caliburn

There is no denying of the fact that we all immensely benefit from the mostly British expatriates sharing their ideas and experiences on making the move to Australia on this forum. I personally feel indebted to the forum sponsors that they are also allowing non-Brits to participate in these discussions.

I believe the reasons for migration to Australia and ground realities for Asians are quite different from those of British citizens. There are often more hurdles to overcome and less means to do so. I thought the potential Asian migrants will greatly benefit by sharing ideas among themselves and helping each other out through a separate thread.

By Asian, I'm referring to the citizens of the continental Asia i.e. Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia and South East Asia. So, every country beginning from Turkey to all the way down to Japan are included.

Apart from you reasons for migrating to Australia, you could discuss topics such as:

1. Finding a job
2. Arranging temporary accommodation
3. Renting a house
4. Help with English
5. Insurances and Medicare
6. Kids schooling
7. Support from your ethnic communities
8. Renting a house in good neighbourhood
9. Cost of living and settlement expenses
10. Australian way of life
11. Anything else that concerns you
12. Your experiences that may benefit others

Look forward to a lively participation by fellow Asians.

29palms

Would it not be easier to start your own website

Rossi

Does rather take the mickey out of the Website "British" expats

Pollyana

BE is open to ALL posters, as long as they obey our rules. There is no requirement for posters to be British - if there was, we would lose a huge number of valued posters.
If you don't have an interest in the thread topic, ignore it!

Hutch

Especially when the OP has a far better command of the English language than 95% of the users of this forum.

hoofie2002

You have covered a large chunk of the globe - someone from Turkey has zero as a nationality in common with someone from Korea.

As for the 'more hurdles' - everyone has to go through the same process no matter what country they are from. If English is your first language then it is easier but the bar is set the same for everyone.

The website may be called 'British Expats' but as far as I was aware all are welcome here. You may not have noticed, but there are more and more posters from the subcontinent now.

caliburn

1. Actually, people from India, China, Philippines, Korea, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Indonesia comprise about 95% of Asian migrants to Australia. Overall, Asians account for two-thirds of the total skilled migration.

2. Well, there are exceptions but in general, Asians have a more uphill task settling down in Australia than people from Europe. This is due to cultural differance, language, often lower financial means and portability of professional skills. Again, there are exceptions.

3. Yes, there are more posters nowadays from the subcontinent but they are more active in the 'Immigration' thread, asking about how to get in. However, we don't get to hear much from them on here, Barbie or Update forums. It will be interesting to know how they are settling down in Oz.

ABCDiamond

I think I disagree with that.

Most Asians who come here, expect Australia to be very different to their home countries, and therefore do not have such settling in problems as:

• The Curry isn't as good as England
• No Marks and Sparks shops !!
• The clothes aren't made aswell as in the UK
• Books are too expensive
• etc

Some British who arrive here, find it a bit too different from the UK...

Tr1boy

You couldn't be more wrong if you went to the University of Wrong studying under Professor Not Right reading a Degree in incorrectness.

My wife is Korean, and we were married in Korea and I've spent a great deal of time there and a lot of our friends are Korean. If you think for one second that they don't compare and in general think the quality and lifestyle here is very much lacking compared what they are used to (and they are right in general), then you've graduated with honours. A lot have settling issues and many go back, or want to.

ABCDiamond

I would have thought that most Asians would have expected it to be very different from their own countries.
My wife and her friends definitely did.

I agree that they have settling issues, but from my experiences they are much more "serious" issues than my examples quoted above.

There is also the problem with understanding humour.
Australian and British humour can very different, and the same can be said for other countries.

ice mocha

i certainly agree with the humour bit, it took me a while to adjust to that!!!

i've been here 12 years....

and still learning now......

Tr1boy

Yeah well there are differences in the humour for sure, very often when we're watching UKTV I'm ROFL and my wife is giving me that 'do you have indigestion'? kind of look. But she is getting better and has progressed from Mr Bean to Little Britain and finds it very funny, but struggles with things like Jam and Jerusalem and I'm sure she thinks anything by Jimmy McGovern is a documentary.

I think the reason why they 'seem' to have settled in well is because in a way they haven't settled at all. They are masters at replicating their Korean way of life here in Sydney and many businesses prosper because of it. The older (55+) generation seem to be happy enough to stay as they can remember too well the effects of the war.

But the younger ones don't, and are constantly comparing. Especially shopping and nightlife, where Oz comes up woefully short.

Rossi

Obviously NOT taken in the context I had in mind despite the

However, I have to say, I personally have never visited the French expats website ...'cause I ain't French

Never mind........ I'll get over it

Zambia

I don't get it what exactly are you trying to start a huge multi thread including all the sub divisions you mentioned.

I see where your coming from and respect your right to do it but it will be a horrible thread to read. due to 12 different lines of conversation.

What you should post is a load of shorter versions like

"Anyone from India think its hard finding a job on arrival"

Catch

I will second that