Immigrants to Australia daily necessities

How to apply for a passport

The first step is to open the certificate in the file store.

The second step is to take the file keeping certificate to the police station where the household registration book is located and stamp the completed form for you. The form can be collected free of charge at the Exit-Entry Administration Office.

The third step is to apply for a passport with the household registration book, the original ID card, the file storage certificate, the photo (which must be a two-inch photo with a pure white background) and the stamped form. Upon arrival, copy the household registration book and ID card, and hand over all materials to the service police. Passport holders must leave.

Immigrants to Australia daily necessities

A friend immigrated to Australia. Before coming, he asked, Is there anything that must be brought? They are drawing up a list. The goal is not to bring what they can bring, but not to leave behind what they should bring. I thought about it, and finally put forward some pertinent suggestions, which not only summarized our experiences and lessons at that time, but also reminded our friends that we didn't buy anything in Australia, but later our family and friends brought it.

It's not big, but it fully reflects our overseas life needs to some extent. My wife and I are authentic Shanxi people and like pasta. It's just that I'm too lazy to mix noodles, so I've been eating rice, but I always get greedy. So my mother specially asked someone to bring us an ultra-small noodle press, which was specially used for noodle pressing. This small dough press is not as good as the calla lily bed in my hometown, but it is good to make the dough softer and press two people. After eating noodles, I began to miss Daoxiao Noodles. Unfortunately, I'm too timid to cut the noodles directly into the pot with a knife. When the parents-in-law came, they simply brought us a special small blade, held it in their hands, scraped the dough gently and the noodles were cut out.

It is said that over the years, my family has also brought many kinds of things, from cage cloth for steaming steamed bread to radiation protection clothes for pregnancy. Wearing radiation protection clothes every day during pregnancy puzzled Australian colleagues. They really can't understand how much radiation protection this dress can have, which is equivalent to more than 100 Australian dollars, equivalent to two weeks of lunch money. Among these things, the most ridiculous is the seat cushion on the toilet. In winter, I was afraid to go to the toilet, so I went to supermarkets and shops in China to look for the toilet cover, but I couldn't find it anywhere. Finally, my mother was considerate, made an international call and bought it for us the next day.

In fact, it is in real life that we gradually realize that sometimes what we long for is so trivial or insignificant. In his advice to friends, Mr. Wang urged them to bring a set of hairdressing tools. Friends don't understand: Australia still can't find a barber? Sir, would you like to spend more than 20 Australian dollars for a haircut? My friend checked the exchange rate at that time and said, OK.

Many people probably didn't expect that a haircut would be a painful experience for Mr. Wang, and whenever someone asks what to take abroad, he always mentions hairdressing tools. When we first came to Australia, we prepared a lot of things, big bags and small bags, but we never thought that a haircut was still one thing. When he wanted to go to the barber shop with long hair, he found that a haircut required an appointment and the price was quite expensive. At that time, we didn't go abroad for a long time, so we had an involuntary habit of buying things. As soon as we saw the price, we converted it into RMB. I went to several barbershops, but I didn't wash my hair, just got a haircut. The price is not less than 20 Australian dollars. Mr. Wang didn't want to spend the money, so he missed a nearby barber shop he often went to when he was in Shanghai. Affordable, the service is in place, and he will blow it back after cutting his hair.

I put up with not getting a haircut for a week, and my hair has grown. In desperation, Mr. Wang took the scissors himself and repaired the slender part in front of the mirror. Continue to endure, really can't stand it, went to the supermarket to buy a set of hairdressing tools. A set of ordinary hairdressing tools is even cheaper than a haircut. Teacher Wang has strengthened the idea that self-reliance is the right way, not to mention that there is a clever apprentice I can cultivate. On the day he bought tools, he moved a chair and sat on the balcony. He began to instill in me the common sense of how to use electric hair clipper and how to trim my hair with flower scissors. To be honest, it's easier said than done. I walked up and down behind him with scissors. I really don't know where the first scissors started. The gentleman said, have you heard the story of the young monk shaving his head and practicing wax gourd? Think of my head as a melon and practice my basic skills. If it is cut, I promise I won't criticize you. At his urging, I finally cut it. I don't know how to cut it in the end, so he wore a hat for a week.

During that time, I was under great psychological pressure and wanted to get a haircut. Not only do I expect his hair to grow slowly, but I also want to know where there is a cheap barber shop at any time, and I especially admire people who can cut their hair for their families. I also made up my mind to practice the job of haircut and brag to my family. Mom said, forget it, forget that little money, get a decent haircut and go out with dignity. After giving it to Mr. Li about two or three times, the two quarreled. I think he is too wordy. During my haircut, he always gives me advice and tells me what to do. He thinks I disobeyed orders. In a fit of pique, I went to the barber shop.

Then we slowly figured it out. Mr. Wang began to consciously go to the barber shop for a haircut regularly. At first, I drove to a Korean barbershop far away, mainly after asking a number of barbershops, including the barbershop near the university and the barbershop in China City, but I couldn't find a barbershop below $20. On the other hand, this Korean shop hired several Korean tourists with temporary work visas to get haircuts in order to earn some money to travel in Australia. They did a good job, 12 Australian dollars or so. The only thing that amuses me is that the gentleman who cut his hair looks a bit like a Korean. Later, he opened a Korean barber shop not far from home. Barbers are much more professional than those tourists and can be managed according to his requirements. Of course, the price is more expensive. Sir, this time has passed? Iron cock? Of course, I think the image is more important, so I don't have to drive so far.

In retrospect, maybe in the first year of coming to Australia, everything had to start from scratch. It's not easy to make a good friend, and the inner pressure and loss make me afraid to tell my relatives at home. When I bid farewell to the most confused days, my work is stable, and my heart begins to have a bottom, I will no longer be so stingy, and I will no longer feel that cutting my hair for more than 20 yuan is a tangled thing. Besides, I don't know when we stopped converting prices into RMB when we bought things.

For the above-mentioned friends who are coming to Australia, Mr. Wang not only suggested that they bring a set of hairdressing tools, but also repeatedly told them that they must practice how to get a haircut at home if they have nothing to do, and the tools can come in handy. Especially when I first came to Australia, it was not easy to find a job, and I could earn some pocket money by paying back the money. A true story around us is that the wife of a visiting scholar from China, who had nothing to do at home, took time off to give a haircut to her China compatriots living nearby, and only charged $5 at a time. After she and her family returned to China, several friends gathered in the park and sighed, when can we have another compatriot with good haircut skills?

Last year, we met another couple from Beijing. They are also pasta lovers. A big puzzle is, why can't we buy a large enough panel and a long enough rolling pin everywhere? Not to mention them, we have been here for so many years and have never bought the right one. When my parents and in-laws visited relatives, every time they cooked noodles for us, they said it was too hard. When they left, they all vowed that the next time they visited relatives, they must bring a big display board and a rolling pin.

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