in my opinion, migration to whichever country is a big step to take and must be considered seriously and extremely.

first of all, money is the greatest issue to be considered. no matter you're migrating there as skilled worker or business man, no money no talk coz you gotta be prepared to be jobless for a period of time while you still need to continue paying for the daily expenses.

then you gotta be prepared to lower down your status (very low) in order to take up any job opportunity that comes your way or else you'll continue to struggle until you die. true experience i heard from my dad, once a CFO migrated to aussie without proper consideration, thinking life will be as good as in MY due to his career profile. end up jobless long time, doing low rank job later, finally committed suicide coz couldn't bear with the life change, sad but true...

i think skilled worker especially professionals will have better chance of securing a job in aussie. my friend who is an IT professional migrated to aussie few years back. before that he actually had the interviews with aussie company while he's in MY, towards final stage only he flew there for face-to-face interview and got the job. soon after that he sold off his properties, quit his job in MY and moved to Sydney with his partner.

normally people migrate to aussie mainly because of lifestyle (work life balance) and education for children. undeniable these two advantages are something MY cannot guarantee. moreover, reality is not always so cruel to people who is determined with strong will to succeed. after all, we do see many successful cases and we can actually learn from that. initially everybody struggles to fit in because aussie is totally different country, culture, society, etc. but if one works hard, he/she will eventually succeed.

nowadays, there are many migration experts out there helping people to migrate in a legal and less struggling way. can try engaging them as consultant as they are the professionals with proper license.

This post has been edited by skippy999: Dec 30 2011, 01:58 PM