I went through the partner visa (defacto). Are you married to your partner? If so a marriage certificate will definitely ease the entire process. Mine took 3 months in total but was given a TR.

is it easy for malaysian to get an IT job there?

yes i am software enginner / programmer in MALAYSIA

but i wish to change to other role(related with IT) as I already tired with this job.

Guys, what kind of private insurance you guys choose here? I'm not PR yet and need it to cover my kids vaccine. Any recommendation? Thanks.

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...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....

i got 3 malaysia insurance but surrendered all.
bear in mind in some cases might not be necessary to surrender.

If u serve the insurance for more than 10 years, suggest to continue on. there's investment link involve and there's some big chunk there and still on going will increase the $$. So just be wise.
If lesser than 5 years can let it go.

take note the malaysian insurance doesn't cover overseas. if u're travelling more than 1 month, there's no coverage on that.
so why should i keep it?

life yes, don't think medical card is... you cannot claim if you are out of malaysia for a certain period, need to check further with my agent, not exactly sure on this one

I am sure for your skills and expertise you can get $7000-8000/month after tax.
But you are already doing good with your own property 
And also able to blend in well with the people here.

More than half a year here and I am still working on my language, haha
It's not the Australian accent that I'm having trouble with
But those people with strong Irish accents...I can't get what they say at times 

Buddy you say that if you earn enough back in Malaysia you would prefer to stay there
But don't you think the lifestyle here is so much better?

While my Singaporean friends migrate due to
1. Afford to buy properties + cars = better lifestyle
2. Less stressful/hectic life there
3. Kids
4. Retirement

what u guys waiting for? degree is nothing. go to tafe and get cert3 &4 can become rich dy

I actually have a few questions, wonder if anyone can enlighten me. Here is some background of me myself.. Currently pursuing my final semester, Bachelor's Degree majoring in Accounting, Banking and Finance in Monash University Malaysia, and just sat for my first CPA Australia Paper a week ago. Enrolled myself into CFA (Perhaps not a wise choice but this is not the focus at the moment).

So here's my story:
My brother have gained his 189 and I am also looking to apply for a PR right after graduation. It seems the best route for me at the moment is 489 --> 887 which I think both the 489 and 887 is regional and requires me to stay at Victoria (cause my brother is in Victoria, Melbourne). I did consider 189, however getting a band score of 8 in all areas of IELTS seems achievable but I may have to take a couple tries (and not sure if it is worth trying so many times, RM750 each time is a lot for me as I don't come from a rich family and I have worked part time ever since completing my SPM).

I have been to Melbourne and Tasmania and pretty kinda like the lifestyle there (but it was on holiday and not work so it's still pretty hard to judge). My brother being a civil engineer graduate, have settled for a mechanic job (which pays lesser than what an engineer could earn but according to him it is difficult to get a job related to his degree and it could be for my case as well, but for him, lifestyle in Australia matters more. Of course I could feel he is a little sad not being able to find a job that is related to his degree although he bottles it up most of the time, he always tries to be more positive).

Okay, so the idea I get from my brother compared to Malaysia is, I get better lifestyle and work-life balance in Australia but I may most likely not be able to find a job that is related to my degree. Furthermore being a fresh graduate, I have no experience. One of the advice I have gotten from my brother's friend is to embark on a free labour in Australia perhaps for half a year to a year (if I can self support) in order to gain experience and hold a slightly better competitive edge compared to the local graduates.

So I guess my question is, what are the best advice I can receive? It seems to me if I stay on in Malaysia, my route would most likely be working in big 4 (for at least 3 years to fulfill my CPA Practical experience to become a Charter) which is renowned as being slave driver industry (I know I'm not suppose to complain as my early working years should be focused on learning), land myself in better bigger commercial experiences, but cost of living in Malaysia as we all know is crazy, political situation is always unstable, and safety issues are another thing. Plus, if i choose to go to australia next time, it seems I may have to start all over again from bottom as they don't recognize Malaysian working experience. (that is also if they decided not to remove all the accounting jobs from the SOL list, which they have been discussing to remove it every year)

However, if I embark to go on to Australia, it seems I may have to do kitchen hand jobs, and it may be for quite some time before I can land myself in a degree-related job (this is a risk however), and it also seems to be it is not possible to climb to a very high position in Corporate, perhaps until middle management only as it I heard Aussies are also quite racist (just that they don't show it). But the plus point is, although I don't get to perhaps earn big bucks in the further in Aussie (well, it could be doubtful I would in Malaysia as well), I get work-life balance, more time for family and myself in future, more safety and more political balance.

Another route that I can think of would be to start of in Singapore a few years first and move on to Aussie later (as it may be easier to get a degree related job in Singapore) and I heard Australians recognize singapore working experience. Hence would perhaps be easier to land myself in a degree related job in Australia as well.

So, question is, again, what would be the best advice I could use? Is my perception of these related matters right? If not, please enlighten me and I do understand the future poses for a lot of uncertainties and one could never really tell how and what would the future hold. But ultimately, for me, work-life balance and standard of living is of utmost importance for me, to have more time for myself to learn more new skills and explore (so it's not just work work work work work work work.. the longest life imprisonment ever...) and the ability to support my lifestyle (which I'm pretty sure in Malaysia it's tough.. Just one housing loan alone enough to set a bombshell on you).. I understand the property market in Melbourne is crazy as well but houses that are further away from the city is still pretty much affordable I think.. (and their transportation system is so efficient! So, I see no fuss being further away from the city).. In Malaysia, it's impossible to not own a car.. Own a car also susah! Everywhere jam..

Sorry for the long post! Hope to gain some response! Thanks

Dai lou ar, no visa for him how can he worked??? Door also don't have