Brits applying for some Australian visas will welcome the Australian Government’s recent decision to relax conditions governing certain types of visa. Article written by The Overseas Guides Company New rules for visas for parents and grandparents of permanent residents and Australian citizens are expected to be in place by the end of 2012. These will [...]
Channel 4 are on the hunt for people to appear in a brand new property show. If you are moving to Australia and struggling to find your dream aussie home, they could have the answer. Channel 4 have a team of professional home finders ready to help you with the legwork. They will aim to [...]
The most common way Brits get residency in Australia and New Zealand is with a skilled worker visa. Typically, each year Australia and New Zealand will open their doors to a set number of migrant workers with skills that will benefit their nation, especially in areas where there is a skills shortage. Article written by [...]
Australia’s Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin has announced that the British Government has agreed to discuss the contentious issue of frozen pensions. Article written by The Overseas Guides Company The long overdue development came after discussions last week with British Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Iain Duncan Smith. [...]
One expected benefit when buying property and/or emigrating to an English-speaking country is the lack of language barrier. But is that strictly so? Article written by The Overseas Guides Company Many Britons who move to Australia, Canada, New Zealand or the USA come across little idiosyncrasies and slang words that are unique to a country [...]
According to statistics published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics this week, Australia’s eight cities have experienced the first increase in house prices since the final quarter of 2010. Property prices have risen by 0.5 per cent when compared with the first quarter of 2012. The statistics show that the biggest price increases were in [...]
British people planning a move to Australia should be aware that major changes to the country’s visa system came into effect last week. From July 1st, anyone applying for a visa under the country’s skilled migration program will first have to record an Expression of Interest (EOI) through a new on-line system called SkillSelect. Postal [...]
The Organisation for Economic Development and Co-operation has released a report that predicts that Australia will grow at a rate of 3.1 per cent this year. When compared with the predicted growth rate of the USA (2.4 per cent) and Britain (0.5 per cent) things are looking good for people down under. These positive predictions [...]
Simply moving down the road is stressful enough so how do you even start to plan moving to the opposite side of the world? The Overseas Guides Company chatted to Robert from Hampshire who packed up all of his family's belongings and shipped it to their new home in Sydney back in 2006. Robert started [...]
This week the AustraliaBuyingGuide.com speaks to teachers Dave and Natalie who moved to Perth in 2003. In this useful interview they discuss what made them choose Perth, how they found the visa application process and how easy it was to transfer qualifications to Western Australia... When and why did you choose to move to Perth? [...]