BIG MOVE 2020

jws

@doobeedoodoo said:

@jws said:
Hi, po sa lahat. Good day. Tanong lang po sa naka BM recently, with connecting flights to other states. We are planning to BM sa Brissy, this Sept. pero limited kasi yung international flights. So we are planning to fly Cathay Pacific from Manila to Hong Kong to Brisbane (with 3 hours transit via Sydney). Anyone po naka experience neto, or transit to other states from Sydney? Allowed po ba mag transit for several hours or we need to quarantine sa Sydney muna before the onward flight? My rule din naman kasi na allowed mag transit up to 72 hours, pero Im not sure if same pag nag transit for domestic flights. Salamat po sa sasagot. :-)
Hello, nandito kami sa Brissy ngayon. We took the MNL -> HKG -> SYD route as well via Cathay. Pero ang rule, kung saang state yung first entry mo, dun ka magka-quarantine for 14 days. So quarantine at SYD. Then, tsaka ka nalang mag book ng domestic flight pa Brissy.

Understood po. Thanks sa reply!! Good luck sa lahat na mag BM this year. :-)

johnnydapper

make sure pasok ka sa 50 people per flight ng airline mo kasi no more than 350 passengers ang allowed each day sa Sydney. last repat flight ng Manila to Sydney via PAL, 32 lng ang nakalipad, then 160 plus passngers ang naiwan.

@jws said:

@doobeedoodoo said:

@jws said:
Hi, po sa lahat. Good day. Tanong lang po sa naka BM recently, with connecting flights to other states. We are planning to BM sa Brissy, this Sept. pero limited kasi yung international flights. So we are planning to fly Cathay Pacific from Manila to Hong Kong to Brisbane (with 3 hours transit via Sydney). Anyone po naka experience neto, or transit to other states from Sydney? Allowed po ba mag transit for several hours or we need to quarantine sa Sydney muna before the onward flight? My rule din naman kasi na allowed mag transit up to 72 hours, pero Im not sure if same pag nag transit for domestic flights. Salamat po sa sasagot. :-)

Hello, nandito kami sa Brissy ngayon. We took the MNL -> HKG -> SYD route as well via Cathay. Pero ang rule, kung saang state yung first entry mo, dun ka magka-quarantine for 14 days. So quarantine at SYD. Then, tsaka ka nalang mag book ng domestic flight pa Brissy.
Understood po. Thanks sa reply!! Good luck sa lahat na mag BM this year. :-)

johnnydapper

after ng quarantine ko, nagpunta agad ako sa services australia branch para ayusin ung medicare. mabilis lang. after ko mapasa ung forms, ininterview ako then nagprint ng letter indicating yung details and medicare number pero temporary lng yon while waiting sa medicare card (green). almost 2 weeks ko inantay ung card.

@brainsap said:
sino nakapag-apply na ng medicare dito? i applied last April pa, pero wala pa outcome.

badblockz

@tmasuncion said:
Hello Guys! Just a big update and that is, my wife and I are finally here!!!!
We just touched down around 8:45 PM Sydney Time, that's 4 hours ago, as of this writing - here in Sheraton Hotel.

I wanna make this update brief for everyone by writing down the realizations from embarking until we reached our destination airport, which is here in Sydney.

Don't waste your money by reserving a seat since the plane has a lot of vacant seats due to the limitation of 50 passengers per plane. I was literally sleeping like a baby on 4 seats - all mine. 🙂

If you think that you have excess baggage of 2 to 3 Kilos, don't worry and no need to pay extra for the extra baggage. They won't charge you for that since the flight is so empty.

No need to wash and clean your shoes, unless there's an obvious mud or clay on it.

Buy your duty-free stuff from your origin airport, Duty-Free here is closed, at least when we arrived. I was supposed to by something for my cousin to no avail.

Disembarkation is so quick since there are only 50 passengers. we got out of the airport in just 15 to 20 minutes. Don't forget to declare the stuff or goods that you need to declare too.

Find a seat that's close to the front seat of the bus or near to the door. You'll get out faster and check-in earlier than the rest.

Pray, and don't forget to give thanks to our God! Enjoy!
That's all for now. Cheers to the next 14 days for me and my wife!

congrats! btw, did you guys undergone swab testing upon arrival sa Sydney? if so, how was it? thanks!

