BIG MOVE 2019

arcsump

Just completed our big move last 16/07

So far , till today, this was our progress

Bank Account - WestPac, cards in

TFN - will arrive by mail this week

Medicare - 3 weeks for ID, at postal address in 3023

Centrelink - did not get CRN, no need to claim anything yet, unused CRNs expire after 2 years as per Centrelink rep

Driver's License - Overseas License Verification scheduled 16/08, Learner's Exam pending

WorkSafe Victoria White Card - scheduled, 23/07

Headhunter/ Recruitment - one potential role available, awaiting feedback from company interview, pending contacts to references from previous companies in UAE

Rent House - still looking, currently housemates with my very accomodating classmate from UP

Hope this helps, will try to update :-)

arcsump

@"just.anotherguy" said:
@arcsump i think ok naman yung mga nilista mo. Antayin din natin inputs ng iba.. Although, suggestion ko gumawa ka na ng bank account. online lang yun. Para pag dating nyo ay document verification na lang sa physical branch office. Personally kami ni wifey magkaiba kami ng bank. NAB sya, Commonwealth Bank ako. Ok sa NAB walang maintaining balance. Sa Commbank may 4$ charge kapag walang pumapasok na 2k aud every month (most major banks ata ganun, NAB lang naiba). Search nyo lang NAB Migrant banking. Ok din yang aasikasuhin agad yung driver's license, kasi form of valid ID yan.

thanks sa feedback, dito na kami nagbukas.

passport and valid id lang din ang ginawa.

may kasama nang welcome letter, which is vital sa VicRoads driver's license.

WestPac BTW

hope this helps!

zach@052019

Sa mga mag BM or nag BM na, register sa centrelink. Meron at merong claims, you have to check your eligibility online.

arcsump

@quantum said:

@tofurad said:

@quantum said:

@tofurad said:
hey guys. just arrived. onting libot lang muna tas sasabak na! good luck sa mga susunod na magBM! 🙂

Ano pong airline nyo from Ph? Cebu pac po ba? Strict po ba sa airport? Pinaopen po ba lahat ng luggage nyo?

PAL po kami. mejo mas strict sila, binuksan yung mga bags na for checkin. tska chinarge kami excess baggage. mejo malaki kasi talaga sobra namin. pasaway lang hehe

Aww.. ilang kilos po excess nyo? Magkano charge?hehe

experience namin:

xray scan lang kami pag dating sa melb.

nagdeclare kami ng prescription meds.

rjlim

Hello everyone, Question dun sa mga naka BM na from Manila. Saan kayo bumili ng AUD? wala akong mabilan lahat ng money changer tanungan ko bumibili lang sila and not selling.

XwWrfwx

@"zach@052019" said:
Sa mga mag BM or nag BM na, register sa centrelink. Meron at merong claims, you have to check your eligibility online.

as of January 1, 2019 daw, lahat ng nagrant ng visa on or after that date may waiting period na ng 2-4 years. hoping i’m wrong pero yan kasi nababasa ko sa site so far. baka kaya hindi na nila inaadvise to register. FTB nalang walang waiting.

kaya bukas. medicare nalang muna kami magregister.

zach@052019

@tofurad Exactly, claims pa rin ang ftb b. Nung march 4 lang na grant visa namin, and now we are receiving claims every fortnight from centrelink. Kung may anak kayo na below 5 years old nga lang 🙂

Ganun din nangyari sa amin, sinabihan agad kami na walang claims because of the waiting time. But some fellow pinoys advised us to register pa rin, and we did. Sayang din yung more than a month na grocery for small families

zach@052019

@tofurad FTB A ang may waiting time. May mga claims under FTB B na eligible for new migrants. 🙂 i suggest register pa rin kayo and once may account na kayo, mas maraming information when you try to file your claims.

fioning1120

@tofurad hello. About sa pagkuha ng CRN. Kami din nung una ayaw bigyan dahil sa reasons na walang iclaclaim at may waiting period pa nga. 2 lang kami ng husband ko and no kids yet. So naka 2 attempts kami magask sa isang branch on a different day kaso ayaw parin. Based kasi sa iba nakakuha naman sila at advised nila na may branches sa centerlink na hindi helpful. Kaya tinry namin sa ibang branch. Nung una ayaw parin kami bigyan for the same reason. But narealized namin we need that Centerlink number for employment support ng mga job centers (as we are able to visit some) and subsidized siya ng government. Nirequire samin yun para makaaccess sa jobactive at maging registered jobseeker. So ayun pinilit namin at inexplain yung about sa access ng job assistance kahit sinungitan kami. Ang tagal namin nagantay compared nung sa medicare. Parang boss yung nag assist samin at ginawin din lang kami ng centerlink account in the end.

