go and study some Australian year 12 programmes like SAM or Ausmat. Or stuff like CPU and A-Levels would work to. A Diploma might work as well though no guarantee of advanced standing.

Queenslanders get ready for the Queensland Sports Carnival 2011 =D
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=115100665239058

nop I woke up late so I decided not to go =P
I was around BGS on Saturday though.

haha I wasn't part of any teams, didn't take part in QSC. Was just around being a spectator and to lepak =D

It's not an uncommon thing. The minimum academic requirement to enter a PhD programme is an Honours Degree so you can do it straight away. A Masters Degree is not really needed.

since I live pretty near to uni, I kinda spread out my classes from Monday to Thursday. I get one day off XD
I enrolled quite late leaving me not much choice ahaha but my schedule is pretty good. I'm ok as long as I don't have to start at 8 am XD
I start at 10 and have an hour or so break in the middle to get some lunch then go one shot as much as I can unless the venue for one class is at one side of the uni and another one at another side, I don't want to rush from place to another in just a few minutes ahaha.
I have two lectures like that on Thursday though since I didn't have any other choice that didn't clash >_< I start at two at one side of uni finish the lecture at 3.50 (though usually ends earlier) and rush off to the other side for another lecture.

1. http://www.immi.gov.au/e_visa/students.htm
https://www.ecom.immi.gov.au/visas/jsp/index.jsp

That would include Malaysians.

2. Yes http://www.immi.gov.au/students/students/573-1/

3. Can only be done after applying as you will need your Transaction Reference Number (TRN) for the panel clinic to forward your results to immigrations and also a referral letter generated by the website. For Malaysians being in a country categorized with risks of TB, stuff like an X-ray is necessary for them.

4. There's no need, all you need to do is have an electronic Confirmation of Enrolment (eCoE) from your University meaning you have accepted your offer as well as paid a Deposit for first semester fees and OSHC.

5. What documents do you mean? I never had to certify anything.

6. Just apply online and then go for the medical check and wait for good news. Documents you will need to start the application is your passport and your eCoE unless you have some special circumstances this process takes a fairly short time to get your student visa approved if you already have everything.

This post has been edited by Hikari0307: May 26 2011, 07:58 AM

1. Nop everything was done online. The eCoE has a number at the top for you to enter during application and you just need to key in passport numbers all those stuff and declare you have no criminal history etc. Then you will get a TFN and you have to take note of that.

2. I didn't have to upload anything, everything was just typing in information and stuff like yes and no questions. Like do you have criminal history (if yes please attach further information), have you or any of your immediate family have a history of so and so illness (if yes please provide more details) stuff like that.

3. I'm not so sure, I had the university arrange OSHC for me and I paid for it along with the deposit for first semester fees so it's stated on my eCoE that I have Single OHSC Cover valid for the duration of my proposed student visa then.

4. There will be one generated by the website for you, I only brought those referral letter and my passport to the panel clinic for medical examination and x-ray. Brought some passport size photo as well since it mentioned for me to bring some but the people at the clinic just told me to stand at a wall and took my picture with a Digital Camera ^^"

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Added on May 26, 2011, 10:20 amthough numbers from MOHE still shows they have the highest amount of Malaysian students and with all the twinning programme and marketing in Malaysia, it won't be going down any time soon I'd think.

This post has been edited by Hikari0307: May 26 2011, 10:20 AM

Yes it's an electronic visa. I don't have any kind of sticker or anything on my passport to show that I have a student visa.

So now that exams are mostly out of the way for most people and winter holidays have started , any of you guys heading for NCG in Melbourne? If you are, don't bother cause Queensland is gonna kick your butt XP the match is on =D

you can always withdraw money at an ATM machine. Last time I banked in cash, the funds were available to my account immediately. If your depositing a banker's cheques etc. then of course it will take a few days to process.

I think most debit cards have chips now.I feel that using a pin is more secure and convenient though. I'd rather have to key in a pin rather than using my signature. You can however opt to sign if you want to.
There's also a lot of places equipped with Mastercard's paypass machines nowadays so if your kinda lazy and is using a compatible card, you can just tap your card and finish the transaction in a few seconds without the need for any signatures or pins.

think on their relevancy to your future targets. It doesn't matter if the course is relevant to your previous qualification if you don't want to do it or it doesn't help you achieve your future goals.

http://www.malaysia.org.au/faq.html#ic

If you can't do it at the High Commission, I doubt you can do so at the Consulate.

what do you want to know?

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Well it doesn't really take that long to for your bank account to be approved.
Before I came to aussie, I applied for a bank account with CBA online and they called me with information and confirmation "very early" the next morning~~
Well you would want to transfer some money after opening your account right, why else would one want to open an account in advance. You don't really need to be familiar with the place as usually they'll establish your account that's most convenient to where your going to study so there's not much problem to look for it.
Well what the UK does has nothing to do with aussie right.

the location that the bank(or rather CBA in my case) used to consider where to open my bank account is the University and the campus I'll be studying in rather than an address where I'll be living. So it'll be convenient to get to from the university or in CBA's case is present on campus on a lot of different universities. Their trying hard to get international students before they get a chance to get to Aussie and kinda "shop around" for the best option. You can do the same for ANZ as well if memory serves. I'm guessing all the big 4 aussie banks are doing it nowadays.

This post has been edited by Hikari0307: Sep 8 2011, 11:12 PM

My parents has done some TT from Maybank to my CBA account a few times for a few thousand dollars and Maybank charges my dad around RM40-50 (don't really remember but it was around that) every time (When I went to a branch to do it once the guy at the counter told me it was a flat rate) and CBA(or whoever) has taken AUD10 from the amount transferred every time we did it. They've sent me from AUD 2000 - AUD 10000 and we get charged the same amount every time.

getting a postpaid cap plan is easy enough, just go in store with all the necessary documents and it'll only take you twenty minutes or so. Getting a prepaid is easy enough and the numbers can be ported easily as well if you want to change later and usually it'll only take a few hours to port or if your unlucky then a few days.

This post has been edited by Hikari0307: Sep 9 2011, 04:06 PM

I don't think you can use BPay, never saw the option to do so if there's any. You use paypal or a credit/debit card. Or the old fashioned way of buying the voucher in store.

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Added on September 10, 2011, 8:56 pmyou can use a debit card if you have one, use it the same way as a credit card.

This post has been edited by Hikari0307: Sep 10 2011, 08:56 PM