..arki_

@crankygrinch said:
Tanong ko nalang po ulit dito.. baka may nakakaalam kung magkano po ang hotel quarantine accommodation sa melbourne? Thank you.

https://www.google.com.sg/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/tamarathiessen/2020/07/13/australia-nsw-hotel-quarantine-travelers-pay-3000/amp/

tmasuncion

@badblockz said:

@tmasuncion said:
Hello Guys! Just a big update and that is, my wife and I are finally here!!!!
We just touched down around 8:45 PM Sydney Time, that's 4 hours ago, as of this writing - here in Sheraton Hotel.

I wanna make this update brief for everyone by writing down the realizations from embarking until we reached our destination airport, which is here in Sydney.

Don't waste your money by reserving a seat since the plane has a lot of vacant seats due to the limitation of 50 passengers per plane. I was literally sleeping like a baby on 4 seats - all mine. 🙂

If you think that you have excess baggage of 2 to 3 Kilos, don't worry and no need to pay extra for the extra baggage. They won't charge you for that since the flight is so empty.

No need to wash and clean your shoes, unless there's an obvious mud or clay on it.

Buy your duty-free stuff from your origin airport, Duty-Free here is closed, at least when we arrived. I was supposed to by something for my cousin to no avail.

Disembarkation is so quick since there are only 50 passengers. we got out of the airport in just 15 to 20 minutes. Don't forget to declare the stuff or goods that you need to declare too.

Find a seat that's close to the front seat of the bus or near to the door. You'll get out faster and check-in earlier than the rest.

Pray, and don't forget to give thanks to our God! Enjoy!

That's all for now. Cheers to the next 14 days for me and my wife!

congrats! btw, did you guys undergone swab testing upon arrival sa Sydney? if so, how was it? thanks!

Yes bro but not in the airport. Swab testing is done at the 2nd or 3rday of quarantine.

doesn't feel good bro. hahaha pero saglit lang naman. they will swab both your nostrils and throat.

ms_ane

happy to see mga ka batchmates ko na nangarag ngarag noon sa PTE, Skills Assessment, ITA at VISA Approval - at ngayon isa isa ng nag BM this year (yehey)

This is not the scenario we have expected - as in migrating alone is DIFFICULT as it is, pero mas may extra challenge tayo due to virus - pero Pinoys are RESILIENT!! kaya naten yan! 🙂

Wag mawalan ng pag asa sa paghahanap ng work, tuloy lang ang pag apply!

Special mention to sis @lecia for their BM this week!!! SIS this is it!!!

God Bless sa ating lahat! 🙂

badblockz

@tmasuncion said:

@badblockz said:

@tmasuncion said:
Hello Guys! Just a big update and that is, my wife and I are finally here!!!!
We just touched down around 8:45 PM Sydney Time, that's 4 hours ago, as of this writing - here in Sheraton Hotel.

I wanna make this update brief for everyone by writing down the realizations from embarking until we reached our destination airport, which is here in Sydney.

Don't waste your money by reserving a seat since the plane has a lot of vacant seats due to the limitation of 50 passengers per plane. I was literally sleeping like a baby on 4 seats - all mine. 🙂

If you think that you have excess baggage of 2 to 3 Kilos, don't worry and no need to pay extra for the extra baggage. They won't charge you for that since the flight is so empty.

No need to wash and clean your shoes, unless there's an obvious mud or clay on it.

Buy your duty-free stuff from your origin airport, Duty-Free here is closed, at least when we arrived. I was supposed to by something for my cousin to no avail.

Disembarkation is so quick since there are only 50 passengers. we got out of the airport in just 15 to 20 minutes. Don't forget to declare the stuff or goods that you need to declare too.

Find a seat that's close to the front seat of the bus or near to the door. You'll get out faster and check-in earlier than the rest.

Pray, and don't forget to give thanks to our God! Enjoy!

That's all for now. Cheers to the next 14 days for me and my wife!

congrats! btw, did you guys undergone swab testing upon arrival sa Sydney? if so, how was it? thanks!
Yes bro but not in the airport. Swab testing is done at the 2nd or 3rday of quarantine.
doesn't feel good bro. hahaha pero saglit lang naman. they will swab both your nostrils and throat.

yikes! hassle naman. haha... well, at least nandito na kayo Aus.

tmasuncion

@badblockz said:

@tmasuncion said:

@badblockz said:

@tmasuncion said:
Hello Guys! Just a big update and that is, my wife and I are finally here!!!!
We just touched down around 8:45 PM Sydney Time, that's 4 hours ago, as of this writing - here in Sheraton Hotel.

