My Husband, me and our 6 mths old baby planning to move to Melbourne?

Question

both my husband and me have worked in the publishing biz for 5 years now, we have our own company which produces two publications a month but, now we are planning on moving from Thailand to Australia.

Can anyone suggest what are some of the multi cultural neighborhoods in Melbourne.

Is it easy to find a job? what do you think is better finding a job online or coming there and then visiting some of the companies?

Answer 1

Hi!  I live in Melbourne.

You may not be allowed to come unless you already have a job lined up.  The Immigration Dept has no sense of humour and will put you in detention if you don't get the right visa: some visas let you work, others definitely do not.  So get that sorted out first.

http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/index.htm

I wouldn't say it's easy to find a job - there is a lot of competition for any decent job. You would need to be able to prove you had experience and/or academic qualifications.  If you don't have a curriculum vitae, you need to prepare one. Any professional and personal reference letters you can get would help.

Melbourne is very mixed culturally all over, but there are particular groupings of different ethnicities: for instance, Vietnamese tend to live and work around Footscray in the inner west, and Richmond in the inner east.  Dandenong in the east has many ethnic groups.  Brunswick and Coburg (northwest) have a lot of Turks and Greeks.  Carlton [inner north], Doncaster and Ivanhoe (northeast) have a lot of Italians. But all these suburbs have mixed ethnic profiles with Anglo and Irish-descended white Australians in the majority.

"Ethnic" areas with a lot of recent or post-WWII migrants tend to be working class (Collingwood, Brunswick, Coburg, Footscray, Dandenong) but not all - Carlton and Fitzroy have been gentrified and housing prices there are very high, as they are close to the CBD and have lots of restaurants and street life.

Where you live will most likely depend on your capacity to afford (and find) housing, and on your personal taste. You'll probably want a yard for your child to play in and other family-friendly services, so the inner suburbs will not be most suitable.

Be warned that traffic is now dreadful in all parts of Melb at any time of day or on any day of the week, that our trains are overcrowded, that the cost of living has risen sharply in the last year, and is expected to get worse.

But Melb is a great vibrant city with excellent schools and great food!  I love it.

EDIT:  Jess means "Somalians", and it's true, there are Somalis here, Sudanese, Egytians, Chinese, Malays, Thais, Americans, Canadians, Scots, Iranians, Iraqis, Afgans, Burmese, English.... you name it, we've got it!

Answer 2

there are some samalens in melbourne,there dark skinned

Answer 3

you will have to apply before you move to australia, if that works out for you then a lot of the places are really multi cultural!

the ones that are more so populated by people of asian decent are box hill, springvale and dandenong but most places you should be fine

Answer 4

it is difficult to immigrate to australia,you must apply before you move

http://www.immi.gov.au/immigration.htm