u made my day...okay thanks...will work on it now

do aussie unis offer accounting as a degree?.....i understand what they offer is b. commerce.........

Surely you were told about applying to a professional body before graduating?

Sure they do... Monash and UNISA are amongst them...

Anyways, the degrees are essentially the same thing/fulfill the same purposes if the core modules are similar or close.

yah haha...being a cpa has a lot of advantages they said...some even told me its better than a postgraduate degree...wonder how true it is...

Visa rule reforms give universities a lifeline

This post has been edited by Hikari0307: Sep 23 2011, 04:46 PM

It's a "make nice" with china's rmb reforms No mention on medical internships though

the only significant change is the visa processing for some countries, in this case, principally china and india....it will not affect msia, which is in tier 1 and visa is easily granted with payment of the 1st semester fees....

as for the post study work, it already exist as the graduate visa, for 18 months......now extended to 24 months.....

the basic engine of aussie full fees foreign student education programme remains the same.....basically they sell immigration repackaged as education....

not a bad deal....since australia wants and needs immigration anyway......they need 100k-150k a year to keep the labour market filled.....and what better way than to get these immigrants to pay for their own education, automatically in the process self selected from the brightest of export countries, then allow them to stay and work and pay taxes for their whole entire working life.....smart move.......

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Added on September 23, 2011, 5:11 pmi wouldn't worry too much about this....they will sort it out.....i have not known anyone who have not got houseman jobs yet......so far......

This post has been edited by limeuu: Sep 23 2011, 05:11 PM

Nah, for a Malaysian to get a visa, you don't have to pay a term's tuition... that's well over AUD 10,000! You really only need confirmation from a university, and a few minor checks.

you need the coe, which is issued on payment of the first sem's fees.......

Yup, pay fees, coe issued, then visa issued.

You need to pay a portion of the first semester's fees and send in your acceptance before they issue you your COE. Then the simple application and health check.

I didn't pay any amount of tuition until well after I arrived at school, just insurance... still got my confirmation...

But I suppose some people pay a deposit before they get theirs...

the fact remains that you need the coe and the medical, for issuance of visa....

there may be some schools or colleges desperate enough to issue a coe without the 1st sem fees, but afaik, all the major universities will need you to pay up for the 1st sem and the oshc fees before they issue the coe.....

btw, for info, the coe is electronic, and the high commission will have your coe on their records.....so you don't really need the hard copy at all....

The deposit some schools require amounts to less than half a semester's tuition because it includes insurance... like what Hikari said... it is merely a portion of the total... and most people only pay fees after they've picked their classes anyway.

Yup. True. I paid about $5245 deposit to UNSW through IDP after received my letter of offer. Currently waiting for the Uni to issues me COE thereafter i can proceed to apply for my VISA

the aussie unis are desparate!...

well, if they are willing to loosen the visa process for china and india, i guess they would loosen it for msia too.....maybe in future, as long as you reply and say yes...they will issue the coe....

gonna fly to australia soon by MAS. Would like to know if the 20kg baggage allowance is only for "check-in baggage" or including hand baggage + laptop bag?

Check in baggage if i'm not mistaken

you obviously have never flown before...

you have 20kg check in allowance.....and you can bring 7kg of hand carry.....(actually 5kg, but mas usually will allow 7) and a backpack of notebook and stuffs...

if you join the grads programme they do allow 30kg check in for students.....

but.....this is an unusual time to start studies.....they are midway through the 2nd semester....