Finally in Feb 2009, Australia has allowed Malaysian to apply for Work and Holiday visa. If they have implemented this a year earlier, most likely that I had landed in Australia instead of New Zealand.
http://www.imi.gov.my/eng/perkhidmatan/im_WorknHoliday.asp
http://www.australia.org.my/klpr/visa_462.html
The requirement is stricter than the holiday working visa for New Zealand, but it is still worth to give a shot if you never live as a backpacker life before. It will be very interesting life journey by making every corner to be your temporary home.
When I was told by a friend that the visa is available to Malaysian, I can’t hide the fact that I was a bit tempted to do it again.
Will I do it again? I can’t.. and I won’t at the moment ..
Now, I just want to pick up what I had left a year ago and concentrate on my career.
9 years ago