September 2015 Visa 189/190 Applicants!!!

Captain_A · July 2016

question po, im currently working in sg, ang need lng ba ay cfo at pdos kpg manggagaling ng pinas for big move/initial entry? tia

Liolaeus · July 2016

@Captain_A Yup. Sa PH airport ka lang hahanapan ng CFO sticker. Pero for peace of mind, kuha ka na din sa PH kung uuwi ka.

zapped · July 2016

@Captain_A, hindi kami hinanapan ng mga ganyan both in SG and PHL. Akala ko din mahaharang kami dahil dyan. Lucky lang siguro.

Liolaeus · July 2016

@zapped Initial entry ka from PH?

thegreatiam15 · July 2016

@tooties

Ahhh yun pala yung option na yun buti nalang di ko tinick yun tama pala ako hinala dun anyways sorry paps nangyare yan sau atleast ganon lang nakuha kung nataon na malake lake mas publema grabe naman yun may nagnakaw ng card nangialam ng mailbox ng iba

zapped · July 2016

@Liolaeus, nagvacation family ko sa Pinas for a month before heading to Aus. Walang hinanap sa kanila. And yes, initial entry yun.

tooties · July 2016

@thegreatiam15 Ou nga buti di gaano ka laki. yung bulk nang pers andun sa NAB savings k at di yun linked sa Debit card. huhu..Binalik k n lng yung pera k sa commonwealth. hehe..kukulitin k p ang NAB sa friday regarding sa refund k..hehe..

tiggeroo · July 2016

Hello, tanong ko lang sa mga nag NAB, kelan magsisimulang i-apply ung 4 mos addtl interest for new migrants/applicants? Pagka open ng account, or saka nalang pag may laman na? Or pagka activate? Thanks!

Liolaeus · July 2016

@tiggeroo Pag ka open ng account kaya hulugan mo na agad once open na.

tooties · July 2016

Update on NAB: got my new debit card already and my refund on unauthorised transactions after 4x follow up calls with NAB.

ill probably close the account after 3 months. hintayin k lng matapos yung introductory bonus interest rate sa Savings account then close it.

kittykitkat18 · July 2016

@tooties hndi ba pde sa branch pick up ung debit card?

tooties · July 2016

@kittykitkat18 Pwede branch pick up..

kittykitkat18 · July 2016

@tooties tnx for the info..cguro branch pick up nlng pra sure na personally makakakuha ng card..nakakatakot lalo na andun funds nmin

Liolaeus · July 2016

zapped said:
@Liolaeus, nagvacation family ko sa Pinas for a month before heading to Aus. Walang hinanap sa kanila. And yes, initial entry yun.

Ahhh Ok, since sa SG kayo nag process ng visa, baka di talaga required sa inyo yung PDOS.

Eto kasi nakasulat sa Visa grant letter sakin:

Important Information for nationals from the Philippines
There are guidelines on departure formalities for all international bound Philippinenationals. Further information regarding this process is available at our website atwww.philippines.embassy.gov.au/mnla/Exit_Permits_Philippine_Nationals.html

As you have been granted a permanent visa, you are required by the Commission of Filipinos Overseas (CFO) to attend the pre-departure seminar. Further information about thisprocess is available at www.cfo.gov.ph

engineer20 · July 2016

kittykitkat18 said:
@tooties tnx for the info..cguro branch pick up nlng pra sure na personally makakakuha ng card..nakakatakot lalo na andun funds nmin

@kittykitkat18 lipat mo muna sa Isaver pera para walang manakaw sa classic..

kittykitkat18 · July 2016

@engineer20 ahh cge cge

thegreatiam15 · July 2016

hello sa lahat medyo matagal din ako hindi nakapagpost dito share ko lang sa inyong lahat na andito na sa aussie lalo na sa mga naghahanap na nang work hindi natatapos sa pagpasok sa aussie ang challenges natin at nasa same batch ko.