I wanna make this update brief for everyone by writing down the realizations from embarking until we reached our destination airport, which is here in Sydney.

Don't waste your money by reserving a seat since the plane has a lot of vacant seats due to the limitation of 50 passengers per plane. I was literally sleeping like a baby on 4 seats - all mine. 🙂

If you think that you have excess baggage of 2 to 3 Kilos, don't worry and no need to pay extra for the extra baggage. They won't charge you for that since the flight is so empty.

No need to wash and clean your shoes, unless there's an obvious mud or clay on it.

Buy your duty-free stuff from your origin airport, Duty-Free here is closed, at least when we arrived. I was supposed to by something for my cousin to no avail.

Disembarkation is so quick since there are only 50 passengers. we got out of the airport in just 15 to 20 minutes. Don't forget to declare the stuff or goods that you need to declare too.

Find a seat that's close to the front seat of the bus or near to the door. You'll get out faster and check-in earlier than the rest.

Pray, and don't forget to give thanks to our God! Enjoy!

That's all for now. Cheers to the next 14 days for me and my wife!

congrats! btw, did you guys undergone swab testing upon arrival sa Sydney? if so, how was it? thanks!

Yes bro but not in the airport. Swab testing is done at the 2nd or 3rday of quarantine.
doesn't feel good bro. hahaha pero saglit lang naman. they will swab both your nostrils and throat.
yikes! hassle naman. haha... well, at least nandito na kayo Aus.

oo hehehe. yan nalang inisip ko. actually between before kami sails, may is a pang swab test. aray! hahaha

relaxhax

Hi guys,

I think related to somehow sa BM.

Gusto ko po ang sana manghingi ng advice about pag transfer ng peso to a bank sa AU. Yun po kasi yung gagamitin namin habang naghahanap pa ng work.

May aadvice po ba kayo na way na secure and reasonable naman yung fees and exchange rate?

Thank you so much in advance!

ga2au

@relaxhax said:
Hi guys,

I think related to somehow sa BM.
Gusto ko po ang sana manghingi ng advice about pag transfer ng peso to a bank sa AU. Yun po kasi yung gagamitin namin habang naghahanap pa ng work.
May aadvice po ba kayo na way na secure and reasonable naman yung fees and exchange rate?
Thank you so much in advance!

Secure way is to open a bank account via online of any bank in Oz. You can search po dito sa forum, alam ko may topic dito all about transferring funds from pinas to Oz.

NAB for example is free if your using POSB (Singapore) to transfer. Baka ang BDO jan pwede.

crankygrinch

@"..arki_" said:
https://www.google.com.sg/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/tamarathiessen/2020/07/13/australia-nsw-hotel-quarantine-travelers-pay-3000/amp/

Thank you. Looks like VIC is still shouldering hotel accommodation.. for now..

crankygrinch

@johnnydapper said:
make sure pasok ka sa 50 people per flight ng airline mo kasi no more than 350 passengers ang allowed each day sa Sydney. last repat flight ng Manila to Sydney via PAL, 32 lng ang nakalipad, then 160 plus passngers ang naiwan.

Pano po malalaman ito?

Sa october pa naman po flight ni hubby. Pero syempre, baka yung situation by then ganito pa rin 🥺

lilo2020

Hi guys, got my visa 189 last year and plano sana this year magmove sa Sydney after makaipon ng pangbaon. Currently based in SG. Kaso dahil sa covid napapaisip kung itutuloy ang move this year. Nanghinayang din sa addl cost $3k to enter AU and ang uncertainty kung ganu katagal makahanap ng bagong work. I'm in the IT industry. Nagpapasa na rin ng application sa SEEK and may gamit din akong AU number sa resume kso lahat ng tumawag pag sinabi na wala pa sa AU goodbye na hehehe. Ask sana ako ng advice kung worth to take the risk na ipush thru ang BM this year? Kamusta kaya ang job market for IT BA? Majority ng mga kakilala ko na napagtanungan feedback nila marami nawalan ng work🙁 Thank you in advance!

ga2au

@lilo2020 said:
Hi guys, got my visa 189 last year and plano sana this year magmove sa Sydney after makaipon ng pangbaon. Currently based in SG. Kaso dahil sa covid napapaisip kung itutuloy ang move this year. Nanghinayang din sa addl cost $3k to enter AU and ang uncertainty kung ganu katagal makahanap ng bagong work. I'm in the IT industry. Nagpapasa na rin ng application sa SEEK and may gamit din akong AU number sa resume kso lahat ng tumawag pag sinabi na wala pa sa AU goodbye na hehehe. Ask sana ako ng advice kung worth to take the risk na ipush thru ang BM this year? Kamusta kaya ang job market for IT BA? Majority ng mga kakilala ko na napagtanungan feedback nila marami nawalan ng work🙁 Thank you in advance!

