2001, Melbourne Airport entry Guide
How do I fill in an immigration registration card? Each person entering Australia will normally receive an entry registration card on the plane. Need to fill in according to your personal information and declaration items, must fill out in English. Fill in the following figure:
How do I avoid queuing and get in fast? If you are holding a new passport issued after May 15, 2012 (starting with E), the cover of the passport has an electronic chip embedded in it and a personal profile stored.
So, editor, congratulations! When entering the Australian airport, you can go through the self-service (Smartgate) channel, which is very fast and convenient!
The procedure is as follows: when checking in, be sure that the name on your boarding pass is consistent with the name on your e-passport. Using the self-service customs system requires only two simple steps:
01, the self-service customs clearance machine SmartGate Kiosk inserts the electronic passport into the self-aid shutdown machine, confirms acceptance of the privacy statement, uses the touch screen to answer the relevant questions.
If self-service clearance requirements are met, cabinet opportunity prints out a self-service clearance ticket (SmartGate Ticket). The second step requires the ticket to be used. Please remove the reservation.
In 2002, the self-help closing Gate plugged into the SmartGate Ticket and looked up at the front camera, taking the profile picture and comparing it to the photo on the e-passport.
If the self-service gate is successful, the gate will open automatically. Please take back the ticket and keep it properly. Go to the luggage hall through the gate.
No immigration stamp will be affixed to the passport of the person using the self-service customs clearance system. If you need a seal, please ask the on-site duty officer for help after passing through the gate.
What are the prohibited items in Australia? Upon successful entry, they will be subject to inspection of their personal effects by the Australian Customs and Excise Department. Editor now to help you draw a key point, the following these things can not take!
If the customs has found that the fine or repatriation is light, the maximum penalty is 10 years imprisonment!
- Food (including, but not limited to): meat products, poultry, pickled foods, dry goods, aquatic products, bee products, egg products, dairy products (excluding formula for peer babies and New Zealand dairy products), fruits, vegetables, Nuts, tea, seasoning, cereal, pet food, etc.
- Traditional Chinese medicine, herbal medicine: traditional Chinese herbs, medicines, supplements, and herbal teas are generally brought into Australia after declaration, including orange skins, chrysanthemums, bark, ganoderma lucidum and Codonopsis pilossus. But bear gall, musk, ginseng, deer antler, ganoderma lucidum and other rare animal and plant products absolutely not to carry;
- Steroids, hormones, stimulants and narcotic drugs;
- Live animals (e.g. cats, dogs and other mammals, birds, insects, etc.) and animal products (e.g., biological samples, feathers, bones, horns, ivory products, etc.);
- Living plants (such as bonsai, plant bulbs, etc.) and plant products (such as wood, vines, straw products, etc.);
- Seeds and related products: cereals, popcorn, nuts, chestnuts, fresh peanuts, pine nuts, bird food, fruit and vegetable seeds, unrecognized seeds;
- Soil, sand, or dirt-stained objects: used sports equipment, camping equipment, shoes, etc.
02, bank card
Which banks are suitable for overseas students? There are four major banks in Australia: Commonwealth,ANZ,NBA,Westpac. The four banks are common on the streets of Australia and can easily find ATM and bank branches.
The international students around the editor are generally using the following two banks: commonwealth provides free student accounts, and the use of mobile phone app is extremely good, and between banks through mobile phone number money transfer is very convenient!
Commonwealth fulcrum and ATM machine is very many, Mexico University Parkville campus, there are branches inside Rmit, very convenient to use.
The Agricultural Bank of China has signed a strategic agreement with the Federal Bank of Australia so it can open an account with the Agricultural Bank of Australia in advance. ANZANZ provides student accounts with no annual fee and specialized international student services. Mobile app and web pages are also very convenient.
ANZ Bank has branches in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Chongqing, etc., so you can apply for bank cards in advance in China and facilitate parents to transfer money.
You need to be careful! Even if you have opened an account in China, you are only allowed to deposit money in your account at this time, and you can't withdraw it. After arriving in Australia, you need to personally go to the bank to certify your account before you can withdraw money from the account.
How to handle the bank card?
