Important To Do List in Melbourne

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Important To Do List in Melbourne
Topic Started: 9 May 2005, 04:41 AM (759 Views)
Lindsay Clan	9 May 2005, 04:41 AM Post #1
Posts: 3,255 Group: Moderators Member #144 Joined: 22 December 2004 Migration Status Citizen My Mood Content My Location Pakenham, VIC, Australia	We are hoping to arrive in Melbourne in August of this year and would like to ask if anyone could help out with the important things to do on arrival there. By that I mean medicare and so on. We've got a bit of any idea of what's what but just want to check if we have forgotten anything. Any hints and help would be most appreciated. Thanks Lorraine :wave:



avroncotton	9 May 2005, 08:39 AM Post #2
Addicted Member Posts: 137 Group: Members Member #202 Joined: 18 February 2005	Hello Lorraine First of all go to Vic roads office to get your Victorian drivers licence; this will make life a lot easier for you in all sorts of situations (for ID purposes). It costs about $140 for a 10 year licence. You don't have to take the written test now, unlike when I arrived in November, if I had waited another month and a half, I could have saved myself a lot of time and effort. I digress... Also, go to the Tax office to get your tax file number. Sorry I dont know how long that takes as, we used the same ones we had for our working holiday visa. Medicare: Wait about 2-3 weeks before going to see them; the have to wait for immigration to contact them with your details and that you have permanant residency. This also gives you time to have an address. Hope this helps, There is a book you can get to help also from a guy in Brissy called the Immigrants Guide to living and working in Australia. I think you can only get it on the net. Someone else may know more. Tony P.S. Remember to smile for your DL photo: It's gonna be with you for a decade! :)



Lindsay Clan	9 May 2005, 11:47 PM Post #3
Posts: 3,255 Group: Moderators Member #144 Joined: 22 December 2004 Migration Status Citizen My Mood Content My Location Pakenham, VIC, Australia	Hi Tony Thanks very much for that. All these snippets of info all get put together to get the bigger picture so we're getting there. Thanks Lorraine



mezza586	14 May 2005, 02:25 PM Post #4
Moderator Posts: 273 Group: Members Member #27 Joined: 10 September 2004	avroncotton May 9 2005, 08:39 AM Also, go to the Tax office to get your tax file number. Sorry I dont know how long that takes as, we used the same ones we had for our working holiday visa. We recently went to the ATO and all they did was direct Doug to a computer and get him to enter his visa number. No need to visit the office but the link would come in handy. I'm afraid I don't have it. We have just come from DIMIA so there was a lot happening. Meryl



Bordy	14 May 2005, 05:05 PM Post #5
Administrator Posts: 4,603 Group: Admin Member #3 Joined: 8 September 2004 Migration Status Citizen My Location Ferntree Gully	mezza586 May 14 2005, 02:25 PM avroncotton May 9 2005, 08:39 AM Also, go to the Tax office to get your tax file number. Sorry I dont know how long that takes as, we used the same ones we had for our working holiday visa. We recently went to the ATO and all they did was direct Doug to a computer and get him to enter his visa number. No need to visit the office but the link would come in handy. I'm afraid I don't have it. We have just come from DIMIA so there was a lot happening. Meryl https://iar.ato.gov.au/iarweb/default.aspx?...sid=1&outcome=1



Lindsay Clan	14 May 2005, 06:04 PM Post #6
Posts: 3,255 Group: Moderators Member #144 Joined: 22 December 2004 Migration Status Citizen My Mood Content My Location Pakenham, VIC, Australia	Thanks for the info about the tax file number that's really important stuff and good to have. :) I have passed the link to Stu for him to have a look at it. But I take it you can't do anything with it until you are actually in Oz, is that right? Thanks again Lorraine :wave:



Bordy	14 May 2005, 09:13 PM Post #7
Administrator Posts: 4,603 Group: Admin Member #3 Joined: 8 September 2004 Migration Status Citizen My Location Ferntree Gully	Yes I think you need an Australian Address.



wongstonn	17 May 2005, 05:18 PM Post #8
Addicted Member Posts: 100 Group: Members Member #127 Joined: 2 November 2004	Hi I'm in Melbourne at the mo' doing all this. The address thing is central. However, Medicare gave me a Medicare number on the spot with just my passport and an aussie postal address (a friend's). ATO did indeed bung me onto the web. You need your passport number and an Aussie address for them to send the stuff to. Went into HSBC and tried to open an account there and then, but as I had no offical documentation with an Aussie address I could not proceed. Far easier was the Commonwealth Bank, which since I had started the process via the Migfrant Banking Office in London somethime earlier was much easier. Just take along UK passport, UK drivers licence and a certain letter from the London office once you have set up a holding account in London then it was plain sailing, as long as you can give them an Aussie address when you activate the account in Australia. The website 'www.pomsdownunder.com' sell a very good book on the things you need to keep in mind when migrating. Check it out. Neil



bert-doozer	18 May 2005, 03:51 AM Post #9
Addicted Member Posts: 112 Group: Members Member #129 Joined: 6 November 2004	Neil, Thnaks for the advice, we have the Pomms downunder book, very good it is as well. Will be in Mel myself in Jul on a 2 week reccie prior to the whole family coming out in late august. Stu (Lindsay Clan)


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