I'm a msian with PR here in Perth for 6 yrs, can PM me if you have questions.

Generally if you say you can move here on another temporary visa which also allows you to work (assuming), then it is better to get here first and start working right away. Gain at least 2 or 3 years of AU experience then apply for other permanent visas on shore. This way your chances of getting the visa you wanted is higher, as you are an on-shore applicant, and you pay taxes, your chances of getting the visa is higher and faster IMHO. Heck you can even try to get your employer to sponsor you if you're lucky....

Note: I am not sure what "other visa" do you mean exactly , and most employers here will not hire if you do not own a visa which allows you to work.

This post has been edited by rg470: Apr 9 2018, 03:22 PM

If you are good enough to be offered an employer sponsored visa (which is recently being revised and made stricter), then I assume you are good at what you are doing (your job). If that is the case, try negotiate with the employer later to get an employer sponsored permanent resident visa. Unless your employer has already said upfront that they don't do that.....

This post has been edited by rg470: Apr 9 2018, 03:57 PM

Grossing between $250k to $500k in O&G and you're good at it is pretty normal here.

Yes of course. Usually with that kinda income stream, you'll have to have some sort of trust fund to reduce your taxable income.

There is currently a long wait for applicant who do not meet the RRV requirements. I got a fren who tried to apply RRV onshore, waited for almost 5 months before being approved for 1 year. Stuck there for 5 months

However, if you meet the requirements, the approval is almost instantaneous.

If you do not fulfil the "2 out of 5 years" condition, be prepared for a long wait for your application to be processed. Whether they will grant you or not depends on your circumstances, for example e.g. cultural ties (family ties in AU), own any businesses in AU etc....

For those who are unsure how they calculate your length of stay, they actually calculate from the day you submit your RRV application and look 5 years back. So you have to calculate your total length of stay 5 years back and hope that the total is 730 days or more. If you do not keep a record of it, you may request a "Form 1359 - Request for international movement records". It is a free service, and you may do it just via email.

Form 1359

In terms of the question of on shore or off shore application, my personal opinion is it does not seem to make much of a difference from AU point of view. However it does from an applicant point, because if ever you not granted/denied your RRV application, and you applied off shore, it pretty much means that you've lost of PR (however I heard there are other means of to fix this, but very tedious and costly) . On the contrary if you were to apply onshore, even if you are not granted RRV, you can still stay in AU indefinitely. Wait until you have accumulated the minimum of 730 days of stay then apply again. The only catch is while waiting, you cannot leave AU.

This post has been edited by rg470: Nov 12 2018, 02:07 PM

It is a small price to pay, if you can afford for a PR application in the first place. For those who do not full fill the RRV requirements obviously are enjoying "the best of both worlds" circumstances (has considerable income from native country or outside AU), even if you may need to apply that yearly or half-yearly. The only catch is the risk of not being granted, and the stress of going through the long wait during the application process.

You may find all the info in this link below:

https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getti...sting/child-802

Any documents which are not in English will have to be translated via a translator.

Good luck

With no tax ceilings

As for EPF, which is known as "superannuation" here, its 9.5% by both employer and employee, although employee (yourself) can opt to increase it up to $25k AUD per year before ATO will come down hard on you on additional taxes.