Asian Canadian moving to Australia

Stop spreading your crap dannykool as all you do is read the news rather than think for yourself by living in Australia first and then forming your own opinion - but we've had this discussion before.

East Indians have been attacked everywhere, lots of attacks recently in Vancouver, especially since most of the ones here love joining gangs and selling drugs. Many of us would love the same response in Canada that has happened in Australia, tit for tat.

Indeed we have but you have no right to tell people what to do etc. Stick to your guns and I stick to mine. Got it ?

The whole Indian attacks in Melbourne thing was overblown by the media. A lot of the incidents of people who were "attacked" actually created their own troubles. In the majority of the cases, directly told to me from people in the East Indian/South Asian community here in Melbourne, the people they were fighting weren't even white Australians, they were Lebanese or people of other middle-eastern descent. Yet the media didn't report on this.

For people of East Asian (Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean, Thai etc.) background who are willing to easily integrate into mainstream Australian culture (as East Asian culture is considered mainstream Australian culture in Melbourne nowadays), you'll have no problems here.

If you're from a culture that refuses to integrate (or goes around waving the red flag of a recognised terrorist group and act like they have some "right" to enter a country even though they are doing it illegally), then you'll have the same problems in Australia that you have in Canada, the U.S., UK, Europe, or anywhere else.

If you stick to the major cities in Australia, like Canada, racism is much less of an issue. You can't go wrong with Sydney or Melbourne to start.

If you want to expedite your move to Australia in the IT field I'd suggest you monitor the Sydney Convention Centre for upcoming IT events like CeBIT and fly out for a visit. You're more likely to find a receptive IT executive who might sponsor you or point you in the right direction. Shooting off resumes while in Canada with no work permit is very difficult.

Hi Misterbig,

Thanks for your input. I've done much research and have decided that Melbourne would be a good start.

I am currently collecting all the paperwork I need for applying for the assessment to the Australian Computer Society (ACS). I am looking into other legal methods of obtaining a visa, in which, employer sponsorship is one of them. I have also considered getting more experience on a field that is on the CSL (Linux).

My concern is that I have no "Australian work experience", which puts me on a lower consideration for sponsorship. Although I do adapt well to all cultures.

I am not really worried about racism in Australia so we don't need to discuss that any further.

As long as you're on the CSL, you already have enough points and "Australian work experience" points is not a factor for getting you above the skilled migrant threshold.

That being said, once you actually arrive, it is somewhat important to get that first Australian job to get that "Australian work experience" onto your CV. When I arrived, I had previously worked for an internationally known company, so it wasn't brought up too much. However in some industries (e.g. banking), they want to see industry related experience, and if that experience is in Australia, then that's worth twice as much.