BIG MOVE 2019

carlosau · October 2019

Salamat sa inyong mga input. May kilala ako 4 mos walang work sa IT nakaya naman nila. Relative sa tao talaga.

geneaux · October 2019

Hello! Question lang po, may familiar po ba dito kung saan yung office ng NAB sa philippines? applicable pa bo ba yung process na mag-open ka ng NAB bank account dito sa pinas and maghulog na ng pera dun sa account, then pagdating sa AU eh validate mo lang yung account mo on any NAB branch. Di ko lang kase ma-search sa net yung tel no. ng NAB Philippines. Thanks in advance.

maureenguelan · October 2019

Hi everyone, big move na namen sa december ksma na 3 babies ko. Nkakaexcite na nkakaba ang feeling.
Ninonote ko talga lahat ng dpat gawin before and after bigmove. Lalo nat may mga ksma ko n todlers. Mhirap pero kakayanin.
Sa ngayon mas nhhrpan pa ko mag impake hahaha hnd ko alam kung san ko magsisimula🤣.

ms_ane · October 2019

@maureenguelan congrats sis sa nalalapit na BM. Kapit lang at magiging maayos din ang lahat. Nakaka aning nga mag empake, pero na enjoy kong magtapon hahaha tapos napapaisip ako, bakit ko ba tinago pa tong mga gamit nato? anluwag na ng kusina namin now e, susunod na un iba pang gamit

maureenguelan · October 2019

@ms_ane true sis hahaah. Yun tlga ang mhirap magempake hahaha at magtapon.
Tapos lilinisin mo pa lahat ng sapatos at punasan mga maleta tamang aning nadn ko s mga nbabasa ko hahaha

juliatheambitiousoul · October 2019

@geneaux I think walang office ang NAB sa pinas. You can open online and transfer once you receive a welcome letter from them- https://www.nab.com.au/personal/travel-and-overseas-banking/open-account-from-overseas.

@maureenguelan ganyan na ganyan kami dati. pinadala pa namin yung iba yun pala hindi namin need at mura nmn so far dito. Sayang tuloy yung postage fee. May checklist ka na nyan para dire2tso lakad nya. It's going to be very busy on the first few weeks at madami lakad nun sabay pasyal.

gdcan · October 2019

nagwworry ako sa schooling ng 3yo ko! baka wala na slots by the time na apply kami sa January. required kasi yung Immunisation Statements sa preschools!

pano diskarte niyo sa schools?
@maureenguelan @ms_ane @juliatheambitiousoul

ms_ane · October 2019

@gdcan sis ang feedback dito is wala naman daw problema even nga mid year mag transfer ang bata e tinatanggap pa din nila. Be ready lang talaga sa immunisation cert at required ito. May kulang pa yung anak ko na mga booster shots, sa AU na kami papa vacc para libre lels.

Noodles12 · October 2019

@gdcan mukang sa childcare muna ma eenroll baby niyo since 3yrs old palang. Not sure kung required immunisation record pero mostly naman eh pde to follow nalang un.

If ever sa childcare nga kayo medyo mahirap nga ang slot pero kung public school tatangapin naman kayo anytime.

Like in our case wala pa yung immunisation record ng daughter namin nung pinasok namin siya sa school then once na update na sa GP pinasa nalang namin sa school.

gdcan · October 2019

@ms_ane yung IPV ba yan? hehehehe owow libre! saya naman nun

@Noodles12 yung mga pinsan ko kasi na andiyan, 1yr before talaga ineenroll daw mga bata dahil ma-wawaitlist sila. sabi ko nga grabe diyan, aggressive sila magpareserve ng slot

agentKams · October 2019

@gdcan sa case namin pinakita ko iyong baby book niya then to follow iyong immunisation statement, ok lang naman sa kanila. you can call your preferred na daycare to inquire, very understanding naman sila sa ganyan since newly arrived resident naman kayo.

