Migrating to Australia with high hopes

Lexi · September 2018

Guys, sino po sa inyo nag-Cebu Pacific papunta Oz? Mahigpit ba sila sa hand carry luggage? Yun laptop ba ay hindi sinasama sa tinitimbang na 7kg? Sobra kasi ako sa 7kg kung kasama laptop.

Thanks po

chococrinkle · September 2018

@Lexi for cebpac they allow 1 personal bag OR 1 laptop bag and 1 -7kg hand carry luggage. Thats what Ive read sa website nila. If you choose to bring a laptop bag dapat wla ka na personal bag.

dyanisabelle · September 2018

@Lexi nung sa amin separate yung laptop bag sa hand carry namin na 7kg backpack, then small sling bag for valuables. Yung laptop bag nga namin eh backpack din haha buti di na pinansin. Based on experience never tinimbang yung ginagamit kong hand carry backpack kahit minsan lumalagpas pa sa limit kasi mukhang magaan, kunware nalang hindi ako nabibigatan lol. Mas mainit sa mata nila yung mga luggage na hand carry.

lethologically · September 2018

Question para sa mga nag-move/IED na via Melbourne (Tullamarine Airport): Did you guys get an arrival stamp on your passport? I've opened an account with NAB online and one of the requirements when meeting with your banker to verify ID is the arrival stamp (aside from your passport and your boarding pass). I've read Australia doesn't normally stamp passports on arrival and you have to request for it. Can anyone confirm?

Second question: Once you meet with your banker and your IDs are verified, can you use your debit card immediately? Or may ilang days for them to process?

Hoping to get your insights. Salamat!

wanderer · September 2018

lethologically said:
Question para sa mga nag-move/IED na via Melbourne (Tullamarine Airport): Did you guys get an arrival stamp on your passport? I've opened an account with NAB online and one of the requirements when meeting with your banker to verify ID is the arrival stamp (aside from your passport and your boarding pass). I've read Australia doesn't normally stamp passports on arrival and you have to request for it. Can anyone confirm?

Second question: Once you meet with your banker and your IDs are verified, can you use your debit card immediately? Or may ilang days for them to process?

Hoping to get your insights. Salamat!

Hi. No need po for stamp. They can verify your passport on their system. However, keep your boarding pass and the welcome email from NAB with you during your appointment. After you received your card you can automatically use it. The thing with NAB is they will issue you an eftpos card only and not a VISA or Mastercard so you need to request for it and wait for a couple of days to arrive. Disadvantage of eftpos is its only limited to Australia and will not work overseas or anywhere where eftpos system is not accepted. Hope this helps.

lethologically · September 2018

@wanderer thanks sa inputs! I opened a NAB Classic account. Didn't know that the default card was only EFTPOS. I assumed Visa Debit kasi yun yung nakalagay sa account info sa website. Now I know to request for it when I meet with the banker next week

For the arrival stamp (not the visa label), just thought I would confirm kasi specific siya naka-state doon sa NAB welcome email : You’ll need to bring your passport with you – and it will need to have been stamped by Australian Immigration, so you have proof of when you entered Australia.

May email din yung banker with the info: If your passport hasn’t been stamped on arrival in Australia, you will need to provide supporting evidence of your immigration status. This can be in the form of:
· a letter from the Department of Immigration & Citizenship (DIAC) confirming your arrival;
OR
· a “Visa Entitlement Verification Online (VEVO)” check issued by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection.

I checked VEVO and they only change status from Offshore to Onshore once naka-IED na. It doesn't show when you actually arrived. But boarding pass as supporting document is enough? Medyo weird kasi lumang info yata yung na-copy/paste ng banker since still referring to DIAC instead of DHA na.

Thanks!

egroj1002 · September 2018

@lethologically We arrived here in Oz last Dec 12 2017 and opened a joint account with NAB 2 days after. We just brought our passports (without arrival stamp), visa letters, boarding passes and tickets. After 3 days yata they mailed our cards (black for me & pink for my wife). Visa debit card na yon at hindi eftpos lng. I always use nga yon for my online purchases.

Lexi · September 2018

@dyanisabelle @chococrinkle Thanks sa reply nyo. Hindi na nga tinimbang ng Cebu Pacific yun hand carry ko, pero bago pumasok sa boarding gate, tiningnan nila ang laman. So far, wala naman ako naging problema pag dating ng Sydney airport. Tinanong lang ako kung may dala ako mga over the countet na gamot.

Now job hunting begins!

Lexi · September 2018

@lethologically just present your visa evidence to the bank, they’d just look at it. Hindi na talaga nagtatak sa passport pag daan mo sa immigration.

lethologically · September 2018

@egroj1002 @lexi salamat sa inputs!

wanderer · September 2018

lethologically said:
@wanderer thanks sa inputs! I opened a NAB Classic account. Didn't know that the default card was only EFTPOS. I assumed Visa Debit kasi yun yung nakalagay sa account info sa website. Now I know to request for it when I meet with the banker next week

For the arrival stamp (not the visa label), just thought I would confirm kasi specific siya naka-state doon sa NAB welcome email : You’ll need to bring your passport with you – and it will need to have been stamped by Australian Immigration, so you have proof of when you entered Australia.

May email din yung banker with the info: If your passport hasn’t been stamped on arrival in Australia, you will need to provide supporting evidence of your immigration status. This can be in the form of:
· a letter from the Department of Immigration & Citizenship (DIAC) confirming your arrival;
OR
· a “Visa Entitlement Verification Online (VEVO)” check issued by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection.

I checked VEVO and they only change status from Offshore to Onshore once naka-IED na. It doesn't show when you actually arrived. But boarding pass as supporting document is enough? Medyo weird kasi lumang info yata yung na-copy/paste ng banker since still referring to DIAC instead of DHA na.

