The purpose of the declaration form is to enable TC to send your results to the different unis you applied to. The unis will consider your preferences based on your results. If you make the grade, they will send you an offer letter. Then, you can pick which uni you would like to go to in the end.

Good luck with term 3 exams!

Your chances on getting a PR are close to 0, unless:

1. You already have an undergraduate degree and get over 120 points (refer to December88's post)
2. You have no more immediate family members back in your home country (ie. your family has migrated to Australia)
3. You are a refugee

For all undergraduate courses in UniMelb, once you obtain a PR, you will be converted to Australian Full Fee place.
Then, if you are able to demonstrate high academic standards, you will be offered CSP.
Same goes for medicine (not sure about other unis), if you obtain a high average score.



taken from http://www.medicine.unimelb.edu.au/future/requirements.html

For degrees such as law or med, there is no opportunity to do an extra honours year, so if you do well, you will be awarded a degree with honours.

Eg: http://www.medicine.unimelb.edu.au/docs/MB...alculations.pdf

This post has been edited by zltan: Sep 17 2008, 06:32 PM

1. Do honours
2. Feb09-Nov 10 is considered 2 years of study. If you want to count it *your* way, then you'll have to minus off your summer, winter and mid-sem holidays which accumulates to about 4 months a year.
3. What course are you doing? Are you sure it is under the skilled occupation list? Most courses under the SOL requires at least 3 years of study, unless you're doing some TAFE course.

Doesn't work this way, you need 2 years of studying in Australia, not 2 years of staying in Australia. But, using this method, you can gain points for having work experience.

Seriously, you are planning to study in Australia and have no idea what DIAC is?

Department of Immigration and Citizenship

Use Google next time.

DIMIA is the old name, they changed it to DIAC last year

Thats Geelong with the bluish and white stripes. They won the AFL grand final in 2007 and runner-up in 2008.

Quite a lot of teams have animal nicknames, Hawks, Roos, Lions...etc

You should go for a footy match with an Australian friend and he will explain all the rules and teams.

And did I mention that there this Tuesday is a public holiday because of Melbourne Cup...which some horse racing thing. A lot of my friends are planning on going to Flemington even though its the middle of swot vac. >.<

Yes...I have a friend with both UK and Australian citizenship.
Just get a PR (be willing to wait for at least a year to be processed)

This post has been edited by zltan: Nov 5 2008, 08:12 PM

No, I guess it depends on your post count or something so that it stops people from spamming.

No one cares about SPM. Its not a qualification to enter uni, just like UPSR or PMR.

But, SPM is easy. If you are unable to concentrate now, what makes you think that you will in college?

TER is a ranking. If you are planning on taking SAM, then you will also be ranked with local students from South Australia and Northern Territory.

Which means that a 99 TER requires to get about 90% average in your subjects.
(You only need 65% to get an A1 in SPM)

On side note, depending on your course of choice, it is also not hard to get into Australia Unis.
You only need about 85-90 TER to get into Bachelor of Commerce (ie 70-80% average)

If they want to give out scholarships, they would be advertising it so that they are able to choose the best students.

Calling them won't really help, unless you have some strings to pull

This post has been edited by zltan: Nov 10 2008, 10:33 AM

1. Renew passport (only takes 24 hours)
2. Accept your offer (fill in any form sent to you by uni) and pay them some $$ (are you sure you have to pay 5 grand for oshc? My single oshc was only 1 grand and it lasts for 3 years)
3. Get your CoE
4. Apply for online visa, attach photocopies of your passport, birthcert, CoE, etc.
5. Get a medical exam (must be one doctors on the list)

*Make sure you get a plane ticket now or there won't be any more spots in February (unless you are planning on flying business class)
*For accommodation, its up to you. Do you want to have food provided? Do you want friends? Do you want to be close to uni? Or do you want it to be cheap?

I'll recommend a residential hall/college. I'm not too sure how it works at ANU, but for unimelb, we had to submit an online application with a handwritten statement and 2 referee reports. It might be competitive, so you need to decide quickly.

They always ask for your email, unless you applied through an agent where you entered the agent's email.

That means that you will have to use your phone with the Optus sim card.

You will not be able to use the phone with another provider such as Vodaphone or 3 unless you get it 'unlocked'.

It doesn't really matter. Your $80 can be extra credit in your phone or it could already be used up. As long as you have paid $80, no matter what way you do it, you can unlock it for "free".

It is best to ask DIAC.
I'm not sure, but from my previous experiences, they are very strict with those under the age of 18. Or else, you just have to wait for your dad to arrive home or send him an e-copy and make him sign.

In Australia, you are treated as an Australian when it comes to taxes.

You will be taxed if your income goes over $6000 p.a.

But, when you are earning quite a lot of interest, the bank will WITHHOLD some of your money (corresponding to how much you earn). At the end of the financial year (June/July), you will then be able to claim your money back in the event that you earned less than $6000pa.

This is also the same with your any of your employers.

Generally, if you getting more than $500 a month from a single source, some of your money will be withheld.


DIAC is actually quite efficient. You can observe that your visa will be approved quite quickly as soon as they receive all the documents. When I was applying for permission to work early this year, I had to give them some documents personally at their office (in Melbourne)....and I got my permit by 5pm that day itself.

As for the email queries, they usually answer in about 1-2 working days.

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Added on December 6, 2008, 11:10 pmSince you are in Malaysia, the only 'interview' you have to go through is when the doctor asks you about your medical conditions.

This post has been edited by zltan: Dec 6 2008, 11:10 PM

No. You will need a CoE which comes once you've accepted your uni offer and pay your first installment of fees.

They won't grant you a visa if you are just 'potentially' going into Australia.

Why podiatry? Why not do something more general like med instead? There are about 20-75 international places for each uni in med.

Or if you can't make it, physiotherapy is an option.

This post has been edited by zltan: Dec 9 2008, 10:17 PM

Perth is the offshore processing area. I think it actually gets sent to the Aussie High Comm in Malaysia first.

When your visa is approved, they will send you an email outlining all the conditions you need to fulfill. Just note down your visa number and thats it. They will already have all your details in their system.

Once you get your visa done, your main concern is what you can bring in- they are very strict on those.

10/12/08- sent bank draft
15/12/08- Bank draft received (assuming courier)
16/12/08- eCoE processed (assuming all fees correct, over 18, and the uni is efficient and staff aren't on christmas holidays)
16/12/08- evisa application started
17/12/08- medical check-up (assuming the doctor isn't busy)
22/12/08- medical check-up report received, all documents handed in, evisa approved


You better be living in KL, which means that your documents will be sent/received quickly, or else you are doomed.

You will be refused entry into Australia if your visa is not processed in time.

Good luck.


Conclusion: Do not leave things till last minute. You should have done this one month ago.

Booby,

It is best that you know that spoon-feeding/rote learning is not applicable in Australia.

I won't waste explaining in full detail what that means as that'll be just spoon feeding you. You'll understand once you are doing your first assignment.

In the mean time, try to search for things yourself. Google is your friend.