First, it's ETA not visa. Visa is 200 aud and need to take picture etc. ETA only $20 and USED TO BE instant for Malaysian, becasue it's supposed to be like the white card you fill in to Singapore. Singapore still instant without supporting docs, but guess why Msia need now? Jokers abuse the visa free policy for Msia to jump aeroplane and be bangla, so now everyone else suffer.

Family members or not no difference. It's your age profile. Your parents got approved because they old so Aus gov assume they are less risky of overstaying aka jump aeroplane. If you 20s-40s Aus gov would need proof that you will come back to Malaysia and not jump aeroplane. Don't simply say things when you don't understand.

Sorry to ask, but I thought Malaysians are entitled to ETA?

I’m still on my Malaysian passport but because I’m an Australian PR, visas don’t apply to me, so I tumpang tanya, thanks

None. I applied for skilled independent visa as. Malaysian citizen, Singaporean PR (hence needed police cheeks and clearances from both countries). Mine was the old 175, if I’m not mistaken.

My friends got theirs recently after 1 to 3 days after submitting their documents.

I have a licence as a recognised specialist in Australia and coupled with my PR status, that allows me to run my practice on a part time basis whenever I’m back in Sydney every alternate month. My main practice is still in Singapore.

Yes. It’s points based. Very transparent

Can’t remember… it was nearly what, 15 years ago. I’ve just been renewing the RRV initially once every 5 years, but now yearly

Are you keen to apply as well, or are you already a PR?

Haha. Yeah. I’m a slow burn fuse kind of guy. I asked /k for an opinion on what Porsche to buy and took nearly 3 years to report back that I finally bought it… selowpuki, I believe is a term that is brandished here ever so often…

i applied for ETA and got an email to ask me fill up form and attach more docs. i submitted shit tons of docs though - my bank statement, investment/FD, accommodation reservation, concert tics, mortgage loan agreement.. i hadn’t bought flight tics that time since they also recommended not to buy before getting your visa approved

got approved in 3 days. going to sydney for taylor swift next year

just bought flight tics during matta fair sale.. 2.9k return burn wallet sia

i think i submitted more than 20 docs lol… mostly for the financial section, where i submitted 6 months bank and FD statements even though they said they just needed 3.. i was like screw this, might as well submit more just to prove that i’ll be coming back. i also submitted my employment offer letter, house loan etc. quite troublesome but might as well. i wasnt gonna pay extra again

Congratulations bro. With the ease you obtained your ETA, it looks very likely that your PR application is going to be a shoo-in as well. All the very best and keep us updated please.

Getting ETA is easier this year compared to last year. A few tricks make life easier -
1) apply as a family group. Grandma, pa, ma and a 21yrs old child. All got within an hour except for the child need more documentation - submitted employment letter and parents’ financial statements (kid just started working, so not much savings to show). What they wanna see is you can cover your trips or expenses while travelling. Since apply as a family group, assumptions will be you are going with them.
2) the child went 1st time last year (20 year old, student then). Maybe record is there, not flight risks. Hence this year going again just to maintain a clean record.
3) friend’s kid, 22 years old just graduated. Applied for own self with own financial statements- rejected.
The Aus immigration also placed their own officers in KLIA. So don’t think just because got ETA, you won’t get kick out of the flight. Years of observations have honed their skills in picking up “suspicious” characters.

Next time you are at the KLiA boarding gate, keep your eyes wide open. You should see 1-2 immigration officers there. They do turn away those with ETA.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-10/mala...lumpur/11402360
Just went during May this year. Saw two officers at KLIA boarding gate. People applied online, fraud such as putting in money to beautify the bank account, fake employer letters and etc.

Plain clothes officers. I have no idea what they will ask cause never got stop but I am not surprised they could be observing people who are sitting at the boarding gate while waiting to board. Maybe they pick on those people whose body language are giving out some funny vibes?. They are there all the time, any flights going out of KLIA to Australia

Yep it's true. I went to Australia in 2017. Work trip with 2 others. There's aus officer right at the boarding gate in KLIA.

Mind you we're boarding SIA business class and the company we're working with is big MNC. Still kena question. When touch down at Australia side, kena question again.

The flight I boarded bound for Bali (The flight will fly to Australia after stopping at Bali) has two blonde officers wearing full black uniform with the name "Border Force". They actually look at your behavior. Got this guy randomly stopped and questioned, then subsequently denied boarding. He was planning to go backpack and his dressing quite sloppy with Japanese slippers.

I think key is to make yourself look presentable.

Quite sad to think that the 2nd most powerful passport in ASEAN is treated like this ....

Look presentable also kena. The one who went with me was senior manager level lagi. we all chinese, malay, indian (1 malaysia). I wore t-shirt, jeans, sneakers.