Nasa paghahanap nang work at pagsettling in ang isa sa pinaka mas difficult at challenging na part. Nasabi ko to dahil for 1 month halos magkumahog ako magpunta sa mga interview hanggang sa nakatsamba ako dalawang employer na pinaghandaan ko talaga at finally namili nalang sa dalawa bukod sa compensation at nature nang work.

ano ano mga diskarte na ginawa ko?

kung hindi makakuha nang interview basahin maigi ang CV at tignan maigi kung tama ba mga naka sulat. tignan din natin maigi kung nagsulat lang ba tayo because of whims at hindi dahil base talaga sa kung ano ginagawa sa mga previous work natin.

pag may interview iwasan natin ang kabahan at itrato lang natin yung kausap na parang informal na chit chat lang. ang napansin ko dito sa aussie friendly sila as long as maideliver mo yung gusto mo sabihin wala sila pake sayo kung minsan nagkakamali ka naiintindihan nang nagiinterview yun. sa totoo lang mga direktor na halos kausap ko sa sobrang kaba ko bandang hule hindi ko naideliver yung dapat ko sabihin at nasegway na kami sa kung ano anong hindi na related sa subject matter. maaring masasabi nyo na hindi nyo magagawa to pero maaring andun na kayo sa parteng ito masabi nyo nalang ay ganun pala yun. maigi na aware ang karamihan : )

at after nang interview mag thank you thru email or sms wag tatwagan at wag magspam nang follow up dahil professional tayo at hindi natin kailangan mangulet.

magreflect kung ano ba yung mga dapat iavoid at ano ba mga napagusapan sa interview na hidni na dapat gagawin next time.

goodluck sa mga naghahanap ang work at hopefully swertehin din lahat tayong andito at mafulfill natin ang kanya kanyang aussie dreams : )

layao2002 · July 2016

@thegreatiam15 Congrats men. Finofollow ko mga updates mo pre since nauna ka sa amin. Punta na din kami jan ng january. Salamat sa mga tips

thegreatiam15 · July 2016

layao2002 said:
@thegreatiam15 Congrats men. Finofollow ko mga updates mo pre since nauna ka sa amin. Punta na din kami jan ng january. Salamat sa mga tips

eh? ayos! ingats men! kayang kaya nyo dito pramis anytime kontakin nyo lang ako pagdating nyo

don_andres · November 2016

@thegreatiam15 and @Liolaeus ang gara ng journey nyo dito... i am in the boat as you were a year ago... 66days na ako since last CO contact, but until now ala pa... worries are building up as CO may not consider my work exp but i leave everything to Him. naaliw akong basahin ang journey nyo and how you dealt with the daily agony of waiting. i am also here in SG, gustong gusto na din magresign sa work, pero sabi nyo nga sayang ang sahod. i learned a lot from you guys. thanks for sharing your journey here.

Liolaeus · November 2016

@don_andres bakit hindi i-consider? Sa skills assessment pa lang malalaman na yung i-claim mo diba? Basta same yung result ng assessment at ng lodgment mo, ok na yan. Kapit lang. Worth it lahat ng pag hihintay at investment.

thegreatiam15 · November 2016

Liolaeus said:
@don_andres bakit hindi i-consider? Sa skills assessment pa lang malalaman na yung i-claim mo diba? Basta same yung result ng assessment at ng lodgment mo, ok na yan. Kapit lang. Worth it lahat ng pag hihintay at investment.

agree ako dito sa skills assessment lang once ok na yun walang reason para di maapprove lalot nakapaglodge kana visa

anyway life is good dito sa OZ kung ako sayo eenjoyin ko na SG habang may time kapa kasi pagdating mo dito

faken Yishun, bishan, toa payoh, khatib, or whatever na lugar you are into is going bye bye

heheeh dami ka din mamimiss diyan pero marealise mo superficial lahat mas the best lifestyle dito!

