Pathway to Aus Student Reviews

Testimonials & Interviews

Over the years Pathway to Aus team has helped hundreds of students and here are some of the video testimonials & interviews with out student.

Waralau Gabriella Poawai
Waralau Gabriella Poawai
2022-08-29
The team involved in my journey were amazing, they were very professional and attentive to what was needed for my application to be granted. They made the process much easier and were always helpful. Would definitely recommend going to the Pathway to Aus for your journey to Australia.
Nemora Christine Poawai
Nemora Christine Poawai
2022-08-26
Pathway to Aus have been very helpful and supportive throughout the entire process. They have some of the most kindest and understanding team members and I am happy to have them as part of my journey.
sean hendrick
sean hendrick
2022-08-25
Pathway to aus has helped me from the beginning to end of the process the journey completely stress free of obtaining my Student Visa. Thanks to all pathway for aus team. and special thanks to Andrew, and Nick
Casey Morse
Casey Morse
2022-08-23
Andrew, Nicholas, and the Pathways to Aus Team made the entire process effortless, going above and beyond my expectations. Very communicative, transparent, and always doing the most to ensure my visa was processed properly. I have already recommended them to family and friends who want to leave the United States for better opportunities in Australia. My only regret is not knowing about them when I lived in Australia before. Appreciate y’all so much and thank you, truly.
Eva m
Eva m
2022-08-19
From start to finish Pathway to Aus have provided an outstanding service to Will Thomas and I. It has been an absolute pleasure dealing with our Education consultant (Andrew) and our Migration Agents (Suri and Nick). They have helped and guided us every step of the way and ensured a successful application before submitting. The process can be really overwhelming, but the team really made it easy for us albeit my constant emails - sorry ha! We would 100% recommend these guys for help with your visa. Response time is super quick and the team go over and above to help! Thank you so much PTA! Evie & Will.
Drew Robertson
Drew Robertson
2022-08-09
Spoke with Andrew who went above and beyond to help me find the perfect course for me. He was very patient as I changed my mind a few times. Great Customer Service.
Darius Malin-Hiscock
Darius Malin-Hiscock
2022-08-05
Quality migration agent. A pleasure to deal with from start to finish. Responsive and knowledgeable.
Dhaval Mistry
Dhaval Mistry
2022-08-04
Great support
Michaene Olivier
Michaene Olivier
2022-08-03
I would 100% recommend using Pathway to Aus. Andrew Stewart was my visa agent and he was extremely helpful, professional, knowledegable and accessible at all times. Pathway to Aus has made a process that can easily seem scary and overwhelming feel like an absolute breeze! I recieved my student visa within only 56 days after applying for it and now, thanks to this wonderful team, I can finally live out my dream!

Will’s Story

Will came to Australia and studied carpentry at TAFE QLD. Upon graduating, PTA assisted Will to apply for the Temporary Graduate Work Visa (Subclass 485). This is an open work visa that allowed him to remain in Australia and live and work for 18 months with full work rights.

After approximately 1 year or 1725 hours working as a carpenter, Will was obtained his final skill assessment for migration purposes by TRA. The next step was to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI), through Skill Select and apply for a General Skilled Migration Visa. PTA Migration agent lodged an Expression of Interest requesting QLD State Nomination. Will was fortunate enough to receive the invite and apply for the Skilled Work Regional Visa – Subclass 491. This is an open 5 year work visa that converts to PR if you live and work in a regional area for 3 years and earn above $53,900.

In the future, he hopes to remain living and working on the Gold Coast, and set up his own building company.

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Jad’s Story

Jad came to Aus from Lebanon to study boat building (Marine Craft Construction) at TAFE QLD on the Gold Coast.

Whilst undertaking the course, Jad was also fortunate enough to find paid work experience at a local boat building company throughout his studies. This allowed him to earn to support himself whilst he worked.

Upon graduating, PTA assisted Jad to apply for the graduate work visa (Subclass 485). Consequently a PTA Migration agent lodged an expression of interest requesting QLD State Nomination and Jad was fortunate enough to receive the invite and apply for the Skilled Work Regional Visa – Subclass 491. This is an open 5 year work visa that converts to PR if you live and work in a regional area for 3 years. Moving forward he hopes to remain living and working on the Gold Coast and become an Aus citizen.

