bro after we got our australian PR we were told by the agent to go to Australia for holiday to chop the passport and also get to see Australia and we when to Perth i love it so much that i told my wife i want to migrate there and when we were on the plane back to sg and once the plane tyre landed suddenly tears came down my wife console me telling me soon we going to live there
My wife and I flew to Melbourne in 2004 to recce and also for me to have job interviews at a few clinics.
We had a holiday in Perth before that and liked it. On our way back from the airport to our flat the taxi driver was telling us how his daughter migrated to Australia. I opened my mailbox and say this ad in the SMA newsletter advertising for GPs to relocate to Australia. So I contacted them and they set me up with a couple of interviews. Mornington, Frankston, Geelong and Hastings.
I got 2 offers. One in Mornington and another in Frankston. I accepted the Mornington one.
They tried to submit an application for a licence to the Victoria State Medical Board. But the board at that time had a fall out due to Dr Patel aka Dr Death case so they froze everything. And in the end they couldnt give me an answer for 3 months. So we decided to just cancel the plans.
Problem with Australia is they would let foreign doctors practice in Oz in certain higher need areas. We thought maybe very ulu and rural. But as you should know Mornington Frankston are not ulu places. Mornington close to the sea.
But Oz would not give foreign doctors PR unless they had equivalent qualifications eg FRACGP. So the foreign doctors would take the AMC exam then the FRACGP exams. After they got it all they can apply for PR.
In the meantime they would have to pay foreigner tax rates which is high. Work permit is what I would be under.
Oz is of course nearer to SG and the weather is less harsh (cold wise).
But migration was our aim. So we decided better to take the PR from Canada. So what if cannot practice medicine? Change careers. Whereas with Oz go there work.....but later maybe have to go back to Sg. Heard stories of how they purposely fail doctors at exams to force them to remain as work permit holders.
I did meet up with a SBF bro in Melbourne. From Delphi Bomchekchek. Wonder if he is still around?
There were some other people I emailed as well. We were quite close to moving to Oz. But it wasnt to be.