Lucius,

There is nothing to fear about living in Australia and socialising with the locals (white) as I've lived and travelled in various states for over 30 years since i was a teenager.

Queensland is a vast country and a beautiful state in it's own right. If you have live in KL most of your life of course it will take time to adjust. I did too.

You just need a little patience. If you already have family and friends there, it should not be a problem. I have a KL childhood friend who recently remarried (lived in KL most of her life) to an american n had to move near Indianapolis, Midwestern US state n is coping well despite the deep snow in winter. She did it too.

The weather at sunny Queensland is very similar to KL. Very hot with 100% humidity. Winter is just great n much warmer than the southern state. I find Queenslander a lot more down to earth and sincere than the impatient city dwellers.

Generally in Aust, if you treat anyone with respect (regardless of social class) and are courteous you will get the same treatment. What I find most annoying about KL is, people there don't like say "Thank you", "Please" and the worse habit is queue jumping and double parking their cars.

If you plan to live here permanently in Aust you need to get rid of all your bad unsightly habits that you have acquired from living in Msia.

Most people here are friendly and to make new friends you just need to learn to start off with small talks. Eg. whenever I make new friends I don't look at their skin colour but would look at their heart and their attitude first. This is one of my key lesson in life.

Neither myself or my kids have experienced any racial abuse here. My kids were born and bred here and have many friends of different nationality. They never had any social barriers with any blond and blue eyes white people. My kids had stayed over at their homes, shared their food and clothes and vice versa throughout their school years. We even mingle with their parents.

This post has been edited by ssurrey: Oct 13 2016, 01:50 PM

Well said, well said. Hear hear. Truer words have rarely been spoken!

Kudos! Especially in bolded part. I work in a management field and i deal with a lot of people daily. Most of them are educated fella but yet attitude sucks. Never bother to say "Thank You" or at least reply with a smile. I have heard about racism in australia but thank god i didn't encounter any when i was in australia. i meet bunch of good and friendly people in australia and i always find chance to go australia long long in once.

This post has been edited by Angry Birdie: Oct 13 2016, 03:42 PM

yups already sailing about 10 years.if I migrate I will choose between Australia or Japan.Their mindset is totally different than us...but then I still love Malaysia (minus the politic)

Brexit won't happen lol we all know that

yeah true coz raves are a rare sight in msia nowadays, right ?

To be honest, I do look forward to migrate to Aussie too. But my biggest worry is how to secure a job, then only adapting to the culture, people etc.

I am still figuring out how to enter into their job market. Any idea guys? I've been told to apply thru jobsmonster etc but not accomplish anythg.

Help help!

Wow you are moving earlier than me. I got my PR in 2014. Been dragging my time here and i have to go by 2017.

I have the same worries as you too albeit i am single.

Gonna park here and look at the responses. Its true that you will have doubts when you earn sufficient here only to see yourself starting all over again in another country.

I studied in Australia for 2 years and i like the life there. That's why i chose to move. But to give up a job that i really love and pay that i would say more than sufficient... its really a big decision.

Hopefully it will be the right decision.

Keep it up. You are going with your partner. At least there is a moral and mental support there for you.

This post has been edited by adrianteo: Oct 14 2016, 03:04 PM

thanks for the understanding bro :-)

Bro, 2017 is only a couple of months away. If you don't make the move soon, I reckon you will never make the move in the end. I faced the same dilemma because I was comfortable where I was, making more than enough doing what I did and generally was extremely happy with my life in Singapore. I ended up wasting two PR visas and it was only when I neared what I felt was possibly my last throw of the dice (since I was going to be at the age where migration would be next to impossible soon), that I decided to finally get off my butt and do something concrete about it.

Luckily for me, the new category of the significant investor visa appeared just in time to save my sorry ass. So now I have a whole chunk of my assets locked up in Australia, and although that's a financial inconvenience, at least it allows me to continue being where I can maximize my business opportunities and still have one final chance to retire in Australia when it's time to call it a day

Mind sharing how u did it?

Check out DIBP Visa 188 convert to Visa 888. I used that route (and a good MARA registered migration agent).

What business have u invested in?

The mining industry isn't doing really well right now so yea they probably need people to revitalize their economy. Shouldn't be difficult.

2 businesses actually. I run a small boutique property development business - we mainly buy old houses or land and either rebuild/modernize an old house or develop houses on new land. Six months ago, my brother who lives in Sydney and I, together with some partners, started another venture. We are buying commercial properties to turn into medical centres.

Hope that helps.

Yup. Already bought my one way ticket. Most of the major preparation has been done. Now left with getting a job there.

Definitely not going to let go of my pr so easily. I guess i just have to embrace a new change.

wow grats!!

but how u get the PR in first place? curious..

Any chance or residing in Melbourne?

My network is in Sydney, so that's where I'll end up when the time is right

eh, since TS has a PR, doesn't that mean he would be entitled to unemployment benefits??

if that's the case, then no need to worry too much.