Matt Down Under

Ruby developer, founder of choc media, bushwalker, MacGyver fan and hobby photographer, German citizen and Australian Permanent Resident.

In 2008 I moved from Germany to Australia, the best decision of my life. On this blog you can find stories and photos about hiking in Tasmania and on the mainland, travelling, and life in Australia — my journey from Working Holiday to Permanent Residency.

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    15 posts tagged Visa

    Skill assessment successful!

    Hi guys, today I finally received news from my skill assessment and - like I expected - it’s successful. I’m now officially recognized as a graphics designer in Australia, which is worth 50 points and it makes about 50% of my new visa, depending on the type of visa I will apply for.

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    Hobart, I’m back!

    Good news everyone! I got a new job in Hobart at an international company that sells tourism products in Australia and Canada. From this week on I am the new Senior Web Developer and responsible for about 15 existing websites, for design, further development, optimisation and the creation of new websites. It’s a full time job with an amazing perspective, they want to keep me as long as possible and even offered me an employer sponsorship to get a permanent resident visa.

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    Six months in Australia

    Six months have passed since I left Germany, time for a small review of my time in Australia so far.

    On 19 January I arrived in Melbourne together with eight friends from all over Germany. We had never met before but we all booked the same travel package and thus had the same flight and hostel. Melbourne was fascinating, there’s nothing that is not available there, but after a few days we faced the difficulty of finding accomodation in Melbourne during a major event like the Australian Open. In the end, we had to move hostels almost every day and our group split up as it was impossible to find accomodation for a group of 9 people.

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    Jobsearching weeks

    There’s not much to tell right now. I am still planting trees in Launceston. A few weeks ago I decided to leave Tasmania by the end of July and booked a flight to Sydney for 3 August. But I’m currently not sure whether I will actually take that flight or not, my situation is pretty complicated at the moment.

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    Lebenszeichen

    Hey! Mich gibts noch, auch wenn es manche Leute wohl nicht glauben und mir deshalb alle 2 Tage Nachrichten schicken, in der Hoffnung, ich schreibe zurück. Mein Computer nervt mich (hat nichts mit Apple zu tun MBA rockt), ich kann mich aber noch überwinden, zumindest meine mails ab und zu abzurufen und mir auf spiegel.de die Headlines durchzulesen, für die tägliche Bestätigung wie nervenschonend es doch außerhalb Deutschlands ist. Mir ist vorher nie aufgefallen, mit wie viel Müll sich die deutsche Öffentlichkeit beschäftigt. Hier bekomme ich zum Glück nur ein Minimum davon mit.

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