r/MovingtoAustralia

Hi everyone

I would like any kind of advice for a solo (27F) travelling from Canada to Australia. I have been granted the 417 working holiday visa. I am born/raised Canadian so I want to try moving somewhere warmer but yet similar to my hometown. I’ve lived alone before so I’m use to being super broke and only buying what I need LOL. (This will be my first time living abroad tho) I work in healthcare as an occupational therapist assistant and have various experiences working in rehab and personal training. Here are my questions/concerns:

- Is it possible to get a job in healthcare or should I expect to work min wage jobs? (Worked in restaurants for 7 yrs) I have done a rough search online and the equivalent position is called “Allied Health assistant” in 🇦🇺. I just want to know how likely ill be hired if I can only stay at a place for 6months? I do have a diploma but since it’s not a licensed profession in either countries the hiring process will be different since im 🇨🇦

- I’ve had terrible roommate experiences before(in Vancouver). I don’t have friends/family in Aus to stay with. Would it be a good idea to find a roommate online beforehand or should I spend the extra $$ rent an Airbnb, and take my time? (Im scared to get rental catfished)

- What is the dating scene like for someone my age? Should my expectations be lower than the floor? Growing up in Vancouver the dating pool sucks. I know too many people. The guys have no game and all audacity. Im super introverted and my coworkers all told me Australians can be aggressively kind???

-Areas suggestions to stay in? I wont be purchasing a car and planning to use public transportation. Which areas should I be looking into so I’m not in the heart of downtown but still close to a train station? *Bonus if there is an asian market nearby* (okay with a 30min-1hr commute to Sydney)

-Recommendations for Asian supermarket/ groceries/eateries/restaurants? I mainly use east/SEA food/ingredients to cook. (Macau is my “father’s-land” so any places that do Cantonese style food pls lmk😭 i know im gonna get homesick so fast)

-Gym culture? I train in olympic weightlifting but I do it at a commercial gym. I like the convenience, gym community (sometimes) and the amount of equipment there is compared to a private gym. I have a habit of attracting seniors as they watch me train😆In my city, private/specialized gym are way too $$. What are the gym chains like in 🇦🇺? Recommendations on where to go will be helpful😭 TBH a 15kg bar that spins and enough platforms are good enough for me🥹

Thank you in advance!
-a local Canadian girl 😙

Howdy with the ever growing conflicts of the economy atm in Canada and loss of alot of telco/ IT related fields around here was curious how easy would it be to i guess get a job in telecom with 4+y experience and how difficult it would be to get approved to work in your lovely country. Other then that was curious if it's possible or feasible to possibly purchase a cheap small but not run down place? What's the coldest weather ya get? And um i guess general day to day life over there. I love nature and animals + the heat :)

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I (19m) am planning to move to Australia on a working holiday visa in December of this year but I want to have a job set up for me when i get there there. How do you recommend I go about doing that. I don’t know what the market is around people on WHVs since I have little experience but if anyone has any tips that would be greatly appreciated

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Hey!
Just wanting some advice if anyone can help.

I’m a Band 6 community nurse in the UK - qualified 4 years ago and went straight into the community. I had Ward based experience from my student placements but that’s it.

I’m thinking of going to Aus for about a year, to travel and work whilst i’m out there. My concern is as i havent worked in a ward, will that limit me for finding work when i’m out there. Ive been looking at travel nursing agencies etc and im worried that my skills won’t be good enough.

Current skills:
End of life care - syringe drivers
Compression
Injections
VAC dressings
Catheters
Drain care
Complex wound care
PICC line care

I’m trained in IVs/Cannulation but we haven’t had a patient on our caseload since I started (hospital at home teams oversee this)

If anyone has any advice/experience in this and if they think I’d struggle to find work based on this..

Thanks!

If you could live anywhere in Australia, which city would you choose and why?

What makes a place genuinely great to live in?

I’m looking for outside perspectives because I’ve been going back and forth on this for months.

I’m a 33-year-old British ESL teacher currently living and working in South Korea. I’ve been here for several years and have built a comfortable life. I have a decent job, good work-life balance, plenty of paid leave, private work pension contributions, private health insurance, easy travel around Asia, and I’ve managed to save a significant amount of money.

At the same time, there are aspects of my life that have become very repetitive. I’ve been doing the same job for several years, and while it’s comfortable and relatively low-stress, I sometimes feel like I’m on autopilot. The weeks and months can start to blur together. I don’t dislike my work, but I don’t feel particularly challenged by it anymore, and part of me wonders whether my desire to move is really a desire for growth and a change of environment rather than dissatisfaction with Korea itself.