Noodles12 · October 2019

Tama si agentKams wag kalimutan dalhin yung baby book. Yan din ung ipapakita niyo sa GP to update immunisation record history dito.

gdcan · October 2019

@agentKams @Noodles12 medyo strict yung preschool na inapplyan ko, kelangan daw nung statement, kaya inignore lang ang application ko. ang taray nga e

so baby book lang kelangan? di na ibblood test yung bata? kung ganon, e yay!!

ms_ane · October 2019

@gdcan baka nga iba ang case kapag pre school or sa day care pa ang bata. Ang mga recent na nababasa ko is for primary na kasi mag primary 5 na ang anak ko anyway, research research nalang ikaw sis and magpalista na if needed

agentKams · October 2019

@gdcan normally sa big cities ganyan sila kastrict dahil sa wait list. oo baby book lang iyong hiningi samin wala namn nirequire na blood test.

yosh10 · October 2019

@gdcan no blood test required... basically, itransfer lang nila yun records na meron ka from pinas to medicare.
since you have a 3 yo, sa childcare muna sya papasok, dun mas mahirap kumuha ng slot kasi madalas punuan. another option ay humanap ka ng family day care within the area while wait listed sa gusto mong childcare centre.

maureenguelan · October 2019

@juliatheambitiousoul naku sis yan n nga gingawa ko mag checklist na tlga lalo nat meron ko 1 year old, 3 years old and 5 years old.yes lahat sila ksma n namen ni hubby.kya tlgang challenging tlga eto.

@gdcan yun nga sis isa pa sa aasikasuhin ko dahil dalawang anak ko na mag school yung isa 3 years old kinder garten yung isa reception .
Lahat nman ng baby book nila naayos ko so far. Kailngan na lang iupdate mga immunization nila at habang dto pa pinas kinukumpleto ko na.
Sabi kse laging hnhngi nila baby book or immunization record

mightysigs · October 2019

@frisch24 Napansin ko lang yung comment nyo about SQL. Currently waiting po kami sa South Australia 489 visa grant and the main applicant is my wife under job code 313112. Ako naman po ay sa data analytics hence, SQL coder po ako but not PL/SQL. I just hope na should we be granted with the visa, eh makahanap ako work sa SA na related sa data analytics / SQL.

frisch24 · October 2019

@mightymigs not sure sa SA, but here sa Melbourne mejo marami naghahanap ng data analytics. And yung company na pinagwoworkan ko nandito lang sa Melbourne ang main office. Store lang yung meron kami sa Adelaide.

Crossing my fingers on your visa grant.;)

swish19 · October 2019

Just sharing to inspire sa mga naghahanap ng work upon BM.
Moved here sa Sydney last May to look for job, di ko mabilang ang mga submissions ko mostly thru Seek at me ilan sa linkdin. I did got an offer sa Brisbane before pa magmove ng May pero i think Brisbane is not the place for us at nkavisa 190 kami family. Upon moving mejo napapisip ako kung tama ba na tinanggihan ko ang offer sa Brisbane dahil swak tlga sa role ko. But after a few weeks and a lot of applications, research, self-study and improving my cover letter wala pa din interview usually rejection letters at konting tawag na di swak sa role. Meron din offer na project base for a month pero di ko kinuha since di sila pumayag na magoff ako pagsakali me interview.
Anyway to make the story short, I secured a permanent role after a month of job searching. I only got 2 interviews, isa sa headhunter at isa sa company ko now.
I think depende kung ano talaga yung tingin mo para sayo, so you stick sa plan A, no plan B. But again depende nga sa tingin mo binigay sayo ng nasa taas.
naka3months na ako sa work and masasabi ko it's worth waiting, madami challenges dahil hindi spoon feeding lahat ng kailangan mo matutunan but it's great.

carlosau · October 2019

First week ko dito inasikaso namin yung mga medicare, centrelink, bank and TFN namin. May onting gala in between. Met up with few friends and wife's relatives. Second week ako nag start mag apply. Ganado pa ako nun kasi may uuwian akong family and I can spend more time with then before they leave. Nung umuwi sila, nawala lahat ng excitement and medyo nakaka depress. I have a lot of interviews pero with Head Hunters.

After 3 weeks I landed an interview with an actual company pero 3 lang kami if ever dito sa Australia kasi based sila sa Canada.

