australia is definitely better in terms of saving money and the electronics are easily affordable too without saving money for few months(like malaysia).

how does the property cost there? do you rent  a room or own it>? my friend becomes PR when his father bought property in melbourne, she is so lucky, went monash univ with PR price, very cheap and she owns the property.
Heard car very cheap but rental costs high, 20-30% of salary.

Where should I start on getting a migrant visa?

how do you manage a job there? interview? the cost too much expensive, one way air asia to there almost 1K RM. not worth if cannot manage a job there

i wish i can get that "almost RM1k" price to back malaysia for next year CNY.
cant find any better deal for now :/

I wonder if there is some sort of forum or web board for malaysians living in Australia specifically? something similair to the Natui website (google) for thais residing in oz.

wah that site looks old lol is there any other alternative? ben searching for afew days now and cant find anything. its abit hard when you dont know what terms to put into google for this sorta thing!!!:P

I have an offer to work in Australia permanently. I have PR so that is not an issue for me.

Offer is AU$70k per annum (less tax), plus super, plus company car (ie. all car expenses, fuel, insurance etc are paid by company).
I think after tax, my take home pay is around AU$4600 per month

I have a house there. Monthly home loan repayment is around AU$2500. So after paying this, it will only leave me with AU$2100 per month so it is a bit steep (for Aust standard?).

I have a wife and one year old daughter. My wife is an Aust graduate but has never worked in Australia before. If we migrate, she would like to work there, which is fine by me.

I am not sure how long it would take her to get a job, but i think i should be able to support 3 of us for a few months while she is looking for job??
And it also depends on how much is her pay, because if she works, our daughter will have to go to daycare and it costs a bomb.

Another concern is here we got maid, family, in laws here to help look after our daughter. We don't have any of help there.. 

Is it worth for me to take up the offer? I understand that it is not going to be bed and roses once we migrate. It is probably going to be a struggle in the first few years. But i think once we settle it is going to be ok.... *Fingers crossed*

Any thought / input? Thanks

I'm staying in Sydney. Been here 6 years in total. Worked in Malaysia for 5 years in between. That good enough for you?

A lot of people sees overseas as a greener pasture and that is not true. This is human nature and it is the same for every country, even people here that kept b****ing and looking to move. But of course, there are less, as compared to European and NZ'der that wants to move to Australia for example. If you are saying people in Malaysia are struggling, put them in these other countries, it is as bad if not worse.

Malaysia is comparable to a lot of countries in many ways, Malaysia do have a lot of potential that yes, had been abused by the government. I do not think people should think about Australia as an absolute better place so that you want to move over no matter what.

And my point is? If you can succeed in Australia, you could do it in Malaysia too. Its your attitude in life that make you successful, not whether you are in Malaysia or Australia. To me, so many things that many people says to de-minimis  Malaysia is very untrue.

i wanna point out that 650k u can't even get a decent hse if u're in metro areas like sydney, melbourne or perth

Well, I personally wanted to apply for offshore immigration (Permanent Residence status), not migration (which means giving up malaysia citizenship).

Well, if you are talking bout saving the same both in Aus or M'sia, I would definitely say its better in terms of Aus.Firstly, buying power is stronger. Secondly, if you ever do consider returning to malaysia, its almost 3 times of what you save in Malaysia.

Do you mean to say that I would need to prepare for 6 months of living expenses at least during my search for job in Aus? That would be at least 12k Aussie if i'm calculating on a 2k/month basis.

If u are talking bout malaysia govenement, I would say unstable and hopeless, yet not the worst we've seen. My point is, if we were to change the governemnt to improve or change, I might as well change myself. 

Undenialbly, working in other countries is good exposure and experience. It even add points to your CV. No harm right?
If I struggle at first, but get rewarded later with a stable life, y not?

I would agree on the point of not migrating ecause of the money, but as for working in Aus for the money and strong currency, y not?

Racism, I seriously dun think we get treated any better in Aus.But at least I dun buy properties with a higher rate, get equal rights in terms of governement bonds and shares, no such thing as bonds that are specially catered for australian whites, and so on.

The best thing is, I'm not attached. So I'm quite free to move about. lol

Then why you migrate?

Hmmm, there's definately pros and cons staying / working in Australia.

I've been working in Australia for at least 2 years ever since I graduated.
You can say that I'm a few lucky ones that got scouted by an Australian company that based in Perth, hence the company is willing to organize a 457 working visa.
But that was 2 years ago, and even then the process actually took at least 3 months to complete. Not sure how tight the migration process now though.
Oh, note that I'm a geophysicist, which relates to the O&G industry, maybe that helps to speed up the process?

Well, I'm speaking of my personal experience so it will not reflect the general situation in Austalia.

