How far are you willing to go?

Entry via a postgraduate degree is getting tougher in many countries. In almost all cases residency comes only after a few years of working in that country. Not many actually can get a job but once you have a job, spending just 5 years on average on that job could easily result in a PR.

The critical juncture is then the part where you transition from a postgraduate degree to a fulltime job offer in that country.

Of all the countries, Canada is still the country with the lowest requirements. Though that is about to change soon. Graduates can apply for an open work permit for up to 3 years. UK no longer has that, Australia too I believe. One year of professional work is enough to qualify for the Canadian Experience Class. If you speak French and have studied in Quebec, the requirements are even easier to be met.

You have to ask yourself, what course do you want to do?

You can't be a PR of another country and remain in Msia in the long run. You will lose the PR status. The only way to retain any foreign status is to be a citizen of that country while remaining in Msia.

What you have said is true. Though there are a lot of Msians who have foreign citizenships still in Msia while the music is still playing.

In most cases, they only have to worry about Msia discovering that. Other countries (which most malaysians have acquired status from) will not care about it.

You have missed one step. They usually enter Msia through another country. The main issue here is that you left Msia and so your passport must have a stamp. The issue is more on Msia than Australia. Australia doesn't care if you have another passport, it will not penalise you for holding another citizenship.

Doing what you have just said won't fly.

No. When you enter Australia, you must use the Australian passport. What they don't care is that you also possess a foreign passport other than an Australian one. Australia will not question why you hold a foreign passport in addition to your australian one.

This post has been edited by feynman: May 1 2014, 02:21 PM

haha....that's not the correct definition of PR.

It refers to NZ giving a PR that doesn't require residents to reside in NZ. I guess it sounded so ludicrous that it has removed it.