I recently attended the public hearing on the Efficacy of Current Regulation of Australian Migration Agents held in Melbourne on the 23rd of July 2018.As I listened and reflected on the submissions and recommendations presented, I asked myself, how can visa applicants be protected as consumers? I believe the key is providing potential visa applicants …
Reading is a skill that takes a long time to develop. It is also the most difficult skill to teach. Perhaps because reading skills are difficult to evaluate and one has a feeling that there really is no way of telling if one has reached a considerably high degree of reading mastery. How would you …
University of the Philippines (UP) is one the recognised institutions for the Skilled—Recognised Graduate visa (subclass 476). This means that recent UP Engineering graduates are eligible for this visa that allows the visa holder to work, study, or travel in Australia for eighteen months. There are currently only three countries represented under this list: Brazil, …
Graduates of select culinary courses in Australia have a pathway for Permanent Residency(PR) through Trade Recognition Australia’s(TRA) Job Ready Program (JRP). This article intends to provide an overview of the five key steps that one must take from course completion to applying for a Permanent Residency visa. Step 1. Apply for Provisional Skills Assessment (PSA). …
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Preparation is key to getting your target PTE score. Depending on your stock English proficiency skills, an intensive review of 15 days is highly recommended (including a mock test). The PTE mock test (purchasable on the official site) simulates the test-taking experience up to the last detail. Therefore, the result provides a telling picture of …
Speaking for the PTE is the same as speaking at an elocution contest. This subject comes up every so often in some online PTE circles, you’d think it must be true. But I disagree. Speaking at an elocution contest is a “staged” performance; while speaking for the PTE requires none of the theatrics oration jurors …
PTE is no different from all other English language tests. Some may differ in form and structure, but the variance is guided by what sort of English language skills are being tested. And like all other English language tests, PTE is a product of long years of research. The test is backed up by solid …
It is mandatory to have a private health insurance cover if you are applying for or holding a student visa, graduate visa, work visa or an training visa. Temporary visa applicants/holders usually have questions about private health insurance, such as: Do they really have to get it? Can they cancel their private health insurance once …
“Where will your English take you?” When I was teaching college English I would ask my students that. My question was based on the belief that studying English should get you somewhere. English is practically a foreign language (others call it a second language) in the Philippines. And I thought at the time there’s little …
In most cases, international students are required to show financial capacity in their first year of study here in Australia. Some people call this “show money” and many people take its literal meaning that you just have to show you have money in your or your sponsor’s bank; and you don’t necessarily have to own …