For my company, its all about performance and final outcome. We have a very flexible working hour, you may come in at 9am and leave at 4pm if you want, as long as you finished your work.
You may even come in at 8pm and work till the next morning if that's comfortable with you.
I don't think most of the company in Malaysia allow these flexibility yet. Still adhered to the normal working hour 8-5 mindset.

The tax in Australia is very high though, especially you're an expat that come to earn AUD. The more you earn, the more tax you get.
My tax is close to 24%.

As for career advancement, my company practices the annual performance evaluation, so if you perform well, you'll be rewarded.
Its a fair fight for everyone.

Although I wouldn't deny that there is slight discrimination outside of my work, i.e patroning certain restaurant, shopping at the supermarket, or walking on the street.
I don't particularly disturbed by the occurrence, because some people are just like that.
Most of the time, the people in Australia are very friendly and polite.

Working in Australia, you gain new experience, visiting more places, and not to forget that it boosts your resume as well =)

Hi guys,

I'm new to this thread, hope can find someone to answer my few questions regarding getting a job in Australia.

I am graduated from RMIT University in Melbourne (it was a 2+1 twinning program). Yup, I spend 1 full year in Melbourne. After I graduated, I came back to KL to work. Now I got 3.5 years working experience in Banking line.

I got an elder brother who stay in Perth for 10 years already. He is currently an engineer at KBR (an engineering firm), and of course he and his wife is a PR there.

I'm thinking of going to Perth to work since my brother offer me to stay with him at the beginning. But he says it will be better to apply for PR first before go to Perth in order to get a decent job.

Alright here comes my question:

a) Is it possible for me to apply for Australia PR with my current situation?
b) where can I apply it? if via agent, will it be pricy?
c) Anyone here working in Banking line in Australia/Perth? is it hard to get a job in Australian Bank such like Common Wealth & ANZ?

really appreciate your input/comment.

Regards

just have one question, is it worth it to left my job in aussie to go back to malaysia ???

im so bored working here, whenever i go back to msia for holiday, i felt like not coming back at all ... yeah the currency is high , but whats the point of having a lot of money when u're not happy ?

+ im at the peak years of my life, and im doing nothing but going to work come back home, sitting in front of pc, surfing doing nothing ... at least in msia people can enjoy mamak during the night, weekend can go jalan2, yeah the money in malaysia not that high, but at least u can enjoy ur life ..

so my question is, is it worth it to leave becoz i know many people would like the opportunity to work in aussie, but i already have it, and now wanna leave, really need your help  ...  (also wanna leave becoz of a gal  )

anyway, is there any brissy here wanna hang out, im so bored out of my mind, been staying here since last may, dont know any malaysians at all .... lets lepak2 after work this week ....

Dear all,
After much anticipation and waiting, i have finally got my PR valid for 5 years to reside in australia. I would like to ask for the people who are there at the moment, which areas have job vacancies/ opportunities at the moment? I am from a finance/banking background, having a degree in accounting/finance and have banking experience. Thanks.

Hello All

I have a few questions regarding Australia which hopefully someone of you can help me with.

1) There is apparently quite a huge demand for engineering consultants in Australia, is that what you are seeing there?
--> what engineering u r referring to ?

2) In terms of salary, Google tells me an engineering consultant with 6 years of experience takes home about $100,000AUD a year, is this a reasonable figure?
--> hmm..dun put high hope on ur 1st job, coz u r a migrant there without local experience, but unless u got sponsored, then its a different story..

3) For tax, I got a figure of about 30% off your gross salary, again is this about right?
--> you can check with ATO for the rates, the more u earn, the more tax u have to pay..

4) What is the living expenses like in Sydney, assumming a normal lifestyle?  For example a single bedroom/studio apartment in a decent area not too far to city, no binge drinking/smoking/partying, maybe a small car, dining out a few times a week in a normal restaurant.
--> in sydney, the rent is bulk of ur expense, if u wanna stay near the city, it will be expensive,  can search in RE for some reference

i was lucky to have work for in Australia for 1 year, because i was seconded from Malaysia company to branch company in Austalia, all paid for , only thing i have to pay is for my makan onlyy..

even got my permit to work for 4 years but i decided to comeback as i feeling Malaysia lifestyle is still the best and the food.

Australia is most lay back country.. young ppls who just want to have experience working in Australia can indeed suit very well and enjoy it but not for me..
still prefer my roti canai n teh tarik in the morning, nasi kandar for lunch and wan tan mee for dinner.. haha

Anyone tried the skill migration application? They charge 2690aud. Is it true? Thanks.

Because I have 3 cousin and 5 family freinds all PRs, in various parts in Aus and jobless at the moment.
2 of my cousins have been job searching for the past 2 years and are in-between contract jobs which last no more than 6 months.
But they have deep pockets so no problem.
If you don't, goo luck to you!

Yup. But then again luck is not a reliable factor to put food on the table if you don't have reserve funds and you can't find a job...