Skills assessment

[The Frearsons]

We can now start the process at long last having spent the last 6 months awaiting oh ref for his skills assessment from the civil service ,what a palarva !!! Its not easy getting all the paperwork,companys change names and training colleges they dont make it easy do they.We are both chefs by trade oh has 22years exp myself 18years exp oh working as second chef at present .I Last worked as a kitchen manager in a large branded pub chain have more exp than oh this however will mot be taken into consideration as i now run my own cob shop it just dosnt make sense.

[Life on easy street]

I am an electronics technician

Unfortunately it makes sense to me

When first I applied for visa 2003 I was told that I could not apply
Because I was more than six month out of trade.

Even though I had worked over 20 years in my trade and had all the necessary qualifications.

The only reason for the break the company I worked for went bankrupt.
But that was irrelevant they did quote the regulation
I think it was worked in your trade 12 months out of the last 18 months.

But you would have to speak to a registered migration agent for the current regulations.

I reapplied a couple of years later and am now living in Melbourne.