BIG MOVE 2020

relaxhax · July 2020

@johnnydapper said:
go for it. maswerte kayo nainvite pa din. ung ida hirap. pagdadaanan tlga ang paghahanap ng Job. dumating ako dito sa SA june 15 then nagquarantine. mas mataas ang chance to get a job pag nandito na kasi pede kn agad magrequest ng police checks and etc.

Au mobile number and address din tinitignan nila. nung nasa SG/Pinas pa ako, apply ako ng apply pero wala man lng akong nakuhang invitation for interview pero nung nandito na ako kahit papano meron na. ang hirap lang kasi na walang local experience. yun lng tlga disadvantage. basta kelangan lng tlga ng mahabang patience. soon magiging normal din ang lahat.

@relaxhax said:

@chabawamba said:

@whoisluis said:

@chabawamba said:
Hello asking lang po if anyone here had their BM this year and still having a hard time looking for jobs? Thanks!

Was about to ask the same question. Kamusta po ang job hunting? Lalo po sa mga nakapag BM from March onwards?

Mejo struggle po. Been here since Feb and still cant find a job. Kahit mga jobs na hinfi related we tried applying. Savings are starting to deplete narin 😥 #sadtruth

Hi @chabawamba, ask lang po namin ano pong line of work nyo?

Hi everyone, we just got invited via Visa 491 pero one of our biggest concerns is finding work in SA. My wife is a medical technologist and I'm in IT.

Ask po sana kami ng help and advice, should we stay and wait it out or should we go for it?

Thank you so much sa inyo :-)

Thank you ng madami sir sa advice! Oo nga sir, sobrang thankful kami sa blessing na mainvite. Kung may mga job opportunities for us naman po, need lang siguro sipagan talaga ng pag apply and paghahanap ng work pag nandyan na.

Noted po sa Au number. Hopefully maging okay na ang lahat. Thanks ulit!

extremestyleman · July 2020

Yes tama si johnnydapper. After 1 month of looking may job na din ako. A lot of interviews also. For me address and AU number importante talaga. Naka job seeker din kami ng wife ko. Hindi namin nagagalaw baon namin kasi sobra sobra pa ang bigay ng govt. pag nag sahod na its payback time naman para makacontribute na din sa tax.

relaxhax · July 2020

@extremestyleman said:
Yes tama si johnnydapper. After 1 month of looking may job na din ako. A lot of interviews also. For me address and AU number importante talaga. Naka job seeker din kami ng wife ko. Hindi namin nagagalaw baon namin kasi sobra sobra pa ang bigay ng govt. pag nag sahod na its payback time naman para makacontribute na din sa tax.

That's great to hear sir. Ask ko lang pala, para saan yung bigay sir ng govt? Thanks!

johnnydapper · July 2020

jobseeker payment para sa mga PR/citizens na unemployed dahil sa covid pero kahit new migrants pede mo makuha. imagine almost 1,2k fortnight bigay nila. sobrang laking tulong nito.

@relaxhax said:

@extremestyleman said:
Yes tama si johnnydapper. After 1 month of looking may job na din ako. A lot of interviews also. For me address and AU number importante talaga. Naka job seeker din kami ng wife ko. Hindi namin nagagalaw baon namin kasi sobra sobra pa ang bigay ng govt. pag nag sahod na its payback time naman para makacontribute na din sa tax.

That's great to hear sir. Ask ko lang pala, para saan yung bigay sir ng govt? Thanks!

Ozlaz · July 2020

@johnnydapper said:
jobseeker payment para sa mga PR/citizens na unemployed dahil sa covid pero kahit new migrants pede mo makuha. imagine almost 1,2k fortnight bigay nila. sobrang laking tulong nito.

@relaxhax said:

@extremestyleman said:
Yes tama si johnnydapper. After 1 month of looking may job na din ako. A lot of interviews also. For me address and AU number importante talaga. Naka job seeker din kami ng wife ko. Hindi namin nagagalaw baon namin kasi sobra sobra pa ang bigay ng govt. pag nag sahod na its payback time naman para makacontribute na din sa tax.

That's great to hear sir. Ask ko lang pala, para saan yung bigay sir ng govt? Thanks!

