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Haha 460AUD will be more than a happy meal...:-)...we can maybe buy a few items for our house like small piece of furniture, some electronics etc. I am now evaluating the option of courier mode instead of air freight mode where I dont have to worry abt inspection and quarantine. Its door to door and the agency has quoted 550-600 AUD inclusive of packing, pick-up, custom clearance and delivery.

Malicious damage....whatever that would mean to complicate things!!! It must be terrible to focus energies on fighting for claims across continents when the real focus should be settling and enjoying the new country. The agency I am speaking to is charging me only from door to port. So I would have to pay extra for whatever charges I may have to incur at Sydney Airport and the door to port quoted price is 3.2AUD/kg for 100-250kgs bracket. So for 100kgs it works out to be 320AUD. I can opt for either transit insurance which is 1% of declared value or comprehensive insurance which is 3% of declared value. Going by what expenses you have incurred at Sydney airport I will have to account for additional $495 for quarantine and customs which then becomes really very expensive if I go for door to port option. But if I dont have any articles which may require inspection or quarantine then can I escape that cost is my query and still evaluating what option to op for.

Thanks Justin...so were there any charges you had to pay at Sydney Airport?

Gosh after reading your experience I am really left to wonder if I should simply go for door to door (DTD) service instead of door to port as it may work out cheaper since the cost to be paid at sydney airport alone is quite substantial. In my understanding costs for 1) 45 x 5=$225 for quarantine processing fee + 2)$ 165 quarantine fee +3) $105 customs clearance and inspection fee which totals to $495 is quite a bit as compared to a total moving cost for DTD which in my case have been quoted for $650. And to top it your items have come back to you in a damaged state. I dont know what I would have done to see my expensive items been cargoed like this. Did you have insurance to claim? Also I am wondering if you had any food products or animal products or items that came in contact with ground and dust that attracted the quarantining? If I am sending mainly clothes then will I still have to pay all the above costs? I am on PR Visa so will the regulations be a bit relaxed? Thanks for your reply. Your daughters are really very cute.

Is your stuff still available? If yes how much are you quoting? We are in the process of finalising our lease and would be requiring all of the above.

Hello everyone, I am arriving Sydney on 24th Dec. I am sending 100kgs of personal use items mainly clothes and accessories valued under $1000 through air cargo which will arrive after I reach sydney. I have opted for airport drop and not door drop due to the price benefit. The goods donot contain any item which is likely to be quarantined or treated or even suspected to be opened and checked which ofcourse is at the discretion of the customs officer. My query is what are the likely charges apart from local transportation that I will have to pay. The cargo company is not telling me anything clearly. Being under $1000 it is not likely to attract any duty charges I presume. I want to know if I will have to pay any customs clearance fee? or Airport or Airlines fee? An early reply will be really appreciated as its only 10days pending and I have to still finalise on the cargo agency depending on the feedback I get here. Thanks in advance.

Thanks Chardy... your words give me some sort of relief!

Thanks toOZ2012, my migration agent is really screwing up my case and not providing required information on time. I am feeling so frustrated. You are right I will upload whatever possibly I can and give explanation for the balance documentation. The confusion started because in the online generated checklist there were several documents required against each applicant and whereas in the official email of DIAC which was received on payment the checklist of documents listed was shorter and mentioned about the 28days timeframe so we thought only the email listed documents have to be submitted within 28days and rest others can be subsequently sent.

Am really in a panic situation right now. I just went through this email send by DIAC earlier at the time of lodgement of 176 application. In the email the timeframe for response for the listed documents is clearly mentioned as 28 days as mentioned below and my worry is I have already lost 19days of the 28days. My initial understanding was that only documents meant for the Primary Applicant had to be sent within 28days which we have sent already however we are lagging behind in sending the documents for the Secondary Dependent Applicant. DOCUMENT REQUIREMENTS If you have not already done so, you will need to provide the department with the documents listed below by attaching these documents to the eVisa browser: - birth certificate or other evidence of age; - copy of passport Personal Particulars/Photograph(bio-data) page; - IELTS English Test Report Results; - evidence of recent Australian qualifications - this includes transcript(s) and letter(s) of completion or evidence of recent work experience; - form 80 - Personal Particulars for Character Assessment; - form 1221 - Additional Personal Particulars Information; - passport photograph; - receipt for application for AFP check and your AFP check (if you have applied for an onshore GSM visa); - evidence of arrangements to undergo a medical examination (if you have applied for an onshore GSM visa); - satisfactory skills assessment for your nominated occupation. Please include all evidence of work experience you used to obtain this assessment. If you applied for an onshore GSM visa please also provide evidence of when you applied for your skills assessment - overseas police clearances (if you have applied for an onshore GSM visa) - you must provide a police clearance certificate from each country where you have lived for a total of 12 months or more in the last 10 years. These 12 months are calculated cumulatively, not consecutively. The Character Requirements Penal Clearance Certificates form (formerly known as form 47P) provides country-specific instructions on how to obtain a police clearance and is available on the department's website: http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/. If you have applied for an offshore GSM visa, your case officer will contact you when you need to undertake health and character checks. TIMEFRAME FOR RESPONSE Where applicable you must provide all additional documents (identified above) within 28 days after the date of this email, otherwise your application may be decided without the additional information being taken into account. What my confusion is whether the above listed documents of the primary applicant only and not the secondary applicant has to be sent within 28 days or whether including all documents of secondary applicants should also be sent within 28days? In the list of documents generated online which is not part of the above listed documents provided in the email by DIAC ; they have clearly asked for the secondary dependent applicant to attach for 'Evidence of Dependency' , Evidence for English language ability and asked to attach form 47A. Now producing Evidence of Dependency is a marathon exercise and will take more time beyond 28days and also details in Form 47A will be correlated with evidence of dependency and hence both can only be sent together. Also evidence of English Language ability for secondary applicant will take time as we have to approach university. Can anyone please advise if it is mandatory to send total documents for secondary applicants within 28days or is it only mandatory for Primary Applicant. In short which are the mandatory documents of the total list of documents including both primary and secondary applicants that we have to send within 28days. Any urgent reply will be greatly helpful as I have already lost substantial time.

