Life In Australia, Simplified.
Last updated on December 16th, 2020
18th October 2019 was a special day for me. The journey which started with Australian PR was about to reach another milestone – Australian citizenship. On 18th October, the Department of Home Affairs sent me a mail stating that my citizenship test is scheduled.
Last updated on June 5th, 2020
LinkedIn Learning, formerly known as Lynda.com, is a leading online catalogue of thousands of high-quality tutorials on various topics ranging from software development, business management, photography, web design and development, animation, cloud and business intelligence, marketing and so on.
It has excellent video tutorials on hot topics such as AngularJS, NodeJS, React, Php, java, bootstrap, jquery and so on. Apart from that, it has some great courses on market favourites such as MongoDB, Scala, Python, AWS cloud, Hadoop, machine learning and many more.
After LinkedIn acquired it in 2015, it became an authoritative source in the world of online training and career development. Being tightly integrated with LinkedIn, one of its rewarding features is that you can showcase certificates for the courses you completed on your LinkedIn profile. For example, here is the certificate for one of the courses I completed on Lynda.com.
When you get the Australian PR visa, it’s quite common practice to do a visa validation trip. Though it is a convenient way to prove that you intend to settle in Australia, is it really worth? What are the pros and cons of doing a visa validation trip? Let’s find out.
Benefits
First, let’s look at some of the benefits of a visa validation trip.
Gives More Time To Plan
Planning to move to a different country is neverending. But especially after getting Australia PR, you might feel that time is running out fast.
When the initial excitement of getting PR dwindles, the reality of leaving everything and starting a new life in a different country kicks in. Thought of moving to Australia without a job is scary enough but making it to Australia before the Initial Entry Date adds to the pressure.
Last updated on September 26th, 2019
There are some things which you don’t realise you need until you need them. Document translation is one such thing. When I was gathering documents for my wife’s citizenship application, that’s when it hit me – her birth certificate was in Hindi! *horror face*
To make it worse, it was also partly handwritten. I needed an authorised translator who could create a certified English translation of my wife’s Hindi birth certificate without costing me an arm and a leg. Remember, in Australia, any document which is written in a language other than English, needs to be translated and certified by a NAATI-accredited translator. Thankfully, The Migration Translators came to the rescue!
Who Are The Migration Translators?
The Migration Translators is a Sydney-based translation agency who provide certified translations for various documents such as Birth Certificate,
Last updated on September 1st, 2020
I bought private health insurance in the first year I came to Australia. As of now, nearly half of the Australian population has private health insurance of some sort. Similar to many other Australians who have private health insurance, my foremost reason to buy private health insurance was the peace of mind. Unfortunately, it’s a bit superficial when you look more closely. More on that later.
Wait I Heard There Is Something Called Medicare…
Yes, you heard right!
In Australia, there is a fantastic public health care system called Medicare.
If you are an Australian citizen or a permanent resident living in Australia, you get access to the world-class public hospitals in Australia under Medicare. Medicare covers almost everything including major and minor surgeries, ultrasound, pathology, doctor visits, maternity services and so on.
Last updated on July 22nd, 2020
After a few weeks, Manny, my friend who wanted to get an Australian passport for his baby daughter, called again.
Manny: Hello Harsh! How are you?
Me: I am good, mate. Looks like you got Australian citizenship certificate for your baby daughter.
Manny: Yes, I did. Thanks to your advice, I was able to get it without any problem. Plus, my GP was happy to endorse my documents so thankfully I didn’t face any hardships like you.
Me: Oh, that’s wonderful. So did you apply for an Australian passport for your baby?
Manny: No, not yet. I am planning to travel to India during Diwali time. So I want to get the passport for my daughter.
Melbourne has the world’s largest tram system which runs for 250 kms and carries more than 200 million people every year. They also travel more than 24 million kms each year.
