Skilled Migrant Professionals October 2014 | Page 24

Migration
Each State
and Territory
of Australia
provides free
migration
information online.
Immigration
information
booklets are
available for
download at
http://www.immi.gov.au/
allforms/booklets/

A STRATEGY FOR

Successful migration

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ustralian citizens and permanent residents are truly some of the most fortunate people in the world. The Australian economy is stable. We have a low rate of unemployment, in addition to excellent schools, colleges, and universities along with access to top-quality
healthcare. If you work hard in Australia, you can achieve a quality of life that many people can only dream about. Consequently,
it’s hardly a surprise that so many people want to make Australia their home.
My family decided to move to Australia in 1999. I was working as a solicitor in the UK and had three very young children. The economic
outlook was uncertain, the weather was awful, and crime rates were on the increase. We migrated to Western Australia just in time to celebrate the new millennium in proper Aussie style - with a big party on the beach. We certainly wouldn’t have been able to do that in England!
Fortunately, it didn’t take us long to make new friends and settle into the ‘downunder’ way of life. I went back to university to study Australia migration law and became a Registered Migration Agent (RMA). It’s a fantastic job that enables me to combine my legal training and
personal migration experience to help others achieve their dream of migrating to Australia.
That being said, migrating to Australia can be a complex and costly process. Tommy Adebayo, the CEO and founder of this magazine,
asked me to share some useful tips on successfully migrating to Australia. I hope that the following tips will be helpful!

Tip One

Do your homework
All visa applicants are assessed against the requirements set out in
the Migration Act and Migration Regulations. The Department of
Immigration and Border Protection provides a number of valuable
information booklets designed to help you work out whether or not
you will meet the requirements for the visa in which you are interested. Each state [