I am glad to found this forum post.

I am currently seriously considering to migrate to Australia with my wife. I want to just briefly summarize the step by step for skilled migration 189 visa. I briefly did the point calculation,  i will have no problem reaching 60-65

My background is doing auditing. If there are fellow auditor/accountant, your input in very much appreciated. I am not sure if the process is this simple as it sounds?

1) Get IELTS, (wait 2 weeks for result)
2) Police clearance ( one day)
3) Health check ( one day)
4)Submit EOI (wait 2 weeks)
5) get ready and Certified all documents : photo, IC, passport, work employement, bank account, epf, marriage cert. birth cert, degree cert, CPA cert.(few days)
6) Get skilled assessment by CPA (1 month)
7) Waiting Invitation
8)Lodge application, pay fees (wait 3 months)
9) Wait for Visa grant ( few days)
For spouse, she only need to take the IELTS and certified passport, is it correct? the duration is only guessing.

Thanks, hopefully some guidance from forumers.

Thanks Nemesis and Kenji:

Let me restructure:

1) Get IELTS, (1 month to apply and get result) At least band 7 for all.
2) Submit EOI (wait 2 weeks)
3) Get invitation
4) get ready and Certified all documents : photo, IC, passport, work employement, bank account, epf, marriage cert. birth cert, degree cert, CPA cert.(few days)
5) Get skilled assessment by CPA (1 month) If I have a membership Its free
6)Lodge application, pay fees (wait 3 months)
7) Wait for Visa grant (few days)

Kenji, the minimum is still at 60 as I just checked the website, my wife has an engineering degree. Where can translate birth cert? Do we submit form 80 during lodging application ?

is it easy to get an IT job and Ads Ops job in australia? plannning to move over australia with my gf

nope, not yet..didnt have any experience...so by first is get a PR only proceed to get job ? i tot having a job will be much easier to apply PR

Western Australia or Perth? If in one of those small town maybe lah.

But with the mining sector boom down, not sure if they are adversely affected.

Trouble is, every migrant wants to live in the big city, be it Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth or Brisbane.

Well if all else fail, just get any job. If the prospective migrant is migrating because he or she wants to build career, I think that person is being unrealistic (unless that person is cream of the crop), migrating is about the quality of life there.

Me too. For some it would be the free medical, u can check tat out. Some of my frens say can claim for specs, child birth, etc.

Education used to be free but i not sure to wat aspect now perhaps other posters can help advise here.

Other than that its the freedom n i suppose fair n equitable treat ment u receive in oz compared to bolehland. But dun get me wrong, racism is everywhere. I myself hv gotten racial taunts in oz b4 but harmless ones with exception of an aussie trucker wanted to run me down when i jaywalk haha.

Expect some favortism to their own kind at workplace. But hey we get that too in bolehland.

You pay ur taxes n its channelled to transparent means. Just look at the world class bike lanes, parks m amenities they hv compared to our clog drains n persistence water shortage

Their town council also respect ur rights. B4 they decide to build a road near ur housing they will set up committee with stakeholders like residence politicians govt councul etc to get feedback n approval. Not like here can set up radioactive plant in gebeng not even bother to consult local populatiom some more say as save as kicap plant.

Also u earn good ex rates n live in first world country. U probably not enjoy 100% but ur kids will benefit the most as their education system is likely surpass our msian ones. I think theirs is less exam based n more focus on creativity thinking n assignments.

U go anywhere as 1st gen migrants sure suffer one la dun expect bed of roses. The ozzies r bias to our work experience. If u work 10 yrs as tax accountant they rgd u as hvg zero yrs. If u 30 u may hv to work same level as 23 yo ozzies. That is if u r lucky to get a job of ur profession. Cant deny there r exceptions.

I suppose the economy there works differently. I know people who can save up on 50k a yr as a petrol station manager. I got a fren there he can survive with a bit savings by working as part time child care n at night as retailer.

U cant expect to be living as a manager pay if u want to migrate. There r people who r lucky to get top notch jobs maybe  its the timing or they belong to some niche industry or they r top students.

However majority i hear get pretty much sub standard jobs thst ozzies dun want. Anyway u cant expect much. I mean how would u feel if bangglas here start encroaching ur jobs like banking officer, engineers n doctors? Answer is protek protek. U obviously be competing with ozzies for jobs in an already limited job supply mkt. Most just gave up n tool up jobs ozzies dun want.

I got frens who been there for 7 to 10 years, they seem to be doing fine and satisfied with average paying jobs. I also got frens who returned from Australia and gave up on their PR after the bitter taste of being unemployed and not happy with jobs. Also got friends who keep on going back n forth every 2 years between Malaysia n Australia, like hotel, can;t make it up their minds.

