Country Perspective: Australia

Australia 190 visa

https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-nominated-190

Skilled workers and business people interested in migrating to Australia can be considered for a skilled visa by submitting an Expression of Interest (EOI) through SkillSelect.

An EOI is an indication that you would like to be considered for a skilled visa. An EOI is not a visa application.

You will be asked to provide a range of information in your EOI depending on the visa you want to be considered for, such as:

• basic personal information

• nominated occupation

• work experience

• study and education

• level of English skills

• details of a skills assessment, related to your nominated occupation

• business and investment experience.

These skilled workers and business people can then be found and nominated for skilled visas by Australian employers or state and territory governments, or they might be invited by the Australian Government to lodge a visa application.

All people interested in the points based skilled migration or business investment and innovation visa programmes will need to submit an EOI and receive an invitation in order to lodge a visa application.

For more detail on what questions and information you will need to supply in your EOI, you should refer to the webpage of the visa you are interested in.

Under the skillselect program, some occupations are included in this program

http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Work/Skil

Skilled Occupations List

http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Work/Work/Skills-assessment-and-assessing-authorities/skilled-occupations-lists/SOL

Accountants (General)

http://www.publicaccountants.org.au/

Assessing Authority

http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Work/Work/Skills-assessment-and-assessing-authorities/assessing-authorities

Making friends and contacts in a new country

Using apps and the internet to find meetups, events and other places where you can meet people who share your interests and hobbies can be a good way to get to know people in a new country. Look at www.meetup.com, local news media or blogs or bulletin boards outside places like universities, municipal buildings, or even popular bars/cafes for foreigners to find information in English that might be aimed at newcomers to a country.

Joining Volunteer Events

Look for organizations that promote relationships between Japan and other countries, and there can be events where you can meet people that would be interesting to talk to about working in another country. The Chambers of Commerce for different countries have events which are open to non-members. These can be pricey but might offer a networking opportunity to learn more about jobs in other countries.

Meetups in Australia

Sydney Japan Meetups

Japan Meetups in Melbourne

Japan Meetups in Brisbane

Perth Japan Meetups

Canberra Japan Meetups

Looking for Jobs in Australia

Information in Japanese

Using Social Media

Look at Social media to get information in English or your native language for tips and other people’s stories on getting jobs and visas to work in other countries.