Dont go to Aus

last SG · 2009-01-09T12:18:17+00:00

the country is going down the drain, due to its protectionism policies. i thot it is a slow pace country, cool and yet very flexible...u must hv love it ver...

Kuali Baba SG

Permanent Residency isn't going to fall into your lap just because you study there. It's the same in lots of places, where the priority is to keep their own citizens employed. It's tough luck that you come from S'pore where it isn't the case so you jolly well get over yourself or suck thumb.

Worldlybusinessman SG

singapore has shortage of workers in the lower end of the working sector, so need to import foreigners. But again , there is no discrimination in singapore, for hiring them. Unlike Aus, which ask for PR.

Rhonda SG

Even experienced professionals like Doctors, Judges, and Registered Nurses have to go through the rigorous processes involved in getting PR. One Migration Agent from Singapore even told me how this Singapore Judge who has written countless legal books and is highly regarded in the Singapore Judiciary had to go through the IELTS exam as well when he decided to retire in Australia! No one is exempted from the at times horrible rules and ridiculous regulations of the Immigration Dept here. But you know what... nobody here forces people to apply. If you choose to apply, you'll just have to meet their requirements.

I know of lots of Singaporeans who faced the same angst you have when we first migrated here. But we have slowly, in our own ways, learnt to deal with it. The thing is, if you choose to visit someone's house and stay there, you don't go around tearing their curtains down and re-decorating their place. Sure initially you will fret and complain and whinge, but in the end, what matters is that you roll up your sleeves, have dinner together, and then help wash the plates as well. We do our part to integrate. It's not a perfect place to be - I don't think Utopia exists anywhere here on earth. But since we have chosen to come, we make-do with whatever we have, and try to make the best of it. If we really cannot tolerate things here, no one is stopping us from packing up and going.

So the issue is, unlike back in Singapore where you have the rights of citizenship and can kpkb, over here, you can kpkb all you want and no one will really bother to listen. PR is a privilege and the country has the right to issue or refuse your application for whatever reason, reasonable or otherwise. The entitlement mentality that is nurtured in Singapore soil won't hold here.

Say, what do you think you have to offer to Australia that they die-die HAVE to issue you a PR without you having to lift a finger anyways?! I have paid an astronomical amount in taxes since I've arrived here, and I'm a professional with years of experience under my belt and yet, the onus still remains on them if they will issue me with a PR or not because very simply put, I'm not on home soil so I'm subject to their laws.

Kuali Baba SG

Do you even know what you're saying? Or are you going to blame someone else's pot-smoking habit next?

*Addressed to the "worldly" person*

Worldlybusinessman SG

if they ask u to sell yr body to them, will u subject to that too? dont be idiot.

eagle SG

I just hope TS is not a Singaporean as well... Pls don't come to Singapore

Singapore will be to you a so called hypocritical country that lures thousands of foreigners from poor countries (actually millions) to get their money from income taxes, CPF and GST

Kuali Baba SG

If you want to remain unreasonable, then you won't find yourself welcome anywhere else in the world. You're way down the pecking order which clearly states that citizens come first. You're just a guest so who are you to dictate things?

fishbuff1 SG

i'm now an Oz PR and together with heaps of ex-sg professionals, we have a good life here.. now im thinking of going to either bribie island, sunshine coast or surfer paradise to laze around the beach. life is easy here!

look like the TS cannot make it, so now he joins the rank of disgruntled PR applicant rejects and start trashing Oz. that goes to the same of Lionnoisy.

do understand the mindset of these people as to why they bare such resentment against Oz.

Gedanken SG

Spot on, fishbuff. There seems to be this chlidish tendency for some sad and sorry individuals like this one and lionnoisy to say that a country is crap when they get rejected. Adults will take failure and learn lessons from them, children will go out of their way to find someone to blame and so never learn anything from it. It explains the mind-numbingly repetitive nature of their posts - they don't learn anything, so of course they can't say anything new.

angel7030 SG

too slow and their brains are slow too...much of the country is still surviving because of a few bright minds.

the rest are just some lazy and unintelligent

then, in the first place, why you bother to apply for PR ...shake head..slipping aussie's wine

redDUST SG

..slipping aussie's wine

ouch...i hope it is not painful. tho' we get good wines on the cheap down under, we are not wasterful. so we never slip on it.

angel7030 SG

ouch...i hope it is not painful. tho' we get good wines on the cheap down under, we are not wasterful. so we never slip on it.

those are old bottles being given as a present donkey years ago, i think all spoil liao...me take the wines and water my plants...give some to the neighbour dogs..hehehe

redDUST SG

those are old bottles being given as a present donkey years ago, i think all spoil liao...me take the wines and water my plants...give some to the neighbour dogs..hehehe

mmmm...i dun quite know how to make sense of what you have just written...generally, wines taste better with age, and in certain cases, the value goes up. to feed it to the dogs.....mmm...

better not 2nd guess, i think you are just rich, that's all.

stuffedbears SG

I just hope TS is not a Singaporean as well... Pls don't come to Singapore

Singapore will be to you a so called hypocritical country that lures thousands of foreigners from poor countries (actually millions) to get their money from income taxes, CPF and GST

singapore's income tax, gst and cpf is sctually considered pretty low in comparison to some other countries. my dad worked for 2 years in norway and if i remember correctly the taxes were up to 50% and in australia gst is 10% if i'm not wrong.

feel blessed that our is still 7%.

redDUST SG

feel blessed that our is still 7%.

you should not just look at the quantum in number. ultimately, it is what your dollar is worth and can get you. you can enjoy lower taxes and if your dollar gets you only 2 chupa chups and elsewhere can gets you 4, you are still no better.

ditzy SG

TS got a point, if there were so many rules before you could become a PR in singapore, it wouldn't be so "congested".

angel7030 SG

mmmm...i dun quite know how to make sense of what you have just written...generally, wines taste better with age, and in certain cases, the value goes up. to feed it to the dogs.....mmm...

better not 2nd guess, i think you are just rich, that's all.

Wines taste better with age only when they are properly kept in the correct temp, atomsphere and direction. My Dad's ones just anyhow dump inside the store room,...all got stones below liao

redDUST SG

Wines taste better with age only when they are properly kept in the correct temp, atomsphere and direction. My Dad's ones just anyhow dump inside the store room,...all got stones below liao

my bad.....

angel7030 SG

my bad.....

no lah, no one is bad, we are all good, just that we dun see each other and failed to see and understand our body language that lead to misunderstanding. Hv a nice day.

sgdiehard SG

Wines taste better with age only when they are properly kept in the correct temp, atomsphere and direction. My Dad's ones just anyhow dump inside the store room,...all got stones below liao

your dad got Gordon Blue, or Hennesy XO inside the store room or not? check from the bottom of the bottle, if it is not clowdy, then it is worth lots of money. I once sold 2 bottles, don't know how old already, the boxes full of cockcroach shits, but $450 per bottle of 750ml type.

Singapore too hot too humid, have to buy wine refrigerator. Check again, clowdy throw away. not clowdy can send over to me. I prefer Italian and French then Australian, no offence. don't keep or feed dogs.

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