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I have a fairly large sum to send back to the uk. A high street bank would loose me too much on the exchange. Can someone suggest a good and secure way to send money to the UK? TorFX, Moneycorp? One of these new fangled setups? Bitcoin? Thanks Jon

When I did this (contractor with own limited company) I got signed documents from employees at the companies I contracted to - I ignored the agency completely. You were not employed by the agency - as you had your own limited company. I also provided copy contracts for the time period - where the contracts had the role title matching the job code I was going for. I also provided full company accounts for the period along with payslips and dividend evidence. This is was much more paperwork than when I was an employee of a large company but ultimately paid off ad I got my visa. as an aside - if you are a contractor using your own company, you do not want the agency saying you were an employee of theirs - this is very bad for tax / IR 35 purposes.

I found that when we set up our accounts (and sent money over) 7 weeks before we arrived, on arrival the bank informed us that our cards had arrived but due to bank security they had been destroyed - so new ones were ordered and 4 days later we managed to pick them up.

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hoping in here.. To get your 5 points I thought you had to have a skill in the same SOL as your partner. so unless your trade is the same and has also been assessed, you are down to 60 points. And as GetMEDownUnder said, you only get 20 points if you did the 8 years in AUS - so that takes it down to max of 15 (assuming you have been assessed) so that only gives you 55 points - without IELTS.. But I could be mistaken here... A partner can assist with 5 points if they: were under 50 years of age at the time of the application; had at least competent English (prescribed passport holder or 6 in all 4 IELTS modules); had nominated an occupation on the same skilled occupation list as the main applicant’s nominated occupation (can’t mix and match with SOL and CSOL); have been assessed by the relevant assessing authority as having suitable skills for the nominated occupation (formal assessment).

Hi all we are about to have our house packed and shipped to Aus. we have a few bottles of wine and champagne that we have not been able to drink and are quite old. As such I do not want to just bin them or give them away (one was given to me the year I was born for example). So so any idea what I will be charged if I put them in my container? As they are all old bottles of booze I have no receipts and can only guess at the cost but think some of them are quite expensive.

IELTS practice tests book for sale comes with 3 CDs there are are a few pages with pencil marks on but these should come off ok. £15 including postage (as book weighs 550grams)

Hi look here http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Work/Skil scroll down to invite rounds to see the cut off and to the occupation ceiling to see the amount issued per area

Hi Rehan I had the same issue where the work reference was very basic. The CPA requested this from me when getting my work history signed off and I then attached this to my application. "If your client is unable to provide the required information then he is welcome to provide a statutory declaration signed by a recognised notary detailing his roles and all of the required information. Please note that we require detailed descriptions of duties and responsibilities performed within each role."

Hi, We are after a bit of advise on where to do a short term rental from landing until we either buy or do a long term rental. We are flying into Melbourne on Oct 1st and planning on living there. We are after a 1 month rented place (current plan) to get us in and settled and to allow us to start sorting our lives out. We have seen very expensive places in the centre of Melbourne (about $10,000 for the month!), some more reasonable prices and looking further out the price drops even more. We have seen a place on AirBnB in Coburg that meets our needs (and will not break the bank). So the questions... What is Coburg like - is it simple to get into the city and is it suitable for family living (2 adults and a 10 year old)? Can you recommend other areas in and around Melbourne that are family friendly but allow access to the centre? Also - has anyone used AirBnB and had either good or bad experiences with them? Thanks Jon

accountants only got invited with 65 points in the July round and the cutoff was the end of may. They issued 210 visa invites so it looks like they are being careful with their offers to not let them run out too soon in the year [TABLE=class: table-100, width: 482] [TR] [TD] 2211 [/TD] [TD=width: 253, bgcolor: #DDEEFF] Accountants [/TD] [TD=width: 101, bgcolor: #DDEEFF] 65 [/TD] [TD=width: 195, bgcolor: #DDEEFF] 31 May 2015 10:43pm [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

Do you not get a summary on the eoi? You back use that to compare to what you think you can claim

it is also worth pointing out that the current year occupational ceiling for accountants has been reduced to only 2525, last year it was over 5000 and they all went. I expect they will either go quickly or need higher points to get them... However, who really knows the thought routine of the immi department

And is your occupation on the SOL? http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Work/Work/Skills-assessment-and-assessing-authorities/skilled-occupations-lists/SOL I would guess it is but you would need to confirm. To get a 189 ( independent) you need your job on the Sol, need it assessed, then need to gain 60 points to allow you to submit your EOI. You get points for passing an English exam -0 points up to 20 point) points for your age points for your work history and points for your qualifications