Moving to Australia guides
Clear, practical and regularly updated guides covering every stage of your move — from choosing the right visa and passing your skills assessment, to sending money, opening a bank account and settling into life in Australia.
Planning Your Move
Where to Live in Australia
Liveability rankings, median rents and dwelling values across the capitals, set against the constraint that actually decides it for migrants: which states will nominate you, and where the 491 regional points apply.
Cost of Living: Australia vs the UK
Most comparisons of Australian and British salaries never convert the currency. Converted at the July 2026 rate, the answer depends entirely on your occupation — nurses gain substantially, engineers barely at all.
Moving to Australia with Children
The Australian school year starts in late January, which sets your entire moving timeline. Includes a shipping calendar worked back from term one, and the state-by-state school fees temporary visa holders pay that catch families out.
Is Moving to Australia Worth It?
A decision framework rather than a sales pitch: what the migration data shows, what improves, what gets harder, and the specific circumstances in which moving to Australia is the wrong call.
What Does It Cost to Move to Australia?
What actually determines the cost of an international move to Australia: shipment volume, service level, route and season. Includes typical cubic-metre volumes by household size, calculated from our own inventory model.
Sending Money to Australia: How to Transfer Funds
How to send money to Australia: the BSB and SWIFT details you need, the transfer options available, and how to avoid hidden exchange-rate costs.
The Complete Moving to Australia Checklist
A practical timeline for moving to Australia, from visa and shipping to settling in during your first weeks.
Visas & Immigration
Moving to Australia as a Nurse
The registration and visa sequence for overseas nurses: AHPRA registration through the NMBA, ANMAC skills assessment, English requirements, and how Australian nursing pay is actually structured.
Australian Skilled Occupation Lists Explained
Which occupation lists apply to which visa, how to match a UK job title to an ANZSCO code, which body assesses UK qualifications, and the employment evidence UK applicants can actually obtain.
The Expression of Interest (EOI) Process
How to submit an Expression of Interest in SkillSelect, how invitation rounds work, and what happens after you're invited to apply.
Skills Assessment for Australian Skilled Visas
A positive skills assessment is mandatory for most skilled visas. Learn which assessing authority you need, what it costs, and how long it takes.
English Language Tests for Australian Visas
Compare accepted English tests for Australian skilled visas — IELTS, PTE Academic, TOEFL iBT and more — and the scores you need for points.
Settling In
Health Insurance in Australia for Migrants
Whether you are required to hold cover, the twelve-month window new migrants get before Lifetime Health Cover loading applies, and why private hospital cover can cost less than not having it.
Setting Up Banking in Australia
How to open an Australian bank account, including doing it before you arrive, and what the major banks offer newcomers.
Healthcare & Medicare in Australia
How Medicare works day to day, what it does not cover, and a country-by-country breakdown of what each reciprocal health care agreement actually gets you — including who must not enrol.
Finding Accommodation in Australia
How to find a rental, what documents you need, and how the Australian leasing process works for new arrivals.
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