubai with Emirates when I lived there and they were awesome with the assistance that they gave my mum and dad as my mum needed a wheelchair and my dad had a walking...
Forum: Australia
Nov 30th 2011, 8:34 am
Replies: 4
Views: 1,177
Posted By ScotsSal

Re: 457 Visa - working outside Australia

From what I've been told, it would be do it or be deemed to be handing in my notice. I only moved out here 4mths ago. I do not have the funds to ship my belongings and buy a flight back to the UK as...
Forum: Australia
Nov 30th 2011, 6:55 am
Replies: 4
Views: 1,177
Posted By ScotsSal

457 Visa - working outside Australia

I've been in Perth for 4mths now on a 457 sponsored visa from Scotland and have barely had time to settle in. Now, I've been told by work that I am to start working in Thailand and they expect me to...
Forum: Australia
Nov 29th 2011, 11:51 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 1,196
Posted By ScotsSal

Re: Perth Monday to Friday

There are a few boutique bars that have started opening up in the CBD during the week... The George, The Greenhouse, Andaluce, The Aviary, Cheeky Sparrow, Wolfe Lane (although they may close at 7 or...
Forum: Thailand
Nov 21st 2011, 2:41 am
Replies: 0
Views: 1,184
Posted By ScotsSal

Pattaya - Dress makers / tailors

I'm about to have to start going to Thailand on a regular basis for work, each for a couple of weeks at a time.

I will be staying in Pattaya while I am working there (don't worry, I've been there...
Forum: Australia
Nov 11th 2011, 4:49 am
Replies: 11
Views: 22,560
Posted By ScotsSal

Re: UK Shaver Socket Adapter - Perth

I have an electric toothbrush with a UK two-pin shaver plug. In Piccadilly Arcade between Hay Street Mall and Murray Street Mall I found a place called Mr Shaver (I think) and went in there and...
Forum: Australia
Nov 3rd 2011, 8:13 am
Replies: 26
Views: 2,655
Posted By ScotsSal

Re: Job offer in Perth what to do next

Agreed. It helps the consideration process as if, on balance, a person's life isn't going to be any more blissful in Perth than in the UK, then that person would want to think long and hard about it,...
Forum: Australia
Oct 20th 2011, 1:44 am
Replies: 22
Views: 9,758
Posted By ScotsSal

Re: Pubs in Perth

There are a few in the CBD stay open late until midnight / 2am on a Friday / Saturday night, although not all are the best venues. Carnegie's... Tiger Lil's... Amplifier... Venture into Northbridge...
Forum: Australia
Oct 17th 2011, 9:02 am
Replies: 6
Views: 1,078
Posted By ScotsSal

Re: Health Insurance for pre existing conditions

Also, I'd advise checking to see if your employers have corporate deals with any of the insurers. If they do and you select that insurer, you normally get a discount or added benefits not available...
Forum: Australia
Oct 17th 2011, 9:00 am
Replies: 6
Views: 1,078
Posted By ScotsSal

Re: Health Insurance for pre existing conditions

I have just today signed up for my 457 private insurance and they did not even ask about pre-existing conditions. They just said the insurance won't cover it for the first 12mths and they would ask...
Forum: Australia
Oct 13th 2011, 9:48 am
Replies: 23
Views: 15,418
Posted By ScotsSal

Re: Keeping a UK Bank Account open when emigrating to Oz?

With both my moves to the Middle East and my move to Australia, I was able to keep my bank account open (Halifax). They updated to my overseas addresses and so all my mail and cards got sent to where...
Forum: Australia
Oct 13th 2011, 3:09 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,829
Posted By ScotsSal

Re: Rent Increases in Perth

Thanks for the feedback everyone.

I have one more rental-related question. I have just found out that my landlord has left contractors in the apartment to work there on repairs, unsupervised, for...
Forum: Australia
Oct 13th 2011, 1:38 am
Replies: 4
Views: 1,139
Posted By ScotsSal

Re: Sydney or Perth?

Agree. I am someone who enjoys clubbing and late nights and Perth isn't as good as Sydney for that. However, I didn't have the luxury of choice as opportunities in the oil and gas industry are few...
Forum: Australia
Oct 10th 2011, 8:45 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,829
Posted By ScotsSal

Rent Increases in Perth

There may be several other threads about this already, but I couldn't see any recent ones, so sorry if this subject has been hacked apart already.

A work colleague told me that a real estate agent...
Forum: Australia
Oct 3rd 2011, 6:40 am
Replies: 37
Views: 11,422
Posted By ScotsSal

Re: Out to Perth on 457 visa - easy to get Aus credit card, car loan, etc.?

The issue I have is I put in two applications based upon their advice. How can they advise me to do something that their policies don't actually accept and then have me suffer for it by having to...
Forum: Australia
Oct 3rd 2011, 6:27 am
Replies: 37
Views: 11,422
Posted By ScotsSal

Re: Out to Perth on 457 visa - easy to get Aus credit card, car loan, etc.?

This is what I've fallen foul to. Basically, the Commonwealth have a policy of not having more than one credit application in process in one go, however I was not told that and the person who dealt...
Forum: Australia
Oct 3rd 2011, 1:27 am
Replies: 37
Views: 11,422
Posted By ScotsSal

Re: Out to Perth on 457 visa - easy to get Aus credit card, car loan, etc.?

Unfortunately it was the Commonwealth Bank that's 'declined' me, with the reason being their admin error about how my applications were handled, which is just rubbish.

Thanks for the tip about...
Forum: Australia
Sep 30th 2011, 7:10 am
Replies: 37
Views: 11,422
Posted By ScotsSal

Re: Out to Perth on 457 visa - easy to get Aus credit card, car loan, etc.?

Yeah, that's exactly what I'm doing - taking a day off work and hiring a car to head there. Problem is I've already bought a sofa. They started off saying it would take 4 - 5 weeks to arrive...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Sep 30th 2011, 5:15 am
Replies: 16
Views: 5,057
Posted By ScotsSal

Re: 457 visa, how early can we enter aaarrgghh!!

I think it's just an employer's preference not to have too much of the visa's time 'wasted' as I think it is valid from the date it is approved (not sure if you can apply for a later vaildity date),...
Forum: Australia
Sep 30th 2011, 4:58 am
Replies: 37
Views: 11,422
Posted By ScotsSal

Re: Out to Perth on 457 visa - easy to get Aus credit card, car loan, etc.?

I've been here almost 2mths and I've only just been allowed to get a credit card from my bank.

I've been refused an unsecured loan for furniture (so I've been living in a flat for a month so far...
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