มาถึงพร้อม PR แต่ยังไม่มีที่ซุกหัวนอน เมื่อค่าเช่าแอดิเลดเกินเอื้อม

Khun Muk had just moved to Adelaide with PR obtained through a family member's visa. She arrived with her mother and her little daughter, hoping to start a new life in a peaceful city, but what caught her off guard was housing. She shared that she still had no settled place to stay: rentals in Adelaide ran around three hundred dollars a week, beyond the means of a family with no job yet and only limited English. Taking a cheaper shared room worried her too, given how hard it might be with a small child. While she searched for a way forward, she had to stay temporarily with a Thai acquaintance. So she decided to post in an online Thai community, asking whether there were any agencies or support for housing and getting established for newcomers. Her story is a reminder that holding a lawful status does not always mean settling in goes smoothly, especially in those first months when everything is still new.