Posts tagged 'Visa'
13 August 2009Honestly, I was looking forward to do my tax declaration this year. Mostly because I can look forward to a nice tax return, but also because tax declarations are not very difficult in Australia – at least compared to Germany.
One chapter of the tax declaration covers Medicare contributions, the public health care system in Australia. …
2 July 2009There’s not much activity here at the moment. It’s winter in Tasmania and I don’t feel like doing a lot of outdoor activities while it’s cold out there. I’m a summer guy and at the moment I’m simply focusing on working and see how things develop.
Since I joined Ionata in February I’m having a lot …
5 March 2009Yesterday my new visa was granted.
Suddenly everything went so fast. I few weeks ago I finalised the required medial documents and since I hadn’t heard anything from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) I already started to be worried. It would have been a nightmare if the documents would have gone lost in transit.
4 February 2009There’s quite a lot to tell. The last few weeks were probably the most crazy ones I had since I based myself here. Hopefully you don’t mind that I put this all into one big post.
10 December 2008Wow, after more than six months of preparations, I finally lodged my visa application today. Incredible how much work was necessary to get to this point, I can understand everyone who simply hires a migration agent to do all the work. When I started to think about applying for a new visa in Australia I …
7 December 2008Last Friday we had our annual office christmas party. First we went bowling, then we had dinner at a pretty crowded mexican restaurant and when certain people became too drunk for any further activities, most of us decided to go home. Nice evening with excellent food though.
It was a very mild night and so I …
13 November 2008Not only to the United States, to this website as well! Since August I’ve been working on a complete rework of this blog and a launch this weekend seems possible. I made huge progress in the last 3 weeks and the changes will be massive. You can look forward to a new design and new …
25 October 2008I’m back in Launceston, but only for the weekend. Right now I am sitting on the UTAS campus and wait for the last part of my IELTS English test, which is part of my visa application. I just finished the listening, reading and writing parts and now I have about two hours until the speaking …
16 September 2008Hi 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.
1 August 2008Good 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 …