The dilemma is that I have the opportunity to do a Working Holiday Visa in Australia before I age out of eligibility. My original plan was to leave Korea next year, travel for a while, and then move to Australia. However, every year I seem to find another reason to stay in Korea for “just one more year.”

The latest reason is that my employer may contribute towards a Master’s degree in TESOL, but in return I would likely need to commit to staying for another two years. The Master’s itself isn’t hugely expensive (around 6500 USD in total), so while the funding would be helpful, it isn’t something I couldn’t pay for myself.

I currently teach adult ESL students and would ideally like to continue doing that in Australia.

What keeps me stuck is that there are genuine pros and cons to both options.

If I stay in Korea, I know what life will look like. I’ll continue saving money, have a stable job, enjoy a good work-life balance, complete my Master’s, and keep travelling around Asia during holidays. Having the Master’s would then give me the option for uni gigs in the future. If I left my current job, it would be pretty difficult to find such good conditions with all the paid holiday and benefits I’m currently getting were I to go back to Korea.

One thing that makes this difficult is that I genuinely like my day-to-day life here. I enjoy the familiarity, safety, and routine I’ve built. I have my favourite cafés, hiking trails, neighbourhoods, and weekend activities. I enjoy having small adventures after work and at weekends without needing to plan anything major. There is something very comforting about knowing how life works here and feeling settled.

If I leave, I get the chance to experience something different while I’m still eligible for a Working Holiday Visa. Australia appeals to me because of the opportunity to live somewhere new, travel around the country, visit New Zealand, and have a completely different life experience.

The thing that worries me most isn’t leaving Korea itself. It’s whether the reality of Australia would match what I’m imagining. I’m not particularly interested in the stereotypical backpacker lifestyle of hostels, partying, and bouncing between short-term hospitality jobs. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with that, but at this stage of my life I’d ideally like to continue building my career in ESL rather than stepping away from it.

One of my biggest concerns is whether there are realistic opportunities for someone with several years of adult ESL experience to find English teaching work in Australia on a Working Holiday Visa, or whether I’d be much more likely to end up relying on hospitality or other casual work.

Financially, I’m in a reasonably strong position and wouldn’t be arriving with no savings. I have a substantial financial cushion and wouldn’t be relying on finding a job immediately to survive. If I went, I’d probably try to establish myself in Perth first, work for a period of time, and then explore more of the country.

The reason this keeps coming back into my head is that I can easily imagine staying in Korea for another two years and then wondering whether I missed my chance to try something different while I still could. At the same time, I can also imagine arriving in Australia and missing the stability, familiarity, routines, and quality of life I’ve built in Korea.

For people who have done working holidays, worked in ESL in Australia, or made a similar move in their 30s, what would you do in my situation?

EDIT: thank you all for your insights so far. I’ve already done one year working holiday in Australia (2017). So I would be entering on my second year. The plan was to base myself in Perth a few months, explore WA then go to the East Coast but realise job opportunities are more limited there for my industry.

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I’ve been in Sydney for 3 years as an international student, and I’m wondering how realistic it is to land a job (or combine jobs) that gets you around $58k AUD a year.

From my experience, it's enough for a stable life in Sydney, but is it actually achievable with entry-level jobs?

Would love to hear your thoughts.

Hello everyone!
I'm going to Australia with the Work and Holiday Visa, I'm between Perth and Brisbane, I'll go alone (I don't have friends there) I'm outgoing so I want a place with a lot of people, preferably backpackers and a lot of work (no matter what), my only goals are to make friends, travel and work a lot (to be distracted and earn money) which city do you recommend to go to? And in which months or seasons? Also, they could give me tips to find jobs where they don't scam me...
Thank youuuu

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I smell money and big stinky music festivals in Aussie. Just where I wanna be. I'm thinking of moving to Brisbane as I have family there. Any advice to help a young and dumb dude move countries? I'm thinking of being a courier driver or something like that as it's simple and my CV is more geared for work like that. I'm kind of over NZ. I haven't really traveled here yet, but I'd rather save that for when I'm too old to live life like I want (concerts and big outdoor adventures)

Hi everyone,

I am looking for structural guidance on the most viable offshore pathways to achieve permanent residency in Australia.

I want to be completely upfront: pursuing an on-shore Australian student visa pathway is a hard financial impossibility for me. I cannot bear the upfront international tuition costs, and I do not have the financial capacity to show liquid savings of 60 to 70 Lakh INR [approx. $107,000 to $125,000 AUD / $72,000 to $84,000 USD]. I am the primary caregiver for a single parent, and maintaining my full-time salary and financial stability in Bangalore is non-negotiable.

