nix1 said:
Thank you for taking the time to answer my question. No, I do not have Canadian PR. I got my nomination from Alberta under H1B stream about 2 months ago, but I have not been able to send my docs to CIC Buffalo as I am waiting for State Police Certificates.
Everybody I have talked to thinks that Australia is far better than Canada in terms of job opportunities (especially in IT field) and weather. Those were the main reasons I was thinking about applying for AUS PR over Canada PR, but Alberta opened an 'easy' door for me and many others who are working in the US and I decided to go with this route than applying for AUS PR. And I think my family and I will be much happier in Canada than in Australia. We like cold weather. We love snow and outdoors. I am dreaming of Jasper and Banff in Alberta.
There is no diff in canada and Aus in terms of facilities provides by govt, ex : medicare,accessing public funds from govt incase of unemployement. The good thing about aus is , if you have child or children aus govt will pay you money regardless of whether you are employed are unemployed. On top of it, if your child bron in Aus after getting your PR. They will give
you $1000 on the spot. For second child it could be $3000, 3rd will be more and so on...
So, these are the some good advantages of having Aus PR. But on top of everything TAX is a killer almost you got to pay 35 % of tax. But as I said you before , your medicare will totally free. So, It might be compensate.
Coming to professional jobs in Aus, its really hard to find 100+ k jobs. But here in US or canada, getting to high paid jobs is a piece of cake. Right now, there are only few cities in australia where you can find some white collar jobs, I mean Melbourne,Sydney,Brisbane, Perth are only those cities. Infact 65% of Aus population is Syd and Mel. So you can imagine the situation.
The other good thing with Aus, they will pay you good money for odd jobs. Almost they pay you around $16 to $35. So,if anyone want to earn some quick money. Aus could be the right option.
Any more questions. Please let me know.