Liolaeus · June 2017

Kamusta na ang mga ka batch ko dito? Ok naman ba so far?

sunflower · July 2017

@Liolaeus
Uy, nabuhay ang thread natin! Hihihi. Naka-one year na ako dito as of last month. Enjoying life! Three years to go before the citizenship exam. Ikaw kumusta diyan?

m0t0k0 · July 2017

Liolaeus said:
Kamusta na ang mga ka batch ko dito? Ok naman ba so far?

sunflower said:
@Liolaeus

Uy, nabuhay ang thread natin! Hihihi. Naka-one year na ako dito as of last month. Enjoying life! Three years to go before the citizenship exam. Ikaw kumusta diyan?

hello mates, 1 yr na tayo, hope everyone is fine.

just wondering, anyone of you tried lodging your tax return by yourself? gusto ko kasi itry mag lodge by myself this time around. anyone knows a good tutorial site for lodging at ATO?

also for @Liolaeus, tama ba pagka-aalala ko na nasa Brisbane ka? how do you find it up there? the reason I'm interested to know how's the real estate situation there is I saw the other day about an opening for a developer for Amazon. dito sa Sydney kasi masyadong mahal bumili kahit condo man lang, though I plan to stay here for 2-3 years...

m0t0k0 · July 2017

Just thought to share, this was my own reply / update in another thread related to lodging your tax via ATO:

In the end, I asked one of my teammates here in the office, turns out he uses the ATO to lodge his taxes and he gave me a few pointers. The most important bit that he told me is that once you click the lodge button, it doesn't mean that its touch move. You can edit / update or even cancel your lodgement anytime.

So I went ahead and click the Lodge, saw there were 4 steps:
1. Contact Details (easy) - just update your details

2. Bank Details (easy) - just update your bank details to where ATO will deposit the refund

3. Personalise Return (hard) - there's alot of checkboxes here, I haven't figured out completely which ones I need to check, still in-progress for me, you can put some temporary checkboxes if you just want to be able to get to step 4

4. Prepare Return (hard) - this is where the PAYG is meant to appear, pre-filled once your employer(s) have reported it here as per my understanding. this is also where you put in the tax deductions if any, finally it has the calculate button to determine the tax refund correct? Again like step 3, still in-progress for me, since there are no PAYG yet.

Liolaeus · July 2017

sunflower said:
@Liolaeus

Uy, nabuhay ang thread natin! Hihihi. Naka-one year na ako dito as of last month. Enjoying life! Three years to go before the citizenship exam. Ikaw kumusta diyan?

@sunflower

Ok naman din naka one year na din ako last month. Halos sabay pala tayo nag big move. hehe. Balita ko yung citizenship exam hinirapan daw ah.

m0t0k0 said:

Liolaeus said:
Kamusta na ang mga ka batch ko dito? Ok naman ba so far?

sunflower said:
@Liolaeus

Uy, nabuhay ang thread natin! Hihihi. Naka-one year na ako dito as of last month. Enjoying life! Three years to go before the citizenship exam. Ikaw kumusta diyan?
hello mates, 1 yr na tayo, hope everyone is fine.

just wondering, anyone of you tried lodging your tax return by yourself? gusto ko kasi itry mag lodge by myself this time around. anyone knows a good tutorial site for lodging at ATO?

also for @Liolaeus, tama ba pagka-aalala ko na nasa Brisbane ka? how do you find it up there? the reason I'm interested to know how's the real estate situation there is I saw the other day about an opening for a developer for Amazon. dito sa Sydney kasi masyadong mahal bumili kahit condo man lang, though I plan to stay here for 2-3 years...

@m0t0k0

Yup, ok naman dito, hindi kasing crowded ng Sydney. Pag sa city ata talagang mahal ang mga property. Ano ba price range hanap mo? Dito kasi may aroudn 500k 400sqm 4br 2cr 2gr house and lot 20km away from city which is ok na. Meron pa ngayon first home owners grant $20k kaya hinahabol ko bago matapos ang 2017.

Re: Tax return. Mag pagawa na lang muna ko sa accountant tas next year na lang ako mag file ng sarili.