XwWrfwx

@fioning1120 said:
@tofurad hello. About sa pagkuha ng CRN. Kami din nung una ayaw bigyan dahil sa reasons na walang iclaclaim at may waiting period pa nga. 2 lang kami ng husband ko and no kids yet. So naka 2 attempts kami magask sa isang branch on a different day kaso ayaw parin. Based kasi sa iba nakakuha naman sila at advised nila na may branches sa centerlink na hindi helpful. Kaya tinry namin sa ibang branch. Nung una ayaw parin kami bigyan for the same reason. But narealized namin we need that Centerlink number for employment support ng mga job centers (as we are able to visit some) and subsidized siya ng government. Nirequire samin yun para makaaccess sa jobactive at maging registered jobseeker. So ayun pinilit namin at inexplain yung about sa access ng job assistance kahit sinungitan kami. Ang tagal namin nagantay compared nung sa medicare. Parang boss yung nag assist samin at ginawin din lang kami ng centerlink account in the end.

ohhh. nice. nakita ko na ung sa jobseeker. kailangan nga ilink sa myGov. hindi kami umabot kanina hahaha sakto. ttry ko yan bukas pagbalik namin. salamat @fioning1120 @"zach@052019" !

marevic

Share narin ako nang experience namin. Kakakuha lang namin nang CRN, dito kami sa adelaide. Tinanong lang kami if for what yong CRN na hinihingi namin, sabi ko naman for submitting ftb b claims online. Inasikaso naman kami agad. wla nang ibang questions. 🙂 Hopefully same din sa iba.

Noodles12

Sharing my experience with Centrelink, nung pumunta kami wala talaga ako alam I dont know CRN and ano pde ma claim pero buti mabait yung nag asikaso samin. Pinagamit kami ng PC then fillup info to know what our eligibility then inasikaso na nila yung CRN. Late na kami naka pag file ng centrelink(ilang months na lumipas since our arrival here) pero nakuha namin yung prorated amount since nung pag dating namin. Nakapag claim kami for FTB1 and 2 plus rent assistance total of 2.9k then for 1 month 460 fortnightly. (Kinabahan ako baka bawiin, baka sobra ung nabigay hehe)

pero pag start ng new financial year since nag update na ako ng info(projected income for the whole year), wala na kami makukuha sa centrelink. hindi na kami qualified. I guess nag qualify lang kami past financial year since yung total income namin for the whole financial year last year is mababa since nga ilang months nalang kami nakapag work last financial year.

Maisingit ko nalang din. Sa mga new starter sa work pag nag pasa kayo TFN info mag claim kayo ng Tax free threshold para mas mababa ang kaltas ng tax sa inyo or pde din namang hindi para ma ipon para pag nag file kayo ng tax return after financial year eh may makukuha kayo sa return. (kumbaga naipon)

carlosau

@Noodles12 said:

Sharing my experience with Centrelink, nung pumunta kami wala talaga ako alam I dont know CRN and ano pde ma claim pero buti mabait yung nag asikaso samin. Pinagamit kami ng PC then fillup info to know what our eligibility then inasikaso na nila yung CRN. Late na kami naka pag file ng centrelink(ilang months na lumipas since our arrival here) pero nakuha namin yung prorated amount since nung pag dating namin. Nakapag claim kami for FTB1 and 2 plus rent assistance total of 2.9k then for 1 month 460 fortnightly. (Kinabahan ako baka bawiin, baka sobra ung nabigay hehe)

pero pag start ng new financial year since nag update na ako ng info(projected income for the whole year), wala na kami makukuha sa centrelink. hindi na kami qualified. I guess nag qualify lang kami past financial year since yung total income namin for the whole financial year last year is mababa since nga ilang months nalang kami nakapag work last financial year.
Maisingit ko nalang din. Sa mga new starter sa work pag nag pasa kayo TFN info mag claim kayo ng Tax free threshold para mas mababa ang kaltas ng tax sa inyo or pde din namang hindi para ma ipon para pag nag file kayo ng tax return after financial year eh may makukuha kayo sa return. (kumbaga naipon)

Sir Noodles,

In other words, pag wala kang work wala kang makukuwa na kahit ano sa Centrelink? Kahit rent assistance?

Thanks!

