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GOT the grant for my wife and I. WOOOHOOO!! on cloud 9

I am getting impatient, Co was allocated on 31st of March, was asked for medicals which were done the very next day and they were uploaded last week. Waiting for the CO to have a look at it and issue a grant!!

Just checked my application, medicals seems to have been uploaded as well. Waiting for the CO to have a final glance and issue a grant!! Counting days!

Congrats doctdavis!!

Sorry, I never edited my signature. I got an email about 2 hours ago saying that more information is needed. I was asked to go for medicals and Immigration Department hasn't received my PTE test scores yet. Medicals are booked for tomorrow, contacted PTE and they have sent my score report to DIBP. I lodged my PR on 3rd of February. Fingers crossed!!

Got CO assigned about 2 hours ago! :-)

Again, it's all on the applicant. I was helped by many people right here on the forum technically and on the general enquiries, so maybe lucky me. I have seen so many people who went through agents and got screwed anyway, some were fraud, some fed wrong information to the applicants, if you go through the forum there are plenty of people who have complained about their agents and many of them didn't get a refund as well. So, it is not like if you go through an agent you will definitely get PR. People on this forum can share only their opinion, their experience and offer help, whether to trust the information or not, to go through an agent or not, the decision lies with the applicant.

Well everyone speaks out from their experience and perspective. When I decided to go for it, I was baffled about getting an agent but then I spent a day or two on browsing immigration websites and related forums etc. I understood everything and decided to take one step at a time. First, I applied for the Skills Assessment once, I got the results, I started with the English test and once I was through that, I lodged my EOI. Got my EOI, then, applied for the PR. Whenever I had a doubt, I posted it here on the forum and people are so great up here, they answered my queries and helped me to get through. This way, I did everything own my own and I am glad I did as otherwise, I would have had to shed about $1800 on an agent which I saved. YIPPEEE!! So my suggestion is, unless your application is complicated by any means, do it yourself!

Guys, please update as soon you as you get a CO assigned or if you get a direct grant! Good luck to everyone. Cheers!

I applied on 3rd of Feb, Medicals are booked for tomorrow, fingers crossed!

I don't know if this would help, but, I got two invitations under the same occupation in the very first invitation round both the times. As the occupation has reached only half of the ceiling, I would say stay positive and hang in there, you would gets yours probably in the upcoming invitation round. Cheers!

Hello Supercow, I can see you were bullied by the IELTS, I also, had the same problem, I was aiming for 7 in each but I couldn't score 7 in the writing. 1st test - R8 L8 W6.5 S8 2nd test R8 L9 W6 S7.5 3rd test R9 L9 w6.5 S8 I got sick of it and decided to go for PTE instead, I practiced PTE for about 10 days and just went for it. Although, I was not 100% satisfied with my performance and was a little worried but, I was surprised by the results. L87 R84 W76 S90 Your scores and english seems to be better than mine, so, I would strongly suggest you to go for PTE instead of IELTS as it s a lost cause now. DON'T GIVE UP!! Lemme know if you need any help, for PTE sample tests and practice you should visit TCYonline.com Cheers!

A friend of mine got his grant today in the morning, he was not asked for Form 80, he lives in Aus though....He applied his PR on 25th January and his mate applied on 27th, who also got his grant. So, next week onwards, Feb people will start getting CO assignations!! Good luck and Cheers!!!

Hello Guys, I lodged my application on 3rd of Feb, frontloaded all of the documents, medical is due on the weekend, still waiting for a CO to be assigned. Anyone got a CO assigned yet ???

Hello All, Did anyone upload Form 80 before the CO assignation ?

oops I replied twice, I though the last one didn't get up there!

Thanks Adele, What I meant was, if you miss out on something in one module, you will still have a chance to recover. To further elaborate :- The test begins with the speaking module and let's say you didn't do as well as you wanted, in the traditional IELTS you are done, there is no recovery however, in PTE you will still have a chance to recover a little bit. For example :- Speaking starts with Read aloud, where you have read the given paragraphs aloud, now it doesn't not only gets scored for speaking but also for reading. Similarly, they give you a lecture that you have listen and then summarize it in your own words once in writing and once in speaking...now, when you have to listen and speak - then you will be scored for listening and speaking, when you have to listen and summarize then, you get scored for listening and writing. I hope you get the gist, for more information, you should check the marking criteria of PTE, it explains everything in detail. Also, I forgot to mention that PTE gets scored out of 90 whereas, IELTS out of 9 Bands but, 65 in PTE equals to 7 Bands in IELTS. I hope it helps! Do let me know if you need to know anything else. Good luck!

Thank you!! :-)

How long did it take for the CO assignation for you ??

Thanks for the reply, I have frontloaded all of the documents and I am going for the medical over the weekend. So I guess I don't have to do anything else. What about Form 80 though ??

Thanks adele, What I am saying is, all the sections are not bound to their nature, in PTE you get scored out of 90 so about 60 marks would be to the related module whereas the remaining 30 would relate to the subsequent modules. To further explain:- The test begins with speaking where the first Task is Read aloud, so all you have to do is read it aloud in the microphone, now here you get scored for reading and speaking as they check your pronunciation etc, later on in this section, you will have to listen to a lecture and repeat it in your own words, in this task, you get scored for listening and speaking. And this goes on in every section, whatever tasks makes you do multiple things, you will get scored for them. So, yes, if you loose a couple of marks in speaking section it won't be the end of it, you can recover them in the later sections. For more information, you can check out the PTE Scoring, they explain in detail about each and everything.

You're welcome, you have helped me so many times so, why shouldn't I. Cheers!

I found it far better than IELTS, to begin with, It is far more interesting and interactive, it doesn't take 2 separate days for the completion but only 3 hours, you handwriting doesn't matter as it is a computer based test, you can erase and re-write with ease, you won't have to count the words when you write as the word counter runs around the corner, in case if you miss out on any of the module somewhere during the test, you can always recover your points in the next module, when you hear and write, you get score for both, similarly, when you read and speak, you get scores for both, you can easily redeem your mistakes and the scores come within 4 days and mine came the next day in lesser than 12 hours. Most of all, I found it easier than IELTS, for some reason I was not able to get the score I needed in writing, I tried three times in IELTS but the same result and then I opted PTE and I nailed it in the first attempt. I hope it clears all of your doubts! Oh!! Its cheaper too, lemme know if you need to know anything else. If you want to practice PTE, you can visit TCYonline.com Cheers!

It has been more than one and a half month since I have lodged my application but a case officer has not been assigned yet, any ideas how long does it take ??? Cheers :-)

You would have to wait until you get your new skills assessment done, as you would need to mention the details of it in the EOI including its reference number etc.