I think you are doing nothing wrong, trying to pave a way for your son to get a PR. However, you must ensure that he is okay with it. I have friends who are fresh grad here and with no support from parents, it's hard for them to start out in life. They are earning RM 2k+ and needing to pay for room rental, it's really tough for them, moreover, everything is expensive in Malaysia these days.

What he can do is to do an Australian degree in Malaysia. However, whatever he studies must be on the SOL list in the Aust Immigration site. The downside is the SOL list is updated yearly. So, there is possibility that his chosen course/ profession may be removed from the SOL in future. One way is to gauge what are the professions that will most likely to not be removed from the SOL list such as healthcare professionals or trades professionals like electrician, chef, plumbing. Learning is lifelong, if your son's choice of course now is just for a PR, he can just take the course for PR's sake and once he has obtained his PR, he can always learn a new course and pursue his area of interest after he go over to Australia. It's always depending on your will, if you have a will, you will have a way to get there.

The fastest route i'd say is , to take an australian pre-u course (1 year), then take an aust degree (3-4 years). IF he doesnt have enough points, he may need to work few years here to get more points or try to get a band 8 for ielts for each component. Then again, these rules may change from time to time and you need to yourself uptodate with the changes.

You can definitely see a migration agent to get free consultation. They normally give the 1st consultation free.

This post has been edited by evieta: Apr 12 2015, 12:49 PM

Where did you get the info that accountants may be removed? Reliable source anot? What I know is, this has been an ongoing rumour for years…

Without an accounting major from uni, have you check whether u can just take the CPA program? As far as I know CPA program has some prerequisite subjects where u must have taken in your degree course to qualify for the program and most of the prerequisite subjects are covered in accounting major. FYI....If the accounting degree is an Australia equivalent accounting degree, the person would not even need to complete CPA to apply for skill migration under the accountant category. The recognise accounting degree would suffice.

Given the relatively tough job market here in Aust for accountants.. you may want to consider looking into trades as trades job will give you more job security than being a professional.

Bricklayer seems to be in demand

Can do it at cheok translation centre at ss2. Rm 100 per translation if no price increase.

Hello.. I am just sharing what I heard from my fren who is in healthcare. Apparently there is an over supply of nurses here. I guess they have shortages of experienced nurses.
There are a lot of inexperienced nurses/doctors that could not get a job. I am not sure to what extend how true is this situation for nurses. Please research well before making any decision ya.. All the best and hope your migration journey will be successful!

A fren's fren work in crown as a dealer. To become a dealer, you will need to attend training provided by them, but u will be paid throughout the training period. He say the job is quite easy.. No need to use brain. The uniform will be dry wash for u daily I think .. Meals gym n parking provided or subsidised. If u know ppl there, they are quite open with hiring people on referral basis for dealers position only.

I did try to apply for other position before through referral basis but didn't get 😔