International students please bring passport, student card, existing address, domestic opening letter and other information to open an account. Please confirm the business hours of the major banks on the website.
Students who are worried about poor English are completely relieved because these mainstream banks have Chinese services. Anz users can choose to go to the chinatown branch, where almost all of the staff can speak Chinese. The completed bank card will be mailed to the applicant in 5-10 working days!
03, call card
What operators do you have in Australia?
Australia has three major operators, similar to China's Mobile, Unicom and Telecom, and others are called other operators. They're Telstra,Optus and Vodafone:.
Telstra benefits:
- Maximum network coverage, fastest network speed
- The signal is the best (if you want to go to a Melbourne suburban farm, select Telstra)
Shortcomings:
- Few offers and the most expensive
- Package does not include international distance (an extra minimum of $10 is required to make an international call)
Vodafone benefits:
- The cheapest telephone company in Australia
- The package includes a direct international call
- There is no need to pay and send messages to each other online (many Chinese students are preferred).
Shortcomings:
- The signal is very bad and the coverage is small, and many remote areas have no signal.
Optus benefits:
- Signal coverage is better than Vodafone.
- Moderate cost (most students choose)
- Free time-limited Internet call each other (ultra-cheap with designated international calling card)
Shortcomings:
- My bonus for a discount project can only call Optus
- The fare for the package does not include international calls (overseas students need to buy an international long-distance card)
How to deal with the contract package?
SIM only and Phone plan packages need to carry visas, passports, school COE, bank certificates, etc.
City has the counter of three major operators, and also provides Chinese service, take information directly to handle.
Phone card small Tips in addition to the above-mentioned long-term contract, when first coming to Australia to get off the plane, usually directly to buy a Prepaid temporary card for use.
At airports, supermarkets and convenience stores can be bought, as many as they can play, there are different packages. Just give your passport to the clerk, who will help you activate your prepaid phone card.
Of course, don't forget the omnipotent Taobao, search for "Australian phone card." Check with the merchant if your phone model will be able to use this card and set the activation date to be the day before arrival in Australia, and will be able to use it directly on the ground ~
04. get a bus card Myki
How to handle the bus card myki?myki is the Melbourne area public transport general storage value card, the international student must! Trams, buses, train and other public transport can be used, very convenient!
Myki cards are available at many Australian retail outlets (all 7-11), and myki icons are available at the door. The train site's customer service center and ticketing window are also available.
A full ticket is $6 and a discount card is $3 (including undergraduate students, later on how to apply).
What kind of package should I buy? Rechargeable Myki is divided into Myki money gold and Myki Pass tickets. Myki money is recharged and expended as much as it is actually spent; Myki tickets are packages that buy a couple of weeks or a month at a time, so it's very cost-effective to pay for it on a day-to-day basis.
Therefore, it is recommended that there is a need to take a car, when recharging, choose their needs of the pass; if only occasionally take a car on the filling point myki gold inside, out of the freezone on the brush.
How do I use the Myki card? All public transport entrances will have such a machine, remember to get on the bus and put the myki in the middle of the card reader, hear the "bi~" sound to deduct money!
Then remember to get out of the car and brush again, that is to pay the lowest fare every day. But if you only take the tram in free tram zone, you don't need to pay by card!
But almost every major school is located beyond the free area, including just in city's Rmit and Mexico University. So be sure to sign in time. In case of huge penalties, credit will also be reduced!
How to manage your own myki?? Remember to buy your own myki, be sure to go to the PTV official online registration register. So that your myki is lost, can prevent others from stealing brush, and the balance can be made up back.
How can an undergraduate apply for a discount? If you want to apply for a half-price myki discount, you must hold a full-time undergraduate student card from a university accredited by the Australian Ministry of Education. Graduate students cannot enjoy a discount.
How exactly do I apply for student concession? Editor now take Mohda as an example, other schools are the same process oh ~ log in to my.unimelb website, looking for the Student admin tab under the traffic menu.
The generated iUSEpass code will be sent to your student mailbox, which can be obtained by opening the mailbox.
