congrat! where will you be going and when?

yeah... but the local brits have been telling me to go further away from central of London where things are much better at a more reasonable price...

even though my office is in central London Zone1, however I'm not expected to be around office most of the time cause I'm normally needed at project's client site.

I'm gonna go and get myself so nice clothes around Oxford Street tomorrow, since it's the fantastic sales period here...

p/s: what sort of work you are looking for?

regards,
simon

well, have you tried the job agencies around London? It's surely easier to hunt for a job through an agency. If I'm not mistaken, they don't charge you but your employer.

If not try places like jobplus center where they have this computer counters that you can view and print out vacancies.

Good luck to you in your job hunting. Wish me luck for my house hunting too

Regards,
Simon k.S. Wong

so, where do you live and where do you work? How much rent (inc council tax) do you pay?

£200 a week is all right, you will just hate to see the amount after tax deduction... it hurts...

when I was studying in Portsmouth (4 years ago), I worked a bartender for £5 per hour....

Regards,
Simon K.S. Wong

This post has been edited by simon_wks: Jan 23 2008, 07:01 PM

how's Stratford mate? I've set up an appointment to view a flat on Saturday in Stratford.

I'm also keeping an eye on Canada Water and Canary Wharf areas too.

Regards,
Simon

To fellow Malaysians in UK who will not be returning to Malaysia during Chinese New Year period... I wish you guys/gals Happy Chinese New Year and may the year of rat bring you lots of loving, lucks, prosperity, health, ...

Guess that I'll go down China Town in London to 'feel' the atmosphere of Chinese New Year celebration

Regards,
Simon

I have never been on SIA before, but comparing MAS to Emirates I would certainly go for MAS...

I provided my MyKad as the prove of address and they accepted.

They will send an online login id to your Malaysian address, but once you can get access to internet banking you may change your address to a UK address online.

If you are talking about Entry Clearance to the UK for work permit holder, it's within 5 working days.

If you ware talking about getting a UK work permit, it has to be done in the UK by your UK employer. Mine took about 1 month to process.

Regards,
Simon

When you get the entry clearance from British High Commission Malaysia, it's valid until the end of your work permit validity. You are allowed to leave and re-enter the UK with the same entry clearance. In other words, your entry clearance specifies your leave to remain; the immigration at the airport will not stamp in your leave to remain.

If you are changing your employment which will definitely involve termination of your current work permit and application of a new work permit, you will need to re-apply for a new entry clearance. This is because your entry clearance sticker in your passport is referencing to your work permit details.

Regards,
Simon

This post has been edited by simon_wks: May 1 2008, 04:42 AM

I don't know if there's any other way to do it. But I applied for mine at the British High Commission Malaysia. It's a definite headache, you need a lot of documents (i.e., cream color background passport photo, work permit, passport, qualification, bank statement...).

I wasn't called in for interview and I got mine approved within 5 working days and went to collect it.

sure, mate!

I'm using Talk Home which costs me GBP5 and has 2250 minutes talk time calling to Malaysian land line, and 1500 minutes talk time calling to Malaysian mobile. However it only lasts for 30 days.