MIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA

Live in Australia permanently

The only solution is to ask for the permanent residency that allows you to be a citizen of Australia within 2 years (you must have stayed this length of time on the Australian territory, all absence being deducted from the 2 years). Enquire in your own country if you can apply for dual citizenship or not.

Attention: you can lose your permanent residency if you leave away from Australia for a long time whereas the Australian citizenship is for life wherever you will live.

1) You already have the permanent residency in Australia: you have the same rights as Australian citizens apart from the right to vote and receive certain allowances within 8 months following your arrival. You can have access to Medicare (the Australian national health system). The education system is as follows: primary and secondary education is divided into public and private schools (either catholic or independent). Be aware that kids don’t start school before 6 years old. Consequently if both parents work, you have to send your children to Pre-schools and Child Care centers: they are well represented all around Australian but privately run and thus very expensive!! Higher education at vocational or university level also attracts fees (minimum AU$5.000 per year for universities and minimum AU$700 to 1,000 for vocational training). It does not include book materials, sport activities, uniforms….
Please refer to our section “Studies in Australia” on our Boomerang Australia Studies website where we explain in detail the education system in Australia .

2) You don’t have yet the permanent residency in Australia: You have several opportunities and procedures are time consuming. Find below the main permanent visas you can apply for:
- The Spouse Visa: if you can prove you have lived over 12 months with your de facto spouse who is either an Australian resident or an Australian citizen, or if you have married an Australian resident or an Australian citizen, you can apply for this visa in Australia and receive an answer within one month; if you apply overseas it may take longer. Be aware that this visa is a temporary visa that will become permanent if you can prove that you are still in a genuine relationship 2 years later.
- The Skills Migration Visa: it is based on a point system whose criteria depend on your age, family history, professional experience and level of English. There will be some consequent changes from 1 September 2007 that will favour applicants with a high level of English.
- The sponsored Visa: if you have family members or relatives in Australia (such as uncle, aunt, grand-parents) who are willing to sponsor you financially, you may benefit from special conditions.
- The Family Reunion Visa: if over 50% of your children are Australian residents or citizens and if your health is satisfactory, you can join your children in Australia and become a permanent resident.
- Business Owners: applies if you intend to establish a company or invest a large amount in a company as a major shareholder.

Conditions are complex and keep changing constantly. Therefore we recommend you to use the services of experts in the field. Lawyers are not particularly expert in Australian immigration matters and we advise you to consult Australian migration agents registered by MARA or MIA.

As you will see, the list is long and quality migration agent carce, so we have selected a professional migration agency based in Australia. In order to assess your chances, please fill in this form and send it back to us by email to: executive@boomerangaustralia.com.

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