Ask HN: Immigrating to canada/aus/uk

I can also recommend reading this forum: http://www.australiaforum.com/ ... which is a kind of 'peer-to-peer' support forum for people wanting to / trying to / migrating to Australia. There will be lots of information there regarding people in your situation.

Before you prepare for moving, I would prepare for weeks / months / maybe years of applying to migrate, waiting, or improving your conditions so you look like a better 'risk' to your country of choice.

I have only migrated to a 'worse' country (if you can call it that - Australia -> Eastern Europe), and only on a temporary basis (have dual citizenship), so can't provide much other info or advice other than wish you good luck.

For example Canada requires 67 points. You get 22 points for a university degree, 16 points for speaking perfect English (another 8 points if you're fluent in French), 21 points for four years of work experience, and 10 points for being between 21 and 49 years old. That's 69 points and enough to qualify for a visa, even without an employer.

Australia has a similar scheme. I'd say concentrate on your language skills, so your preparation for the TOEIC is the right path. I would try to find out which tests are accepted by the immigration authorities in these two countries and go for that.

The UK used to have a points based system, but that ended in 2010.

Good luck!