Depende yan sa inyo sir. Depende din sa baon niyong salapi. Depende din sa job market ng occupation niyo. While moving there could give you so much uncertainty, tapos gastos pa. Sa opinyon ko kung ako lang naman sir.. Ipupush ko this year. Kahit end of the year pa. Sabi niyo nga last year pa kayo naggrant. Sayang ang oras na sana andun na kayo nararansan niyo na ang fruit ng paghihirap niyo na mag migrate. Pero of course opinion ko lang naman. Kau parin magdedecide niyan sir.

ga2au

Btw, SG din ako, kaya kung nagrant man ako, ipupush ko dis year. Hehe ang hirap magplano ng buhay dito sir kasi hndi kami permanent dito sa SG. Mahal ng schools tapos spass lang kami.

lecia

@ga2au said:
Btw, SG din ako, kaya kung nagrant man ako, ipupush ko dis year. Hehe ang hirap magplano ng buhay dito sir kasi hndi kami permanent dito sa SG. Mahal ng schools tapos spass lang kami.

Yes truth! At bago pa makick sa school ang mga chikitings dahil sa quota ay aalis na din kami. Nawalan na kami ng slot eh, ako ata ang na stress. Kulang na lang liparin ko ang mga school nila after work! 😅sunod ka na nyan sis!

ga2au

@lecia said:

@ga2au said:
Btw, SG din ako, kaya kung nagrant man ako, ipupush ko dis year. Hehe ang hirap magplano ng buhay dito sir kasi hndi kami permanent dito sa SG. Mahal ng schools tapos spass lang kami.
Yes truth! At bago pa makick sa school ang mga chikitings dahil sa quota ay aalis na din kami. Nawalan na kami ng slot eh, ako ata ang na stress. Kulang na lang liparin ko ang mga school nila after work! 😅sunod ka na nyan sis!

Salamat sis! Sana this year kasi K2 na anak ko next year. Hahha hanggang next year nlng siya pwede dito, kasi super pahirapan magbook ng primary. Need pa namin maghintay mafill ng mga lokal at Pr. Huhu. Sana this year makpunta na sa Aus. Or kahit early next year. Ng makapante na.hahah

laurie

Hello po sa inyo! May katanungan lang po regarding exemption on hotel quarantine charges if nagpurchased ng flight before 11:59pm 12 July 2020 AEST. Sa situation ko po kasi ngpabook ako ng May 11 for flight ng July 31 going to Adelaide pero unfortunately po cancelled so pinarebooked ko po ng earliest available date which is September 2 pero cancelled po ulit. So, ngdecide na lng po ako irefund at magchanged ng airline n bound to Sydney po. Ma-aapprove pa din po ba ung exemption sa new booking ko since may proof nman po na cancelled po mga previous bookings ko? Maraming salamat po. Stay safe and God bless!

jennette

@ga2au said:

@lecia said:

@ga2au said:
Btw, SG din ako, kaya kung nagrant man ako, ipupush ko dis year. Hehe ang hirap magplano ng buhay dito sir kasi hndi kami permanent dito sa SG. Mahal ng schools tapos spass lang kami.

Yes truth! At bago pa makick sa school ang mga chikitings dahil sa quota ay aalis na din kami. Nawalan na kami ng slot eh, ako ata ang na stress. Kulang na lang liparin ko ang mga school nila after work! 😅sunod ka na nyan sis!
Salamat sis! Sana this year kasi K2 na anak ko next year. Hahha hanggang next year nlng siya pwede dito, kasi super pahirapan magbook ng primary. Need pa namin maghintay mafill ng mga lokal at Pr. Huhu. Sana this year makpunta na sa Aus. Or kahit early next year. Ng makapante na.hahah

hi, sis san k dito sg, waiting din kmi ng grant, kaso nka alangan kmi s lhat ngsked.. 1st ung contract ng haus nmin end n, then ung renewal ng sp ng anak nmin..may bago b news regarding s mga waiting ng grant?

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