Just over 4 months, but this was back in 2018.

which industry are you from?

I have stable business and millionaire in RM cash holding. Me and wife love Australia and have travelled there in the past.

We have tourist visa up to 1 year and able to stay up to 3 months per visit. Subclass 600

We would love to stay in Australia for longer than 3 months at one time but not intending to be permanent residents nor citizens because our of business in Malaysia.

We can still rent a place or vehicle in Australia as a visitor, so there is no reason for us to apply for PR. Or is there anything in between PR and subclass 600 which could give us more benefit and value.

Any suggestion on the above?

Thanks.

Last question, since you've walked this path, if let's say I get approved, how much money should I expect to bring to settle down comfortably for the first 2 months?

I have been trough most of aus at least once and it feels like after 6 lack of any activities. Is there pockets of place I have not been to that is lively?

Also I heard a lot of gaming restrictions and small servers allocated to aus. Is that true?

I know bringing food is a real hassle, what about things like sculpture, painting and antique? I use to buy them to bring back here but never the other way around.

Right now the only business connections I have with aus are digital services. Not sure if this could grow into migrating or not. But let's say I have rm200k and relatives that is already citizen, can I just get pr and start my own digital business there?

This.

This post has been edited by jojolicia: Jun 11 2023, 03:00 PM

My summarised budget for the first month was as follows:

One way flight tickets for 2 pax - (adjusted for current rates) $1,500
Hotel/AirBnB Stay (2 weeks) - $3,000
Car Rental (1 week) - $400
Rental bond (4 weeks) - $2,400
Rental (4 weeks) - $2,400
Furniture - $5,000 (I think we spent less, around 4K cause we bought mostly used furniture)
Car purchase - $25,000
Monthly expenditure (groceries, petrol, utilities, eating out etc) - $2k
Total: Around $42k - obviously depending on what vehicle you’re buying, this can go down or up quite significantly.

Oil & gas

Subclass 189 before moving. You must be a local uni graduate.

If that’s the case I guess you can continue your current arrangement but you wouldn’t be able to stay more than 3 months at a time.

There’s a lot of difference between being a PR and being a visitor, but most of those are only for those who would want to work and have a family here.

You’ll find it almost impossible to rent a long term place as a visitor. Your only options would be hotels, short term rental arrangements or AirBnB.

Everyone within my circle have gotten their 189/190 visa before they move, regardless if they’re a local or overseas grad, so I’m not sure what you’re implying.

I meant local as in au uni graduated. I got my 189 via aaca.

This post has been edited by jojolicia: Jun 11 2023, 08:30 PM

You hit the spot there for a couple of things

Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane has a lively drinking and clubbing scene after 6, but you can’t compare after hours activity levels to South East Asian countries. No contest.

Online gaming is pretty crap here as most servers are based overseas.

Anything that isn’t good and isn’t of a significant value are fine - just declare if you’re unsure. Customs are pretty anal to two things - anything that may endanger their agricultural industry (foreign meat, nuts, seeds, etc) and anything that may be linked to money laundering (i.e. high value goods).

For business migration, that’s a little different to skilled. Don’t quote me on this but I think you’ll need to invest around 7 figures AUD to set up a business here to be considered under business migration. Family sponsorship is only limited to spouse and children (even parents are difficult).

Yes I am, but doesn’t really matter as I only get 5 additional points as part of the process to get an invitation to apply. Most of my peers who migrated are Malaysian/UK grads.

Yes.
Anyway, those who are keen on subclass189 route, first go read up MLTSSL

So nice.so young earn so much already

let say, both of you guys accumulate more than half million ringgit, what plan will you do with that money ? biz or house?

I think we’re digressing a little here, let’s stick to Australia, shall we? Also I’m a lousy investor so you wouldn’t want my advise on money 😜

How’s the racism?

I have been doing some thinking lately. What makes you want to move over to australia?