Category: Blog

  • Resident Return Visas

    An inquiry was received this week by a person called David based in Dublin who was asked a number of questions about applying for a Resident return visa subclass 157 (know as RRV) for himself.  Unfortunately, the gmail email address he used in his inquiry was inquiry was wrong so an email response unfortunately failed…

  • Someone on a student visa in need of help.

      This week I received an email desperately seeking advice from a woman in Australia who was in danger of having her student visa cancelled because she was aiming to be included her partner’s 457 visa application but the employer wasn’t cooperating.  Here is the email and my response.  I’ve changed names for privacy reasons…

  • Tradesmen, does Australia need any more of them?

    This is a difficult question to answer. Tradesmen are still migrating to Australia. I have clients who are bricklayers, carpenters, electricians, plumbers in their 20s, 30 and even 40s going through the general skilled migration visa application process right now. These men, I can say that because it really is a male dominated field, are…

  • Halloween and Make Up Artists

    So one of my favourite things to do at Halloween is dressing up.  Yep I’m one of those people. Halloween is great fun for some people (like me) and for others (like my husband) the idea of getting dressed up and going crazy with costumes, unusual make up techniques makes them want to run for…

  • Why you should take up meditation if you are going to emigrate

    Stress is a major factor for anyone who knows about or has been through the process of emigrating to Australia (or any other country for that matter).  Why?  Visas.  Yes, visas those annoying things you have to put yourself through the ringer for before you can realise the dream of new  life somewhere else than…

  • Irish Nurses, forget Australia, West Africa needs you!

    An article by Deborah Condon today on the Irish Health website today was a very interesting read.  Apparently, GOAL, the Irish aid agency has started a recruitment drive for Irish nurses as well as doctors to consider working in West Africa to help the fight against the deadly Ebola virus.   GOAL wants Irish nurses…

  • “Wholeheartedly recommend the services”

    My husband and I obtained our 190 visa’s this year and plan to move to Australia as soon as possible.  Both of us would wholeheartedly recommend the services that Mege provides because, simply, our dream and vision would have being impossible without Mege’s professionalism, experience and ability to turn matters around.  We did not have…

  • Mick Rogers way to go!

      Photo: AFP I’ve been following the Tour de France 2014 and loving it. Michael Rogers, one of the riders for Team Tinkoff Saxo is one of my favourite riders to watch, and he’s an Aussie. I also followed him in the Giro D’Italia this year where he won 2 stages of this amazing bike…

  • No recent work experience, am I still eligible?

      This week I received a question from someone who is an ACCA qualified accountant here in Dublin asking me if he was still eligible even it he hadn’t worked as an accountant in the last 6 years. I wrote back stating in theory it was possible.  Accountant is an occupation that is still on…

  • NSW State sponsorship programme

      NSW state government is set to reopen its state migration programme on 14 July 2014. Its good news for all of you both in Australia and outside who would like to apply for state sponsorship to facilitate the state sponsored migration categories like the subclass 190. The new programme brings in some significant changes…