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wrussell is an agent, see ^^ above post ^^ Maybe contact him and see what he'll charge?

I did it myself. Be prepared for lots of reading (on this forum) and asking questions where you can't find the answer (on this forum). I preferred doing it myself - it's the best way to make sure the job is done properly!

What's life like in Chermside then? Is it a nice neighbourhood?

Well, if ACS say it's relevant, then it is. Whatever details you submitted to ACS, submit the same to DIBP too. I'm pretty sure that there won't be a problem. For one of my employments, I had a termination letter (I was fired) and a statutory declaration from a colleague (at same level as me, not a manager) to say what my duties were, and that was accepted by ACS (although it was too far in the past for DIBP to take any notice of). How many points do you have without C3? 60? Or more? Also, are you still working at D4?

Ahhhhhhh.... ok. Ignore my post. Work experience in the last 10 years, means you can only claim from November 2005 onwards. Which is what you were saying. Is there no way you can get proof of employment for C3? Reference from a colleague? Payslips? Bank statements?

If you have to ignore C3, you can claim points for the visa application for: B2, from 11/03 to 07/07 (3 years + 8 months) D4, from 03/10 to 06/15 (5 years + 3 months) You can claim points for total of 8 years + 11 months. You get the the full 15 points for that work experience, "in skilled employment between 8 to 10 years"

Yes we have PR It does make it easier. Come to think of it, we did get rid of whatever we could a while back. Just get rid of whatever you can, now. Then once you have the visa, go for it full steam ahead. You may or may not be able to do this, but I'm going ahead by myself to make sure the job is all good and apply for a rental over in Oz. I fly back for about 1.5 weeks, then we all (wife + 2 kids + 2 dogs) come back to Oz together. It's going to be a lot easier without kids and/or pets, trust me! During that time, the missus can deal with last minute things in the UK. Actually, the major thing she's doing is babysitting the dogs! LOL. It can take around 2 months to get them on their way. It's different for humans, we can just book a flight for a few days time and go.

Here's what we're doing/did do... 1) Put house on the market for sale 2) Give 2 months notice on the rental we currently have (yes, we have a house and a rental in the UK!) 3) Book flights 4) Book airbnb.com temporary accomodation in Oz 5) Engage with pet shippers 6) Organise MoveCube 7) Start selling things (sell big and/or expensive things that we're not taking with us) 8) Organise leaving party/gathering! 9) Find a long-term rental in Oz 10) Overnight stay at Manchester airport the day before we fly 11) Fly to Oz! Which ever order you do things is not going to be ideal. None of it is going to be a cake walk! There's some things you can do to minimise the cost a little, e.g. we had 2 months notice on our UK rental, so we booked the flights towards the end of this 2 months notice period so we could leave the rental and go to the airport. We tried to order things in such a way that we'd leave the "point of no return" until as late as possible. But I don't think that's possible. From the 1st step, you have to be 100% commited to the move. Just go for it, really. If you keep on trying to plan things to the Nth degree, you'll spend the rest of your life planning!

Did you pay via credit or debit card? If so, there's a chance you could get the money back through the card provider.

http://www.qantas.com.au/travel/airlines/dubai-connect/global/en

Has anyone done the free hotel thing (Dubai Connect) at Dubai airport, while flying to Australia? We're a family of 4 (Mum, Dad, and 2 kids). When entering our details onto the Dubai Connect Order page on the website, it asks for "room allocation" for each person (two options: 1 or 2, defaults to 1). What does this mean? I'm guessing we could have 2 rooms if we wanted to (1 and 2 combo), or all stay in the same room (1) Is that right? Can't find any info on it.

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.

3 years experience after graduation? That's not mathmatically possible considering you graduated in 2013, is it? Anyway... 1.5 years in Oz = 5 points 1.5 years in Serbia = 0 points You need at least 3 years experience outside Oz to gain minimum 5 points on that test. You can't add the two together (1.5 + 1.5 = 3) because you've already used your 1.5 years Oz experience. Going back to the RPL, very rough math using month January as a guess... Working since Jan 2001 for 8 years + RPL means your skill level requirement met date would be Jan 2009. Working in skilled employment since Jan 2009... 1 years 6 months in Oz (5 points) + 5 years 4 months (10 points) == 15 points. It's highly likely that you'll need to do the RPL. Actually, ACS will probably just recognise your degree, and take that into account, and just give you a skill met date of $month 2013, not bothering to suggest you go down the RPL route -- which would mean you'd need 20 points from IELTS.

