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Hi, my technical interview was pretty straightforward. It was done on Skype with power point. The bloke doing the interview asked me about what I did and put me at ease,then we started. The format was he would show me pictures of things (starter motor etc etc) and ask me about them. I made sure I answered with as much technical information as possible and incorporated health and safety, Engineering hygiene etc etc into as many answers as possible. All in all it took about an hour and three quarters. Sure you you will be fine, as long as you know the basics and can explain how things work and workshop practices. good luck.

Hi all, Was wondering what the tax rates are like in Australia and where to look on the net for the information? Rgds

Emma, as a tight bloke from up north I did it all on my own without an agent for our family. its straightforward just takes a little dedication and time spent researching, saying that we got it all done in 5months (190 visa). It means you can save a couple of grand and put that towards the actual move. all the best

Hi Rita, the whole skills assessment took about 12 weeks from sending the application off. I first sent all my certification off and got that part back with an invite to apply for the technical interview. Once I applied for the technical interview I had about a 3-4 wait before I had the interview I got about a weeks notice of the interview. When ever I was getting anxious I normally just got up super early and gave them a ring to check on my progress. Hope this helps Cheers Chris

We have book our removals (20Ft Container) and have now got the dilemma of choosing either the movement companies own insurance or to shop around and find another insurer. Can anyone please shed some light on what we should e expecting to pay and who to steer clear of etc etc etc. Cheers

Hi All, We are moving from Suffolk to Perth and want our own 20ft container any one got any advice on who to use and how much we can expect to pay? Thanks for reading CMF713

Sorry I got it wrong as my wife (like usual corrected me) our medicals were on the 12th Aug 2013 not the 19th

Hi all,Well woke up this morning with the usual excitment of checking my emails to get dissapointed that i have heard nothing, however this morning i had an email with our Visa Grant couldn't believe it our time line for wasILETS 23/03/13Skill Assessment Apllied for 25/03/13 (Heavy Diesel Mechanic)Sucessfull skills assessment 04/06/13(Heavy Diesel Mechanic)EOI SUBMITTED 28/06/13 with WA SSVisa applied for 28/06/13Police checks 15/7/13Medicals 19/8/13Grant 30/8/13We only had one email from the CO asking us to confirm some info during the whole process. We didn't use an agent and have done it all on our own.Good luck to everyone won't be much longer i'm sure.

Hi All, We got our CO assigned 20-Aug-2013, we lodged the application on the 28th June 2013. Fingers crossed won't be long now?

For your signature click on send a private message then on the right hand side of the screen there will be a link for "edit signature" and do it in there. Good luck and hope this helps

Hi everyone, Just after a little info and to get a rough idea how much shipping is to Perth for both 20ft and 40ft containers so we can decide how ruthless we need to be with our stuff Thanks CMF

5 weeks today for us, the wait is driving me insane. Surely we will get a case officer soon as I can't keep my fingers and toes crossed much longer.

Hi all, waiting for a CO to be assigned, we lodged and paid for the application on the 28th June just before the price changes (phew). dose anyone have an idea of how long the wait is for a CO and do you get told viva email?? good luck all and thank you.

W lodged ours on the 28th June, just in the nick of time before the prices and process changed, Have uploaded loads of certified evidence and sent off for the Police checks, not sure how to go about h=getting health checks done without being invited, any help would be fantastic??

If there is a set process for getting the health checks done, which involves waiting to be told what your health requirements are. How do you go about getting them done and pre loaded onto your application. We have our Application lodged(WA 190) and have uploaded loads of certified evidence (qualifications , skills assessments passports birth certs etc etc). We have also had the confirmation email of the verifying our application. However there is no link to booking medicals all it says in "Next Steps" is that the health requirements have not yet been determined. Is there a way of getting the medicals done and uploaded off your own back? Sorry for rambling on, any advice or pointers in the right direction would be fantastic Chris

Thanks, just checked again and under "next steps" it says that the health examinations for this Aplicant have not yet been determined. Might sound daft but what dose this mean? Cheers.

We have just lodged our visa application (WA190 28th June) do you need to wait to be told when to apply for your medicals or can you preempt it and get them done ASAP?? Cheers

Hi I applied 24th march and got the result through 22nd April and then had to apply for a tech interview which I had on the 28th May and found out I was ssuccessful on the 4th June. Hope this helps, I did ring them a few times to check progress and it always seemed to help. Cheers

Hi, We are doing it all on our own (WA 190) and so far found really straight forward, just made sure we double checked everything and read as much info as possible for every stage. This is our time line so far Skills assessment (deisel motor mechanic 321212) started 25 march 13 skills interview on the 28th may and got the results on the 4th June EOI Lodged 14th june applied for state sponsorship on the 21st June got sponsorship on the 28th June Invitation to apply for our visa 28th JUne and applied the same day. Just waiting for a case officer now. Good luck and remember to be patient but keep ontop of everything as I had to call a few times ref the skills assessment and always got a positive result .

All done and dusted. Got WA sponsorship thurs morning and lodge visa app same day. Thanks for all the advice guys.

Thank you, think we will go down that route as it is actually what we planned to do anyway. Cheers

I have been asked to specify the "total ammount of funds that i have acess to for resettlement" and the minimum is $3500 for our fsamily. Do you have to prove this or can you just email them and say yes we have $35000?? Sounds daft i know but want to get it right first timeCheers

Hi everybody, I'm probably being a little impatient but does anyone one know roughly how long it takes for your EOI to be processed, we submitted ours a week ago. The visa we have gone for is a 190 for WA and we have claimed 75 points. Thanks everyone Chris

Finally had my technical interview for Diesel Motor Mechanic (321212) at the end of last month and was successful (phew) and got my certs this week. Now just waiting for our EOI to be processed, we submitted last week (nominated 190 for WA) and just wondering how long this phase takes? Thanks everyone. Chris

Hi Everyone, I'm afer some top tips and areas to brush up on for my tech interview with VETASSESS for my skills assessment as a Diesel Mechanic (HEAVY) Any help would be fantastic Rgds Chris