How to get a Australian permanent residency as an international student?

Question

What is the best subject to study in my undergradts to get the permanent residency fast? How many years do I need to stay before getting a permanent residency? and how does it work? where is the best place in Australia to Live in? Is there enough work opportunity in Australia??

Answer 1

G'day,

For most international students, upon successful completion of their study, they will be able to apply for a permanent residence. However the study must be at least a degree study.
Some of the area that very much in demand at them moment is IT and hospitality industry (such as chef or hotel management). However please be advised that the demand changes from year to year, so there's no guarantee that demand will be the same by the time you have graduated from your study.

In regards to the best place to live in... what can I say about Melbourne:
1. First of all... some people do not like the weather in Melbourne (you can have 4 seasons in one day). However, if you read the first article from The Age newspaper, you will find out that the weather is still more preferable than the other cities. Sure you can have 42C day like last month, but almost immediately you'll get a much cooler weather pretty soon afterwards. It is very rarely that you got 2 or 3 consecutive days of hot weathers (unlike Sydney, Brisbane or Perth).
2. Melbourne is a city of diversity. If you are a newcomer, and you do not look 'Anglo-Saxon', you do not feel like an 'alien', since you can find almost every race in the world walking in the city. They are both immigrants and overseas students.
3. THE FOOD!! Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Thai, All-you-can-eat, African, Lebanese, Mexican, Sea Food... anything else? All available and lots of them in a very-very-very affordable price
4. Pretty good public transport system. With one ticket, you can switch from train, tram and bus. They do not always come on-time, but still reliable and improving (www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au).
5. SHOPPING!!! Original branded clothing sold very cheap. There are even shopping tour, where the participants are taken to retails outlets just for shopping. Big temptations for ladies.
6. Crime rates... just read the second article on the bottom.
7. Cost of Living... I'll say it's second most expensive city after Sydney. Altho I have to say that some cities in Queensland can be more expensive to live.
8. Night Life... hmmmm... I'll say the centre of nite activities will be Crown Casino and Docklands. Altho there are still plenty of cafe's and clubs scattered around the suburbs as well.
9. Tourist attraction. This is the area that I think Sydney is better than Melbourne, since it has most of it's attraction within its suburbs. Most Melbourne attraction are pretty much out of Melbourne, such as the gold mines in the cities of Bendigo and Ballarat, The Great Ocean Road, Lakes Entrance, Grampians, skiing in Mt. Buller etc.

Running out of ideas, but I hope that I can at least give you some more informations that have been provided by the answerers before me. I've been living in Melbourne for 16 years, visited some other capital cities in Australia and still giving Melbourne 10/10 for the best city.

Answer 2

Nazifa, for PR in aus two years stay is counted. for appropriateness of subject to your undergrad you have several considerations like what career you want to be in like business, medical, eng, literature, social science, etc.
Working opportunity in australia will depend on your personal ability. If you have your personal selling point like communication skills or computer skills or presentation skills, you have nothing to worry about. You can not expect someone in australia to just hand you over a job. And for the rules, you can work 20hrs a week. Your undergrad will be a three to four year program. So what ever subject you choose you will be alligible by 2 to 2.5 years to get a PR is AUS. Thanks