All looks good, except the "At least five but less than eight years (10 points)". You will not get these 10 points. The reason being is that points are only given for skilled employment after the "skill level requirement met date". You could try for 20 points on IELTS? If you went down the RPL route (which would ignore your degree for ACS skills assessment purposes), it may be possible as you have a lot of years work experience (14 years in total? or is it 14 years + another 1.5 years in Oz?). Best wait to see what skilled date ACS give you.

OK. I assume your "Diploma of IT" is "Closely related to the nominated occupation". In which case, you need "5 years relevant work experience completed in the last 10 years or 6 years relevant work experience anytime in past work history" See ACS's document "Skills Assessment Guidelines for Applicants": https://www.acs.org.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/7319/Skills-Assessment-Guidelines-for-Applicants.pdf (study section 5, Skill level requirement met date, example 2, employment BEFORE the qualification) It looks like your skill level requirement met date would be after $month 2013 (which month did you complete the degree?) Any work experience you did after $month 2013 will be used to gain points for the visa. 1.5 years Australian working experience (in your chosen occupation) == 5 points + the 10 points for your degree == 15 points What is your age? And do you plan on taking an IELTS test?

Take a look at ACS' summary of criteria: https://www.acs.org.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/7324/Summary-of-Criteria-2014.pdf Which category do you fall under? It's best that you have submitted your skills assessment, as the migration agent suggested. If ACS think you need to go down they RPL route, they will let you know and give you 30 days to write it (by the looks of things though, you may not need to). I tried to submit by diploma (a UK one) but it wasn't recognised, so I had to do the RPL -- All came out good in the end though Good luck.

I'm pretty sure you'll need to do the RPL. Going down the degree route, you need at least 2 years work experience after your degree, to get a positive assessment. You have 14 years experience, so you could do the RPL, then your first 6 or 8 years work experience (with your RPL report) will get you a positive assessment (and you visa points from the remaining years work experience). You would also gain visa points for your work experience in Australia (not sure how many).

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More willing for sponsorship? You must remember that for the employer, sponsoring someone is a PITA compared to hiring someone who already has full working rights (e.g. subclass 189) Put yourself in the employers shoes. You have 2 potential candidates for a job: 1) Person 1 requires you to deal with the legal side, ensuring that you've placed an ad for X months and can't find anyone local, deal with sponsorship paperwork, agree to fly the potential employee home if things don't work out, etc. 2) Person 2: none of the above crap. If it's an option, definately go for your own skilled visa.

Cheers, both. I've asked for a quote from Golden Arrow. A bit backwards how they post it via snail mail in this day and age. Will see how they fare.

Hi, Can anyone recommend a good pet shipping company to transport 2 dogs from UK to Australia? Already got a quote from Pet Air - looking for others. Cheers

From ACS Skills assessment guide, section 10 (Employment): "At least 65% of the duties detailed in the employment reference must be relevant to the nominatedoccupation for the experience to be deemed closely related to the nominated occupation (ANZSCO)." Does that help?

I've just secured a job after having a Skype interview. I applied, chatted on phone for approx 20 minutes to the agent, they got me the interview, had that within less than 1 week, had a tech test (online), then a couple of days later got the job offer. My particular skill is quite rare though, and during the interview the company said that they had trouble finding people. I guess if they'd have had found someone similar to me on-shore, they could have offered them the job instead. When I wrote the covering letter to the recruitment agent, I put text in bold clearly stating that I have full working rights. I even did a screenshot of my VEVO details and pasted it into the letter. I stated that i'm available for Skype interview immediately, and that I have the funds ready to fly out to Australia if offered the job. I made it clear that I did not need any financial or other assistance. If you have family, as I do, tell them that you're coming over by yourself at first. You may want to do this anyway, and in the agents/employers eyes, it eases their mind that they wouldn't be sending a full family home packing if things don't work out. Recruitment agents (and companies themselves if you go direct) will always want to go down the path of least resistance. One other thing... research what you're worth. You may get asked what salary you want. Pick a number that you think you're worth. Add 5% to 10% on top, and say plus super on that as well! They could haggle down a little - and you get what you wanted anyway! If they don't, well... that's a bonus

All very exciting! We got our visas in June 2015, and i've just managed to get a job in Brisbane (Skype interview), and so i'll be flying out by myself mid-November when i'll start my new job. I also need to get a 6 month rental sorted. Back to the UK a few days before Xmas to spend a fortnight with family and friends, then get Movecube filled, and then we all fly over. Mustn't forget the dogs too

Scrape... scrap??! LOL Thanks all