Australia

Seems like people are moving to Australia, maybe to work first and then possibility to stay there for long term, especially for most of my friends, though not close ones but still constituted to the overall number of people attempting to migrate there. And somehow you must be married already. So basically, you filled up forms and forms and forms, gets a referral letter and pay $3k+ for 2 persons and wait for the PR results. But if you are able to get a job there first, the PR should come easier.

Just met up with some friends because one of them is leaving for Sydney as her hubby will be working there. The cast :

The citibankian who is leaving
The citibankian who is "eyeing the CEO position"
The NTUsian who is also applying for Australian PR
The ocbcsian who always has been wanting to apply for Australian PR, he is also "eyeing for the CEO position"
The ocbcsian who is *assume* also "eyeing for the CEO position

What makes the decision easy or hard ?

Is Singapore too difficult to stay anymore ? Work too stressful ? Ineffective Education System ? Cost of living too high ? No nice beaches ? No mountains ? Simply dislike the P*P till you need leave ? ERP ? Monotonous lifestyle ? Hate the L**s till you need to leave ? Weather too hot ?
The haze ? *Anyway, the haze is getting that bad till you can't see an incoming MRT training arriving on the deck ! And Patricia Mok is getting prettier !*

Or both long to live in Australia, be it that they been there before long enough to decide that it will be worth it to leave everything here and move there to give it a try

And friends/relatives are not a core part of your life because moving there would really mean leaving them, though I believe this is not a problem if you are already married, the person in which you sign your life away will be the one to be with most of the time anywhere. And most of the time you will be at work also.

And if you have kids, esp if it is a boy, deciding whether to make him do NS is also crucial, because the boy have to revoke his citizenship if you decide not to let him don green and "chiong suah".

And many more factors which I may not think of or experienced ...