I am looking strictly for legal, direct pathways that allow me to apply offshore from India without breaking my bank account or quitting my job before a visa is granted.

**My Profile:**

* **Age:** 27 (Male)

* **Country of Origin:** India (Current Location: Bangalore)

* **Education:** 3-year Polytechnic Diploma in Computer Science + 3-year Lateral Entry B.Tech in Information Technology (6 years total of formal higher technical education).

* **Current Profession:** I have 1 year experience as Backend Software Developer. My daily stack includes Node.js, NestJS, Express, Java, Spring Boot, and Python. I am currently upskilling aggressively into infrastructure/DevOps (Docker, Jenkins, Nginx, Kubernetes, and GitOps).

* **English:** Haven't taken the official test yet, but I am targeting a Superior score on the PTE Academic (or IELTS Academic if required by skills assessment) to secure maximum points.

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### My Primary Questions for the Community Regarding My Options:

#### Path 1: The B.Ed to Secondary STEM Teacher Route (Offshore PR)

I am considering enrolling in a local 2-year regular, full-time B.Ed program in India to target assessment as a Secondary School Teacher (ANZSCO 241411), majoring in Computer Science with a secondary minor in Physical Science.

* **The Dilemma:** To support my family, I must continue working my full-time IT job during the degree. On paper, my timeline will show a 100% overlap between full-time corporate employment and a regular full-time degree.

* **The Question:** If I apply strictly as a fresh graduate teacher and do *not* claim any points for my IT work experience, how strictly does the Department of Home Affairs audit concurrent full-time work and study overlaps for non-claimed experience? Is this an immediate visa integrity/PIC 4020 risk at the final PR stage, or do they allow flexible/remote work declarations?

#### Path 2: Off-Shore General Skilled Migration (DevOps/IT Framework)

Alternatively, I can skip the B.Ed entirely, continue working, and apply under the IT skilled migration stream. Given my background, I would look to assess under **Developer Programmer** or **ICT Systems Engineer**.

* Knowing the points floors for general software engineers are exceptionally high, how competitive are DevOps/Infrastructure profiles for Subclass 190 (State Nomination) or Subclass 491 (Skilled Work Regional)?

* Which specific Australian states or regional development streams are actively inviting offshore tech applicants without requiring an on-shore job offer or local study history?

#### Path 3: Employer Sponsorship (Subclass 482 Route)

* From a recruitment reality perspective, are Australian tech employers actively sponsoring overseas DevOps and Cloud engineers directly onto temporary-to-permanent work visas (Subclass 482)?

* Aside from optimizing LinkedIn and tracking Seek.com.au, are there specialized tech recruitment agencies or job boards that focus heavily on international visa sponsorships for infrastructure roles?

I am fully prepared to invest my time into building a stellar DevOps portfolio or completing local education from India, but I need a path where my technical skills—rather than a massive bank statement—do the heavy lifting.

Would love to hear from migration agents or overseas professionals who have successfully made the jump directly through offshore streams. Thank you!

Hi I am 24 year old Indian working in Biarritz france as Chef de partie and I want to move to Australia in like 1 year can anyone help me how can I do it? Like Whats the procedure and visa required

Hey, f18. Planning on visiting/moving to aus within the next 2 years hopefully. My bf lives in Adelaide. I was wondering if it Is really a good place to start a living the second I get there? Or should I try different places for jobs/work?

Hi,

I'm a totally disillusioned with NHS life RMN. Qualified 18 years - 10 years low secure, 2 years PICU, 6 years inpatient CAMHS manager. It was always my plan to swan off somewhere hot, it never happened but I'm now seriously considering it. I'm single with no kids (but a mortgage), at 43 its now or never.

Does anyone know of any subreddits, facebook groups etc I could join? I thought RCN might have one but it seems not. I don't have the first idea where to even start and have so many questions, I'd really like to speak to people that have actually done it! Signposting to useful sites and any advice/tips/words of warning gratefully appreciated 😊

Thank you!

Hey all

Yet another kiwi coming to Aussie for work. I have a rental, got a new car, and have employment.

From what I have read. I’ll need to do a few things once I pass customs

1. activate an Aussie number
2. apply for Medicare ASAP
3. apply for TFN
4. get a Victorian drivers license (any different rules that you may know, would help!)
5. get started a bank - I have Wise for now

Anything else I’m missing? Maybe ambulance cover?

And, once I’m all settled in, I will find myself with a lot more spare time. I will be living in Box Hill area, and would love to explore Melbourne in my spare time! Any ideas?