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Visa & status · 비자
- Australian skilled visa 482 — how much must you earn now? The money view of Skills in Demand
The 482 visa is now the Skills in Demand (SID) system. The key isn't the occupation name — it's the salary threshold. As of July 2025, Core Skills is $76,515 and Specialist Skills is $141,210. The PR route is shorter than before, but the real calculation is the 12–18 months of cash flow you need to get there.
- Australian Student Visa Finances: It's Not Just Your Bank Balance — GS Is About Explaining the Money
GS stands for Genuine Student — the test of whether you are really a student. Financial evidence is not just showing a bank balance. It is explaining where the money to cover tuition and living costs came from, and why it fits your study plan. A sudden large deposit, unexplained family support and an underestimated budget can all become risks.
- OSHC Isn't Just Visa Insurance: How to Read Australian Health Cover Costs as a Student or Working Holiday Maker
OSHC is the overseas student health cover required for a student visa, and OVHC is the overseas visitor cover for working holiday makers and other temporary visa holders. Medicare is Australia's public health system, but Koreans generally cannot expect reciprocal health agreement benefits. Insurance is not a document you submit for a visa — it is a tool that reduces the risk of hospital bills.
- Australia's 'Entry Ticket' Just Got Pricier — Visa Fees Up ~25%
From 1 July 2026, Australian visa application charges rose across the board. The student visa is now $2,500 and the partner visa about $11,710 — and the student visa has gone from $710 to $2,500 in three years (3.5x). This alone shouldn't change a study or migration decision; the real message is that 'visa and admin costs' now need their own budget line.
- Australia's Working Holiday Now Runs to 35 — A WHV at 25 and a WHV at 35 Are Different Money Decisions
From 1 July 2026, the age ceiling for Koreans applying for Australia's Working Holiday visa rose from 30 to 35. A WHV is the cheapest way to buy time to test Australia. But a working holiday in your 30s is different from one in your 20s — you have to count the opportunity cost, your Korean assets, and the return plan.
- How Do You Migrate to Australia? Money Buys Time, Not a Visa
Investor migration is over, but money's importance isn't. Money no longer buys a visa directly — it buys time, opportunity, and settlement stability: the time to build an English score, the years study buys, the room to wait for a good job, the buffer against a failed landing. So 'how much should I bring' comes after 'what visa can I get, and in what order do I move the money.' Visas are for a MARA agent; the money design is ours.
- Study Isn't About Buying a Degree — It's the Most Practical Way to Buy Time
The era of buying a visa with money is over; now money buys 'time.' Study is the prime example. It isn't buying a degree — it's buying the time to build Australian experience, English, networks, and a PR chance. A 2-year master's is a $100k+ (₩100-200m), multi-year cash-flow project, so design the 'exit' (PR strategy) before the school. Eligibility is for a MARA agent.
- Can Money Alone Get You to Australia? — After Investment Migration Ended
Twenty years ago, $5 million bought permanent residency. In 2026, Australia's investment migration (188/SIV) is closed, and the replacement NIV looks at international achievement, not money. The wealthy migrant's question is no longer 'how much to invest' but 'what visa do I qualify for, and how do I structure the money once there.'
- Returning to Korea — Nationality vs F-5 vs F-4: How Health Cover and Tax Differ (2026)
Choosing between restoring nationality, F-5 and F-4 when you move back to Korea comes down to age, work and health insurance. Tax is the same for all three (live in Korea and you're a resident taxed on worldwide income). What differs is health cover (only F-5 is immediate; the others wait six months), work (F-4 is restricted) and dual nationality (only for 65+). Here are each path's requirements and documents.