bogdan
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Ironman, was that a phone interview or a face to face interview?
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@MrsPOB Thanks for sharing your experience. May I ask how you managed to find those companies? Was it just Google search or did you use certain websites? And how did you figure what roles they had available? A lot of companies use recruitment agencies and don't even post their openings on their own websites. I have PR but wouldn't move without a job offer as I'm doing quite well here in London and I can still wait for the right opportunity. Seek has been of no help so far so I'd like to try something similar to what you did. I'm a .Net contractor by the way.
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I'm a contractor in London, developing under C#/WPF/SQL and using Agile/Scrum and TDD. I've never had problems finding jobs here, I get calls and emails from recruiters a few times per week, which keep adding to the general idea that the market's doing well over here. I'm thinking of moving in Oct/Nov to Sydney or Melbourne, mainly for a new experience and not to regret later in life I haven't given it a go. Having said that, my concerns about the job market over there are holding me up from making any commitments towards moving, such as leaving my job and house here and booking the flight. I have always regarded the job markets in Sydney and Melbourne smaller than London's but at the same I've always had the confidence that, despite that, I will still find jobs. This proved to be true as following a Skype interview I had last week I've already got an offer in my inbox. Unexpectedly easy but I won't accept it as their environment is surely not for me. The problem I have is that after this interview and also after skimming through the current jobs on seek I started wondering if high standards of work (software craftsmanship), Agile methodologies and a general focus on quality are not regarded as very important in Australia? I'm very picky when it comes to jobs and I'd rather go for a lower paid job where I can work with people that have high standards of professionalism over a high paid job where mediocrity and low quality are the norm. What are your thoughts on this? What do you feel is the general outlook of software craftsmanship and Agile in Australia?
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I was wrong in my reply to this message and I appologise for that. I stated that the initial entry date is one year from the date printed on the health exam forms which is not true. In my case it is one year from date the medicals were finalised. (21/06/2012)
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You can now turn me purple. You know why
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Olar Ioan Horia has a CO, but he's been under routine processing for a few months now. I guess that means external checks.
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Too much banter going on in the office so I hardly did any work today The sun keeps going behind the clouds every few minutes. I so much hate the clouds in the UK as it always feels cold when the sun goes behind them. In other countries one could still enjoy the warm weather even when the sky is overcast. Oh, and it's gonna rain tonight. And tomorrow. And the day after tomorrow
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There were a few grants on other forums this week, though not as many as in the last 2 weeks. Since you're a February applicant, you might be interested to know that someone from another forum that applied 2nd February 2011 on 176 (Family Sponsored) just got the grant today. :wink:
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http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/migration-issues/91482-new-category-3s-where-you-now-632.html#post1141250
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Obviously the date on your health exam forms because that's the date when your health status has been assessed by a medic. The date when the medicals are finalised is not an official date, it only means your CO can further process your application. Besides the status is not always updated. Some people get grants with medicals still shown as required.
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It takes a few days up to a week to have your medicals status updated to Finalized IF your medicals are perfect. If you have a minor issue of any kind, like needing spectacles, your medicals will get referred and that takes anything between one week and up to 2-3 months depending on the backlog at that time. Mine took 5 weeks to show up as finalized. Hope this helps.
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I don't think it's wise to do medicals so soon. You applied 15th of June and only several applicants from January and February have been contacted by a CO or have got their visas. What happens if after they process all the applications before 18th March they decide to clear cat 5 or suspend cat 4 processing for various reasons as it happened in the past? You might have both your PCC and medicals expired or get an entry date which is say one month after the grant. I have big doubts that they will reach March by 30th September as they estimated. Probably you think it's possible because they just jumped almost 3 months in the last update, but that's because they had already processed most of September, October and November. So they just had to process the leftovers whereas December, January and so on are far from being finished. And not everyone that applied before got that letter. If I was you I would do my medicals and PCC as soon as I see applicants from April 2011 getting grants. You will still have enough time to undertake your health exam then and the worst that could happen is to get the grant a few days later than if you had got it with a decision-ready application.
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Great news Tania! I'm really happy for you.
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Wow! They have officially allocated CO'S up to 1 December 2010!!! http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/general-skilled-migration/estimated-allocation-times.htm
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Other people have done it, so why not giving it a shot. You raised PLEs a few times so obviously that didn't help at all. Ring them tonight around 9 AM local time and be prepared to wait up to one hour. Skype is probably your best option moneywise. The person you will speak to might also want to know on what grounds your CO is delaying your application while others are getting their grants straight away, so hopefully will try to find that information for you. They have offically reached 9th of September and albeit I follow other people's timelines, I have yet to see a similar case. And AFAIK, Romania is a low risk country.
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Horia, that's really disappointing. Try ringing DIAC so you can ask someone directly what's going on with your application.
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Well they should have achieved that target by the end of June 2011 hence before adding those 13 occupations back on the SOL. I think there were other factors that slowed them down, like an influx of aplications from the categories with a higher priority. On the other hand they might have been too optimistic when they estimated (a lot of people estimate in "ideal days", not taking into account potential risks), so I reckon that was more like a best case scenario.
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"Applications lodged outside of Australia by the of end June 2011 we expect to have allocated all applications lodged before January 2011." No, they mean January 2011. This document came out in May or June if I remember correctly. There is an obvious lack of punctutation in this sentence but I'm fairly sure they mean that "by the of end June 2011, we expect to have allocated all applications lodged before January 2011." which is what aimed for at that time (see 18th March letter).
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30th of September is the exact date, but it's just an estimate, not a deadline.
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I think the best thing about using agents is that, unlike DIAC, they don't give their clients false hopes. They usually put the worst case scenarios in front which makes people carry on with their lives without being dragged into following other people's timelines or making predictions based on incomplete data sets
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Oh, I thought you did and your agent was just playing safe Not sure if it makes too much difference though.
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I think your agent doesn't trust DIAC estimates, which is understandable, while Samk6's agent told him exactly what DIAC had announced: that all 18th March letter receivers will get CO before 30th September.
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There are 6 weeks left till the end of September including this week. As they officially reached 26th August, with a processing speed of one month of applications per week they would reach 26th of February by the 30th of September. Without being pesimistic, that sounds soooo unlikely. Having said that, with a bit of luck, you can still get your visa in September as they don't always process the applications in chronological order and the official timeline is not really accurate. As we've seen lately they assigned COs and granted visas to end of September 2010/beginning of October 2010 applicants. Therefore anything can happen.
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Sometimes they do.
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Morning Tania! I guess they didn't work this Sat. Best of luck for next week!