Thanks!

Don't you worry that much :-) Bring your visa grant letter, orig passport, NAB welcome letter, and boarding pass. That would be enough.

About the eftpos card, that was my experience and for some people I know who moved to Melbourne this year.

wanderer · September 2018

egroj1002 said:
@lethologically We arrived here in Oz last Dec 12 2017 and opened a joint account with NAB 2 days after. We just brought our passports (without arrival stamp), visa letters, boarding passes and tickets. After 3 days yata they mailed our cards (black for me & pink for my wife). Visa debit card na yon at hindi eftpos lng. I always use nga yon for my online purchases.

Hi egroj1002, probably because you opened the account onshore :-)

lethologically · October 2018

@wanderer went to the NAB branch (showed only passport, boarding pass, visa grant) and eftpos nga lang binigay by default. Hindi napansin nung banker so good that I got the tip from you before hand. Had apply for the Visa Debit card at the branch since need to provide Australian mobile number and Australian postal address they can mail the card to. At least the eftpos card usable na kaagad and doesn't have a surcharge kapag ginamit since hindi dumadaan sa Visa network. Nakakainis lang din na nakakatawa na may ibang establishments (like 7-11 in Southern Cross) nagugulat or natatawa sila kapag nagbabayad in cash

PinkMagnolia · October 2018

hello hello, saan po best magpapalit ng PHP to AUD? Ok ba na sa airport na ipapalit lahat ng php?

wanderer · October 2018

lethologically said:
@wanderer went to the NAB branch (showed only passport, boarding pass, visa grant) and eftpos nga lang binigay by default. Hindi napansin nung banker so good that I got the tip from you before hand. Had apply for the Visa Debit card at the branch since need to provide Australian mobile number and Australian postal address they can mail the card to. At least the eftpos card usable na kaagad and doesn't have a surcharge kapag ginamit since hindi dumadaan sa Visa network. Nakakainis lang din na nakakatawa na may ibang establishments (like 7-11 in Southern Cross) nagugulat or natatawa sila kapag nagbabayad in cash

Welcome to Australia :-)
Yup hindi uso ang cash dito even small establishments use card readers. Magagamit mo lang ang cash usually sa mga palengke pag below $10 and bibilhin mo, small asian grocery stores, hairdressers, and coin laundry etc.

lethologically · October 2018

@PinkMagnolia did that on arrival and ang pangit ng palitan sa Travelex sa airport. Nasa 1 AUD = PHP 45 plus fees. Same rates withdrawing on arrival using BPI/BDO ATM sa local ATM dito. Would not recommend. Nagpalit lang kami enough until we could get access to our local cards.

@wanderer kaya sinabi namin sa NAB na ibigay na kaagad yung card namin para di na kami old school haha na i-mail naman nila yung Visa card after 2 days.

PinkMagnolia · October 2018

@lethologically ano pong best way to exchange peso to aud? better po ba ideposit sa local bank then widthraw abroad?

lethologically · October 2018

@PinkMagnolia nagkataon lang na mababa pa yung palitan nung time na nag wire transfer ako from BPI to NAB. Pero may charges din ang BPI, document stamp tax and their own fees. If minsanan na transfer, I think option naman siya specially for the convenience. Pero shop around muna kung saan sulit. May friends ako na nagrecommend ng iremit but their office is in Ortigas.

kubera · October 2018

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st_ben83 · October 2018

Hi everyone. May question lang sana ako, hope merong may experience na dito.
Airport Shuttle - family of 5 with 3 kids (3,5,7) may dala kaming 5 big luggage. Anong recommended airport shuttle ninyo?

jennyfv · October 2018

@st_ben83 nagbook ako dito - http://au.jayride.com

Kaye28 · October 2018

@ceinau15 Ui! We are planning on either Feb/Mar 2019 din. Sang state kayo? Family of 4 pero nauna na si hubby mg-Bm last 4th Oct.

agd · October 2018

@ceinau15 Thank you!

Naghahanap nga ko ng topic na ganito

. IE with the whole family this November. 5 kami.

Kaye28 · October 2018

@ceinau15 Melbourne din plan pero baka sa Canberra muna kami kasi may job opportunity c mister (waiting for result this week). Kaya din pati napaaga pnta nya dun, next year pa tlga dapat. Try muna namin doon once sure na hired na sya at naka settle down na, sunod kami doon. Saka na lng kami lilipat when better opportunity comes. If hindi nmn sya makuha, lipat na agad sya sa Melbourne.

mrsAinKL · October 2018

@ceinau15 March 2019 kami mag BM. Kami kasi walang relatives sa AU so kailangan paghandaan talaga. Good luck sa atin lahat!

Kaye28 · October 2018

@ceinau15 Salamat bro. Mg-update ako dito form time to time. Godd luck sa ating lahat.

@mrsAinKL Hello batchmate. April batch ka din di ba? hehe.. Same here, wala kami relatives anywhere in Au kaya ipon ipon din muna at hindi kami sabay sabay BM kasi mahirap if both kami wala work ppnta.

mrsAinKL · October 2018

@Kaye28 yes , April batch. Hopefully makahanap agad ng work pero baka dito pa lang maghanap hanap na kami ng work dun.

Kaye28 · October 2018

@mrsAinKL Yes, ganyan ginagawa namin din. Good luck din sa job hunting! Sana makasungkit tayo kahit offshore...

JLF · October 2018

@agd kami naman BM Nov. 6 flight SG-Sydney. Nov 7 ng morning kami dun. Sang city kayo?

JLF · October 2018

@mrsAinKL si hubby din nagpasa pasa online. May tumawag naman at puntahan daw nya pagdating namin sa Sydney. Praying na makuha nya yung job. Godbless sa job hunting