Share ko lang. I'm not the kind of person who gives up easily kasi nagka visa kami and all, which took a lot of patience and prayers pero not being with my family is really taxing. I'm planning to go home before December if wala pang work by November and just do the BM with my wife and son. In that way inspired ako and hindi down. Sobrang gloomy dito sa Melbourne nakakadagdag din sa depression hehe.

caienri · October 2019

@carlosau praying for you bro and hoping for the best with your family. Do what you think is best specially with your mental and emotional health.

juliatheambitiousoul · October 2019

@gdcan @maureenguelan for us, we were planning to put my son in childcare right away pero we changed our minds kasi mahal ang bayad sa child care. nag-ipon muna kami konti and then after 6 months saka namin sya pinasok nung medyo settled na rin kami like house, work (kahit isa sa amin). Saka para di mabigla yung anak ko, dinadala ko sya sa library every Friday. Yes bring the baby book, mas maganda if pagawa kayo ng summary of immunisations sa pedia ng kids. Mas mabilis ikey-in ng nurse sa system nila.

@carlosau kung kaya nmn ng budget why not do a BM with your family. Saka volunteer, I think it will help not only to network but also understand their culture and language. I read a lot of blogs that after volunteering, they were able to secure job interviews. I did volunteer din though I did not put it sa resume ko so I am not sure how true is that but it helped me not to be depressed. If you are willing to do odd jobs which I am pretty sure mahirap din (nahirapan ako maghanap e ) , then do it while applying for your dream job. Stick to your plans if money is not a problem. It took me 6 months before I got my job which I was not expecting it. I was about to change career but then I landed the job. And I think studying helped me too to be busy (certificate and yung mura lang). Google has free certifications which are IT related and other stuffs. Maybe you want to explore on that. Good luck and yep, do what you think is best for you! (I think medyo matumal ang jobs due to malapit ang December which they have the 2 weeks break.)

carlosau · October 2019

@caienri @juliatheambitiousoul Thanks. Marami namang interviews it's just that yun nga mahirap mag concentrate. Nabudgetan naman namin yung BM and my friends that are willing to help. There are also lots of encouragement from family, friends and here sa forums but at the end of the day, I just want to be with my family again. I'll give it until November if hindi pa rin makahanap ng work, I'll go home and be happy with my family. Andyan lang naman ang Australia and we can always start fresh.

swish19 · October 2019

@carlosau just make yourself busy bro para di mo masyado maramdaman homesickness. read books, play video games, watch movies, study something that can improve your skills... di talaga nawawala challenges first is getting visa approval, second finding job and settling, tapos budgeting, obligations at payables. Kung me budget nmn at kaya pa tuloy lang ang job hunting.

Noodles12 · October 2019

@carlosau, normal lang yan bro na minsan pang hinaan ng loob at ma homesick. Actually ako ngaun na hohome sick din kahit kasama ko family ko. Pero kung iisipin mo na lahat ng sinasacripisyo mo is para sa pamilya mo mag tutuloy tuloy ka lang.

Kaya yan bro! tyaga tyaga lang darating din yang work na para sayo talaga. Pag dating nyang work mo at pag kasama mo na family mo at kapag nakakapag pundar pundar na kayo ng mga gamit dito at nakakpag established na worth it yang mga pinag daanan mong lungkot.

carlosau · October 2019

Thanks guys @Noodles12 and @swish19 ! Ang daming coding exams from companies kaya nagiging busy kahit papano.

Noodles12 · October 2019

oo nga ganyan din ako noon. Puro coding exam trip nila. Napabili ako ng laptop ng wala sa oras noon, inisip ko nalang mababawi din naman ung pinag bili ko pag naipasa ko ung exam. lol

Bakit hindi mo itry dito sa Sydney kahit mag pasa pasa ka lang ng resume malay mo andito pala yung work na para sayo.

kramkramkram · October 2019

@carlosau, similar to volunteering is to participate in open source projects(since you are in IT) and/other forums aside from pinoyau like stackoverflow.

Bakit hindi mo itry dito sa Sydney kahit mag pasa pasa ka lang ng resume malay mo andito pala yung work na para sayo.

Best advise for IT jobs. May family friend kami na nag big move ang famliy to QLD. Java programmer din. After a few months, wala pa rin work, babalik na sana sila sa Pilipinas. Invite namin sila to try Sydney at stay muna sila sa amin temporarily hanggang maka work, within a month naka kuha ng work dito sa Sydney.