Like how you have some rental that cover electric or gas bills. Like how you don't pay for electricity when you rent a room in AirBnb or a hotel. It is part of your rental.

Dear forumers, I'm a holder of 190 subclass visa which is already activated but I haven't actually moved permanently there yet as I am working abroad. Somehow along the way, I got attached to this girl from Vietnam and we have been together for more than a year. We are planning to move to Australia together and I'm wondering which visa options will give her the best chance for her application. I doubt if I could include her as a secondary applicant under subclass 190 as it was dated sometime back..Prospective spouse, defacto partner, get married outside of australia and moved there, tourist visa+get married later, student visa, etc ? Many years back after she has completed her undergrad in Vietnam, she got a place at RMIT for an MBA course but her student visa was rejected, and just early this year her tourist visa was also rejected when we planned to spend the new year there together. At that time, she was staying with me and working as a marketing exec in Singapore, but we didnt attach any documentations of our relationship, finance, etc as I though it would be just be a simple paper work and didn't really gave it much thought. The criteria seems to be much more restrictive for certain nationalities..

thanks for the feedback

i'm earning more than that in Malaysia, similarly with my wife... so moving from 2 income sources to 1 is a real setback for my wife as she's very concerned my salary is enough to support the entire family in Melbourne... cos the overall cost is similar to KL, may be 20-30% cheaper in Melbourne, but that's just based on my observation after spending a few days there

my wife can look for a job but she doesn't know what she can do since currently she's a sales manager...

yeah, i do have the intention of migrating, 6 months can be a good try for us... worse case we'll just go back if things aren't smooth sailing but we will try our best to avoid that...

thanks again for the comments, keep it coming

And don't have to pay back if your salary is below certain number. That's the reason the people here don't like to work, hence the opportunities for foreigners.

Yea, no point right? When you work, get taxed + pay superannuation, remaining balance still got to repay loan.

Hi guys, need some clarification.
What I had found that, IELTS had 2 categories - Academic and General.
As what I had being told, I may need to consider the General ielts as it's easier and meant for migration / working visa.
But actually for 189 or 190 visa, both ielts category also can be use for application right? Kindly adv.

Can no longer apply for PR after 2 years like 457?

Scored 75 points for CSOL pending Vetasess review...

Suddenly found out my occupation removed from tomorrow onwards.. 

http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Work/Work/Sk...led-occupations

Dreams dashed overnight...

You are right buddy.

My agency just called me saying vetassess result out on Friday. Now i am on 85 pointer and yet nothin can be done.

this only affect the 457 visa...there will be significant changes to the 189/190 visas in july....

Hi Guys,

I have just consulted an agency for my PR application under subclass 190 as "Marketing Specialist". Base on the agency, at the moment, there is no specific state sponsor. However, the job skilled occupation marketing specialist is still in the list, they advise me to proceed as soon while waiting for the opening, as rules are changing.

They assessed me and i score a min of 65 points with state sponsor (Extra 5 points from there).

Hear from you guys !

Eddie

when a substantive visa expires and you have applied and are waiting for another substantive visa, you will be given a bridging visa...generally you cannot leave the country during this period....

as to what kind of condition you will have under the bridging visa, i don't know, so this would be an opportunity to make your migration agent work for their fees, no?....

I don't know, bros,... but I think it depends also on the earning power of the kid. My younger one is doing architecture+civil eng'g,... wouldn't his income be able to afford a property in Sydney or Melbourne later ? ... generally-speaking....

In Melb or Sydney, you will definitely need parents help with the deposit even on two incomes. Even with housing rates at 2% now, you will still need a good deposit to break in. Very hard to enter the property market unless you got rich parents who are willing to help 

Just got an offer from one of the Big4s in Melbourne. Apart from the Visas and stuff, wish to seek out on advice on important facts and things to do to settle down there (e.g. insurance, bank accounts etc)

Sponsored by the Big4 on a Temporary Skills Shortage Visa, they gave me a 2 year contract while the Visa is 3 years. 80k per annum including superannuition and I'm expected to start around mid-Nov this year

Yeah 80k including super, actually yields higher gross pay comparing dollar to dollar in Malaysia for the same post, hence decided to take the jump.

Close to 3 years of working experience? Then saw the priority migration announcement for auditors and the recruitment post, then applied and got it

Hope you are aware that after 1 Jan 2022, there may be a 3% tax on incoming remittance for Msian residents.

Don't know how the govt is going to implement this - may have to send before 1 Jan 2022 to avoid this tax. Really affect people who have money overseas and regularly send money back to Msia.

Real bummer!!

I think everyone is waiting for more details to come out.

I have already transferred more than rm1mil over the past 8 months (transferred with CBA to MBB with rates between 2.98 and 3.17). Can only do A$50k max each time and fees from CBA was A$22 each time via telegraphic transfer and Maybank deposits the money in my acct in less than 1 hour with tt. I was not intending to transfer more starting from 2022 but you never know when we might need more ringgit - maybe a very attractive investment opportunity might come by.

I have been following https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3524728/+200

Really terrible news even though 3% may not be a huge sum. Any form of tax is repulsive and despicable!!

Yes - getting cash from Aust may be the best solution to avoid paying the 3% tax. You must make sure you don't change more than rm3k each time when you change at the money changer in Msia because they ask for your ic and you got to fill a form which request for your occupation and company you work for. Just go to different money changers - there are about 4 money changers in Mid-Valley that i know of. Only problem is flying in and out of Aust at the moment with this Covid!!

I got a couple friend who just sold their unit in PJ and is wanting to bring the money back to Sydney (they are working in Sydney at the moment) so i can change some with them too. They lost money on their small unit bought 7 years ago. Msia is not a good place to invest (esp condos) as getting tenants is difficult. My returns on my funds left in Sydney has done so well in the last 18 months since the Covid crash. Only thing is whether we should lower our risk level at the moment