princessuzy

Why would you think what your doing isnt recognised?? as I said people pass TRA with NVQ's, they have to be recognised there......the Australian equivalent is an AQF from what I can gather, nothing you're doing is going to go to waste. It's irrelevant about the hairdressing test if they've got rid of it now, so I wouldn't waste any more time thinking about it to be honest. I think the trick is is not to read too much, I know thats difficult when you're trying to gather info but if you have the TRA forms and visa forms in front of you, well, just give them what they ask for and see what they say. Im not the brightest bulb in the box but I did my homework, filled out the forms....more homework, more forms and we got our visa. I think you can worry about it a bit too much and make the process seem more confusing and difficult than it is or needs to be. ps. Different immigration agents sometimes say different things, I rang up a couple when I got a bit stuck but they both told me different....one was wrong, if I would've taken their advice we wouldnt have our visa!

You pass the TRA with NVQ's so they are recognised....they just call them something else over there. Hairdressers as far as I know have to do a test in WA, nowhere else in oz. that's nothing to do with your qualifications it's so you're good enough to do it.

We've got a 175 visa, if we did it now we'd have to get a 176 but we were lucky with the timing before they took hairdressing off the list. From sending it off to getting it back the TRA took a month, it was really quick. There was no mention about a Level 3 qualification - they'll take in to account the amount of experience aswell as qualifications. I havent been on the TRA website lately but I'll have a look and see if I can see anything. I did our visa all by myself I'm happy to say:biggrin:.......I know those agents can charge a fortune, but for us it was pretty straightforward, its a good job I like form filling!

I did my husband's TRA for him a few years ago, he's a barber (but a qualified Hairdresser) so if there's anything you still need help with inbox me and I'll answer as much as I can :cute: p.s he's only qualified to level 2 in hairdressing