Login to the PTV iUSEpass website, follow the prompts to purchase, you can wait for your discount card door, the 50% discount can be quite large ~
05, Melbourne Rental
What is the local way of renting a house? Foreign students and parents are very concerned about the housing problem! There are three more common ways to rent a house in Melbourne: Local rental website, Chinese real estate intermediary, social app platform. Local rental website is the most formal and mainstream way to rent a house on a local Australian rental website, although a lot of information needs to be prepared. It's a little too much trouble.
Advantages:
- The lease contract is clear and has law effect.
- Will not be arbitrarily withheld rental deposit, the most safe and secure.
- Most houses are rented for half a year-a year, and they are relatively stable
Shortcomings:
- You need to complete the application in English on the rental website, and communicate with the intermediary in English.
- Rental process is more complex, the intermediary needs to review the applicant's background conditions, time-consuming.
- You need to rent a full set of house, not only a single room.
- More than half of the houses do not include furniture, need to buy their own.
Recommended by Local Rental website: realestate,domain,rent,flatmatefinders. Chinese real estate intermediary Melbourne CBD Street many Chinese real estate agents, can provide a full range of rental services. And a lot of overseas study agency company also has cooperation with them, can book at home.
Advantages:
- Chinese communication is very convenient
- Real estate resources are also relatively rich, mostly in hot areas
Shortcomings:
- The house might be hot.
- The price will be a little more expensive than the local intermediary.
Social app platform is the most convenient way to rent a house, most international students first come to Australia will choose the way. A variety of rental groups and house information publishing platform, you can directly contact the tenant.
Advantages:
- Extremely convenient. Everything can be done on social app.
- More housing resources, all of them are Chinese homeowners, easy to communicate
- Most house packs furniture and doesn't have to buy it.
- Rent a single room, but short rent too much
Shortcomings:
- Basically are two landlords, the contract has no law effect.
- More than one person may live together, with poor security and privacy
What kind of housing do you have?
Single room Studio
The price of the CBD single room is about $250-$400 per week, whether there is a separate bathroom, whether there is a bedroom, whether the transportation is convenient, the new or old degree of house has a direct impact on the price of a single room.
Advantages:
- Easy to find short / long-term rental, may be relatively cheap, complete furniture.
Shortcomings:
- Living habits of roommates have differences, need to run-in;
- House single room may be excessive, the number of tenants is uncertain.
- Most of them are second landlords.
Whole rent house
The entire rental house is generally through the formal intermediary of the entire hous& apartment rent down. Full rent can be divided into two types with and without furniture, basically with furniture for about $50 a week or so, which is what locals usually call "Take."
Advantages:
- The full-rent house rents the house at a lower than market price, if it has the potential to make a profit on a single rent
- Choose your favorite house without being held back by the landlord
Shortcomings:
- If no other tenants are found, you may lose money
- The full rent cost is high, and some house furniture needs to be bought by themselves.
- Utilities, coal formalities, and so on, all of which require the tenant's full responsibility.
Student dormitory unilodge
Student dormitories are generally close to the campus, with specialized management, entertainment and study areas. Can quickly fit in and adapt to school life, and the learning atmosphere will be a bit better. But the quota is limited, need to apply in advance, the price is relatively expensive.
Advantages:
- Close to the school, easy to go and go to and from school
- Dormitory environment is good, infrastructure is complete, and there will be activities
Shortcomings:
- Expensive, limited quantity
- Strict management, such as curfews, visitors.
Homestay
Some families in Australia open their homes to overseas students, usually including three meals for seven days. A lot of times there are family dinners, chats, walks, including trips.
International students under the age of 18 must choose Homestay if they want to choose off-campus accommodation.
Advantages:
- Experience Australian family life, improve spoken English efficiently, save time to find house
- People take care of life without having to buy some articles, such as pots and pans, etc.
Shortcomings:
- Prices are generally high
- Although personal needs can be raised, it is still possible to meet unintended families when arranged in schools
- The minimum number of weeks above four weeks is usually required.
06, emergency call
Drifting alone in a foreign country, when there is an emergency, make the following two phone calls must be right!
Melbourne Chinese Consulate-General: 03 / 9822 0604
All Australia Emergency Services: 000
Dial 000 to transfer to the police, fire and ambulance.
