thomasvo

Thanks, I think the reading section is where I will struggle too, having done a few mock papers I find some are much easier to interpert than others!! Writting and speaking I think I should fair well on, not sure about the listening not practiced many of them on line. I dont need the extra point for my visa I need to do it as I am nurse so will be seeking professional registration in Oz. Fingers crossed

Do you need to get a certain score?

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkrdCphtU8u-dGJQSWROUlZ0bThIaUF2VW9zdUZmMlE&usp=sharing#gid=277

This is a visa tracker, where you can track how long it takes people to get their grants. But it varies, right now people that applied mid-late feb are getting their grants and their processing time is around 50 days. Mine took a little over 60 days. Around 60 days would be the average I guess. As I said, it can vary, depending on how many applications they get and if they have holidays at DIBP or not,...

For people from high risk countries it takes a lot longer.

Me, my partner and children are looking to move to Australia. My partner is a biomedical scientist here and I was wondering what that is in Australia and what is the pay like there. Also would like to know which part of Australia you think is the best for living. Which is near a hospital and secondary school

That last part cracked me up. Australia is not a retarded country with only 5 hospitals and 7 schools. Sure, there are remote villages where schools or hospitals are hard to come by but chances are very slim that you'll want to live there.

The east coast is the most populated part of Australia. As in best place for living that's hard for us to say. There's heaps of beautiful and great places to live. You can go live in a city, in a suburb, a town, a village,...

As far as I know a biomedical scientist in the UK is a biomedical scientist in Australia. As far as pay goes I wouldnt know, maybe you can look around on jobsites such as seek.com.au, look for a similar job and look what sort of wage is in the job advert. That should give you an idea

I assume that this is a private company but they do have a sample test on their website.

 

http://pearsonpte.com/teachers/teaching-resources/

That is the official PTE website.

You're not giving enough information. What sort of visa?

If you use a migration agent they will inform you how much they charge. That price will not include the actual visa.

I bought the practice test from the official PTE website. It comes with unlimited test boosters (always the same ones though) and you can do 1 free practice test which gets marked. I never even did the practice test but the exercises you get make you comfortable with how the test works and what sort of questions they'll ask. It gives you a lot more confidence when you know what to expect.

Same here!

Did IELTS 4 or 5 times, needed band 8 which I always managed for reading, speaking and listening. I always had a 7 or 7.5 for writing since I suck at writing essays, even in my native language. I did PTE once and got 90 on everything! Thanks to the PTE test I have my 189 visa now

Very good to hear all that

I myself am moving to Sydney in a few months time, I obtained my PR in february, finishing up work here before I go. Even though I have already lived in Australia for 2 years on a WHV, I am still scared of course, but posts like this take that fear away (for a while)

I received my grant on friday

Happy days!!

Oh I see. You had 8 years + anyway.

I wouldnt know mate, maybe someone else can help you with this...

I dont think so. Your agent is right, you need a new assessment, submit a new EOI and wait for an invite.

If you claim points at the time of invite that you didnt have at that time you will get a refusal.

I'm not entirely sure so I'd prefer to have confirmation of this from someone else

ACS is working pretty fast nowadays so it would only delay you for a few weeks.

Nothing here yet

I hope to hear something next week. Im nervous!!

Is anyone else paranoid their visa is going to be refused? It's such a long and expensive process and I am so desperate to get that grant. I just can't believe that I could be as little as a month away from getting it. Seems like things like this only happen to other people you know. I'm just scared that I've missed something small,even tho I have no reason to.

Same here! I applied on the 2nd of december and Im checking the tracker every day. I'm scared I missed something as well and that it will cost me my grant. I won't be at ease until I (hopefully) get the visa! 2-3 more weeks to go until I hear something rom DIBP...

In that case I don't understand "What if you have to make a quick trip out of the country after 1 year? "

 

 

The first 5 years you can travel from and to Australia as much as you want.

According to forums, looks like that is a standard message they show on the application while it is pending processing.

Correct, it just means that correspondence (when there is some) will be sent to your email.

I called Vetassess. They said 12 working weeks which doesn't include xmas and bank holidays so they said "don't quote me on this but I think the first or second week of February". They couldn't even tell me if someone was working on my case.

