Moving from the Philippines to Australia: Immigration, Visas and Passports

As the title suggests, the focus here is on relocating from the Philippines to Australia. I’ll be detailing my personal experience of dealing with the various government systems both in the Philippines and in Australia. There’ll be a touch of romance, tribulation but mostly just a factual account of what happens throughout the process. Hopefully the information here will be of some help to those considering a move like this.

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Sunday, 22 May 2011

Tagalog to English: Lost in translation

Cross cultural and cross linguistic communication, as my Fiancée and I are both from very different cultural backgrounds and have different “first languages” then these are an ongoing and likely permanent aspect of our relationship.

There has been quite a steep learning curve and a few missteps in our interactions due to these differences. What one of us might see as commonplace the other sees as strange, an innocuous word or phrase for one can cause confusion or even upset for the other.

Stumble it !