Noodles12

@carlosau said:

@Noodles12 said:

Sharing my experience with Centrelink, nung pumunta kami wala talaga ako alam I dont know CRN and ano pde ma claim pero buti mabait yung nag asikaso samin. Pinagamit kami ng PC then fillup info to know what our eligibility then inasikaso na nila yung CRN. Late na kami naka pag file ng centrelink(ilang months na lumipas since our arrival here) pero nakuha namin yung prorated amount since nung pag dating namin. Nakapag claim kami for FTB1 and 2 plus rent assistance total of 2.9k then for 1 month 460 fortnightly. (Kinabahan ako baka bawiin, baka sobra ung nabigay hehe)

pero pag start ng new financial year since nag update na ako ng info(projected income for the whole year), wala na kami makukuha sa centrelink. hindi na kami qualified. I guess nag qualify lang kami past financial year since yung total income namin for the whole financial year last year is mababa since nga ilang months nalang kami nakapag work last financial year.

Maisingit ko nalang din. Sa mga new starter sa work pag nag pasa kayo TFN info mag claim kayo ng Tax free threshold para mas mababa ang kaltas ng tax sa inyo or pde din namang hindi para ma ipon para pag nag file kayo ng tax return after financial year eh may makukuha kayo sa return. (kumbaga naipon)
Sir Noodles,
In other words, pag wala kang work wala kang makukuwa na kahit ano sa Centrelink? Kahit rent assistance?
Thanks!

I think meron. case to case basis kasi eh. Kung may dependent child ka meron din siguro.

eto ata yung link kung san pde mo malaman ano ung mga claims na eligible ka. Fillup mo lang info mo.

https://www.centrelink.gov.au/custsite_pfe/pymtfinderest/paymentFinderPage.jsf?wec-appid=pymtfinderest&wec-locale=en_US#stay

carlosau

@Noodles12 said:

@carlosau said:

@Noodles12 said:

Sharing my experience with Centrelink, nung pumunta kami wala talaga ako alam I dont know CRN and ano pde ma claim pero buti mabait yung nag asikaso samin. Pinagamit kami ng PC then fillup info to know what our eligibility then inasikaso na nila yung CRN. Late na kami naka pag file ng centrelink(ilang months na lumipas since our arrival here) pero nakuha namin yung prorated amount since nung pag dating namin. Nakapag claim kami for FTB1 and 2 plus rent assistance total of 2.9k then for 1 month 460 fortnightly. (Kinabahan ako baka bawiin, baka sobra ung nabigay hehe)

pero pag start ng new financial year since nag update na ako ng info(projected income for the whole year), wala na kami makukuha sa centrelink. hindi na kami qualified. I guess nag qualify lang kami past financial year since yung total income namin for the whole financial year last year is mababa since nga ilang months nalang kami nakapag work last financial year.

Maisingit ko nalang din. Sa mga new starter sa work pag nag pasa kayo TFN info mag claim kayo ng Tax free threshold para mas mababa ang kaltas ng tax sa inyo or pde din namang hindi para ma ipon para pag nag file kayo ng tax return after financial year eh may makukuha kayo sa return. (kumbaga naipon)

Sir Noodles,

In other words, pag wala kang work wala kang makukuwa na kahit ano sa Centrelink? Kahit rent assistance?

Thanks!
I think meron. case to case basis kasi eh. Kung may dependent child ka meron din siguro.
eto ata yung link kung san pde mo malaman ano ung mga claims na eligible ka. Fillup mo lang info mo.
https://www.centrelink.gov.au/custsite_pfe/pymtfinderest/paymentFinderPage.jsf?wec-appid=pymtfinderest&wec-locale=en_US#stay
Thank you! Tingnan ko. Mahirap ang walang allowance hehe.

zach@052019

@carlosau Kung walang work at may kids, mas eligible for claims. Kahit may work na kayo, may claims pa rin for FTB B. Kaso kailangan kasama mo naninirahan ang mga bata dito sa oz para may claims

carlosau

@"zach@052019" said:

@carlosau Kung walang work at may kids, mas eligible for claims. Kahit may work na kayo, may claims pa rin for FTB B. Kaso kailangan kasama mo naninirahan ang mga bata dito sa oz para may claims

@"zach@052019" said:
@carlosau Kung walang work at may kids, mas eligible for claims. Kahit may work na kayo, may claims pa rin for FTB B. Kaso kailangan kasama mo naninirahan ang mga bata dito sa oz para may claims

Hi Sir @zach_niegel and @Noodles12 ,

As per link below we need to be residents for a year no?

https://www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/services/centrelink/family-tax-benefit/who-can-get-it/ftb-part-eligibility

Thanks,

Carl

zach@052019

@carlosau Ang FTB B no waiting time, yan yung may kids and may claims every fortnight. The rest may waiting time.

