Success Stories of Australian Migration

Sudan to Geraldton – 457 visa helps mechanic make the move

Richard Sumner’s story is an example of one of the successes of the 457 visa program.

A story of strength, courage and spirit

When she was just seven years old, Acee and her family fled their native war-torn country of Liberia in search of a safer place to live.

Evelyn helps celebrate 100 000 refugees in a decade

Despite 12 long years in a refugee camp, and continuing uncertainty in her homeland of Liberia, Evelyn Ivy and her family have showed great courage and perseverance to begin a new life in Australia.

Refugees remember Hungary 50 years on

The 50th anniversary of the 1956 uprising against communist rule in Hungary in October 2006 reunited former refugees with the immigration officers who helped them flee to Australia

The taste of freedom

Munira was just 13 when she fled her home country of Eritrea in 1976 to escape civil war. She arrived in Australia in November 1994 under the special humanitarian program.

Kicking goals from Sudan to Launceston

Amid the upheaval of a childhood in war-torn Sudan, the one constant in Juma Abuyi's life was soccer. Now he is using his soccer skills to help others.

From study success to permanent migration

Aditya Tater came to Australia in October 2001 to study for his masters in business administration at Griffith University and now is one of the success stories of the skilled migration programme.

Happy to call Perth home, permanently

It's been a long time since petroleum engineer, Soubhagya Das, left his original home in Odissa, India to build a better life overseas for his family.

Albury 'cutting edge' for Maumita

Maumita Bhattacharya thinks Albury in regional New South Wales is just as good as London or New York when it comes to career opportunities in cutting-edge Information Technology.

Taking a dive for the dwarves of the deep

Seaside holidays in East Germany were far more restrictive than the casual Australian beach culture Susan Sobtzick has come to love as a skilled migrant to Far North Queensland.

Australia provides a better work life balance

After completing his Masters degree at the Australian National University, Brazilian student Elton De Simone Carneiro decided to stay and work in Australia ‘to learn about a different culture’.

Skilled migrants boost Queensland company's local apprenticeship scheme

Skilled migration solved two problems for Mackay company Macs Engineering as it strived to meet the demands of the booming Queensland mining industry

Dancing up an electrical storm

Sergio Diniz may not go Latin dancing as often as his wife would like, but the couple have no complaints about their new home in Melbourne.

Backpacking welder makes a long stop in Darwin

Surfing the internet for job advertisements resulted in a life changing experience for Dutch backpacker Monique Kamsma.

Irish vet already a winner: Overseas vets ensure equine hospital maintains high level operations

Irish-born vet David Beehan couldn't have picked a better time to move to Victoria on the Australian Government's 457 business long stay visa program.

International scientist joins staff of Charles Sturt University

Pharmacy and science students at Charles Sturt University's (CSU) campuses in regional New South Wales are benefiting from world class facilities and a truly international teaching programme.

Nova takes flight with the 457 visa

Specialists in aerospace technology are a rare breed of people. People trained to test and evaluate the highly complex systems used by the Australia Defence Force (ADF) are exceptionally rare, like Doug Friend, a helicopter test engineer specialising in structures.

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