Jose's Story
Jose is a young, single man who came from Brazil to Australia over three years ago to improve his English language skills. Arriving with little English, he quickly learned to speak it very well and soon realised that there were many job opportunities for experienced, well trained IT people. He had previously worked for IBM in Sao Paulo and so had some good experience to offer.
He found a job working on exciting web design projects with icemedia, one of the Dialog Group of companies. Dialog was happy to sponsor him to stay in Australia on a Skilled Worker visa which he will be able to convert to permanent residency soon.
Jose loves living in Brisbane – he says it is the best city in the world! It is easy to live in and the climate is fantastic. He has found it easy to make friends and enjoys the variety of leisure activities available to him.
He also enjoys his work immensely and appreciates the variety of projects he is able to work on as well as the group of professionals he works with. Financially, he is now much better off than he was previously. While he initially missed some of the aspects of Brazilian life, particularly food, he has found that he was able to adapt to life in Brisbane very easily.
He has many Australian friends and an active social life. Although he misses his family, he is able to return each year to spend time with them and finds that Skype is very useful for staying in touch with loved ones.
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