Really?.....both your above links are opening to two different pages although the content is same but the last updated date was not reflected in the first link. Any way information is now conveyed. Cheers!

Ok now you have sent the correct link which mentions last Updated on 8th Feb date at bottom. The previous link sent by you was just a pdf with no mention of when last updated and just mentioned recommended change from 2010 and hence gave an impression of an old list.

Isnt that an old list of 2010?

They are probably checking your paid employment and work experience in the last 3yrs....also that would reduce the paperwork for everyone. Just do as they say and stay positive.

No successes anyone????? :cry:

No replies?....... :-((((

Vinny to let you know AUD is stronger than USD you can check........ :-) USD is a universally accepted currency and so there is no surprise! You are right about To Each his own......Thanks for your kind wishes and I reciprocate the same.

Vinny 1275 - I am quite surprised that this should be done in AUD cos we paid 300 USD as mentioned above. If it was AUD there would be difference in currency exchange rate. We made a Bank draft for exactly 300USD and they accepted it. In other places while surfing DIAC website I have always found AUD mentioned where ever they want the money in Australian dollars.........

We made our payment in USD as per the website requirement. The following non-refundable application fees must be paid by bank cheque or money order payable to Industry & Investment NSW and enclosed with your application:Skilled Sponsored Visas (Sub classes 176, 886) $330.00 (including GST) Applications received from offshore applicants will be exempt from the GST component. The fees for these applications will be $300.00.Please note that NSW Trade and Investment does not accept on-line applications. Applications should be posted to:Manager, Skilled Migration NSW Trade and Investment Level 47 MLC Centre 19 Martin Place Sydney NSW 2000 Australia or GPO Box 5477 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia

What is your nominated occupation? Depending on your nominated occupation NSW has a pre-requisite criteria of work experience which varies across different professions chk link: http://www.business.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/5788/STNI-Update-List-of-Occupations-22.09.11.pdf They chk two things: 1) 12 mths paid employment in your nominated occupation in the last 24mths which is a DIAC pre-requisite & 2) Work experience criteria for your nominated occupation satisfying as per the above link. If you are able to satisfy the above two criterias by producing documentation from your previous employer alone then you can ignore the last 6mths employment reference if it is difficult to procure. However you should still provide them a detailed CV with roles and responsibilities upto last working day. Attach appointment letter of the new job and all pay slips including your last 6 mths. This will give them an idea about your work profile and help your case. Having said this you must keep in mind ultimately how many points you want to claim for your skilled employment. For overseas work experience to claim 15 points you need 8 yrs work experience, for 10 points 5 yrs work exp and for 5 points 3yrs work exp. Since you have to submit the same documentation to DIAC that you have already submitted to the States it is advisable to keep the same consistency. So depending on how many points you want to score in your DIAC application try and correlate the work experience documentation. NSW is accepting only bank cheque/ money order in USD which you should send by courier along with other documentation.

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Thanks Everyone for your prompt response.

Thanks Labourvellac I will do as you suggested and see If I encounter any problem.

Yes am applying online. I downloaded the 1276 form from the website to check all the areas to be filled and came across this part H with "other family members" details to be filled and then later on Q 97 Australian Value statement to be signed by each person above 18yrs to be included in the form. Its quite tricky as some family members included in Part H are not available to sign and others are not willing to sign. Also I came across somewhere (i dont remember where i read this) that passport copy to be submitted for each member to substantiate DOB and relationship details. I need to understand this urgently as I dont know what to do. Thanks.

Hey Illuminati am looking for the same answer. Let me know when you get confirmations for the same.