I'm posting on LYN about curb stomping animals. Which is a neat job, just that when winter comes, business isn't good

Balanced stance iz always best.

Not all dental plans include complex surgeries like a root canal. And most impose a time limit before you can make any claims.

Generally it's up to you. I use Mondial.

For teeth my advice is buy tickets, fly back, get teeth done, fly back again. It will still come out cheaper :

Sappork. Say tak nak to boost juice.

The best 2 drinks evar are Red Bull and Mt Franklin (which tastes like Malaysian pipe water......my favourite!)

1) Yes. You will have to pay the full fee for the visa. Should be about 480.

2) Depends. Was your last medical done more than one year ago? If yes, you will have to redo. Call medibank, they should be able to book you in.

You'll probably need to redo those medicals then. Suggest you make a booking fast. Wait times can be a month plus sometimes.

Oh yeah, remember to request a new ECoE.

Will cost about 200 bucks.


Better to ask for a new ECoE or not the application will "tergantung" for a bit.

For the speediest replacement, book visa medicals, a week before the medicals, ask for a new ECoE, then do your medicals, you should have your ECoE before your medicals are done.

When you apply for a new visa, the system will ask for your ECoE, key it in and get your TRF. Call IMMI, quote your TRF and ask for a case officer and send the medicals in. And you should get your visa in 2-3 days.

If you want even faster, deliver medicals by hand to local immi office and make application all at the same time.

A SOL type visa depending on what occupation you're nominating is usually faster. Mining Engineers in high demand areas usually get their PR processed in 3 months, with a job offer and state sponsorship, 3 weeks or less. Overall it depends on the you're nominating, the amount of other people in the same category, your geographical location (they give higher priority to regionals) and so forth.

Is there IT Biz on the list in the first place? Most people fail to consider that and go WTF WHY IS MY OCCUPATION NOT ON THE LIST?! And no, you don't have to work in your nominated occupation if you're applying for an independent PR.

Don't need to use an agent, waste of money. DIY is best. If you can read and understand simple english, you're overqualified. If you need docs certified, just go to a post office.

This post has been edited by empire23: Jun 18 2010, 11:55 AM

I suggest you look it up with the relevant vetting authority. Usually an ICT business analyst has a depth in business management and econs. Send your degree to the ACS and see what they have to say. They have the final say in the matter. I can say i'm an electronics engineer, but if EngAus says i'm a electrical, i'm electrical.

It's up to you really, most of us here can only choose skilled PR, also depends on what you get from the vetting agency.

Ayam nao in Cardiff. So sad, food here is even worse than Aus.

12 months is if you're lucky. And hopefully you're lucky that the wrong person doesn't win the election. Tony Abbot wants to clamp down on applications. Off shore applications are given the lowest priority, the average wait is 2 years and if your application is rejected all fees are non-refundable.

The minister for immigration was also recently given powers to set quotas as required and reject applications based on need.

You have to also prove you have the funds to live in Aus, which requires a certain deposit for a certain amount of time.

Your qualification being accepted depends on the vetting agency. You will have to write a something like a report, attach references, job scopes and all (should total 15 to 20 pages), your degree transcripts and you most likely will have to attend an interview. Pray that your interviewer is in a good mood. Also, your IELTS score required depends on the job you nominate. Engineers have a minimum requirement of Band 7 in IELTS to nominate their occupation, this is an EngAUS requirement, contact your vetting agency for more details.

Life......well......depends on where you live of course. I live regional, so it's redneckville for me, doesn't really bother me, i have thick skin so racial abuse isn't an issue, the weekly "fukken asian" "GTFO foreigner" is the usual, you learn to live with it.

Yeah, my friend onshore with a MEng from UQ, in a high demand occupation and work experience took 9 months to get his. Offshore apps are dem long.

As for me i'm just waiting for a letter from my Uni. I do all the documentation myself and skip the overcharging migration agents. Paying them 2 to 3 thousand dollars to stamp my docs when i can do it at Auspost for 50 cents a page is insanity.

It is up to the minister, you can score a bazillion points but if his wife didn't secks him last night and he lowers the quota or freezes applications, you're in deep shit.

Generally the EngAus system is like this. If you have an overseas degree you must.

1) Send over a few things,

First you need to request certification of your qualifications for your chosen ASCO code. (NOTE : They choose the ASCO code, not you. Again i don't suggest antagonizing them will calls, they might just give you a 30 point ASCO code for being annoying)

You'll need Certified copies of (must be a JP, judge, lawyer, Commissioner of oaths), these must include the Stamp, the Name and the contact details of the one that signs.

They usually charge about 500 dollars.

- Your final degree cert
- Your final degree transcript (lists all subjects, your grades)
- Description of subjects and their scope
- Any supporting evidence required

2) You'll usually get a reply requesting that you provide a report in regards to your duties and work. They'll give you a short summary of what you're required to write.

3) After that you'll have to fly to Aus on a tourist visa and go for an interview with a peer review board.

4) Ok, now you can nominate your occupation.

You will need to certify it in Australia. But you might need documentation from the UK in case you lost it.

Yes. That's just 1 step. Just to nominate your occupation on the SOL list.

My SOL is Electrical Engineer.

1) Suggest you get going to the ACS website and jump through all the hoops
2) Book your IELTS test
3) Go to your nearest Malaysian consulate and request a Certificate of Good Conduct

Then apply for your TR as a Recognized Graduate.

All of these can be found on the immi website.

None.



Just figure out the immi site, it's pretty understandable.

Not easy. My cousin just did 1 year of full time part timing working as a waitress and so forth before landing a 6 month contract with Santos.

If you don't have any insiders, it's effin hard to get a job. Find someone high up take em out for a few drinks and chance goes waaaay higher without the need to waste 2 years.

Either way i applied for my PR and they're yet to pass me a case officer. Here's to hoping they finish fast (Most onshorers get it in 1 year, during that time your profession can vary to flipping burgers at hungry jacks to farm work since no one will hire you without PR)

This post has been edited by empire23: Aug 22 2010, 03:35 PM

My cousin did her whole undergrad there.

You're better off asking for a job there and sponsorship from your company, but they have to do the paperwork to prove that they can't hire a comparable person in Australia and conduct a job search.

Post grad will cost you on average about 60k for 2 years, living expenses, about 25k if you live like a pauper in the city, your PR fee (assuming you have no dependents) about 3k with all the extra costs (no lawyer), if you want a job, you will have to buy a car so that's another 7k for a cheap clunker. Also your degree must be considered acceptable by the vetting authority IF your Masters isn't accredited by Engineers Australia (Only 2 unis offer an accredited masters, Uni of Melbourne and Uni of Sydney), they will charge 440 for this, then they will issue you your ASCO code for migration, without them, you essentially have no chance.

So that's 95k AUD which should be around 300k ringgit. That's a huge sum by any stretch.

Actually i think Edith Cowan university offers an accredited Masters program as well. But that's in WA, WA is balls. If your masters program is unaccredited, you must go through a CDR (Competency Demonstration Report), where you write a stupid report and they check your uni/course out to see if it fits minimum requirements, which is a bit of a gamble in itself.

Best advice to give if you want the easy way in is that Ausfags love piss, cheap piss, expensive piss, doesn't matter as long as there's tons of it, cheap girls are a bonus . That's how my friends landed their jobs. Go out with high rankers to the local for a few weeks, splash out on piss and then reap the benefits. I really LOL'D at people who think this country is somehow magically different than Malaysia.