Immigration Visa OnlineA Blog of Mr. Ajay Sharma, Immigration and visas Specialist

The island continent is one of the rich and developed nations of the world. It is a treat for any student coming from a developed country to come and study in Australia. The degrees availed in Australia are accepted throughout the world. With these, is an array of courses including vocational and other training related aspects that are being offered. Also, the students are given opportunities to conduct independent research, work with the community and so on, adding to the exceptionally brilliant courses offered.

However, in order to study in Australia, you must avail an Australian study visa. In order to qualify for a student visa, you must satisfy the following conditions:

• You must get an evidence of your offer to study from a CRICOS authorized Australian institute.
• You should prove your competency in English language via IELTS.
• Documents proving a source of financial support during your stay in Australia. Incase you are availing a scholarship, a letter from the institute/university proving the same.
• A passport proving that you are a citizen of a particular country.
• You should be cleared of medical and other security aspects. Also, it is mandatory to maintain an Overseas Student Health cover while residing in Australia.
• You must ensure that you leave the country before your visa expires.

Apart from the above mentioned criteria, there is a separate set of documents to be provided while filing the application. Some such documents include your photographs, a statement of purpose and so on.

For more, contact a study visa expert and avail his guidance at every step. This would ensure a smooth visa issuance without any delay.

Immigration to Australia can surely get you your dream job, if you have the desired skills and qualification of your nominated profession. But what if you fulfill all these requirements and still do not get a job in Australia? Of course, this can be a heart-rending situation. Language barrier can often be a problem for new immigrants. Don’t worry! To make sure that you do not have to face any such situation, Australian Department of Immigration and citizenship require applicants seeking immigration under the general skilled migration category to pass the IELTS test. This test evaluates the English language skills of the applicant in four main components – speaking, reading, listening and writing.

Applicants who obtain a minimum pass mark are given certain points benefit in the GSM points test. The more you score, the better will be your skill level and thereby the point benefits enjoyed by you. While the highest skill level, PROFICIENT ENGLISH, will contribute 25 points to your GSM points test, the lowest skill level, NO ENGLISH, will not add any points. So, it is a good idea to take some classes for the preparation of your IELTS test before you actually appear for it. If you wish to know about skill levels of the IELTS test in detail, simply go through this article: English language (IELTS) requirements for Australia General Skilled Migration Visas

However, there are a few applicants who enjoy the privilege of being exempted from the IELTS test and fly to Australia. For instance, applicants who have English as their primary language need not appear for the test. To find out more about these options, kindly see this article: Are you the lucky one to enjoy the exemption from IELTS test?

An Australian immigration specialist can help you file for an IELTS test and get all your necessary documents in place to make the process of immigration a hassle-free task for you. So, do not delay anymore and get started today!

Dear Readers,

My journey in Immigration and visa consulting industry started in the year 1994. I started accepting the mandate(s) for Immigration Visa consulting services to general skilled and professionals and for advisory areas related to global relocation and job search, post landing settlement in destined countries. I continue to be an immigration and visa specialist even today. I run my company in the name of ABHINAV (www.abhinav.com).

It has indeed been an interesting journey and the most important learning is that bureaucrats are same across the world – go by book and use the book to hide their failings, have no accountability for their actions and in most cases non-actions.

Bureaucrats and officers dealing with Immigration and visas matters are unique since they have extreme discretionary powers. And in majority of the time they are misused. They take refusal decisions that are unfair and mostly unexplained and then leave it to the applicant to fight it out with the department – with senior officers and ministers or with the court. The department is not much helping either as they have standard responses for appeals. And the court procedure is so expensive for ordinary applicant to follow that – in most cases- is ruled out.

So if the situation so dismal all around! Not really, as many countries seem to have learned from failings of systems of countries that started early. In my opinion and going by experience, leading the pack of countries with most mismanaged immigration system will be - without doubt – Canada followed by USA, Hong Kong, Thailand. Talking of Canada, Quebec Immigrant investor program is an exception but then that accounts for a small number of the actual number of large immigrants and how many applicants have a net worth of close to CAD 800,000/-?

Among the most applicant, efficient, accountable and user friendly system I have experienced is Singapore, followed by Australia and New Zealand. Denmark has recently started the green card process and the initial feel factor is comfortable.

In this blog I will share

• My experiences from past and how they affected applicants?
• How past can be used to as a learning tool by future applicants, governmental bodies and agencies?
• Latest happenings and changes and what these changes will mean to candidates whose applications are pending or who intend to apply?
• Proposed changes in future and if introduced what these changes will mean to candidates whose applications are pending or who intend to apply?

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