Are there any discrimination to the Malays? These should be allowed:
1. Mosques with loudspeakers
2. Halal eateries with stickers
3. Prayer times embedded in employer culture for 5 times a day?

Hope Aussie is understanding

I don't think you will get those. Halal eateries maybe. You have to adept to their culture and not they adept to yours.

This post has been edited by Ramjade: Jun 14 2023, 03:16 PM

I think the level of concessions you can expect from Australians about this depends on whether you care about being seen as a "community hero" or "assimilated newcomer".

As an example Lebanese and Somalians in Australia seem to have successfully imposed a lot of parts of their culture in Australia, you will need to read up on modern Australia to discover what I'm talking about.

Halal eateries already exist in Australia too ... easiest would probably be McDonald's or KFC

This post has been edited by AnimeSinceForever: Jun 14 2023, 04:35 PM

Suggest you stay back in Malaysia. You have all those here. Why bother to migrate?

Want everything ma.

Personally I only know two cases (but I’ve heard more).

One’s a driving instructor who I engaged when I first arrived - he had a pretty grim view of the country and was a civil engineer. Upon hearing I’m an engineer too he shook his head and said I made the wrong decision and that I will never get an engineering job here. Kept complaining about how the government likes to take all his money and he still couldn’t save up enough deposit to buy a home in his 50s, but ironically he was operating on cash terms only.

The other’s a buddy of mine. Works as a field specialist with Schlumberger. Wife doesn’t work. He’s really struggling now that the cash rate has risen and is considering refinancing his home loan.

Yes, but home ownership is expensive.

I had a colleague who did that. He applied for PR for himself and his whole family, once granted, his wife and kids went off and settled in Australia while he continued working in Malaysia and eventually landed a job in the middle east. He’s not subjected to Australian tax laws as he’s not a tax resident.

Either you do something similar, or you send your kids here as international students. You’ll keep your Malaysian citizenship for both options. However, if you choose to work in Australia, you’ll be subjected to Australian tax laws.

This post has been edited by Salary: Jun 15 2023, 06:42 PM

I still had to go through the skills assessment through EA. It’s a single process that assesses your qualifications and experience if I recall correctly. As I did not include my years of experience through my skills assessment with EA (and SkillSelect), they only assessed my qualification, as in my degree/masters, which is still a requirement.

Can’t beat a committed mother indeed

Can give example of how much more expensive vs KL?

Because almost every country in the world would say their property are overpriced etc etc etc

This post has been edited by askingquestion: Jun 15 2023, 07:10 PM

1. Kids were a huge factor, which probably makes up around 70% - 80% of our motivation to move. Putting that aside, I would say poor political outlook and limited work-life balance, but both aren’t big factors at all. I don’t think Malaysia will fall anytime soon, definitely not in my lifetime, but if PAS does take over it’ll probably go downhill from there, but by then I’ll probably have more than enough money to not be affected by it and I don’t have any future generations to worry about either.

2. Having a good command of English will only help you get through the language barrier, but the bar isn’t set very high. Workplace etiquette, communication styles, hierarchical structures, etc. are something that most migrants will need to assimilate into, but Malaysians are generally okay if they’ve used predominantly English for business communication in their past work experiences and worked in MNCs where the working cultures are akin to their Western counterparts. It’s hard to explicitly list every differences, but one of the biggest differentiator is that Australians love taking the piss out of each other constantly, and you can’t do that in Malaysia without pissing off people. Also, it may be common to hang out with your colleagues outside of working hours for leisure activities, but it doesn’t really work that way here other than for a couple of beers and maybe the odd cycling session.

3. Unfortunately no, not within my circle of friends as they all migrated under skilled migration, so they’re all white collar professionals. I’ve heard of older folks migrating much, much earlier as a mechanic/baker/cook etc and have done well, but I’ve never personally met any yet.

Funding is only one factor. Homesickness and not being able to assimilate into the local society is the biggest driver I reckon. Being on holiday here and actually living here are completely different.

Haiz. Btw any good and reliable accountant you can reocmmend? Might need one there to deal with their taxes if I decide to move.

This post has been edited by Ramjade: Jun 15 2023, 07:55 PM

Thanks. Shouldn't be much of a hurdle then but let's get the funds ready in case situation gets nasty. I've just gotten a boost in the career so will continue growing the fund. Though if we're comparing/swinging dicks on occupation, then mine isn't exactly 'up' there.

I wish you well.

House is pretty much the same, but the cukai Pintu and cukai Tanah in Aussie is crazy high…

If you live in selangor, you practically don’t need to pay water bill… in Aussie, you pay very high water bill, high electricity bill plus there’s gas bill… heating is very expensive, e.g. my relatives in UK pay £300/month just for electricity

In Malaysia You can ask a Bangla or Pak Indon to paint your house, in Aussie you don’t have that option… anyone will quote you cut throat prices

This post has been edited by kenji1903: Jun 15 2023, 09:31 PM

Thank you, i will stay in Malaysia forever then.

The only thing I see in the list that’s not available here after 5pm is shopping. Everything else is available at every major city - including Adelaide and Perth (not sure about Darwin). Nightlife in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane is actually quite decent.

Can’t compare with the likes of London and New York, but definitely does hold it’s ground against Malaysia.

There’s only a single fee involved, which is charged by Wise and is incredibly reasonable. Their exchange rates are market exchange rates, and even factoring in their fees, I can still get better rates than anywhere else in Malaysia. I’m not sure how you ended up with three separate fees as the first and third fee you mentioned don’t exist.

Using bank transfer is the worst - on top of fees, their exchange rates are horrible. The best option I had was to use HSBC Premier, but even then Wise still works out to be much cheaper. The savings adds up especially when transferring 7 figures.

This is the way.

Yeah you might be able to get more using Sunway Money, it operates like Wise. I didn’t use them as I found out about them a little late and there were issues with registering and transferring just before I left the country.

1. I’m not sure if there’s an explicit law that doesn’t allow it, but there’s noise regulations in place that would prevent loudspeakers from being used. Come to think of it, I’ve not heard any church bells ring as well.

2. Most halal eateries and grocery shops will display their halal status.

3. Muslim employees are allowed to pray 5 times a day, that’s not a problem. My office has a prayer room for this purpose and for some of my contractor’s office, if they don’t have a prayer room, they’ll use a smaller meeting room.

Aussies are a pretty tolerant bunch.

This post has been edited by Salary: Jun 15 2023, 10:27 PM