The easiest way to migrate is to graduate onshore in a profession where jobs are plenty. No break in between, graduate, start job, get adequate points, apply for PR, go up the "Australian experience" ladder.

Within my circle of family and friends who went on this pathway, are those in healthcare (doctors, nurses, optometrist, podiatrist etc), childcare, niche IT (eg cybersecurity).

Those doing generic courses like finance, Commerce, even IT and engineering etc, face considerable problems getting relevant jobs (ie based on your qualification, to be eligible for work experience points) and had to either retrain, or use other pathways (eg employer sponsored, partner etc).

Those applying from outside faces even more problems. Especially the lack of "Australian experience" which seems so vital for employers.

This post has been edited by limeuu: Jul 30 2021, 12:51 PM

A few basic points to note.

1) In Australia, the job is separate from the Visa, as in, you can get different visas which enables you in different ways and not necessarily tied to a job.

2) A independent migrations visa (189/190) is the best, as it allows you to move without a job. (Getting a job is a different matter). It's points based, and very high points are need. Go check how many points you can get.

3) If it's tied to a job, then your visa is employer sponsored and tied (now usually TSS Visa subclass 482), and limited to 2 or 4 years. No long term security. But many will use that as a stepping stone, and apply for independent visas while in Australia.

In all cases, your chances depends on if your profession is in a "skill shortage" list of some kind (it's confusing as different visas use different lists!). Such claimed profession needs both qualification verification and professional accreditation. Ie you need both the required qualification, and need registration with the appropriate professional bodies. And they have professional bodies for almost everything! Plumbers and bricklayers included.

https://www.tssimmigration.com.au/migration-news/blog/CSOL

Banker is not there. Financial "something" is.

Work experience points must be relevant to claimed qualification. So you will not get any work experience points applying as an engineer. If applying under finance, your finance qualification needs to be accredited by the relevant professional body.

Like I said, they have professional bodies for almost everything, so you will need any claimed professional qualification(s) assessed to be "equivalent" and "acceptable", especially non-Australian ones.

The 189 process starts with submitting an EOI, with your claimed points. How soon you get called for processing depends on how many points you have, and whether the claimed profession is a "pro-rata" or not. Pro-rata means too many applicants more than the allocated numbers, so the points needed to get called is higher.

This site used to give up to date information, but lately, not so many updates, due to Covid slowing down processing.
https://iscah.com/news-page/

Wait time to get invites can thus range from "immediate" (when points are high enough) to 2 years (validity of EOI). That's roughly 100/85 points for pro-rata, and 90/80 points for non-prorata. Below these points, EOIs usually will expire before invite. You can submit another EOI after, but realistically, if you don't at least 80 points, the chance is practically zero.

This post has been edited by limeuu: Aug 15 2021, 08:12 PM

Banking stuffs, leave it till in the country....

private sector, packages usually quoted with super added....only gov quote package without super, which is added on top...

good initial stepping stone into the country, but remember is a TSS visa....you still need to apply for a permanent visa at some point, so start working at the points...

Visa no problem...getting a quarantine spot will be....that's the bottleneck now...even high high priority medical specialists get bumped off flights multiple times when quarantine spots are filled up by returning Aussies....

there is a priority profession list where people get fast processing to cover manpower shortage....just started a month ago.

Bumped off flight means exactly that: you don't get to fly...the capacity is determined by how many quarantine places available that day....some flights may only have 10 passengers, if that's all there is quarantine places...flights are limited, and people come in from all over the world....

And remember Melbourne is still on lockdown....

Things should probably improve by next month. They are trialing home quarantine for returning residents, so that will release more hotel quarantine places...

1 million will last you a long time in Malaysia, if you spend normally....

unless both parents are high income earners, childcare is so expensive one parent will usually have to stop working...

did the same,cannot upload, and went to the immigration office....and they told me ALL uploaded pictures cannot accept, so don't bother, just go and they will take the picture for you....which looks worse than the pictures i tried to submit....lol

Having a PR while not really staying also has it's problems....and if children are young, and not ready to move, doesn't make sense....that's why we gave up last time....

my business sector friends who came back all say the same....it's not a bad place to do business, for 2 of the points above....

everything can be "adjusted"....lol

and the intrinsic inefficiencies allow you to get ahead, and avoid the rules....lol lol

Generally, don't convert. Then you get the real "PPP" of your income. Things are very expensive in Australia, and a seemingly high income when converted into MYR and thinking in Msian costs, may actually be quite a struggle at real Aussie costs. So moving from MYR200k to AUD130k is actually a downgrade.

But as stated in other posts, there are other considerations other than income when people migrate. In the Malaysia context, the push factor is very strong....As Gary is finding out. When your children comes into the equation (by implication, looking 50 years into the future), the trajectory of Msian is not promising.

This post has been edited by limeuu: Jul 4 2022, 05:25 PM

The first step isn't looking for a job, but to look at your qualifications and points to see if you can qualify for a migrant visa.

hence the best option is see if you are eligible for an independent pr visa from the beginning....then you don't have this uncertainty, and being tied to an employer....which may not work out....

the question was about getting a job....

fyi, the two are quite separate issues....getting a pr and getting a job....

unless you are talking about employer sponsored tr visas....which unfortunately give you no long term certainty....

Relevant points to note for potential migrants: the new labour government is going to have a big conference next week to discuss on labour shortages, and one of the policy changes expected is a revised immigration policy to increase the number of skill workers. So I expect the numbers of the skilled migration categories (independent or state sponsored) will be markedly expanded, and processing time reduced. Points needed will likely also be eased.

So may be a good time to apply, for those who have interest.

The list of professions in shortage is listed above by kagenn.

The manpower meeting just ended, and good news for those who are considering to work, or even study in australia....the immigration numbers will be increased by 35,000 places for this financial year (ie till june 2023), and graduates will be allowed to stay and work longer (details not available yet)...

The Fed is going for another 75 basis points, so even if RBA goes 50, it's still lagging the US and the AUD will still likely drop against the USD.

foreigners need to get approval from FIRB https://firb.gov.au/

When I applied in 2014, it was free, but since 2015, there is a significant fee to pay.... https://www.homeloanexperts.com.au/non-resi.../firb-approval/

Getting local Australian housing loans is problematic nowadays, when i asked last time, they say can loan 50%, but don't know about now. https://www.homeloanexperts.com.au/non-resi...igner-mortgage/

The housing market is very varied between locations, so you cannot ask such general questions, identify your locations first...

This post has been edited by limeuu: Nov 3 2022, 11:54 PM

Tax resident, or 183 days or more within Australia. Then remittances inwards may be taken as income and tax imposed.