If you used a New Zealand address when you registered the account then according to the FAQ, you will be entitled to a free transfer. If you used a Korean address when setting up the account you won't. It's based on account registration and not your credit card or IP.

From earlier in this thread: From the Games On Net Q & A http://games.on.net/article/14905/SWTOR_Australian_Launch_Details_We_Speak_to_BioWare_About_All_Thing_Oz What plans are in place for maintenance routines on the Australian servers? Will they follow the same downtime patterns as the US and European servers? Grant: Any game updates or general maintenance will be performed across all worldwide locations simultaneously. Minimizing service downtime is something that we take very seriously and we will continue to evaluate the timing of all of our maintenance windows to ensure that they are performed at times that will impact the fewest players possible. Our goal is to continue to offer the same quality and reliability as we have up to this point.

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China Population - 2010 census 7,061,200 Official language(s) Chinese, English Spoken languages Cantonese, English Writing systems Traditional Chinese, English alphabet

If you do not meet the eligibility requirements for a free transfers then I am almost certain that you won't be able to transfer... because you won't be eligible. That's kinda what the word means. How do I know if I qualify for the free character transfers? To qualify for free character transfers, players must meet the following requirements by Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 5:01PM EDT, 7:01PM NZDT, 2:01PM HKT, 2:01PM SGT: You specified that your country is Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, or Singapore during your account registration process. Redeemed an Official Game Production Registration Code on http://www.StarWarsTheOldRepublic.com Code Redemption Center. Have had or currently have entered a valid recurring payment method or redeemed a Pre-Paid Game Time Code. Only characters created on The Old Republic servers by February 28, 2012, 5:01PM EDT, 7:01PM NZDT, 2:01PM HKT, 2:01PM SGT qualify for transfers. Characters created by qualified players on a non-Asia Pacific server after the February 28th deadline will not qualify for transfers to Asia Pacific servers. We will be sending an email to all qualified players by early March with more details. Stay tuned to http://www.StarWarsTheOldRepublic.com for more information.

From earlier in this thread: From the Games On Net Q & A http://games.on.net/article/14905/SWTOR_Australian_Launch_Details_We_Speak_to_BioWare_About_All_Thing_Oz What plans are in place for maintenance routines on the Australian servers? Will they follow the same downtime patterns as the US and European servers? Grant: Any game updates or general maintenance will be performed across all worldwide locations simultaneously. Minimizing service downtime is something that we take very seriously and we will continue to evaluate the timing of all of our maintenance windows to ensure that they are performed at times that will impact the fewest players possible. Our goal is to continue to offer the same quality and reliability as we have up to this point.

As per the FAQ: http://www.swtor.com/info/faq/game#q400115 What server types will be available for the Asia Pacific Launch? These server types will be available at launch: Player-vs-Environment (PVE), Player-vs-Player (PVP), and Role Playing (RP-PVE). To learn more about these server types, see General Questions.

From the FAQ - http://www.swtor.com/info/faq/game#q400115 I already have an active Star Wars: The Old Republic account; can I play on the Asia Pacific servers? All active accounts will have the ability to create new characters on the Asia Pacific servers.

As per the FAQ the transfers are only open for accounts that have nominated that they are in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong. See- http://www.swtor.com/info/faq/game#q400115 How do I know if I qualify for the free character transfers? To qualify for free character transfers, players must meet the following requirements by Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 5:01PM EDT, 7:01PM NZDT, 2:01PM HKT, 2:01PM SGT: You specified that your country is Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, or Singapore during your account registration process. Redeemed an Official Game Production Registration Code on http://www.StarWarsTheOldRepublic.com Code Redemption Center. Have had or currently have entered a valid recurring payment method or redeemed a Pre-Paid Game Time Code. Only characters created on The Old Republic servers by February 28, 2012, 5:01PM EDT, 7:01PM NZDT, 2:01PM HKT, 2:01PM SGT qualify for transfers. Characters created by qualified players on a non-Asia Pacific server after the February 28th deadline will not qualify for transfers to Asia Pacific servers. We will be sending an email to all qualified players by early March with more details. Stay tuned to http://www.StarWarsTheOldRepublic.com for more information.

From the Games On Net Q & A http://games.on.net/article/14905/SWTOR_Australian_Launch_Details_We_Speak_to_BioWare_About_All_Thing_Oz What plans are in place for maintenance routines on the Australian servers? Will they follow the same downtime patterns as the US and European servers? Grant: Any game updates or general maintenance will be performed across all worldwide locations simultaneously. Minimizing service downtime is something that we take very seriously and we will continue to evaluate the timing of all of our maintenance windows to ensure that they are performed at times that will impact the fewest players possible. Our goal is to continue to offer the same quality and reliability as we have up to this point.

Dear Dire Wolf, Please read the launch announcment regarding some of your questions. Others will be announced at a later date. Next I'd suggest you lookup what the official languages of Singapore are and also to some extent what percentage of Hong Kong speak English (remember prior to the handback Hong Kong was controlled by the UK). P.S. There is also a sticky thread at the top of the page for discussing the launch, maybe you would like to post there. Regards, An Informed Australian.

Will our legacy experience also transfer across to the new server or just our characters? Can we pick which characters on our account can transfer or is it automatically all the characters in an account on a server (our entire legacy) that gets transferred? (if we opt for a transfer) Will our charactrers have to be a minimum level to transfer? (Over level 10?)

Optus Cable Melbourne Still getting 1003 trying to log into The Jekk'Jekk Tarr. No problems getting to Wound in the Force or Harbinger.

Melbourne Australia Can't get back into The Jekk'Jekk Tarr Can get into Wound in the Force and Harbinger Obviously a routing issue.

Well this is interesting news. Also for those struggling on Harbinger there is a second Unoficcial Oceanic server - The Jekk'Jekk Tarr. You might want to level some characters up on it as it has shorter queues and then move them to the Oceanic servers in March. It be better than waiting in Queue on Habringer