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Arriving & settling in

The first ninety days: visas, a tax file number, a bank account, Medicare, a phone number and somewhere to live.

Australian visas explained — which one do you actually need?Australia has more than a hundred visa subclasses grouped into a handful of purposes. This maps the main families — visitor, stude…8 minverified 2026-07-30
How to open an Australian bank accountYou can open an Australian account online from overseas before you arrive, then verify with your passport at a branch. This explai…7 minverified 2026-07-30
Moving to Australia — your first 30 days, in the right orderSix things unlock everything else: an address, a phone number, a bank account, a tax file number, Medicare if eligible, and myGov.…9 minverified 2026-07-30
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