Moving to Australia from India
Reference guides and tools for the move — visas, money and banking, settling in, bringing parents, and studying. General information drawn from primary sources.
Where are you up to?
Planning the move
Visa subclasses, fees, and what to sort out before you leave India.
Visa guidesVisa in progress
Track invitation rounds and understand the published visa procedures.
EOI trackerJust landed
The first-30-days admin chain — TFN, bank, super, Medicare, and renting.
Settling-in guidesParents & family
Visitor visas, parent-visa pathways, and health cover for visiting relatives.
Parents & familyStudents
Student visa conditions, health cover, and work rights while you study.
Study guidesTools
Settlement checklist
A step-by-step checklist of the admin to set up after you arrive.
Visa fee calculator
Estimate the Australian Government charges for a visa application.
EOI rounds tracker
The latest SkillSelect invitation rounds by subclass and points.
TCS on remittance calculator
Work out the Indian TCS collected when sending money to Australia.
Featured guides
LRS Limits and 20% TCS: What It Actually Costs to Send Money from India to Australia (2026)
The RBI's USD 250,000 annual remittance ceiling and the current TCS rates on money sent under it — the ₹10 lakh threshold, the rate by purpose (education, medical, other), and the part most guides bury: TCS isn't a tax you lose, it's a credit against your Indian tax bill.
NRE vs NRO Accounts: What Happens to Your Indian Bank Accounts After You Move to Australia
Once you become a non-resident under India's Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), your existing resident savings account can no longer stay as-is — it must be converted or closed. This guide sets out, factually, what NRE, NRO and FCNR accounts are, what the rules require you to do with existing accounts, PPF, demat and mutual fund holdings, and how repatriation and Australian tax residency interact with each.
Cost of Living in Sydney vs Melbourne for an Indian Family (2026)
A line-by-line family-of-four budget for Sydney and Melbourne in AUD and INR — suburb-level rents in Parramatta, Harris Park, Blacktown, Tarneit, Point Cook and Clayton, an Indian grocery basket, utilities, transport caps, childcare, and what $85k/$110k/$140k salaries become after 2026-27 tax.
Withdrawing Your EPF Before You Leave India for Australia
Your Provident Fund can be claimed from Australia, but the setup has to happen while you're still in India. This guide covers UAN activation, Aadhaar-PAN-bank linking, the EPF vs EPS split, TDS rules, and the exact checklist to finish before you fly.
The India-Australia Tax Treaty (DTAA): What Indian Professionals Need to Know
A plain-English map of the India-Australia Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement — how residency is decided when you have ties to both countries, how Australia's foreign income tax offset stops you paying tax twice on the same rupee, what the treaty says about salary, Indian rental income, bank interest, dividends and capital gains, and the recent fix (legislated 2022, effective 2023) to a long-running double-tax problem for IT services. General information only — not personalised tax advice.
Bringing Your Parents to Australia: Visitor 600 vs Sponsored 870 vs Contributory 143/173 vs Non-Contributory 103/804
Six visa options, one honest comparison. This guide sets out — with every fee and queue figure sourced and dated — what the visitor visa (600), the temporary sponsored parent visa (870), the contributory parent visas (143/173) and the non-contributory parent visas (103/804) actually cost, how long they actually take, and what they do and don't give you (permanent residency, Medicare, the right to work). It does not tell you which one to choose.
