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Yes I read and contributed along with others to try and help you. A thanks would be nice

If you are trying to use the diploma towards your assessment then they cannot give you a date before the date you passed it. It seems fairly obvious to me but I am not an agent so I could be wrong.

When was your skilled date?

Your diploma was from 2013 so they cannot give you a date before then.

I mean, if ACS decide that you have the skills with your degree, and can give you a skill met date (of 2013), then you may just get the letter saying you've passed and give you that skill met date.

 

The fact that you could get more points for the visa by going down the RPL route, isn't important to ACS. Their job isn't to give you points for the visa - it is solely to assess your skills given the information you provide to them.

Correct

My only concern is according to the ACS guideline they don't recognise the work experience before the graduation date but I worked around 10 years before I graduated.

 

Two projects you have to explain in RPL. What I understood is that ACS gives the years of work experience in related to the "tasks", "skills", "development experience", "analytical thinking" etc. information that you describe in your project descriptions. For instance, if you did only web site development in one of your projects ( pull data from database and display on the screen, use some scripts, asp.net etc. ) they don't give too much year because a junior developer can learn and do all these tasks within 2 years or less. My reference letters are quite strong.

 

So I will let you know guys about ACS's response. Most likely they will not ask me that RPL thing.

You will only receive work experience from the date of your qualification. How many points do you need for your experience?

You mentioned that your diploma was from 2012-2013 so that is actually less than 3 years ago which would mean that you receive 0 points for overseas work experience.

You would receive 5 points for 1 year of Australian work experience though.

Fingers crossed. If 60pointers for May are getting invites in November, then i should expect an invite in March/April 2016 since i submitted EOI on the 27th Sept!!!My ooh my

How did you work out that date?

65+ EOI's will continue to roll in and as far as I know the public have no way of knowing how many 60 point applications are sitting in the queue?

Just spoke to our agent we have 65 without the IELTS. If we scored sufficient english we would have 75 points, if we scored superior english we would have 85 points 25-32 = 30 points! 8-10 years in his trade post = 20 points, trade qualifications = 10 points, wife with a job on SOL = 5 points so 65 points without IELTS! 75 if he scores proficient english, 85 for superior english. As you can see we are well entitled to a PR application! I think we'll even go ahead without sitting the IELTS, or maybe just get the extra points because we can

Has something changed? I thought you could only receive 20 points for work experience if you completed 8 plus years working in Australia? (No doubt you and your agent are correct about this too though)

My husband has 11 years in his trade with the same employer and that is the trade we gain the points on. He did a Masters Degree through the open University part-time just out of an interest in a certain subject. You've ASSUMED he's graduated at 22 then at most he must have 8 years experience in the job because of the 30 years age restraint of the WHV, sounds like you've judged incorrectly. Anyway, this is getting boring now, I've researched everything I need to know, time to get the ball rolling. Good luck for the future guys!

Can we not just close the thread since the OP is now bored and requires no further assistance.

ps: I hope your boredom threshold is higher given the lengthy steps with obtaining PR.

Thanks for your answers both of you, I appreciate your input. Here is an excerpt from last April's skills assessment:-

 

"Your skills have been assessed to be suitable for migration under 262112 (ICT Security Specialist) ofthe ANZSCO Code.

Your qualification has been assessed as follows:

Your Microsoft Certified IT Professional from Microsoft completed October 2008 has beenassessed as comparable to an AQF Diploma with a major in computing

The following employment after June 2012 is considered to equate to work at an appropriately skilledlevel and relevant to 262112 (ICT Security Specialist) of the ANZSCO Code."

 

 

His IT experience started in 2007 when he was an IT Support / Systems Engineer. Can't understand why they only started counting from June 2012!?! (His first penetration testing job was in Jan 2011).

 

 

So we presumed that the experience they discounted would be closely-related and thus eligible to claim points with, as the question specifically asks about experience in the designated occupation or closely-related one.

 

The EOI we did today is for a 190 (Vic ss) and we got 45 points (inc ss). So he needs to get top marks in the English test!! 

Have you read sections 4 & 5 of the ACS document which explains the skilled date?

https://www.acs.org.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/7319/Skills-Assessment-Guidelines-for-Applicants.pdf

Cat Wars - a global problem.........and cause no end of trouble....... http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/13791849.You_won_t_believe_what_this_wall_of_pain_has_been_put_up_to_stop/

 

@Marisawright did you miss this in the local rag??

Interesting. My friends lived in that road and the surrounding roads. Cats are everywhere in the UK.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/11743499/Australia-declares-war-on-feral-cats-with-plan-to-cull-two-million-by-2020.html

This will be a start but a drop in the ocean overall unfortunately. It that timescale they will just repopulate. I hope this doesn't make me a psychopath because I think it's a good idea though.

Hyocrite alert on so many levels

http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/chewing-fat/236517-how-internet-descended-man-who-killed-cecil-lion-3.html#post1936790806

"Shooting animals makes him feel more of a man but in reality makes him look less of one" in reference to shooting a big cat..

http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/pets/239389-cats-debate-can-rage-here-2.html#post1936823974

"I will cop flack for this but so be it, I have friends who shoot cats, they do it because they have an overriding love of native wildlife. In their eyes a cat outside is fair game and it's hard to disagree as someone who loves Australian wildlife. Cats just shouldn't be loose outside, it's that simple really."