Ang laki, nice. Nakakuha ka?

relaxhax · July 2020

@johnnydapper said:
jobseeker payment para sa mga PR/citizens na unemployed dahil sa covid pero kahit new migrants pede mo makuha. imagine almost 1,2k fortnight bigay nila. sobrang laking tulong nito.

@relaxhax said:

@extremestyleman said:
Yes tama si johnnydapper. After 1 month of looking may job na din ako. A lot of interviews also. For me address and AU number importante talaga. Naka job seeker din kami ng wife ko. Hindi namin nagagalaw baon namin kasi sobra sobra pa ang bigay ng govt. pag nag sahod na its payback time naman para makacontribute na din sa tax.

That's great to hear sir. Ask ko lang pala, para saan yung bigay sir ng govt? Thanks!

Ayos sir nakakatuwa naman. Since hindi kami citizen/PR I guess wala pa kami nyan, need mag ipon talaga ng baon

whoisluis · July 2020

@johnnydapper said:
jobseeker payment para sa mga PR/citizens na unemployed dahil sa covid pero kahit new migrants pede mo makuha. imagine almost 1,2k fortnight bigay nila. sobrang laking tulong nito.

@relaxhax said:

@extremestyleman said:
Yes tama si johnnydapper. After 1 month of looking may job na din ako. A lot of interviews also. For me address and AU number importante talaga. Naka job seeker din kami ng wife ko. Hindi namin nagagalaw baon namin kasi sobra sobra pa ang bigay ng govt. pag nag sahod na its payback time naman para makacontribute na din sa tax.

That's great to hear sir. Ask ko lang pala, para saan yung bigay sir ng govt? Thanks!

Maraming salamat po info. Til when ung ganitong arrangement for new migrants? Plan ko kase mag BM this September. Sana makaabot pa.

kars · July 2020

@extremestyleman said:
Yes tama si johnnydapper. After 1 month of looking may job na din ako. A lot of interviews also. For me address and AU number importante talaga. Naka job seeker din kami ng wife ko. Hindi namin nagagalaw baon namin kasi sobra sobra pa ang bigay ng govt. pag nag sahod na its payback time naman para makacontribute na din sa tax.

@extremestyleman Itatanong ko lang po kung each po kayo ng wife mo na nakakatanggap ng Job Seeker or per family po ito? Back up lang namin ng partner ko if ever hindi kami makahanap ng work agad agad po. Salamat in advance

jaceejoef · July 2020

Visa 489 Adelaide SA

Share ko lang experience ko so far.

Dumating ako dito last Feb 29. I think 1 or 2 weeks before nauso ang lockdown. For a month puro interview lang. Nung naglockdown ang SA, nagtry ako ng online job. Medyo advantage sakin kasi web developer ako. Maliit sweldo pero atleast meron at di stagnant ang skills ko.

Nung April, natanggap ako as Web Developer sa local company pero casual lang. Tatawagan lang ako pag may project. Still not an ideal work kasi minsan 2 weeks walang project so walang pera.

Nung June, may kakilala ang landlady ko na ni-refer ako to work as cleaner. Di pa din enough kasi 2 days a week lang pero at least may local odd job experience na.

Starting tomorrow, magstart na ang training ko sa certificate III individual support (sa Celtic Training) to work as a carer. Training is 10 weeks. Sa mga nasa South Australia, merong funding ang government to some visa holders like 489. The original training cost is 2450AUD pero 350AUD na lang pag merong funding.

I really hope this goes well because I gave up my cleaning job kasi full time ang training. Now, I only have the casual local web developer job and a few thousands left.

I'm also planning to do food delivery later pag may budget na pambili ng bike. Maliit ang kita pero malaki na pag na-convert sa pesos. At least dun ko na kukunin ang pampadala sa pinas.

Kapit lang. Nakakabaliw na tinitingnan mo na nauubos ng paunti unti ang baon mong pera.

johnnydapper · July 2020

kapit lang kapatid. magiging normal din ang lahat. pag dadaanan tlga naten to. kaya positive lng taya, kaya naten to haha. pag mabuti na ang lahat, iinom ntin!

@jaceejoef said:
Visa 489 Adelaide SA

Share ko lang experience ko so far.

