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Thanks for your reply. Yes they do. My partner was going to do his but hasn't bothered. Don't quote me but I'm sure he said its not needed or recognised over there so didn't see the point. He is going to get certified as a Registered Professional Engineer in Queensland (RPEQ) instead.

My partner has a degree in Aerospace Engineering but has mostly been working as a systems engineer(not IT based) for defence companies for several years now. We have our 189 visa and due to leave the end of June to go to Brisbane. The problem we are finding is that most jobs require you to be a citizen to get clearance and lots of System jobs are IT based. Is Systems Engineering classed under different job titles? What companies could we contact that may have jobs in this field and that don't need clearance? If anyone has made the move in this line of work that could give us help or advice that would be great. Or any recruitment places we could contact. Thanks in Advance

Hi all, We have had our 189 visa granted for our family, but my 19yr old has decided she hates college and wants to leave. We have now talked about moving over earlier than planned seen as visa was granted quicker than we thought it would, so she wouldn't get to finish her course anyway, if we did that. Can she leave college and find full time work now we have our grant? She would still be living at home, Or could this cause us a problem still. Do you have to make them aware of changes after grant is given until you move over??

We received our EOI in July. We are now ready to apply for our visa but my Partner, the main applicant is 33 on 28th August which means we will lose 5 points going from 75 points to 70. If we apply and pay for our visa before his birthday will it be ok about the points or should we wait and get another invite after his birthday with just 70 points then submit the visa???

Thank you for your replies When did you move to qld xxlornaxx?? Could the rules have changed?? From Simran Brar reply and i may have read it wrong, it sounds like she would have to be transfered back to a learner if she has not been past for a year when we move out there, which would mean more costs for test and lesson= double including what she would have paid here.

We got our invite on the 20th so getting last documents for applying for 189 visa. I have asked before but its the thing worrying me most. My 19 year old daughters evidence of being dependant. She starts college again in September so will have her letter from them confirming full time education and that she lives with us. We have had to pay for this course so we will have a receipt for that and we paid for all her equipment and uniform. We have form 47a filled in. She works part time in Mc donalds doing about 24 hours a week. Will we need to prove she couldnt live off this amount of money? We have receipts for ordering her clothes online showing we paid with our card. We have a letter showing she is included on our child tax credits still. What other things will we need to provide? She is dependent on us but my head is working over drive with worry and so proving it seems difficult. Like will we need to show why she cant live with her real dad?? What she spends her money on if we pay for most things? Secondly what sort of things can we use for evidence of defacto relationship? Joint bank account, do we need one dated 12 mths ago and one dated now?? Same with household bills. Will screen shots of pictures of us together from facebook dated over the year be ok? Any help would be really appreciated, im a worry wort at the best of times. Thanks.

We got our invite on the 20th and while getting paper work ready i had a thought about my eldest daughters driving. She is taking lessons, pasted her theory test already. Now i have read that you can drive on your uk licence for 3 months but is fairly easy to get it changed over. So can she just change it over or do you need a number of years experience on your licence since passing your test? We are hoping to go middle new year. Is she wasting her money still driving here if she cant drive over there because she not had her license long?? Thanks.

Just listing it all. Will we then need paper evidence to support that?? So showing we paid for her course, equipment and bus ticket. How do we prove clothing, food and accommodation? College seem to think that because she was enrolled and excepted onto the course before she turned 19 we will still be entitled to child benefit for her so if that is the case would this letter help comfirm it?

We are still waiting for my partners skills assessment to comeback but my eldest daughter has her induction day at her new college course doing a level 2 hairdressing today. Got me thinking about what we will need to show she is still dependant on us. She is 19 middle of July, still lives at home(obviously) has done a level 3 animal care course but has decided she wanted to do hairdressing. We have had to pay for this course, plus we will need to buy equipment for the course and her bus ticket. She has a part time job at Mc donalds doing roughly 3 x 8 hour shifts a week (although this could go up in summer holidays) So what sort of stuff will we need to prove she is still dependant on us and is this easy enough to do???

So its will be 13 weeks this friday since we sent off partners skills assessment. Few weeks back we sent a blank message to them. It came back say skills dated 10th feb are with an assessing case officer. We tried to send another email few days ago to see where they are now for an idea of how quickly they are getting through them but we have had no reply at all. Is it a one off messaging thing you are allowed to do?? Really wishing we had paid more to fast track it now. Any help would really be appreciated.

Has anyone recently had their skills assessed by Engineers Australia??? Just wondering how long they roughly take on average? My other half did his 6 wks ago today. Thanks.

Thank you for you help. It has clarified what i thought. So if/when it reaches its ceiling can we still submit our EOI before July 1st so when the new list comes out if its still on there we should get an invitation??

So my partner done his IELTS test and scored a 9, he has just submitted and paid for his skills assessment which i believe can take about 8 weeks. His occupation is on the sol list as Engineer technologist under other Engineering professionals. The list is at 913 of the 1000 ceiling number. He should have 65 points without any work experience although he will lose 5 points in August due to age. We were wanting to wait until our daughter finished her college course here in July next year before going anywhere. Wanting to go to Brisbane. Now it looks like the ceiling will be reached this year before we apply. When will the new years list start, as in 2016-2017? When could we submit our EOI? We also realise that next year his occupation may not even be on the list.

She was torn with animal care and hair dressing when she left school. The college she is doing animal care at is the only college local to us that has an animal course and she is due to finish it in July. I think she would have enjoyed doing a grooming course if there was the chance here. For her to be able to get a visa with us she needs to still be dependant so she applied for hairdressing which is also something she enjoys. To be honest she is still young and this also gives her the chances to have something else under her belt for jobs, especially as we will be paying for the course. Everyone says to my daughter why do you want to do childcare the pay is low here too, she says ' its something i enjoy and makes me happy'

Not sure if im posting this in the right place or not. My 2 daughters are at present in college one is 18 the other nearly 17, they are both a little worried about how things will be over in Australia regarding their qualifications and what they could do once out there. We are right at the beginning of the process but they would both like to go with us. We are hoping to go to Brisbane. So the 18 yr old is finishing her Animal Management BTEC level 3 Extended Diploma Course in July, She is then going to do level 2 Hairdressing at college so she is still in education for our visa application. Her ideal job would be working with Animals esp Elephants. Would her current course mean anything over there or what training would she need to do?? Next daughter is 17 in April and in her first year doing level 3 advanced diploma in childcare (early years Educator) This course will finish in July next year and we are hoping to have a 189 visa sorted to move over after she finishes. Will her course mean anything over there or will she need to do more courses/training? Is it worth us waiting for her to finish the course? Any advice or information would be great.