 

I will be afraid of ruining my chances by applying without the skills assessment

Why would this ruin your chances? The option is there for people to use. Its not there so VIC can say "oohh he or she didnt do their skill assessment yes, we'll throw that application in the bin"

2 weeks isn't that long of a wait if you want to wait for your skill assessment

You said you are on a working holiday visa which is a temporary visa. Of course you are eligible to apply.

Like I said before I do not know much about sponsorship from Victoria but I just created an account on the victoria website and went through the application form. They do not ask for proof that you will live and work in VIC, all you need to do (from what I can see) is sign a document saying you agree to Victoria's conditions.

Does Victoria ask for proof that you will live and work in VIC?

I've just checked it and it doesn't seem that they ask for any proof. You need to sign a document with the victoria conditions which is a lot of blabla but it also includes the intention to live and work in victoria for 2 years. https://www.liveinvictoria.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/word_doc/0015/225051/Skilled-Declaration.doc

Have you created an account here yet? https://www.liveinvictoria.vic.gov.au/manageyouraccount/skilled-visa-nomination

$2,200 for just state nomination? That sounds outrageous to me.

Why is your case so complicated? Sure, you dont live and work in Victoria at the moment but people get state sponsorship when they dont even live in Australia.

The op can't apply for 189 as occupation is not on SOL.

 

the op are looking for off-list state nomination, so this is not straight forward, as they don't live in the state, nor do they have job offer, and planningto put a friends address where they don't live currently or on the lease, but will have to show that they are employable in their field. I've seen people turned down for state nomination when they have had more ties to the state.

 

If they don't get state nomination there will be no visa as occupation on CSOL require state nomination or employer sponsorship. So their situation is not that straightforward.

Oh okay, sorry about that, I didnt look up the occupation

But that doesnt not change my opinion about using a migration agent. If its a complex case, a migration agent is probably worth it. If it's just a normal 190 application it perfectly do-able yourself if you do the necessary research.

Final stages of an application to me would mean application submitted waiting for medicals and police check and grant. Still at the start of the process, there is a lot more work to do before get to final stages, get positive skills assessment, complete ielts, state nomination, EOI, invitation to apply, lodge application, upload all paper work.

It depends on how complicated the particular application is but the things you mention are fairly straightforward and easily do-able without using a migration agent.

Medicals and Police checks can be done before a CO is assigned

Her skills assessment is already submitted so a migration agent cant do anything about that.

Her IELTS is arranged

I dont know anything about state nomination for Victoria but I know a bit about NSW sponsorship and that is fairly easy to apply for, I cant imagine it being very complicated for Victoria.

EOI, getting invitation, apply, upload paperwork. All pretty standard things you can do yourself if you do some research on forums like these.

My recommendation (like I did on the other forum, if possible that is) is to try to get a high IELTS score (or use PTE which has fairer marking), get 20 points for the language ability (I think you're from Ireland so that shouldnt be much of a problem) and apply for a 189 visa.

Of course it can be done but the chances of it happening are very slim.

Saying things like "if you want it bad enough you will find a way" gives people false hope. No, it all comes down to whether or not you have skills that Australia needs.

Look at Skillselect and see if you have skills Australia needs and if you would ever be able to get 60 points or more.

I'm about to submit my application but I still had a question

I am not claiming any points for work experience but my EOI had 2 months of experience (which is after ACS subtracted 4 years)

in my EOI it was split up in 2 jobs, one marked as 4 years of non relevant and the other as 2 months of relevant.

What do I do in my visa application? Do I keep it like my EOI or am I better off marking all 4 years and 2 months of non relevant?

Hi guys,

I decided to post all my questions here and hopefully I can get a bit more clarity on certain issues.

I plan to apply for NSW Sponsorship in july when the new financial year starts and hopefully my profession (system administrator 262113) will be on the list like it was last year.

I already have my ACS skill assessment (positive) and my IELTS is done as well (7.5 lowest score).

I'd have 55 points + 5 potential points for sponsorship.

How does NSW decide who to sponsor? Do they look at the points? Do you have more of a chance of getting sponsored if you have 65 points compared to when you have 60?

Or do they look at your experience in the job?

I already got a bunch of documents translated and certified but if I'm not mistaken the application for NSW sponsorship is on paper. So do I need certified copies of all my original documents plus certified copies of the translations?

And all those certified copies + certified copies of translations I need to add to the application and mail them, right?

I also read you can send them payslips of your past jobs. How many do you require? Like 2-3 a year? Do you need to get copies of those certified as well + certified copies of the translations?

Thanks!