Noodles12

@carlosau said:

@Noodles12 said:

@carlosau said:

@Noodles12 said:

Sharing my experience with Centrelink, nung pumunta kami wala talaga ako alam I dont know CRN and ano pde ma claim pero buti mabait yung nag asikaso samin. Pinagamit kami ng PC then fillup info to know what our eligibility then inasikaso na nila yung CRN. Late na kami naka pag file ng centrelink(ilang months na lumipas since our arrival here) pero nakuha namin yung prorated amount since nung pag dating namin. Nakapag claim kami for FTB1 and 2 plus rent assistance total of 2.9k then for 1 month 460 fortnightly. (Kinabahan ako baka bawiin, baka sobra ung nabigay hehe)

pero pag start ng new financial year since nag update na ako ng info(projected income for the whole year), wala na kami makukuha sa centrelink. hindi na kami qualified. I guess nag qualify lang kami past financial year since yung total income namin for the whole financial year last year is mababa since nga ilang months nalang kami nakapag work last financial year.

Maisingit ko nalang din. Sa mga new starter sa work pag nag pasa kayo TFN info mag claim kayo ng Tax free threshold para mas mababa ang kaltas ng tax sa inyo or pde din namang hindi para ma ipon para pag nag file kayo ng tax return after financial year eh may makukuha kayo sa return. (kumbaga naipon)

Sir Noodles,

In other words, pag wala kang work wala kang makukuwa na kahit ano sa Centrelink? Kahit rent assistance?

Thanks!

I think meron. case to case basis kasi eh. Kung may dependent child ka meron din siguro.

eto ata yung link kung san pde mo malaman ano ung mga claims na eligible ka. Fillup mo lang info mo.

https://www.centrelink.gov.au/custsite_pfe/pymtfinderest/paymentFinderPage.jsf?wec-appid=pymtfinderest&wec-locale=en_US#stay

Thank you! Tingnan ko. Mahirap ang walang allowance hehe.

@carlosau Don't expect to much sa centrelink ah. Pero syempre kung may makukuha kahit na magkano eh mas okay. hehe pero unahin mo medicard, yun ang pinaka importante. Software Engineer ka naman diba? Kung accept mo nayung sure na work mo at hindi ka naman baratin ng employer mo since first local experience mo eh for sure buhay na buhay na kayo dito. Pero depende din siyempre sa lifestyle niyo.

carlosau

@Noodles12 said:

@carlosau said:

@Noodles12 said:

@carlosau said:

@Noodles12 said:

Sharing my experience with Centrelink, nung pumunta kami wala talaga ako alam I dont know CRN and ano pde ma claim pero buti mabait yung nag asikaso samin. Pinagamit kami ng PC then fillup info to know what our eligibility then inasikaso na nila yung CRN. Late na kami naka pag file ng centrelink(ilang months na lumipas since our arrival here) pero nakuha namin yung prorated amount since nung pag dating namin. Nakapag claim kami for FTB1 and 2 plus rent assistance total of 2.9k then for 1 month 460 fortnightly. (Kinabahan ako baka bawiin, baka sobra ung nabigay hehe)

pero pag start ng new financial year since nag update na ako ng info(projected income for the whole year), wala na kami makukuha sa centrelink. hindi na kami qualified. I guess nag qualify lang kami past financial year since yung total income namin for the whole financial year last year is mababa since nga ilang months nalang kami nakapag work last financial year.

Maisingit ko nalang din. Sa mga new starter sa work pag nag pasa kayo TFN info mag claim kayo ng Tax free threshold para mas mababa ang kaltas ng tax sa inyo or pde din namang hindi para ma ipon para pag nag file kayo ng tax return after financial year eh may makukuha kayo sa return. (kumbaga naipon)

Sir Noodles,

In other words, pag wala kang work wala kang makukuwa na kahit ano sa Centrelink? Kahit rent assistance?

Thanks!

I think meron. case to case basis kasi eh. Kung may dependent child ka meron din siguro.

eto ata yung link kung san pde mo malaman ano ung mga claims na eligible ka. Fillup mo lang info mo.

https://www.centrelink.gov.au/custsite_pfe/pymtfinderest/paymentFinderPage.jsf?wec-appid=pymtfinderest&wec-locale=en_US#stay

Thank you! Tingnan ko. Mahirap ang walang allowance hehe.
@carlosau Don't expect to much sa centrelink ah. Pero syempre kung may makukuha kahit na magkano eh mas okay. hehe pero unahin mo medicard, yun ang pinaka importante. Software Engineer ka naman diba? Kung accept mo nayung sure na work mo at hindi ka naman baratin ng employer mo since first local experience mo eh for sure buhay na buhay na kayo dito. Pero depende din siyempre sa lifestyle niyo.

Yes sir. Sa Sydney kasi tong client ko ngayon (Macquarie) pero nasa Melb yung friends ko na willing magaccomodate muna sakin while looking for job. So finafactor ko yung mas mahal sa Sydney. Pero I'll cross the bridge if may actual contract na.

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