Dumating ako dito last Feb 29. I think 1 or 2 weeks before nauso ang lockdown. For a month puro interview lang. Nung naglockdown ang SA, nagtry ako ng online job. Medyo advantage sakin kasi web developer ako. Maliit sweldo pero atleast meron at di stagnant ang skills ko.

Nung April, natanggap ako as Web Developer sa local company pero casual lang. Tatawagan lang ako pag may project. Still not an ideal work kasi minsan 2 weeks walang project so walang pera.

Nung June, may kakilala ang landlady ko na ni-refer ako to work as cleaner. Di pa din enough kasi 2 days a week lang pero at least may local odd job experience na.

Starting tomorrow, magstart na ang training ko sa certificate III individual support (sa Celtic Training) to work as a carer. Training is 10 weeks. Sa mga nasa South Australia, merong funding ang government to some visa holders like 489. The original training cost is 2450AUD pero 350AUD na lang pag merong funding.

I really hope this goes well because I gave up my cleaning job kasi full time ang training. Now, I only have the casual local web developer job and a few thousands left.

I'm also planning to do food delivery later pag may budget na pambili ng bike. Maliit ang kita pero malaki na pag na-convert sa pesos. At least dun ko na kukunin ang pampadala sa pinas.

Kapit lang. Nakakabaliw na tinitingnan mo na nauubos ng paunti unti ang baon mong pera.

johnnydapper · July 2020

hindi nila sinasabi kung hanggang kailan, no idea ako pero sana tumagal kasi laking tulong tlga sya.

@whoisluis said:

@johnnydapper said:
jobseeker payment para sa mga PR/citizens na unemployed dahil sa covid pero kahit new migrants pede mo makuha. imagine almost 1,2k fortnight bigay nila. sobrang laking tulong nito.

@relaxhax said:

@extremestyleman said:
Yes tama si johnnydapper. After 1 month of looking may job na din ako. A lot of interviews also. For me address and AU number importante talaga. Naka job seeker din kami ng wife ko. Hindi namin nagagalaw baon namin kasi sobra sobra pa ang bigay ng govt. pag nag sahod na its payback time naman para makacontribute na din sa tax.

That's great to hear sir. Ask ko lang pala, para saan yung bigay sir ng govt? Thanks!

Maraming salamat po info. Til when ung ganitong arrangement for new migrants? Plan ko kase mag BM this September. Sana makaabot pa.

relaxhax · July 2020

@jaceejoef said:
Visa 489 Adelaide SA

Share ko lang experience ko so far.

Dumating ako dito last Feb 29. I think 1 or 2 weeks before nauso ang lockdown. For a month puro interview lang. Nung naglockdown ang SA, nagtry ako ng online job. Medyo advantage sakin kasi web developer ako. Maliit sweldo pero atleast meron at di stagnant ang skills ko.

Nung April, natanggap ako as Web Developer sa local company pero casual lang. Tatawagan lang ako pag may project. Still not an ideal work kasi minsan 2 weeks walang project so walang pera.

Nung June, may kakilala ang landlady ko na ni-refer ako to work as cleaner. Di pa din enough kasi 2 days a week lang pero at least may local odd job experience na.

Starting tomorrow, magstart na ang training ko sa certificate III individual support (sa Celtic Training) to work as a carer. Training is 10 weeks. Sa mga nasa South Australia, merong funding ang government to some visa holders like 489. The original training cost is 2450AUD pero 350AUD na lang pag merong funding.

I really hope this goes well because I gave up my cleaning job kasi full time ang training. Now, I only have the casual local web developer job and a few thousands left.

I'm also planning to do food delivery later pag may budget na pambili ng bike. Maliit ang kita pero malaki na pag na-convert sa pesos. At least dun ko na kukunin ang pampadala sa pinas.

Kapit lang. Nakakabaliw na tinitingnan mo na nauubos ng paunti unti ang baon mong pera.

Thank you si sa pag share ng experience mo. Ask ko lang, as in sobrang hirap maghanap ng work for IT sa Adelaide? Ano sir mga naging challenges? Good luck sa training!

jaceejoef · July 2020

@relaxhax I think depende sa job. May nakausap ako business analyst siya. After 3 months nakakuha siya ng work sa mismong SA government.

