Hello everyone, I believe nowadays there are many people in Malaysia would like to migrate to Australia as skilled workers or some even have lived in Australia for years as permanent resident (PR).

I believe many of them are active in Lowyat forum too, so I like to create this topic here for everyone who like to know more about migrating to Australia. As we know Australia government is changing their migration policy every year that's why many people are confused about their migration criteria. Different kind of occupations have different kind of requirements, it also depends on which state are you applying to migrate.

For example, what kind of issues have you faced when applying for migration? What kind of visa you applying for? What agency are you using? Are they good in providing service and advice?

If you don't mind please share you migration story here no matter you are applying, planning to apply, or even you are already a permanent resident or Australia citizen. We would like to know more stories of different kind of people from different kind of background.

This post has been edited by sendo7: Oct 19 2016, 05:51 PM

Just thought Ill share something for the benefit of all.

4years ago I got a company in Sydney to sponsor me for a 457 temporary work visa, because they needed someone with a specific skillset.

Everything was done online, the company lodged a nomination, and the immigration dept. got in touch with me to proceed with the application.

Within 2 months, I was already living in Sydney.

The natural progression for a 457 visa holder to permanent residency is a 186 Business sponsor visa, which he can apply for after working for 2 years with the same company.

Procedure is almost the same as applying for a 457 visa.

This is the safest and best way to get a PR.

I've seen too many malaysians coming here without a job only to crash and burn, working as waiters while hoping to get a proper job someday.

This post has been edited by thomasthai: Oct 19 2016, 06:49 PM

Don't go unless you've already secured employment.

U work in what position and industry?

Isn't it the same case with this guy?

https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...20&hl=australia

Yes, the rules are constantly changing and it's hard to keep track of these changes.

My advise, go to a few (not one) agent - get their advise specific to your situation and circumstances (esp the industry you are in).

Talk to family and friends who are already in Aus, better still if you have people whom you know who are in the same industry.

Pay a visit (holiday) for a couple of weeks to the place you intend to settle in - see if you like the people, culture, weather, etc (bearing in mind that there is a different being a tourist vs resident).

Ensure that you have enough buffer to come across. Decide if you want to go all in (i.e. sell off your house and move the whole family across) or keep one-leg still in Malaysia just in case you'd really don't like it.

Pray (if you are religious) about the move.

And then - take that leap of faith!

Good luck

don't go if you are afraid of trying

no company will going to hire/sponsor you a working visa unless you have a rare specific skill

i thought there's a similar thread?
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/3776619

and my advice for those who are planning to apply for subclass 189/190...
if you have no idea where to start, get a quote from a registered MARA agent, its free anyway...
from there try to DIY... unless you really have no time or have complicated issues, all the steps and docs needed are listed on www.border.gov.au

even if you are going for an agent, try to sort calculate your own score first and if needed, get your IELTS done ASAP...
i've seen cases where the visa application dragged for years cos that person wasn't able to get band 7 or 8 in all modules... its a waste of time and money...

This post has been edited by kenji1903: Oct 21 2016, 05:34 PM

frankly... i've yet to see someone who secured a job offshore...

This post has been edited by kenji1903: Oct 21 2016, 05:36 PM

Folks

Wanted to know if anyone knows of a shipping company / agency which has been helpful to ship household goods from KL to Sydney? I plan to only send boxes, not other stuff like TV etc. POS Laju is an option, but probably better rates with more specialized agency?

there's one i found called seven seas, looks not bad as they have an interactive estimator
the largest box i tried can fit a queen and king size mattress, 3 seater sofa, and still has space for 3-4 more boxes, around RM5k from KL to Melbourne
then another AUD500 from Melbourne to the place you live

if you do find any other info, do share bro, i'm looking for one also

Climate accustomization is very important indeed.

i was one of the lucky few that did

not hard to work overseas, many companies are hiring expats

own country not enough talent as usual

it doesn't make financial sense to employ someone overseas unless that person has some rare special skill set

different country, have different needs

even general skills also enough

important is attitude

can share what kind of generals skills is enough to get a job in Australia?

well even hair dresser is qualified as i read before

not sure now

pretty sure if you go through that list have more

also why only look for australia, many other countries you can go also

let's not get confused by a job qualified for PR application vs already having a PR and looking for a job

PR just means you are eligible to work legally in a country, doesn't mean you WILL get the job that you want

finally, you came into a Serious Kopitiam thread that specifically states Australia on the title and trolled on it

its true and i am not trolling... not this time -,-

i do troll other serious kopitiam before too!

If you guys are wondering if your occupation is demanded on Australia states and what kind of requirement for your occupation to apply Australian visa, I highly recommend this website called ANZSCO Search .

https://www.anzscosearch.com/

Just sign up and login with your username and password, and search your occupation. It will list down which states is opening for your occupation/skills. Also, ANZSCO Search is constantly updating their occupation database of every states.

Hope this helps

Thanks mate. That's the one I have found as well. Fairly positive reviews on another forum specific to NZ migration. Just that my shipping needs are much less, so they may be higher scale than I need. I have also checked with UPS and their rates are quite good (KL to Aus is in Zone 2 for them so good rates). I will let you know what else i find.

i'm still considering which to use, cos if its too expensive, i might just forego the larger items then just send small items only

thanks bro

Been there, done that, bought a bumper sticker.

Be frank with your abilities before you migrate and ask yourself what you can offer over a local. If you still come up with something, then by all means apply. If not, you're wasting your time and money.

My hubby got invitation to apply for SA today.

