Immigrating to Australia...?

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Ozmaniac

If you do your degree in Australia, it won't be particularly difficult to get a permanent visa if you make sure that your course leads to one of the occupations in which workers are needed here (see lists below). Australian qualifications and work experience (even part time work in your field undertaken while a student) count for more points on the points test. Also of course, studying here makes it much easier to find an employer willing to sponsor you even if you can't get quite enough points for an independent visa.

The requirements are much the same in NZ as in Australia, but you would need to stay in NZ for long enough to get citizenship as NZ Permanent Residents don't have Australian work privileges.

Here are a few direct links with useful info:
http://www.immi.gov.au/students/index.htm
http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/1121i.pdf
http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/general-skilled-migration/skilled-occupations/occupations-in-demand.htm
http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/general-skilled-migration/175/eligibility-applicant.htm (the points test - see what I mean about additional points for Australian studies and experience)
http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/index.htm

Once you're here as a permanent resident, you would be able to sponsor your parents to move here on a parent visa, but there are 10 year plus waiting lists on the inexpensive type of parent visa and very high fees (34k+) for the other type that has only a short waiting time. The only other way for your parents to come is as Investor Retirees and for that they need to meet some very strict (and high $) requirements.
http://www.immi.gov.au/visitors/special-activity/405/index.htm

Of course, all of the above will change to some degree over the next few years but it will give you an idea of what's likely to be possible and what is involved.

EDIT:
Because your parents are still in Canada, your family will not be able to sponsor you until you qualify for skilled migration but sponsorship will be very valuable if you do your degree in Canada. Family sponsorship means that you only need to score 100 on the points test instead of the usual 120. Your occupation still needs to be on the SOL even with sponsorship and a degree.

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hayley ladd

Come live in Australia
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lol come to australia its better than canada ^^

hlaf my cousins are in canada and the hate it cos its so friggen cold.. more opportunities in australia too

Mel

The easiest way to get around this would be to have your family sponsor your migration. Basically they just say they will support you if you can't get a job or whatever so that you're not a strain on our economy.

You can get a student visa, the problem is university in Australia for international students is sooo expensive. Uni for Australians is expensive as it is but the government does help out a little and international students also have to pay up-front, so you would need at least $10,000 to get into the course not including all the additional costs.

For your parents to come over, again they can be sponsored, or they need to be under 45 and skilled workers and meet the criteria on the SOL, skilled occupations list.

The legalities of visa, etc are on http://www.immi.gov.au

I would suggest, look at doing an exchange program through your high school for a year, go back and do uni in Canada and then migrate over. The other option though I'm not sure how to go about it, would be to come over and complete your schooling here, once you have been a permanent resident for 2 year you could then apply for citizenship, which would make uni more affordable and give you access to hecs, a deferred payment option.

For your parents sponsorship would seem to be the easiest way to go.

Bryn L

if your here for education you can get visa while your studying
when you complete your studies you can get visa to stay here
your parents if their family is here may be entitled to a visa anyway
university educated people who can speak english score very well on the immigration test any way, without sponsor ship or any thing you may just qualify for a visa in your own right

Wayne A

Come to Australia, you can always visit NZ cheaply for a holiday! Also try not to constantly refer to Australia as being 'down there' (even though we are) hahaha....also the Olympics were in Sydney, not Brisbane, your father & family wont have a problem with immigration, providing they are self funded and not wanting a pension.....but come you'll love it, we're actually very similar people, except its cold where you are & hot here!

nay

If you plan to go to University, go to James Cook University in Townsville, Queensland.

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