In their (and apparently your) eyes a cat outside is fair game? Even a pet?

I don't like cats, but I tolerate next doors. Until now.

 

I topsoiled the lawn and reseeded over the weekend. Next doors cat looked me in the eye, then squated and did a big streaming turd in the middle of it.

 

Water pistols at dawn.

I am wondering if my cats are the only ones who come back inside to use the litter tray instead of using the gardens..

I don't actually see anyone saying don't own a cat at all, I may have missed it though. Cats should be confined DAY and NIGHT either indoors or in a secure run.

Even if you have acres of your own farm?

I will happily confess to being a 'cat hater' when it comes to my garden......I don't like cat sh!t with my home grown beetroot. Or to run over sh!t with the mower on the lawn.......urgh, the stench! Cats should be confined to their owners own space, not left to run wild and cause a nuisance. All the 'oh they are just doing what comes naturally' is a crock. If you were allowed to just let your dog come and go as it chooses, imagine the chaos. Responsible owners are the key, and control should apply to cats as well as dogs. If you haven't got the time or the space, don't keep animals.

My neighbour has a wandering dog that ventures into our garden and chases the cats. Naughty boy

Wow...

Some people talk on here with massive generalizations and assert it as fact to everybody else.

There are just so many variables in this argument.

We live in the Northern Beaches and have a large garden (both front and rear). We have possums, bandicoots and turkeys in our garden daily. We also see numerous birds including owls. We brought a dog and 2 cats from the UK.

The cats are only allowed out during daylight hours and the cat flap is locked at dusk.

One of our cats is definitely not a hunter. She shows practically zero interest in any other animals and is too lazy to chase anything. We have had her for 7 years and I have never even seen her hunt.

The other cat came from a farm and has a hunting instinct. She brings in about 1 lizard a month that we know of (she brought in a few frogs in the UK). We do not like her doing this.

Both cats spend most of the day sleeping indoors.

I am very confident that one of our cats would hunt if we left her out all night and the other would not. (We have never given them that opportunity).

I cannot walk down the garden without lizards scurrying under the steps. The cat has clearly had little impact on the population. In contrast, I could have chosen to install new drive or build an extension and wipe out the trees and grass in my garden. That really would kill off any wildlife in my immediate vicinity (no possums, bandicoots, geckos etc). People do this every day and it is a much bigger threat than my cat ever could be. No doubt may posters on here are happy to live somewhere urban that has already decimated all wildlife.

The main factor in where we chose to live was genuinely to ensure that the cats had some space and would not annoy neighbours or get themselves run over. You cannot tell all people to leave cats at home when you have zero idea if they are off to Darwin / Uluru or some farm in Victoria that you have never heard of.

I am sure the aboriginal people would have a strong argument against all of us coming to Australia and decimating the country and it's resources. People are happy to bring their kids and buy a 4WD that does 15mpg.

Like everything, it comes down to responsible people. If you have cat then you should control it.

We moved from the UK straight to North Narrabeen.

I used to get a bus which took 60 minutes to get home and a little less to get in.

I then bought a scooter (as you can use the bus lane and I can get there in around 35. (this is a trip to CBD)

We prefer the quieter area with a rent that has a nice front and back garden. You are away from the Sydney action though so it depends on what you want from your move.

I think that's because very few people would consider migrating if they were in debt, because you need a LOT of savings to afford the move. Have you sat down and made a budget?

 

Air fares for the four of you;

Shipping costs for your belongings (or cost of replacing everything if you leave everything behind);

Temporary accommodation for a few weeks when you first arrive;

A car, plus insurance, road tax etc;

Enough money to pay the rent and feed the family for at least 3 months until you find work (and if you're going to Cairns without a job, I'd make that 6 months);

Deposit bond (four weeks' rent) for a rental place;

Money to service your debt.

 

That's just off the top of my head.

Then you can add..

Flights for the family

Other things that add up.. Paying to transfer UK driving license etc.

An additional 2 weeks rent up front as well as the 4 weeks bond.

Hi,

I have researched as much as I can but I was unsure on the rate so hoped that somebody could clarify.

We are in Sydney on Permanent Residency.

We are renting out our home in the UK (mortgage = interest + repayment).

I am sure we need to complete the NR1 form to ensure that tax is not withheld by the letting agent.

We will be under the tax threshold for 2015/16 as the rental will be our only income.

I understand that we will therefore have to declare the income in AUS and pay tax on the profit (e.g. not tax on the interest, agency fees etc).

Am I really going to have to pay 37% tax (if my earning is 80k+) or 32% (if earning is less) on the profit?

Thanks to anybody who can clarify.

We arrived in sydney northern beaches with a dog and 2 cats and applied and were accepted for the 2 properties we liked. Neither said pet friendly on the listing but we wrote a cover letter with our pets pics in the header to personalise it. My wife is a vet nurse though which no doubt helped.

We also offered an extra 20 per week as compensation which will always help to persuade a landlord to choose your application.

Ps.. I would be really annoyed if the tenant in our uk home had moved in pets without disclosing it. Trust is vital to me.

Just look on seek.com.au for how many jobs are out there. I found one without having to leave the uk