Waitingawhile

Sorry to hear that - i hoped it would be the same for you, we were so confused by it as nothing was clearly spelt out!

My partner didnt get a seperate invite but i had indicated on our applications we were linked and expected to be invited together. When I phoned and checked the invite did include him too.

I would send them an email querying this and saying that you have proof of delivery if you have-I went for a further additional skills reassessment around the same time and have already received it back as successful I got the confirmation email on the 10th of Nov!

congratulations on your successful assessment and good luck with your journey

Congrats Houtomel- was a long wait but worth it!

Great to hear your news! You are not a loud guest, everyone has equal standing- have you joined the 176 -applied in August 11 thread, to post your timeline too? Can't wait to do this myself although it wont be Augusts one! Hurrah for you!!!

On my assessment letter it stipulated the degree I had was highly relevant to the occupation etc so I do not need an advisory letter for that part however with regard to work experience they only assessed 18 months of one occupation not all of the evidence i provided for different roles (12 years worth) so therein lies the rub I have to pay to get them to consider the rest of the employment experience to gain the points needed! I would also add that the employment experience they did assess related to a period of far more than the 18 months that they gave me credit for! Also as to get even the first level of points for employment experience you need to show 3 years eg 5 points then as you can see they have me over a barrel! I suspect that the advisory letter may not actually be needed and you could do the application to DIAC without it as you provide the same proof however as the experts who examine your skills and experience are supposedly at VETASSESS i would prefer this information to be backed up by VETASSESS before I apply given i have read some posts whereby people are said to have received notification from DIAC that they have over emphasized their work experience. In my case my current job title is not the skill I am applying under and neither does it fall into the same unit group (even though it is on the SOL and in the same sub group of ANZSCO) but it does involve using the relevant skills at the relevant level and assessment of this is a complex piece of work which I need to prove. I am feeling quite frustrated as when I got my original successful assessment I was ecstatic and now have met new hurdles and really wanted the VETASSESS era of my visa journey to be over!

Thankyou all, will do Jaffas!, Amy79 I am applying to WA, good luck with the application for sponsorship let us know how you get on!!! clairerichie/Houtomel, although i applied online on 4/3/11 my payment did not actually go through until 28/4/11 which means from the payment date it took 12 weeks! When I applied they had just started to say it would take around 8 weeks! So given some say they have been told it could take even longer I hope this gives some hope as i didn't have grounds for an emergency request to hurry it up.

News Flash: successful assessment hurrah! On Tuesday I finally had a response to my email two weeks ago by a senior and this merely gave info that was on the site saying they did not yet have a transitional application form for the assessments already lodged for points purposes. so they say you could use the main one on the site which is not an on line one yet, and suggest that some people may wish to wait to see if they had a positive skills assessment first however it did not mention my assessment was being processed nor did they copy anyone else into it! I logged on this morning and it was still pending then got home and checked even though i had already and there it was in in bright green letters! Only thing is i will still need the employment part of the assessment completing for the points test! next step state sponsorship but first gonna update my status :biggrin: good luck and best wishes to those of you still waiting! thanks for your support!

Thanks for the info WintheAshes... I will expect it some time before Xmas then as my time line is a little later than yours .....even bigger long sigh...:mad:

Thanks Amy79, I will post on here when I finally know the outcome.....long sigh....:SLEEP:

Congratulations Amy79-I am so pleased for you -it has been such a wait, one step closer to being with your family! :spinny: So far no changes on my page.

The good news is this means they are actually processing yours then -that its not sitting in a pile fading in the sunlight lol :laugh:

Hi Guys, well my page has changed again -at the bottom it had tick boxes saying initial checking checking had taken place and no further info needed -these boxes have now disappeared and it just says application pending now- I wish I knew what this meant and whether they are working on my assessment at last?

Hi thanks, hope yours is dealt with soon have you checked online to see if your page has changed? mine now has a different page and status shows as pending not active as previously we are trying to work out if they have just updated the site or not! :wacko:

Fingers crossed that they are actually looking at them for us....I haven't had a response to my email about the email we should have received either! Sounds promising though that someone else was named, is it worth you writing back and asking about the employment assessment for points purposes and if this is to be included too? Good luck with it Paris, it will be good to hear your time frame as you have applied using the new system! :spinny:

My Vetassess page has changed it now says pending and that my docs have been initially checked does anyone elses show a different format - i know they were updating the site yesterday - or does this mean they are actually doing it-gasp holds breath :spinny:

This is what they are currently saying with regard to transitional arrangements with regard to the new points test for those with completed assessments and those pending. SRG35 Application for VETASSESS Advisory Letter for Points Test Purposes (VETASSESS occupations) (available on our website under the Download forms section by 11 July 2011): For applicants who had either a pending Skills Assessment (including a post-485 Skills Assessment) as at 30 June 2011 or a Skills Assessment issued by VETASSESS before 1 July 2011 and now require an advice to give to DIAC for Points Test purposes for the same nominated occupation. Applicants who have received their skills assessment from VETASSESS may return to VETASSESS for the optional advisory letter on qualifications and/or employment for Points Test purposes. Please complete the new SRG35 form for this purpose which will be available on the VETASSESS website by 11 July 2011. If you require additional qualifications and/or employment listed on the Points Test Advisory Letter, additional fees applies based on the type of qualification(s) and number of employments to be assessed. Information about the fees is included in the form. If the qualification and employment to be listed for the Points Test purposes, have already been assessed by VETASSESS please contact VETASSESS for advice before you apply. Applicants who currently have a Skills Assessment in progress for a GSM visa may wish to request a Points Test Advisory Letter from VETASSESS to give to DIAC for Points Test purposes. These applicants will be contacted shortly by VETASSESS via email advising them of the options available for the additional Points Test advice. If for some reason you have not received an email from VETASSESS by 10 July, you are requested to contact VETASSESS.

Thanks for letting us know- this is an unbelievable length of time to have to wait! I note that with regard to the new points test they are supposed to send those of us with imminent assessments an email detailing the new process for the different points awarded for qualifications and work experience by the 10th of this month - I haven't received one yet and as it is the weekend doubt I will get one by Monday! Big congrats by the way

I really hope things speed up. All these extensions to the waiting times are really unbearable - it can`t be good at the Vetassess office-I am imaging piles of paper work every where lol

Hope things speed up for you soon Amy79 this so frustrating.

This is unbelievable, we are not the only customers of this service either the states and Govt. are too, as they want skilled migrants with our skills allegedly. They are supposed to have made the process more streamlined when applying for a visa how does the capability of Vetassess fit into this?

I received an email saying that waiting times are still 12-16 weeks, cant believe it we did everything on line but still have to wait as if we hadn't oh well.

Has any one heard anything about the current waiting times for vetassess- fed up of waiting already?

anyone else had trouble getting on VETASSESS to check their application progress this weekend- I missed checking on Friday and now can't get on it at all!