4am call from my lawyer started my day today. She felt kinda bad for waking me up but it was just one of those calls I rather get. Like HIV calls where the doctor would not talk about your results on the phone but only in person, my lawyer refused to email me this and instead called me all the way to burma.
In summary, the 'man', whoever he is, has decided to ditch the offshore PR applications prior 2007 and would refund these people back. The point system's gonna change and my application would depend on the new point system. I panicked since mine JUST made it and normally when/if point systems change, it's normally an increase in requirements of marks. But she said it would be a revamp, which means it's just gonna change everything. Like I might get more marks or lesser marks depending on the uni I attend. Another thing is how each work field's gonna cap the people who applied for PR. For example, if they need 500 IT people for 2008, ONLY 500 would be chosen. Since the point system is unstable and the work fields have yet to be announced, a lot of people going for offshore pr application starting from now on have been re-considering.
My view to this is.. AWESOME!!!!!
Yes, it's scarier.. but it's more practical. It will be a faster procedure. Once they're done with the 2008 applications, the 2009 applications can just come right in. At the same time, the capping would allow the rejectees to not be waiting for next year. It's a better way of sifting out applications.
Of course I would get it if I'm in one of the cappers and if my marks make it to the new marks requirement...
Immigration is NOT easy. One old man looked at me while I was sitting on a bus in Sydney once and he shoved a finger at me. I was offended but I guess I understand why he did that. This goes out to all of the people who I've always wondered how they got Permanent residency in other countries.
1. Click with the culture. If your culture is incredibly different from the culture of the country that you're migrating to, my advice is to BLEND with it. I worked in Jayjays and I could just list down how some immigrants are. Chinese, Indians, Burmese.. it's not about the races. It's about the people who just can't adapt. Slapping my shoulder for attention, shouting back at me if I don't do what they ask me to or just being plainly rude, I got sick of immigrants.
2. The village!!! God, I hate this.. This happens to ANY nationalities. They would circle their little group of people from the same nationality on anzac parade and such. Worse than that, strathfield looks like Kimchee town and Parramatta reminds me of New Dehli. George Street and its chinatown is just the same. I mean, if you're not in your country, you can stop being in this little minority group. And most importantly stop being racist and stop calling others racist. I got a lot of australian friends from uni. Some are of chinese origins, some indians.. but they NEVER have made any claims about races. They never say bad shit about australia or other people nor themselves. DOn't hate your nationality and don't hate australia. But at least stop talking in ur language and going in groups. You want China, go back to China.
3. The sense of humor. "Your mother" jokes. Chinese old women would gasp, indian women would faint and burmese people would cringe. It's part of the society. Australia's quite well known for its sense of humor. Chillaxed at its peak, nothing could offend anyone. I mean, there might be fights of course once in a while but just because I made a joke about your mother does not necessarily mean I am going to have sex with her.. Comprendez?
4. Last but not least, be open minded. You are in a country where they have gay pride march. For fuck sake, stop making faces when you see minorities. You'd see emo kids with black eye-liners and the last thing you would wanna do is give a dirty cos seriously I'll bash the shit outta you.
It's bad enough for Australian citizens to have some of these bad traits and the country does NOT need any aliens who are going to be such annoyance to the country. I am not trying to make every immigrants australian. It's cute to know your culture, practise it once in a while and to not forget where you come from
But seriously if you're gonna be in australia and never learn to speak english, blend it with the crowd or get aussie jokes, i'd say fuck off.
I like this system. I'd still like it even if I get rejected from the PR application.
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