those of you on bridging visa a, what is the substantive visa you are applying for?.....485 or 885?......and how long have you been waiting?.........

april 2010?......looks like some people will have a longer bridging visa a than the 485!

an honours year is practically worthless in msia.....most potential employers will NOT know the implication of having an honours in the oz context...

offers will only become confirmed after the year 12 results are released, which should be sometime next week.....

if the intention is to gain right to stay and work in oz, and NOT an education, then there would be indeed good professions to get trained in.....

don't laugh....many international students, particularly those from prc, purposely take up nursing because that is one profession that almost guarantees a job.....their problem is getting the ielts band 8 to qualify for a pr visa, as the rules have changed......

lawyers, as are pharmacists are back.....and they took off optometry.....

it's all about getting enough points to be eligible.....as fresh graduates, you do not have experience, so zero points there....so you need the full 20 points from ielts band 8 to qualify......of course if you have points from other categories (eg experience, family sponsorship, study in low population region etc), you do not need band 8.....

the new points system does not allocate any points for being in the sol.....but if your profession is not in the list, you cannot apply at all.....

there is a change in the format, and eventual responsibility of an australian optometrist, and hence optometrist trained in another country (the sol equally apply for all graduates from within and without oz) will not be able to fit into this new responsibility....what leeway there exists then for international students graduating from the new format 3+2 programme in unclear......

there are currently only 3 unis conducting optometry, and the entry cutoff is higher than medicine in some instances.....

1. tasmania is NOT a city, but a state and an island....

2. it is expensive, due to it's isolation....if you are talking about capital cities, adelaide is probably the cheapest.....

cheaper fees is the only way they can attract international students to go study there....

living cost will be about brisbane level, maybe a bit more than adelaide, but still cheaper than sydney/melbourne....

rules as listed in aussie gov websites are pretty much as it is....ie it will work exactly as the rule says....

changing institutions (but the same course) is not uncommonly done, usually after the 1st year....

if one has not started, then with the new coe, one has to apply AGAIN for a new student visa......

read the front page lah.....

there is a picture there, no?.....it is just an extension cord with socket bank using universal type sockets....

'catching fire' just means a short circuit or overload lah....can happen with any extension cords.....

qf standard allowance is 23kg....

and they do not have 'student allowance'......

the so called mas student 30kg allowance is part of the grad membership programme.....

it is impossible for a $100/week room in melbourne, unless it's a distant suburb, or it's the usual private student housing dump, or you are sharing a single room with someone else.....

1. yes

2. yes, for 485

3. no need job for 485. not extenable, but employee sponsored visa can be applied

4. no. 885 can be applied any time if you have the points

just go direct entry then, no?....how much saving can you have with 1+3......?

a 2+2 twinning programme is NOT a foundation.....you will need to have a recognised pre-u to enter such a programme....

your parents are likely misinformed.......

there is no such thing as an 'australian degree programme' at inti....

since you mentioned engineering, there is NO twinning arrangement between inti and any aussie uni.....

thus, it sounds like credit transfer, and that is a big no-no.........you can well be left hanging and dry....

your parents' intention for you to do 'foundation' and go is exactly direct entry into aussie unis.....

i sense a severe case on lack of understanding.....which is worrying for someone contemplating engineering....

that is a very confusing and inaccurate reply....

bottom line is, locals (both citizens and pr) get commonwealth supported places (csp), which is subsidised by the oz gov to the tune of about 2/3 to 3/4.....

so locals will still need to pay about a third.....but can borrow money, called hecs (it's like ptptn loan), which the student pays back when they start work and earn over a certain amount...

so the simple answer is, local students pay about 1/4 to 1/3 the fees paid by international students.....either up front, or eventually.....

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Added on April 23, 2012, 11:45 pmwrong....

you don't have to be local to do year 12.....various colleges in msia (and elsewhere) run year 12 programmes, eg sam, ausmat...

it is easier to enter oz unis using a levels than year 12 results into especially critical courses....

it is easier for internationals to enter critical courses (whatever pre-u they use) than locals.....

This post has been edited by limeuu: Apr 23 2012, 11:48 PM

i was referring to lightingfist...