Moving to Melbourne January 2011

Welcome to Expat-blog,mjbengtson

The Life in Australia guide might be useful, you should view the articles it contains.

Hope that members soon reply back and inform you about lifestyle in Australia.

Regards,
Sheetul

Hi, You should visit the link she posted above as well as the link for the Australian Department of Immigration--http://www.immi.gov.au/immigration

Keep in mind that a Tourist Visa does not allow you to work or permanently stay in Australia and the Customs police at the airport will send you back to America and possibly ban you from further entry into Australia if they think you are working or permanently staying while on a Tourist Visa.

With that said, look on the Australian Immigration website for a visa that you qualify for (that allows you to work) and apply for it. 

You need a working visa before you can start looking for a job or a place to live in Australia.  Since you can't work in Australia without the correct visa, you should start with the visa application first.

I hope some of this helps!

Hi my name is Carl me and the family hope to be there by the end of Jan. We are moving from Yorkshire England. My wife has a position thats starts in Feb. Thats if we get the visa by then. We have been looking at propertys in the Claton area and west of that area towards the coast. Also there looks to be a nice place just down the coast but with great transport links in to Melbouren called Mordilac This may not be spelt correct im a chippy not an English teacher well good luke and hope everthing goes to plan.