WordPress ang background ko kaya medyo mahirap. Madali kasi i-outsource yung ganung skill. Nagstart na ko study ng ibang technology pero less priority ko yun.

odwight · July 2020

@chabawamba said:

@whoisluis said:

@chabawamba said:
Hello asking lang po if anyone here had their BM this year and still having a hard time looking for jobs? Thanks!

Was about to ask the same question. Kamusta po ang job hunting? Lalo po sa mga nakapag BM from March onwards?

Mejo struggle po. Been here since Feb and still cant find a job. Kahit mga jobs na hinfi related we tried applying. Savings are starting to deplete narin 😥 #sadtruth

looks like job market ngayon is mahirap. just keep it up, makakahanap ka din nyan.
saan ka po pala sa AU?

anyone else who can share their experience?

doobeedoodoo · July 2020

Hi guys,

Here's ours:

Nung nasa Pinas palang ako, sinubukan ko nang mag-apply apply online. Mahirap kasi parang automatic na nafi-filter out pag wala ka pang Australian address and phone number.
Pero, nag reach out na ako to recruiters online.
Nung nag BM kami around 3 weeks ago, I got in touch with the recruiters and updated them with my Australian address and phone numbers. Sunod sunod narin yung tawag from them.
Sabi nila, yung job market, very tough nung around March, April, May. Pero it should pick up from now on moving forward, lalo na nag start na ang new financial year. So don't let your hopes down.
Paglapag namin dito sa Australia, inasikaso agad namin yung Centrelink namin. So nakatanggap kami ni misis ng JobSeeker payment. That's around $1,000 ($500 JobSeeker, $500 COVID ayuda) each per fortnight. Malaking tulong rin.
Ang original plan, yung $500 na ayuda fortnightly for COVID, hanggang September 2020 raw. Pero it might change. Di natin alam. Sana ma extend pa.
Luckily for me, nakahanap na ako ng trabaho last week. I'm in the IT industry. Ang tumulong sakin, yung recruiter na kausap ko nung nasa Pinas palang ako.

Pag may tanong kayo, just reach out. I'd be glad to help. Thanks.

odwight · July 2020

@doobeedoodoo nice! good to see na meron din nakakuha ng work.

Just keep the faith nlng nga and tuloy lang parati. hehehehe.

Me, still waiting for 489 to be allowed entry.

Cheers!

crankygrinch · July 2020

Hello. San po ba nalalaman kung magkano sisingilin ng state para sa quarantine mo? Thank you.

lecia · July 2020

@crankygrinch said:
Hello. San po ba nalalaman kung magkano sisingilin ng state para sa quarantine mo? Thank you.

San state po kyo?

crankygrinch · July 2020

@lecia said:

San state po kyo?

Plan po namin sa VIC.

tmasuncion · July 2020

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!

lecia · July 2020

@tmasuncion ! Happy for you batch!!! Maabutan namin kyo jan sa quarantine!! Goodluck sa journey!! God bless too!

bluebubble · July 2020

Hi good day!

Sino po dito ang nag BM sa Au na pregnant ? Dahil wala po tayong work at di tayo makakaapppky ng work ano po ang support from the goverment na pede makuha? May nabasa po ako parenting payment applicable po ba ito sa newly PR na kakadating lang.

Salamat

engineer20 · July 2020

@bluebubble said:
Hi good day!

Sino po dito ang nag BM sa Au na pregnant ? Dahil wala po tayong work at di tayo makakaapppky ng work ano po ang support from the goverment na pede makuha? May nabasa po ako parenting payment applicable po ba ito sa newly PR na kakadating lang.

Salamat

@bluebubble try to apply for jobseeker sa centrelink

xiaolico · July 2020

@bluebubble said:
Hi good day!

Sino po dito ang nag BM sa Au na pregnant ? Dahil wala po tayong work at di tayo makakaapppky ng work ano po ang support from the goverment na pede makuha? May nabasa po ako parenting payment applicable po ba ito sa newly PR na kakadating lang.

Salamat

Di ako sure if meron. When I got here, 3yrs ago ata. I asked kung eligible ako sa new starter. Job seeker daw is available lang if 2yrs ka na nandito. Yun sinabi sa akin sa centrelink

Ozlaz · July 2020

@xiaolico said:

@bluebubble said:
Hi good day!

