Dear all,
I was looking back at the posting and i noticed that quite a number of folks are "Migrate and hope to suceed"- that resulted in quite a few peole ended up going back. I think the approach of Sun Tzi is better
Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist
only seeks battle after the victory has been won,
whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights
and afterwards looks for victory.
There are absolute in the process like getting the landing documents, a place to stay - renting or buying own house, open bank accounts, health cards, drivers license, kids education, getting a job or running own business and etc.
For instance, Landing documents - lots of people that received the PR, then they ask which documents to bring before landing ar?. Although it is a common sense question but it shows not too much thought has been put into it.
I think a better questions to ask would be - i have prepared all these documents, is there anything that i missed?
Prepare yourself
a. financially - have a reserve to survive 6 -12 months.
b. Mentally- I realized that a lot of challenges will come my way if i can eradicate on the home front (Made a pact with wifey never to point finger at each other). We have 1 less front to worry about.
c. Where is the point of landing where there is least resistance or highest chances to suceed to land. When you have to foundation - move inland? (Some places have higher pay but the cost of living is higher too). So the key word would be the affordability.
d. Looking back, i think i could have reduced the no. of challenges via engineering. For instance, if i bought a house 1 block away from the school. The kids would have more opprotunity to take up sports or attend after school activities, the benefit = faster and easy to integration to the new adopted society & Moneywise - save on bus fares.
e. Workwise - what are the qualification that is transnational. Eg IT qualifications or business experience on business that can be transplanted.
f. Income wise - Create as many souces of passive income. Eg Internet business or renting out HDB flat. The more the merrier.
g. Credit - Credit History, Line of Credit, increase in Credit Limits. The best thing to do is to have all this available when you dont need it rather than to try to apply for it at the last min.
If there are samster brothers that can add to this list. It would be very much welcome.
Cheers
I was looking back at the posting and i noticed that quite a number of folks are "Migrate and hope to suceed"- that resulted in quite a few peole ended up going back. I think the approach of Sun Tzi is better
Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist
only seeks battle after the victory has been won,
whereas he who is destined to defeat first fights
and afterwards looks for victory.
There are absolute in the process like getting the landing documents, a place to stay - renting or buying own house, open bank accounts, health cards, drivers license, kids education, getting a job or running own business and etc.
For instance, Landing documents - lots of people that received the PR, then they ask which documents to bring before landing ar?. Although it is a common sense question but it shows not too much thought has been put into it.
I think a better questions to ask would be - i have prepared all these documents, is there anything that i missed?
Prepare yourself
a. financially - have a reserve to survive 6 -12 months.
b. Mentally- I realized that a lot of challenges will come my way if i can eradicate on the home front (Made a pact with wifey never to point finger at each other). We have 1 less front to worry about.
c. Where is the point of landing where there is least resistance or highest chances to suceed to land. When you have to foundation - move inland? (Some places have higher pay but the cost of living is higher too). So the key word would be the affordability.
d. Looking back, i think i could have reduced the no. of challenges via engineering. For instance, if i bought a house 1 block away from the school. The kids would have more opprotunity to take up sports or attend after school activities, the benefit = faster and easy to integration to the new adopted society & Moneywise - save on bus fares.
e. Workwise - what are the qualification that is transnational. Eg IT qualifications or business experience on business that can be transplanted.
f. Income wise - Create as many souces of passive income. Eg Internet business or renting out HDB flat. The more the merrier.
g. Credit - Credit History, Line of Credit, increase in Credit Limits. The best thing to do is to have all this available when you dont need it rather than to try to apply for it at the last min.
If there are samster brothers that can add to this list. It would be very much welcome.
Cheers