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Gollywobbler · 24-01-2007, 02:07 AM

Hi Jenny

I am no expert on skilled visas. There seem to be about a dozen different ones as far as I can work out.

I would suggest that it is worth getting two or three Registered Migration Agents to do a free assessment. That narrows down which visas to swot over, for a start. Phil Olsen, who posts on here, is willling to give you a free assessment. Please see here:

http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1916

Go Matilda in Southampton (UK) are very well known and hugely experienced. I think they talk people through it on the phone so that the Agent can ask questions and really narrow things down.

Personally I think those on-line aassessment forms are a pain. I wouldn't have the patience fo fool around with them myself.

Depending on your skills, some people choose to get an Agent to help with the skills-assessment, because that seems to be the tricky bit with skilled visas. The application itself is usually fiddly rather than difficult in terms of ensuring that the forms are fully-completed, everything in the checklist is in the bundle and so on. Many agents are prepared to check what you've done, correct you if you have made a mistake, help you to get the application right in the first place, and then they will leave you to do the rest by yourself.

There is a package to suit everyone out there.

As Rache says - don't try to decide yet. Talk to a few Agents and then see how you feel about total or partial DIY, or whether you would prefer just to leave an Agent to take all of the strain of handling DIMA for you.

Cheers

Gill

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Gollywobbler Moderator Join Date: May 2006 Location: Southampton, UK Posts: 6,133 Thanks: 49 Thanked 193 Times in 145 Posts My Mood:	Hi Jenny I am no expert on skilled visas. There seem to be about a dozen different ones as far as I can work out. I would suggest that it is worth getting two or three Registered Migration Agents to do a free assessment. That narrows down which visas to swot over, for a start. Phil Olsen, who posts on here, is willling to give you a free assessment. Please see here: http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1916 Go Matilda in Southampton (UK) are very well known and hugely experienced. I think they talk people through it on the phone so that the Agent can ask questions and really narrow things down. Personally I think those on-line aassessment forms are a pain. I wouldn't have the patience fo fool around with them myself. Depending on your skills, some people choose to get an Agent to help with the skills-assessment, because that seems to be the tricky bit with skilled visas. The application itself is usually fiddly rather than difficult in terms of ensuring that the forms are fully-completed, everything in the checklist is in the bundle and so on. Many agents are prepared to check what you've done, correct you if you have made a mistake, help you to get the application right in the first place, and then they will leave you to do the rest by yourself. There is a package to suit everyone out there. As Rache says - don't try to decide yet. Talk to a few Agents and then see how you feel about total or partial DIY, or whether you would prefer just to leave an Agent to take all of the strain of handling DIMA for you. Cheers Gill