Sino po dito ang nag BM sa Au na pregnant ? Dahil wala po tayong work at di tayo makakaapppky ng work ano po ang support from the goverment na pede makuha? May nabasa po ako parenting payment applicable po ba ito sa newly PR na kakadating lang.

Salamat

Di ako sure if meron. When I got here, 3yrs ago ata. I asked kung eligible ako sa new starter. Job seeker daw is available lang if 2yrs ka na nandito. Yun sinabi sa akin sa centrelink

Dahil Covid ngayon, inalis nila yun requirement na dapat 2yrs ka na andito. Try mo mag apply ng job seeker. Tapos may new born payment ka pa na makukuha. Tapos apply ka na rin ng ftb. Malaking tulong.

xiaolico · July 2020

@Ozlaz said:

@xiaolico said:

@bluebubble said:
Hi good day!

Sino po dito ang nag BM sa Au na pregnant ? Dahil wala po tayong work at di tayo makakaapppky ng work ano po ang support from the goverment na pede makuha? May nabasa po ako parenting payment applicable po ba ito sa newly PR na kakadating lang.

Salamat

Di ako sure if meron. When I got here, 3yrs ago ata. I asked kung eligible ako sa new starter. Job seeker daw is available lang if 2yrs ka na nandito. Yun sinabi sa akin sa centrelink

Dahil Covid ngayon, inalis nila yun requirement na dapat 2yrs ka na andito. Try mo mag apply ng job seeker. Tapos may new born payment ka pa na makukuha. Tapos apply ka na rin ng ftb. Malaking tulong.

Ayos pala. I didn’t know that.

tmasuncion · July 2020

@Ozlaz said:

@xiaolico said:

@bluebubble said:
Hi good day!

Sino po dito ang nag BM sa Au na pregnant ? Dahil wala po tayong work at di tayo makakaapppky ng work ano po ang support from the goverment na pede makuha? May nabasa po ako parenting payment applicable po ba ito sa newly PR na kakadating lang.

Salamat

Di ako sure if meron. When I got here, 3yrs ago ata. I asked kung eligible ako sa new starter. Job seeker daw is available lang if 2yrs ka na nandito. Yun sinabi sa akin sa centrelink

Dahil Covid ngayon, inalis nila yun requirement na dapat 2yrs ka na andito. Try mo mag apply ng job seeker. Tapos may new born payment ka pa na makukuha. Tapos apply ka na rin ng ftb. Malaking tulong.

lahat to sa centrelink diba? ano pala yung ftb?

fortdomeng · July 2020

@tmasuncion said:

@Ozlaz said:

@xiaolico said:

@bluebubble said:
Hi good day!

Sino po dito ang nag BM sa Au na pregnant ? Dahil wala po tayong work at di tayo makakaapppky ng work ano po ang support from the goverment na pede makuha? May nabasa po ako parenting payment applicable po ba ito sa newly PR na kakadating lang.

Salamat

Di ako sure if meron. When I got here, 3yrs ago ata. I asked kung eligible ako sa new starter. Job seeker daw is available lang if 2yrs ka na nandito. Yun sinabi sa akin sa centrelink

Dahil Covid ngayon, inalis nila yun requirement na dapat 2yrs ka na andito. Try mo mag apply ng job seeker. Tapos may new born payment ka pa na makukuha. Tapos apply ka na rin ng ftb. Malaking tulong.

lahat to sa centrelink diba? ano pala yung ftb?

FTB is assistance sa pag raise ng anak/mga anak Naka depende sa income pala yun kung magkano ang computation

bluebubble · July 2020

Salamat po sa mga reply nio. Try ko po yun mga sinabi nio. BM po namin nov this year . God bless po sa lahat

engineer20 · July 2020

@bluebubble said:
Salamat po sa mga reply nio. Try ko po yun mga sinabi nio. BM po namin nov this year . God bless po sa lahat

@bluebubble Nov pa pala BM nyo. sana by that time waived pa rin yung residence requirement for jobseeker payment. yung newborn supplement makukuha nyo after mo manganak. yung FTB may residence requirement na rin for new PRs. all the best!