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🧭 Migration · Study · WHV money map
A map for anyone weighing the move to Australia — students, working holiday makers, migration planners, and accompanying families. Visa eligibility belongs to a MARA agent; this map covers the money design.
Reading order: the big picture → your pathway → the pre-departure design → first steps after arrival.
The big picture — what money actually buys
- Can money alone get you to Australia?
The end of investor migration (188/SIV) — the era of buying a visa is over
- How do you migrate to Australia? Money buys time, not a visa
This map's frame — money buys time, opportunity, and choice
The money maths, path by path
- Study isn't a degree — it's buying time
A ₩100–200m cash-flow project + why not every degree leads to PR
- Australia's working holiday now runs to 35
The cheapest ticket to buy time — but the maths differ in your 30s
- Australia's 'entry ticket' just got pricier
Visa fees up ~25% — sunk costs, family multipliers, budget buffers
- Working holiday startup costs by city
Sydney isn't Brisbane — the first 4–8 weeks of cash flow
- Student visa finances aren't just a bank balance
GS and source of funds — does the money story make sense
- OSHC isn't just visa-checklist insurance
OSHC, OVHC, Medicare — stopping a hospital bill from breaking your budget
Before you leave — the money design (8/10ths of the outcome)
- What to do with your money before Australia
The residency switch date, asset order, source-of-funds records
- Settling in Australia — the real danger is 'locked-up cash'
Cash flow, not totals — what locks up in the first months
- Why is the won so weak?
A budget that survives being wrong — staged conversion + a 5–10% buffer
First steps after arrival
- The money map for arriving in Australia
What checklists don't tell you — FX, residency, records
- When does Australian tax start?
TFN, tax residency, and super — the three basics
- Filing your Australian tax return early can cost you
The 7 mistakes Koreans make most
- Renting in Australia — the cash that gets locked up first
Bond, advance, temporary stays — the first 6–8 weeks of cash flow
- In Australia your credit starts at zero
Opening an account ≠ credit — the first six months are about records
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