
New Website of The Department of Immigration and Border Protection
V Education - Official information from DIPB about their new web and email address Today marks the official integration of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection and Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, as well as the establishment of the Australian Border Force. To support this integration, our new website was launched at www.border.gov.au, meaning the Migration Blog’s address has also changed to migrationblog.border.gov.au. While internet search en

How to win a PhD Scholarship in Australia
V Education - One of our students Trang Nguyen from Hanoi, Vietnam talks about her experience about her PhD application and shares with you some advices on how she won the full PhD scholarship for 4 years at one of the top Universities in Australia - Queensland University of Technology. Here's her full article sent to V Education: I had an opportunity to work directly with Ms Han Huynh when I would like to apply for the course Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering provided by Q

WHAT TO BRING TO AUSTRALIA FOR THE FIRST TIME?
Wonder what you should bring along for your first trip to Australia? Some students have brough a lot of unnecessary things while missing many essential items. See what other students advise you to bring along to Australia in this post. Most airlines allow around 30kg of check in baggage and 7kg of carry on luggage. Check your ticket to ensure you don't bring excess the allowance (or you'll end up paying more at the airport which isn't good before a departure). In our experien

BEFORE LEAVING YOUR COUNTRY
Excited receiving your visa to Australia? There are a few things you need to prepare before you leave your country so that you can feel free for the next adventures ahead. Here's the list of things that our students advise you should do: 1. Organise your personal things at home: having your own room doesn't mean that you can leave your personal things unorganised. Being away for long time will make your things dusty and spoilt, not saying that the room could be spared for gue