EugeneS

Thanks for your responses guys!

But can anyone also post a link to an official source stating the same?

I tried to find anything related on the government site but didn't find nothing relevant..

Thanks!

Hi folks,

I was just wondering whether the citizenship can be expired or canceled under certain conditions? For example if you've been granted a citizenship and the day after you decide to leave OZ for indefinite time period, will the citizenship be active\valid forever?

Thanks,

Eugene

Hi folks!

Me and my wife are going to arrive at Perth in few months. Both of us are professionals but since we are going to be fresh immigrants, I assume that it will take us some time to find some decent jobs.

Hence, I'd like to find some temporary job to support ourselves while we are looking for permanent one.

So I wonder whether there are some sites, newspapers or some other local media where such temporary (or non-professional) jobs are offered?

Any related ideas are greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Eugene S

Hi, as far as I am aware you have to do an initial entry to Australia within the first 12 months and then I believe you have 4 years to take up residency from that date in your elected state. I think the initial entry can be to any destination as you just need to activate the visa. Hope this helps.

Hi and thank you for your answer.

However I think that you refer to the general visa activation, not the nominated state registration.. I'm interested specifically in what will be the consequences of not arriving directly to the sponsoring state after arriving to OZ.

Thanks again!

Hi folks,

Me and my wife are going to arrive to OZ in Jan 13 with our 176 PR visas sponsored by WA.

The thing is that we'd like to visit some other cities before we head to Perth, just to get an impression of their lifestyles and feel. I don't know how much time I want for this travel but rough estimation will be few months.

My concern is not arriving straight to the nominated state. I'm afraid that this might get us into a trouble lately if we don't register immediately after our arrival?

After taking a look at my State Sponsorship Agreement, I've found the following:

1. You remain living and working in Western Australia for a period of two years after obtaining your visa.

2. You keep the Wester Australia Government informed of your contact details after your arrival.

Now I see that in both cases they state "After", but no specific time limit is specified. So it makes me think that our trip won't be a problem.. Even if it'll take some more time..? To say more, all this agreement doesn't seem too serious. I mean there are no dates, no specific requirements, it's not so clear how should I contact the Western Australia Government. I don't know.. This document just seems a bit odd to me..

What do you think?

Thanks in advance!

Its the long summer holiday in Australia, starts just before Xmas and ends on 1 February so a lot of people are away during this period. Construction industry have their holidays at this time. You will probably need to take short term accommodation until you find something to rent. Have a look for serviced apartments on Wotif and Last Minute. These sites have all the accommodation available in Melbourne and you can get an idea of location, price. As it is the holidays it would be better to book early rather than late.

Thank you for your answer!

Somehow I didn't take into consideration but it seems to be a worst time to arrive to a new place. I didn't know that the holidays are so long, until Feb! What about different government services, banks? Are they on vacation too? This also means that I won't be able to actively look for a job in this period..

Anyway I have no choice since I have to enter OZ before 9 Jan to activate my visa..

Hi folks,

We're moving to Melbourne this December and we obviously are going to need some place to stay.. The thing is I'm not sure how can I find an apartment remotely? Is it even possible? How can this be done?

To complicate the things even more, we land at December 28, which is 3 days before Sylvester and it's also a weekend, so I believe that the city will be "paralyzed". I'm really stressed about this and I consider to move our flight few days forward to Jan 3.

Any suggestions? Thoughts?

Thanks!!