Hi guys, just came back from KL for a week holiday. Wondering around cheras & PJ.
Construction development gone crazy looks like plenty of jobs but the pay.....
Road works everywhere and the road condition is bad....real bad.
Despite of the horror on malaysian driving style, food is the key to keep me calm.
Had most of the food you name it.

Went to Jusco & Tesco, the goods are so expensive which comparable to Oz. Sometimes even expensive say ikan bilis! Tot gonna bring in few kilos but after conversion, i better buy in Oz as cheaper than malaysia....wonder why

Yeah, bought some shoes and clothing. However, compared to previous visit, realising RM is smaller, inflation gets higher. Even we bringing in ozzie dollar, you still pay higher.

yeah, there's a chinese restaurant in PJ called new paris where i used to go those days, what they serve is crap. The taste looks different then i saw most of the cook are burmese, bangla......what the heck?
no doubt the portion is small and i paid RM6 for a bowl of wantan mee. 2 chopstick scoop, gone!
Tried nasi kandar too. Me, wife and 2 kids ate RM35! wow...

yeah...my mum always whining about food price increased. i just hate that how would normal malaysian survive with the low pay but with the basic groceries can't even afford?
I did some research back home and made some basic calculations.
A normal household income with all basics you'll need at least RM6- 8k per month. If lower than that, you'll hardly survive in KL.
To live average, household income has to be RM15k/month with some 10% savings.
To live above average, household income has to be RM20k, means that each one of them has to be RM10k/mth and that's after ddt of tax & epf.
I know it sounds unbelievable but it's the truth.

the average fresh grad. income has to be at least RM3000 to RM3500 which rounded at RM42000/annum. A country with GST your minimum wages has to be this, not something RM1000/mth.
ppl with this income are entitled with some basic medical welfare, children's edu welfare in different categories form new born till 18.

sound unrealistic but it's true. when a country implement gst, it's a blood sucking system but this has to be given back to people. I'm not opposing GST as this would be pulling the gap nearer. WHAT I REALLY OPPOSING IS WHO'S HANDLING THOSE MONEY? a crook is a crook, sucking the hard earned money and telling ya it's our obligation to pay tax but on the other hand heading for shopping spree in europe. well, even ZAKAT can be used for paying someóne's hotel and tour fees. Mazlan the monkey telling jokes on how the gst implementation could reduce the price. Yeah, that's supposed to be but how many business corporation willing to do so as no monitoring being done, undertable ada lar...

Anyway, everytime went back malaysia always making me wanna stay back as this is my home. however, when think about the kids future, it pull my handbrake to settle down in malaysia. life is hard everywhere but not as hard as malaysia. i send quite a sum of money to support the family back home. can't believe during my uni time, AUD1 = RM1.80 and that's 15 years ago. those days people with PR willing to throw into the bin heading back home to push malaysia into developed country. Had a conversation with them now and they regret they did that....

how much average cost to take PR?

well yeah. basically RM20k is based on my scenario. you need to cater for 4 old men, 2 kids including medical and educations. when you reaching my age, it's different story.
i know that feeling, when your wages is on the pinch.

in australia, you need to work out the calculation thoroughly. high pay doesn't mean it's good coz the tax and benefit will took away most of your extras. few options you can get is asking the company provide you cars, fuel card and other gadgets like item. don't request allowances in monetary coz it entitled as income.
australia is very different system and structure so something need to learn and avoid getting too much tax. of course there's 'ways' to avoid tax too....

$20k per month in Australia? I think that's pretty on the high side right.

Erm pm me too if you have tips on tax, would love to hear them. Being paying too much tax and can't really do much without investment.

If i got wages @ AUD20k/month in malaysia, i won't even think about migrating

Depends on your priorities and yr objective in life.

No employer will just give u 30K for nothing.

RM30k/month could mean no work life balance.
RM30k/month could mean non stop karaoke and makan - detrimental to health
RM30k/month could mean no time with wifu or kiddies

Being in Oz
- become poor FINANCIALLY
- become rich in health, family relationships

Which one u want.

I live in Melbourne. I was lucky enough to get a job within 3 weeks and settled in.
Still renting though. Even auctioned houses are going for really extravagant prices here.

Its funny that friends back home seem to think its more affordable to buy property here in Oz. Buying a car here is cheap but property is way harder to get here than back in bolehland.

Reason why i can't move.  Aus only offers me a little more but with high taxes!   

So i have to take the plunge and send me kids to Aussie Universities.

I second that! Move with your family. The kids development need both father & mother together!

I used to work in Vietnam few months back and my household income was about USD7k. I gave up that and migrate to aus together with my kids. I'm still looking for opportunity in aus after spending 1.5 months here.

Best to move as a family. Provided you are still young!   

i have already established my career in Malaysia. So can't move now. So the kids will go.