However, due to current situation, any peeps out there could advise us?
As my baby is due in another 4 months, I cant go for Xray and bodycheck.

what can we do? I heard that we can ask DIBP to defer and set our application aside, and do the healthcheck once baby delivered. and then apply me and baby together as dependant.

Is this true? Will they discard my hubby application?

if you already have a case officer assigned to you, you can email them and let them advice you on your situation

from what i read, you can always ask for an extension if you need more time to provide any documents that they request for

good luck and congratulations

Thank you

Mind sharing what u had over the locals when u move overthere?

The last sentence is the category where my already successfully migrated relatives are in.

To my knowledge, they are the only ones who have managed to secure their PR without involving much of their life living as undocumented immigrants.

I am not just referring to Australia, the other western countries as well.

I have quite a number of friends and acquaintances who have had (or still are) trying to secure employment that is relevant in their field and in turn secure them PRship by working in convenience stores on minimum wage.

It's fine if it pays off within a couple of years and you get your PR after being successfully employed in the field you're in, but it's unwise if you're just gonna arrange stock in a grocery store in a Melbourne suburb, lose out your mid 20's years and not accumulating experiences in your relevant work field here in Malaysia.

I have known far too many people (and am likely to know more in the future now that so many of us Malaysians want to GTFO of the country with our economy going to the dogs) who have wasted their youth away and end up returning with little savings and too old to secure what that is meant for fresh-graduates.

i.e. my ANU (one of the prestigious Go8 unis) engineering graduate nephew (who is in his early 30's) and refuses to come back ever since he graduated about 5 years ago, after all these years failing to secure employment in his field (still is, the last I heard) he's still doing minimum wage work in an unrelated field. His justification? His wage is already more than what he would be paid in fresh graduate salary here as an engineer in Malaysia. He doesn't ever take into consideration that you don't get paid fresh graduate salary for 5 years straight (at least it's not the norm, any way)

One day, in our opinion, he'll return, and when he does, god knows how is he going to progress, both career-wise and in life. Still no PR, btw.

True that. When I decide to take the plunge and move over permanently, ie aka to retire permanently in Australia, I will do so on my terms, on my rules and on my time.

Of course, the difference is I intend to go over from a position of strength and from a position of financial power. I am not going there to stack shelves at Coles or Myers.

Do not mention anything about fruits especially apple later kana kick back to malaysia luls

Hi guys,

Thought I'd tumpang this thread. I'm currently trying to apply for AU visa, and I have some questions regarding translating the relevant documents, in particular the birth certificate. Does anyone know where I can do this? Thanks in advance.

Sharing only. Friend grad with eng degree in aus, failed to secure a proper eng job (in not surprised with typical msian communication capacity). Multilingual but useless if can't master one. Accepted job as a techie doing 20/hr, close to the min wage. Non exec freelance worker. Worked a year then got pr around thr (2016). Happy with life, renting and living frugally at Sydney.
Promotion prospect = negative outlook. Perm contract conversion = negative outlook.

Dunno why gotta take life till so jit toh.. The poison of short term thinking among our generation + fuel of bad prospect of beloved Malaysia?

Hi all, as an undergraduate, i am planning to study in Australia and probably try to get a job and get pr. Any tips or tricks i can use to get a job there? Part-time or full-time, i just want to get a livin. Thx.

Persatuan Penterjemah Malaysia, RM80/doc if not mistaken

That will work if you are in UK... in Australia its study --> apply PR --> work

do you reckon he will do better if he comes back to Malaysia?

Owh. Do you think that i can apply Work & holiday visa and work there for a period of 1 year? Does the chance of getting a full time job there high as an engineer?

there's limitation in work holiday visa... you might need to check that out

I'm not judging him tho. As long he's happy with it then it's fine. Bangla coming our country and happy with min wage so... diff ppl diff views n path of success. If me I'll rather start locally with good prospects and move in after I build certain skills

That makes the bulk of the skilled migration... but it also depends on luck, unless u have niche skills, else it's still difficult to find a job overseas... why choose a foreigner over a local?

Just wanna ask if anyone here got their Australian PR under Visa 190 State Sponsorship?

This thread is more active
https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...&#entry84331429

Hi, its helpful... I am 32 and my husband is a IT professional would like to make a move to Australia on next
year end.

Few friends gave us some suggestions as below:

1) Go by TOURIST VISA, find a place to study..convert Visa to student Visa and get the husband and Child to be in dependent Visa

2) Go by STUDENT VISA for ME ( SHORT COURSE) , Go alone first .. get a job within 6 months and settle down after that get the husband and child to move

3) Get the PR here in Malaysia itself( which we are NOT AFFORDABLE ) at the moment

4) Get offer letter for my husband for MIT from any university and I go with dependent VISA

We have few friends and church members in Australia, definitely they could assist us once we are there .However we dont want to be Homeless
and as they are also in the stage of building own life, we dont want them to get interrupted by our presence too[/SIZE]

Non of the above will get you legal residency....

Anyone apply Skilled Regional visa (subclass 489). This is a 4 years provisional visa. Once granted, within 4 years, you or your spouse must live 2 years and work 1 year in a specified regional area in Australia?

There are very few 489 invites each round....in single digits only....

Since July when they switch from fortnightly to monthly rounds of invitation, only 10 each....

https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/WorkinginAus...tion-round.aspx

This post has been edited by limeuu: Sep 7 2018, 08:54 AM

HI All,

I am reinitiating this topic to know about the ACS process. If anyone recently done the ACS for computer related assessment, please advise.

May I know what is the right document for below category?

Official government tax records or documents that may include payment summaries, group certificates or notices of assessment (citing company and applicant name)

thanks in advance,

R