Ozmaniac

If your employment was assessed by CPA as only one year, you should amend your EOI immediately to remove the claim for points for 5 years experience BEFORE you receive an invitation based on experience points which you won't be able to substantiate. Then, do one of the English tests to improve your points that way.

Your EOI isn't frozen until you receive an invitation under SkillSelect from DIBP. An invitation email from NSW is not an invitation under SkillSelect.

If you are a passport holder of an English speaking country (UK, Ireland, Canada, USA or NZ), you don't need to take any English test as you are assumed to have 'Functional English' which is all that is required for a secondary applicant. If you're from some other country, you will need to prove that you have Functional English or will have to pay an additional fee (a 'second instalment') before the visa can be granted but any testing for that can be done even after the visa application has been lodged. http://www.immi.gov.au/FAQs/Pages/how-can-i-prove-i-have-functional-english.aspx How can I prove I have functional English?

I assume she's in Australia on a Bridging visa. If so, she will be able to apply to the FIRB for approval buy an established house provided she will be living in the house. http://www.firb.gov.au/content/guidance/downloads/gn2_jan2012.pdf

It isn't necessary for anyone nominating any of the occupations assessed by CPA/ICAA/IPA to have any post qualification experience. Of course, you can't claim any points for experience, but provided you score 60 points without experience points, a positive skills assessment is enough.

@Arry has stated that it's an offshore application so no Bridging visa would have been granted.

Can't see why not. Processing up to grant stage must still be done as usual.

COs and teams will work the same as they do usually - the grant itself is just a click on a computer screen. The real work is in the processing up to that point and that won't stop or even slow down.

When you are on a WHV and AFTER you apply for another work visa (e.g. a 189), you can apply to have the 6 month per employer restriction lifted and it won't matter that you don't have a CO. The form should be directed to the office that is processing your new visa application. http://www.immi.gov.au/forms/Documents/1445.pdf Form 1445 - Request permission to work with an employer beyond 6 months on a Working Holiday or Work and Holiday visa

You should apply online but here's a link to the paper application form to see what's involved. It's very easy. http://www.immi.gov.au/forms/Documents/1419.pdf

The two years for eligibility for a permanent Partner visa starts when the temporary/provisional Partner visa is applied for which in your case would be some time in August 2013. You would usually be contacted by DIBP about 2 months before the two years is up so you should be contacted soon - probably some time next month. See the following: http://www.immi.gov.au/contacts/forms/partner/ The grant of a permanent visa is not automatic and you will need to provide evidence that you are still in a genuine relationship.

The Supplementary List has every CSOL occupation that is not on the main SA list and simply shows that SA will consider applications from applicants in those occupations provided they meet the strict special conditions. The only way an occupation would end up on the main list is if conditions change in SA and a need arises for workers in that occupation - in other words, pretty much the same situation as exists throughout Australia where each state reviews its list from time to time and adds and removes occupations to reflect demand in that state. If anything. I'd guess that the existence of a Supplementary List could even reduce the chance of an occupation appearing on the main list as demand may well be filled from people who can meet the special conditions before it ever gets to the stage of having a shortage of workers.

For the 2014-2015 Program Year which ends on 30 June 2015, 43,990 subclass 189 skilled Independent visas were available in total across all occupations. When this number is reached (and according to reports, it now has been), no more 189 visas can be granted for that PY. Grants will start again after 1 July.

Just mark it all as 'not relevant'.

If you're currently on a 457, do you realise that until you are granted a 189 (or have your 457 transferred to a new employer), you are only allowed to work for the original 457 employer? The Bridging visa A you will get when you lodge a 189 application only takes effect when your 457 expires (not if it is cancelled for any reason). Until the BVA takes effect, you must comply with all of the conditions of your 457.

Several people on other 189 threads have been advised by DIBP that no more 189 visas are available until after 30 June. Not sure if that means that no more 189 invites will be issued or if they will still issue invites but simply hold off granting visas. You can apply for a visa as soon as you get an invite and can have your medical after that if you wish - it is not a time of application requirement. To insert a signature, go to Settings (top of page) and select Edit signature. You can't set up a signature as a brand new member but you've made 21 posts and that should be enough.

ACS usually deducts at least 2 years and you shouldn't do an EOI until you have your result letter from the ACS in case they deduct even more. If the EOI gives you too many points for experience, you need to list the experience on more than one line (even if all in the same job with the same employer) and mark the experience you can't/don't want to claim as 'Not relevant'.

If the employer has never sponsored anyone before, it can take a couple of months for them to get sponsorship approval. Then they must get nomination approval which can also take weeks. After the sponsorship and nomination have been approved, the 457 visa itself usually follows very quickly but every case is different. Have the sponsorship and nomination been approved?

She CAN'T apply for PR without including all of her dependents and whether they are migrating or not, they MUST all pass the medicals. Unlike with a 457, there will be no option to withdraw someone from the application if there is a problem with their medical. If her son fails the medical, everyone on the application will have their visa denied and she will lose the $7000+ VAC. She should go no further without taking expert professional advice.

You would be wasting your time. Only the main applicant's English results can be used for additional points on the points test. IELTS is not the only acceptable English test and at least one of the additional tests that can now be used may be better for him. See the following threads for information from members who have had trouble with IELTS: http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/migration-issues/231707-ielts-v-s-pearson-test-english-academic-pte-academic-my-personal-findings.html#post1936733023 http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/migration-issues/227823-any-one-done-pearsons-english-test-yet.html

Hi, and welcome to the forum. Even if you can find a willing and eligible sponsor, you can only be sponsored for an occupation that is on the CSOL and Boilermaker is not listed. Metal Fabricator 322311 (which would cover many boilermakers) is however on there and significantly, is also on the SOL which means that if you could get a positive skills assessment and 60 points on the points test, you may be able to apply for a visa without needing any sponsorship at all. The occupation is also being sponsored by 5 states/territories (including Victoria) and if you can get skills assessment but are short of points, a state sponsored visa is also a possibility and is easier to get and better than employer sponsored as it allows you to work for any employer. It would be a good idea to have an initial consultation with a good RMA who should be able to look at your qualifications and advise regarding the best next step. Don't leave it too long as (assuming you're here on a 12 month WHV), you don't have unlimited time up your sleeve before you will have to leave Australia if you're not eligible to apply for another visa.

Her son's medical conditions make a huge difference to the visas she can apply for. Any advice you have been given to this point is irrelevant in the light of those conditions. The letter that DIBP required shows that he has been assessed as needing a 'health waiver' and they are NOT available for a Direct Entry 186 visa OR for a 489, 189 or 190. https://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/health-requirements/health-waivers.htm All I can suggest now is that she consults a RMA with special experience relating to visas for people who may have trouble meeting health requirements. The agents most often recommended for such cases are @George Lombard and Peter Bollard.

She very definitely should do one of the English tests (I strongly suggest PTE Academic) to try to get another 10 points that way. It would be well worth the effort even if she needs to do the test more than once. A 189 is a vastly superior visa to a 489 in many ways. See the following threads about PTE vs IELTS: http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/migration-issues/231707-ielts-v-s-pearson-test-english-academic-pte-academic-my-personal-findings.html#post1936733023 http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/migration-issues/227823-any-one-done-pearsons-english-test-yet.html

DIBP accepts skills assessments up to 3 years old unless the assessment has an earlier expiry date e.g. ACS assessments are only valid for 2 years and I doubt if that's the only one.

Hi, and welcome to the forum. What do you want to know?