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 [AMA] I immigrated to Australia early 2022, Ask me anything!

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mowlous
post Jun 11 2023, 02:31 PM

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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?
mowlous
post Jun 11 2023, 06:19 PM

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QUOTE(Salary @ Jun 11 2023, 03:17 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).
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The last time I went to Tasmania trough Melbourne I got "random" search twice at the airport to and back because I look fat laugh.gif ....... anyway I probably did not elaborate properly. My "lively activity" is more of a going to book store for books and a cup of coffee , board game shop, hobby shop etc ...... I barely get to do any of those. I suppose they don't chime with that kind of chill activity? Is it a crime if there are business operate at wee hours?
mowlous
post Jun 11 2023, 09:14 PM

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QUOTE(Salary @ Jun 11 2023, 06:30 PM)
Haha my bad, yeah those places usually close at 5pm. You’ll also find that for a lot of small businesses, sometimes they close on short notice when they don’t have enough workers. With the minimum wage at $21 (rising to $23 soon), small businesses can’t afford to employ too many people. Having people work after 5pm will cost businesses more as well as they usually pay >1.5x more. I think that’s probably why they don’t open longer hours.
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Pretty sure you have experience more then I do over there, just sharing a nice spot. Visit cape leeuwin lighthouse at dawn on cloudy days, best scene ever. I was there on a very cloudy day with lights of ray piercing dark cloud turning the hills with glimmering gold spots all over the place. Its the most beautiful thing that ever burn trough my skull. Heavenly in short.

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