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@gregormendel (2M ago| Updated 3H ago)Guide to Housing, Jobs and Community
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Before Arrival - ✈️ Book Flights: Google Flights - 💮 Get Protector Stamp (Pakistani Nationals) - 🖨️ Keep your passport, flight ticket and a physical print out of visa grant letter ready (for all applicants). - Optional: Carry Vaccination Certificates for all applicants
After Arrival - 📱 Get Mobile Number: Optus | Telstra | Vodafone | Lebara | Lyca | Compare Plans - 🏦 Open Bank Account: Wise | CommBank | ANZ Bank | WestPac Bank | NAB - 📇 Apply Tax File Number TFN - 🧰 Apply Australian Business Number ABN (if you want to open business) - ⛑️ Apply Medicare Card - 🏠 Buy or Rent Home: RealEstate - 🏨 Short Term Accomodation: AirBnB - ⚒️ Search and Apply Jobs: Seek | LinkedIn - 🚃 Public Transport: ACT | NSW | NT | QLD | SA | TAS | VIC | WA - 🪪 Convert or Apply Driving License: ACT | NSW | NT | QLD | SA | TAS | VIC | WA - 🚙 Buy or Rent Car: CarSales | Hertz - 🏢 Schools: ACT | NSW | NT | QLD | SA | TAS | VIC | WA
Other Resources - 🏪 Shopping: Woolworths Supermarket | Coles Supermarket | Aldi Supermarket | Amazon Online | JB Hi Fi | Kmart | The Good Guys - 🛵 Part Time Jobs: Uber Eats | Doordash - 🏥 Private Health Insurance: BUPA | AAMI - 👶🏻 Childcare and Subsidies - 🏣 CentreLink and Welfare - 🗳️ Superannuation
Other Tips and Tricks - Bank Account: You can usually open a bank account online upto 14 days before arrival. On arrival in Australia, you will need to visit the bank branch to activate your account. - Reddit Finance and Frugal Living subreddits
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@gregormendel there are two links in the post that are invalid. The problem with them is that are missing the protocol and it makes then relative to the current page URL, and on opening them we get the 404 page on smartvisaguide.
Steps to reproduce: Click on JB Hifi.
Fix: Need to add the https protocal in the URLs to let the browser know that the referenced href link is an external resource.
Only these two links needs to be fixed: JB Hi Fi The Good Guys
- how can I acquire an austrlian mobile number to receive calls before making my first entry?
- Can i send money to the account in this 14 days and get proof of receipt before I reach Australia and activate the account?
- I dont think so, but best to google this. You may be able to get a virtual number.
- Your account wont be active until you arrive in australia and verify at a branch, only then it will activate. Once again, google a bit on this too.
For example Commbank says "You can only deposit money into your account or make purchases once your ID is verified at a CommBank branch in Australia"
@all I have updated above guide. Its still work in progress, will keep updating it as we go ahead.
Please feel free to provide contributions in comments, and I can incorporate them into the main guide above.
Thanks for letting me know! Fixed it now.