I plan to find a job in Australia coming next year May ~ June. Next year I will be 29, and I have 5 years in .Net software engineer/web design. I know their taxes and living cost is high, but their wages is high too. Yet, I still have few doubts, lets discuss:

1. should I apply for a visa first then only hunt for job? or the other way round?
2. I know it's hard for us to get a job there since we are foreigner, my friend suggest me to take my master in Australia. While studying, hunt for a part time job to pay for the daily expenses and the master fee itself(it wont be easy). after finished my master (1-2 years later), it's more easy for me to get hired. (this is what he did in UK)

P/S: Canada and UK is under my consideration as well. still dilemma which country to choose

This post has been edited by meee: Dec 4 2014, 05:07 PM

thanks for the reply, I did read ur post.
PR means permanent resident rite? I thought we can only get the PR after 5 years of staying in Australia?
I never been to Australia before, so the working visa is the first thing I need to get first before PR?
please correct me if im wrong.
is this the right place to apply my visa? http://www.malaysia.embassy.gov.au/klpr/home.html
how long it will took to get my first visa?

I still got few projects need to settle before I quit my current job. I mean I could, but it's not nice to quit now since I handle the project initially.


let's say I already got the PR and everything, and I start to hunt for a job, I plan to use video conference for interviewing. is that going to work? or should I quit my current job, moved to Australia, then only start to find a job?

is seating for IELTS test is a must if hunt a job in Australia?

This post has been edited by meee: Dec 5 2014, 08:42 AM