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Hi Emma, we moved to point cook from the uk in May this year. We have a 3yo & a 9 yo. I take my 3 year old to wonderland in hoppers crossing if you fancy a coffee & chat there sometime. I will have a go at pm'ing you my details. Best wishes melissa

Our cat failed twice but passed on the third go - she ended up staying with golden arrow for two months whilst we went across as planned - again it worked out well as by the time she came over we were in our long term rental and she was very pampered & happy with them. X

Also update your LinkedIn - it's used a lot out here. Change your location to oz about 2 weeks before moving.

Hello, my hubby is in IT and we recently moved from the uk to melbourne. Here is our experience with finding a job in oz. we applied for roles before we moved - we got hubby's cv rewritten for the oz market & a new covering letter written - this was invaluable. We would apply for roles then hubby would call that night (daytime in oz). Sometimes the recruiters would speak to him & offer guidance etc - sometimes not). Everyone said wait until you are actually in oz then contact us. we carried on applying but only got 1 interview lined up before we went - one bit of advice put 'permanent resident' in bold at top of cv & covering letter. As soon as we booked our short term rental we put that address & an oz mobile on the cv as contact details. then we arrived in oz! Over an 8 week period we must have applied for approx. 250 roles - each one with a specific covering letter. The interviews began to trickle in. Some jobs needed 3 to 4 interviews until job offer - some offered job then a company restructure happened & job was pulled. It was hard work - one day hubby had 6 interviews in one day! But it paid off as like buses 2 job offers materialised at once - 9 weeks after arriving in oz he started in a senior IT role with a global company. So my advice, re look at your cv - apply for lots of roles - phone recruiters & meet with them - accept it may be a few months in oz before you get a role. Sorry posting this on my phone hence why it's a bit bullet pointy!

Telle, you can phone dibp direct as long as you have your TRN number - they will ask your date of birth & full name and then give you an update direct as to how your application is. I phoned thrm - they were very helpful - checked my application for me whilst I was on the phone then approved my visa ten mins later & I got my grant. There number is 0061 731 367 000 - I called around 1am uk time & they answered within seconds. Hope this helps. X

Sorry not sure if I was clear but from YouTube I worked out I was getting the structure of the essay question wrong therefore however great the essay was they could not give me an 8. Just something for you to check.

Hiya, I also failed my writing a few times too. I got them all remarked whilst I resat - they all came back with the same mark still - 7.5 when I needed 8. I asked on the forum for advise and someone said about YouTube videos on ielts writing. These really helped me as they basically explained the writing answer format that is expected. After this I ended up with 8.5! So it can be done but def resit if you can whilst waiting for remarks! Hope this helps. X

On a good note you only need a total of 60 points to get an invite to apply! So perhaps you won't need all the experience points!

Hi, my understanding is that for the full points you need 8 years relevant experience in the previous ten years. This experience has to be at least 20 hours a week! Hope this helps. X

Hello, I have bumped my post up for you. I had the same problem. The YouTube link really helped my understand the format the examiners were looking for! Best of luck. I did remarks twice and never got an increase in score.

Bump for Byron smith! The YouTube guy really helped me!

Ok will do thank you.

Hello, I was wondering if someone could help me please. I am in the process of filling in my 189 visa application and it asks for my partner's job history & qualifications. We are not claiming points for his job or quals therefore should I still add them to the application form. I just don't want to add them if we then have to show pay statements etc as it's such a faff finding them out. Thank you best wishes Mel

Bump for teachingcouple

Hello, I will bump my thread from a couple of weeks ago for you - this happened to me but with the kind help from people on here my next one came in at 8.5!