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joshbay84

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  1. My missus has a job offer near Sale, VIC - so wondering what it would be like to move over there from Melbourne. We live in the city with 2 kids, 1 at primary and other two year old - so we thought might be a good chance to explore the country. Is it recommended to live in Sale or to a nearby town How are the schools - eg. Is St Thomas Primary School good We are very keen on bike, so are there good bike trails nearby How is the parking and traffic in general Thanks
  2. I am just starting out in Melbourne, but yes - I will be doing consulting. My initial work location is Fitzoy, I just looked through the street view in google maps, it looked like run down area.Am just thinking to live in Melbourne CBD and then commute to my work place.
  3. Any idea about Fitzroy, VIC. Is that a safe place to rent in or am I better off staying in CBD and commuting to Fitzroy? Also, is there good public transportation facilities between Fitzroy and Melbourne?
  4. How do I delete this, cannot see any options
  5. Thank you guys, finally I have booked apartment, hoping its good :-)
  6. Thank you for the valuable information, appreciate the same. I just looked up for Bioinformatics in NZ LTSSL and could not find any match there too - strange.
  7. Both undergraduation ( 3 years) and post graduation ( 2 years) were bioinformatics major
  8. One of my friend has a Masters degree in Bioinformatics, when I look for it in the SOL, cannot find any exact match. The closest I see is Biomedical Engineer. However, she does not have an "Engineering" degree, but has "Masters of Science" in Bioinformatics. Is she still eligible?
  9. We would be flying to Melbourne in a month or so, and I would be working in and around 180 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000.we would like to live near this place for a month (till we get settled and come to know about the hows and whats), and then decide on a permanent place to move on. Is this location safe, we are family of 3 with a 3 year old. Any place that I need to avoid while living nearby? Also, any good apartments in and around?
  10. How is the consulting market in Syndey/Melbourne? Is finding a job as contractor easier than looking for full time? I have been working as contractor over the past 4 years here in the US, we make substantially more than what a full time position could offer. But then 125K + super + 4 week vacation + sick leaves on a full time seems to be a very good deal. Had I got similar offer here, may be I would have never jumped into consulting :wink:
  11. Any idea what is the average salary for Java Architect specializing in eCommerce. I just had an interview with a consulting firm, expecting to have positive outcome - was thinking of asking for $110K + super.
  12. When I submitted EOI , I had cliamed 60 points. At that moment, my net experience was approximately 10 days short of 5 years. After 10 days, the points got updated automatically in the online application and my points got reset to 65. Anyways 60 or 65 does not matter, you would get invite either way. Good Luck
  13. Yes, the experience got added and I was awarded additional points. Good Luck
  14. Awesome, congratulations!!!!!!!!! Happy for you!
  15. I had sent more than couple of emails to CO without much luck - never got any reply. I think once CO has requested additional documents, it takes time to get approval. It took 105 days for my visa to get approved.Also, you need to consider that not much progress would have been made between christmas and 05-Jan. You might just get a straight grant email pretty soon. Good Luck
  16. We are exploring options for moving to either Sydney or Melbourne. My partner has Master of Science in Biotechnology and experience working as Quality Assurance in Pharmaceuticals industry. Anyone have idea about the job market for this qualification/experience in Sydney/Melbourne? I am personally leaning towards moving to Sydney, but don't mind moving to Melbourne if it has good scope for Biotechnology
  17. I had uploaded all the additional requested docs during christmas and it took a week for them to approve. I hope you get it pretty soon as well :-)
  18. Finally, got the golden email :-) Absolutely thrilled !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  19. No, am not using an agent, I will wait till this week and then drop an email. Thank you
  20. CO had asked for Form 80 and state police clearance, I had uploaded them on 24-Dec. Still not have heard back, am getting worried now :-(
  21. Same case here,my case is being processed at Brisbane - so still have couple of hours for the business day to start :-)
  22. The parents of one of my friend had visited Australia on visitor visa, and stayed for a year. More information on the visa can be found at http://www.immi.gov.au/Visas/Pages/600.aspx
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