Learn Australian English in this interview episode of the Aussie English Podcast where I interview Mai Medina about how to get permanent residency in Australia. Subscribe to the podcast:iTunes|Android|RSS Download Transcript + MP3 AE 490 – Interview: How to Get Permanent Residency in Australia with Mai Medina Part 1 G’day, guys. Welcome to this episode of Aussie English. I have another interview episode for you today. It’s going to be broken up into multiple parts as it ended up being quite a long interview, and I know that it can be hard if you want to listen to certain parts and it’s an episode that goes for an hour or more, right. Anyway. Before we get into the interview today and what it’s all about, I want to let you know that today’s episode is brought to you by the Native English course. So, this was the course that I was interviewing Justin Hammond about in episode of 475: How to Become an Advanced English Speaker. Native English, the course. You can get access to this course for 15% off if you use the coupon code Aussie, that is A U S S I E at lingova.com, that is L I N G O V A.com. All other links will be in the transcript. Anyway. This is of course designed for intermediate English learners who are trying to get to an advanced level in English. If you are wanting to sound more like a native speaker when you speak English or you want to understand native speakers when they speak English, I really recommend this course if you are an intermediate English learner who is struggling at the moment, especially, if you’ve just arrived, say, in an English-speaking country. This course is so good in my opinion, because it focuses on things like culturally-focused speaking, the kinds of words and phrases that men will say that women won’t say or that women will say that men won’t say. There are other components to like speaking-focused grammar, the way that grammar can change when speaking as opposed to writing. I really, really like that section. And then, obviously, it covers things like slang, phrasal verbs, and reductions. I love that it covers reductions. So, saying things like “I’m gonna” or “I’mena” instead of “I am going to…”. So, it’s a really good course. Remember, you can save 15% if you use the coupon code AUSSIE. That is A U S S I E. Just head over to lingova.com. Anyway. Today’s interview is with my dear friend Mai Medina. Mai is a girl from Columbia, in South America, and she came to Australia a few years back. I stumbled upon her when I found her on YouTube talking about this process and how she got permanent residency in Australia, and I thought, you know what, I need to cover this subject in an interview. I would love to have you on, Mai. And she said yes. And the interview ended up being incredibly long and that’s why I have to break it up into a few parts. So, we had such a good time chatting about how she ended up in Australia, what she was studying, how she got into different universities, the English courses that she had to take, and the exams that she had to pass,