What do Australian immigrants need to do when they first land?

A. Document number of tax application (tax number)

The first thing to do. In Australia, if you have income, you need to have a tax file number (TFN).

Income includes wages or salaries obtained from work, government subsidies and profits obtained from investment, including interest on savings accounts.

How to apply for tax file number

In Australia, you can call the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and ask to send you a form.

In addition, you can apply for TFN online at any time (24 hours a day, seven days a week) on the ATO website.

You can also pick up the form in person at the reception desk of the Australian Taxation Bureau or Centrelink, and the address is listed in the white-page telephone book.

Contact information of Australian Taxation Bureau (ATO)

Tel 132 86 1

Online application for individual TFN online registration

Go to ATO store in person.

Centrelink storefront location

ATO website http://www.ato.gov.au

B register for medical insurance (national medical care) and consider buying private medical insurance.

The Australian government provides medical expenses assistance through a scheme called Medical Insurance (National Health Care).

You may be eligible to join Medicare and immediately use various health care services and plans, including free care in public hospitals, help with after-hospital care costs, and subsidized drugs.

Medical insurance has a copy of the information.

Kit is translated into 16 languages, explaining medical insurance and other government medical services, as well as eligibility requirements for receiving various relief funds and allowances.

Remember to get a copy when you go to the medical insurance office or the immigration resource center, or you can download it from its website.

How to join medical insurance

To register for medical insurance, you should bring your passport, travel document and permanent residence visa to the medical insurance office within 7 to 10 days after your arrival in Australia.

If you meet all the registration requirements, you will know your medical insurance card number and you will receive your medical insurance card in about three weeks.

If you need urgent medical treatment, you don't have to wait 7 to 10 days to register for medical insurance and apply for a temporary number.

Emergency rooms in public hospitals provide emergency services 24 hours a day.

Medical insurance contact details

Tel 132 0 1 1

Go to the medical insurance office in person.

Health care information package

(Available in languages other than English)

Http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au Medical Insurance Website

In addition to Medicare, there are many different private medical insurance funds that provide medical services that are not covered by Medicare, such as dental care, vision care and ambulance services.

To find a suitable private medical insurance fund, please refer to the "private medical insurance" column in the yellow pages phone book.

C. Opening a bank account

In Australia, people usually deposit money in banks, building societies or credit cooperatives. Most of the income, including

Wages, salaries and government allowances are directly deposited into the account. Australians use silver in many cases.

Bank cards and credit cards.

You'd better open a bank account within six weeks after your arrival, because usually you only need a passport as proof of identity. Six weeks later

After that, you need additional identification to open an account. If you don't have enough documents, you will find it difficult to open an account.

Difficult. Tell the bank your tax number (TFN) to avoid higher interest tax rate.

For the introduction of major banks in Melbourne, please refer to the introduction of Melbourne Bank on this website.

D. Register with Centrelink

Help in job hunting, social security allowance and other subsidies is provided through a government agency called Centrelink.

New residents can register at Centrelink and get help in job hunting, overseas technical certification and attending related courses.

Centrelink also has a tax number application form, which can help you submit the application form to the tax bureau, so that you won't delay getting the money.

If you have children, you may be eligible for government-funded family allowances to help pay for raising children.

Centrelink contact information

Tel 13 1 02 1

Help for non-English languages 13 1 202

Go to the Centrelink office in person.

Centrelink website Welcome to Centrelink.

www.centrelink.gov.au

New Immigrants Have you settled in Australia recently?

Help for other language information center links-we will speak your language.

E. contact the health service.

If you sign the health commitment letter (8 15) at the overseas office of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) as required.

), then, when you arrive in Australia, you must call the health service.

After you contact the health service, they will tell you the nearest officially recognized clinic for your follow-up physical examination.

Health service1800811334

(Monday to Friday 9: 00 a.m. to 4: 00 p.m.)

F. Register for English courses

It is very important to communicate in English, which is the key to your successful adaptation to life.

English courses for new immigrants in Australia are provided under the Adult Immigrant English Program (AMEP).

New residents may have the right to attend free English courses of up to 5 10 hours (humanitarian migrants may get extra class hours).

AMEP provides a variety of learning options to meet the needs of different situations. Please register as soon as possible, or you will lose the right to attend classes.

AMEP website (including information published in non-English languages)

www . immi . gov . au/living-in-Australia/help-with-English/learn-English/index . htm

G. Enroll children in school

According to Australian law, children between the ages of 5 and 15 must go to school. You should enroll your children in school as soon as possible.

H. application for driving license

If you are a permanent resident and hold a valid foreign driver's license, and the driver's license is in English or has an officially recognized translator, you can drive within the first three months after your arrival.

After that, if you want to drive, you need to have a proper Australian driver's license.

This usually requires you to pass a knowledge test, a road test and an eyesight test.

Australian driving licenses are issued by state and territory governments.

If you don't have a driver's license from other countries, you need to pass the driving knowledge test to get a learner's license.