Recent content by jyjyjy

Even if the tax is 75% or 40%, the gross salary will account for the tax and would still provide sufficient money for family.

It all depends on the country. But surely, no country will offer PR for buying an apartment or house. There will be some countries that offer PR but the sum of money to invest will be huge and often in millions $. Most people buy another property is for investment. There will be some form of...

The news claims that the stock markets in Asia will feel the effect first.....and then Europe....and USA.

A person on WP visa is rather restricted. No recourse to public funds. However, access to healthcare and education for children is available. I was comparing a fresh graduate between the UK and Sg. Getting £40k p.a. is not difficult and many professional get that amount easily, outside...

The high tax only come into effect when earning exceed GBP23k or so. But generally, even up to GBP30k should not feel the high taxation. For family tends to benefit more e.g. child benefit for the 1st child is about GBP70/mth, also child tax credits of at least GBP50/mth or so. Depending on...

Hong Kongers are quite stateless to the UK and classified as British Subjects with preferential treatment for UK citizenship. I think there was a cut off date or quota.

The UK govt wants to "force" all immigrant holding ILM visa (aka PR) to take on citizenship. They will be adopting Australia's system of limiting PR visa duration. Otherwise they will withdraw benefits. I think there are too many leechers in the UK or any other European states. The current...

I think amongst all European states, UK immigration rules are lax. To make it tougher is to align to other Western European states.

Sg must treat Burmese like s'poreans, enlist them in NS and treat them what submission is.

Every city in the UK can be nice as long as you know where the dodgy areas to avoid. Just look at the house prices and you can easily tell . To be honest, any parts of city or suburbs infested with ah nehs will be cheap to live.

The rules will be changed very soon, I am talking about either this month or next as mentioned in UK news. The duration needed to obtain indefintie leave to remain (aka PR) will be 8 years instead of 5 years or work permit of HSMP. Check the Home Office website for more details.