The Forgotten Cost of Do-It-Yourself

Work out your own costs by selecting the expense item and adding up the average costs given for each line.

Typical costs would involve adding the airfare, motel, bus/tram, internet cafe and broadband costs to food, phone and entertainment.

The cost of finding your own work (for a person from the UK) would be around A$13,590 for a 3 month search - before adding in any wages not being earned in the home country!

That might add another $14,000 for 13 weeks lost income for an average UK wage, giving a total of $27,590 to come to Australia and hunt for employment! Add in the visa fees, medical, skills tests, police certificates, migration advice....

There must be a faster, cheaper and better way to do it. And there is!

The Hire A Migrant service fee is around one month’s average pay In Australia.

If we can find a job offer for a client just one month faster than they can find by themselves, they will not only save a great deal of money but also a huge amount of stress.

Work out your own costs:

1. Start with the table above to get an Australian living cost.
2. Add in your lost wages for a set period, converted to Australian dollars.
3. Add in the cost of running a second household in another country until your family can move and be together, converted to Australian dollars.
4. Write that total down, and
5. Subtract the Hire A Migrant service fee of $5500.
6. The larger number that is left is your cost saving if you employ Hire A Migrant to assist you in your employment search in Australia.

If you want to talk through your job search requirements, contact us once you know your visa options and have a preferred location. Click here if you want a migration agent to define options these for you.

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The Australian Government is now in caretaker mode ahead of the national election scheduled for August 21. The timing is very unfortunate as a long series of major changes to immigration policy are still unfinished, leaving many thousands of people in a state of great uncertainty.

Although it is possible that State Governments may be able to submit their new lists of State Sponsored occupations for Ministerial approval, it is unclear whether the Minister still has the ability to authorise their implementation at least until a new Government is formed. Similarly, other unwelcome legislation for capping and ceasing certain visa categories is also unable to progress. Another choke point is that quotas for certain occupations may also be implemented at State and Federal levels soon after the election.

Or not! One major party view is that smaller employers should find it easier to become a sponsor, which would enable many more job applicants through. Applicants affected by change and uncertainty may still consider applying for 457 permits until their visa pathway for permanent residency is made clear. Even without the election, Immigration is in a bit of a mess and it will probably be October before it’s mostly cleared up.