Thalia’s Story

In this video we meet Thalia. Thalia came to Australia from South Africa and studied to become a Civil Engineering Draftsperson at TAFE QLD in Brisbane. Thalia went straight into studying the course after graduating from high school.

Whilst undertaking the course, Thalia was also fortunate enough to find paid work experience at a local engineering company. This allowed her to earn to support herself whilst she studied. She was allowed to undertake 40 hours per fortnight of paid work and unlimited hours in school holidays.

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Rotem’s Story

Rotem is a previous PTA student and client who has successfully went from student visa to graduate work visa to lodging his PR application in roughly 3.5 years.

Rotem came to Aus with his wife from Israel to study boat building (Marine Craft Construction) at TAFE QLD on the Gold Coast.

Whilst undertaking the course, Rotem was required to undertake 400 hours of vocational placement where he would gain industry experience.

Close to 4 years after first beginning his studies in Aus, Rotem and his family were then granted their Permanent Visa (Skilled Nominated (State Sponsored) Subclass 190 visa to Australia. After one year on the PR visa, Rotem and family can look at becoming Australian citizens.

Ian’s Story

Ian is a previous PTA student and client who has successfully went from student visa to graduate work visa to lodging his PR application in roughly 3 years.

Throughout his studies Ian was fortunate enough to find paid work experience at the boat builder where he did his vocational placement. On the student visa Ian could work 40 hours per fortnight and unlimited hours during school holidays. This allowed Ian to earn money to partially support himself during his stay.
Because boat building is on the Medium and Long-Term Strategic Skills List, upon graduating, we were able to apply for an 18 month temporary graduate visa for Ian. We then passed a provisional skills assessment and entered into the Job Ready Program run by Trades Recognition Australia. As part of the Job Ready Program Ian undertook a minimum of 1725 hours of full time work as a boat builder. After we lodged Ian’s EOI, we received an nomination to apply for the visa in only 2 days!

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Sveta’s Story

Sveta is a past international student from Russia. She came out to Australia to study English. However after studying English for a year, she realised she loved the country and decided to stay on and study Commercial Cookery and Diploma of Hospitality at Holmes College on The Gold Coast. She graduated in July 2017. Pathway to Aus then successfully helped Sveta apply for and was granted her Temporary Graduate Work Visa (Subclass 485) in September 2017

She is now working her way through the Job Ready Program and will hopefully receive the equivalent of her full skills assessment as a chef and apply for General Skilled Migration next year.

Mohit’s Story

Mohit is a client of Pathway to Aus who we have helped successfully transition from Student Visa to Graduate Visa to Employer Sponsored TSS (Subclass 482 Visa). He now works in the international education industry working as education management on The Gold Coast.

The Graduate visa was a very simple process and went through easily. It was when it came to applying for the TSS employer sponsored visa where it became tricky. Generally speaking in order to be employed on the TSS visa as an education manager NEC you would need to have 5 years post qualification work experience. This was requested by immigration after lodgment. However PTA migration agents were able to successfully argue that in specific circumstances these 5 years experience could be waived as the occupation is highly specialised. After a lot of explanatory evidence provided, the case officer decided in our favour and granted Mohit the visa!

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Interviews with Our Clients

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Interview with Louis

From: India
Studying: Automotive
Living: The Gold Coast

Louis Automotive

Interview with Chris

From: South Africa
Studying: Bricklaying
Living: Ashmore
Chris studying Cert III in Bricklaying through Pathway to Aus

Interview with William

From: Sweden
Studying: Civil Engineering
Living: Brisbane
William from Sweden Studying Civil Engineering in Brisbane Australia

Interview with Ged

From: United Kingdom
Studying: Carpentry
Living: Sydney
Carpentry interview with Ged

Interview with Ooi

From: Malaysia
Studying: Commercial Cookery
Living: Gold Coast
Commercial Cookery interview with Ooi

Interview with Sveta

From: Russia
Studying: Commercial Cookery
Living: Gold Coast
Studying Commercial Cookery in Australia Interview with Sveta

Interview with Martina

From: Italy
Studying: Automotive Electrical
Living: Gold Coast
Studying Automotive Electrical in Australia Interview with Martina

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Testimonials was last modified: August 30th, 2022 by PTA