if you are from PJ and wants the e-health i would suggest... been there and everything went really fast... always best to make appointment =)

nice, clean and friendly place as well.... back when i did it now not sure

Life Care Diagnostics Sdn Bhd
Ground Floor, Tower 1
Wisma MCIS Zurich
Jaran Barat
46200 Petaling Jaya
Selangor
Telephone: +60 3 7955 0650
Fax: +60 3 7955 0670

which state and unis are you guys going to?

Grim - you can actually just choose a diploma study (somewhat related to your degree) perhaps instead of masters / honours?

it costs significantly lesser taking a diploma for 1 year and the diploma workload is also lesser... therefore during your diploma study, you can apply for a casual / part time job in the financial institutions or companies as such?

then while applying for your PR after your diploma studies, you will also have the experience and the company may hire you full time during your phase before your PR is approved?

Sorry its still choice number 1....

Get a streamline access account and a netbank saver account. streamline access is your everyday account and netbank saver is a high interest rate savings account.

Most of your cash are stored in the netbank saver account which the cash is only accessible via the internet. You can transfer the amount of cash you require to your streamline access account for daily usage. This is so that you can earn good interest rates from commonwealth bank though there are some other institutions other than commbank provide better rates but lets just stick to commbank for now

Things that you will need to bring if you are unsure are

1. Passport
2. Proof of residential address in australia - i think they do accept non perm address as well and u can change at a later date
3. COE/ student ID card from Uni (so that you can waive the monthly account fees)

If you want but not required to but handy is

Apply for a Tax File Number (TFN). This is useful because any interest you earn will be taxed. By providing the bank your TFN, they won't tax you up front on any interest earned from your savings account

hope this helps
cheers

http://www.immi.gov.au/living-in-australia...ply-for-tfn.htm

please see link for the various ways to obtain a TFN.... i myself went to the location to apply for TFN and was provided a computer to fill in information (same as applying for it online) and the TFN printed on the spot and provided by one of the employee there..

onelove, you should contact them in regards to your TFN application as someone could be illegally using your TFN for tax purposes and if anything goes wrong, you are going to cop it.

if you do it online, they will send the TFN to your address.

it depends on which 3 shop you go to... some of them will some of them wont but majority will accept your 1 year visa for 24 months contract...

once you reach the time when you are leaving the country you can either pay the cancelling fees, continue paying them monthly direct debit providing that you have not closed your bank account or just run away from the country and never return again... they will just keep sending you the bills to your address thats registered to them. i think will get blacklisted when you try to enter into the country again based on the passport number etc.

Your COE (certificate of acceptance) will show the duration of your course... you do not need to renew anything unless if you fail a semester or delay, then at the end of the original term study term you have provided (in your case 3 years) you have to reapply for the student visa etc.

Vodafone i have no idea coz i dont like what they have to offer... but i think they are quite strict in their acceptance policy.

3 seems to be okay with everything...

anyone going for the mardi gras this saturday?

I would suggest you apply for international house in UNSW. Probably the best place to stay IMO where you can stay with other international students from other countries and there are a lot of activities that you can participate in. Do ensure that you apply early, as space is limited. Its hostel kinda style of accommodation

UNSW is located in Kingsford / Randwick if you have not known about it yet. The locations that will be convenient for you in terms of distance will be suburbs of Kingsford, Kensington, Randwick.... or about 5 - 10 mins bus away, Maroubra Junction / Coogee. Therefore if you like you can search the areas as mentioned. There are a lot of shared accommodation and other students renting out rooms to others. My personal take will be Maroubra Junction / Randwick as supermarkets and eatery are important... If you wanna check out accommodations to rent, try visiting www.domain.com.au or www.realestate.com.au and use the rent function to do your searches

Will you be coming alone or with friends to share accommodation? IH will be the first choice for me if i am alone but if you are sharing with friends its probably better to get an accommodation in an apartment in the mentioned suburbs

if you have your own mobile, go for gotalk's prepaid plan that has international calls feature..

It costs half a cent to call malaysia landline and mobile. but as a mobile provider, they have a flagfall which is 30c.... more @ www.gotalk.com.au. definitely worth a try.

flagfall same as per calling from a public phone booth anyway

im using gotalk... you can find them at www.gotalk.com.au the rates to malaysia are flagfall (30 cents) + 1/2 cent (halfa a cent) per minute call to malaysia landline and mobile... im using it now and the lines have not disappointed me yet. its prepaid btw and on the straight talk plus plan

oh you can also register an account and buy the prepaid starter with credit and then register on the site and choose the plan and off you go. its not a cap plan but for sure its way cheaper than 3... else get a prepaid phone card for instance daybreak and then use a public payphone if you do not have a landline

what do you mean your service phone number cant get any adsl service? you have to find / provide more information. coz if you are after an ISP but they do not accept telstra service numbers, then even you change another service number with telstra, that will not sort your problem but will have to change a phone provider instead

and it could be your geographical location whereby you can't receive service from an ISP but may from another so you may wanna check out others... i would think changing your phone number wouldn't do any good though im no pro in this field

hihihehe: if bank draft gone missing just go back to the bank and tell them and they will issue you a new one with a fee... they will have to cancel the old draft first and made sure its not being banked in

onejme: have you tried any other providers other than AAnet? the reason given is a lil vague