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Solicitor applying for VISA 189. Skills assessment
louisella replied to a topic in Working and Skilled Visas
1. Does anyone know whether all states will mark the same i.e. if we applied to NSW for an assessment, are they likely to come back with the same results? 2. Say husband studies the units specified by WA, is admitted and gains a positive skills assessment, if we then opt for the 190 state sponsored visa, are we restricted to only being able to apply to WA or can we use that positive skills assement for other states (e.g. NSW). I think previously it used to be that in order to practice in other states you had to be admitted to them individually (in addition to the state you were currently practising in) however I'm sure I read somewhere that this had been abolished. -
Solicitor applying for VISA 189. Skills assessment
louisella replied to a topic in Working and Skilled Visas
Thanks @Libbyella , it seems like the solicitor route is one of the hardest (and most expensive) to go down. Re appealing I’m not sure whether that was directed more for Peachy as she seems to have more post qualified experience than my husband however I think it’s worth looking into for him. He's on 1PQE so it may not make any difference but he’s due to complete his civil higher rights in the next few weeks so whether that will have any consideration over the Civil Procedure unit I don’t know. We had included it in the paperwork but as he hadn’t actually sat the exam at that time they may have felt they needed to included the unit (this is just me hazarding a guess!) I've read that too about issues re submitting the EOI prior to admission (it may well have been your post or perhaps on a different forum) When are you due to complete your modules? -
Solicitor applying for VISA 189. Skills assessment
louisella replied to a topic in Working and Skilled Visas
I'll keep you posted @Peachy as the next steps will be calculating how much it'll be and whether he has the time to do it all -
Solicitor applying for VISA 189. Skills assessment
louisella replied to a topic in Working and Skilled Visas
He has but as he's only 1PQE I think they must have felt he needs to do the units as well - pretty gutting as we'd anticipated perhaps 4 or 5. We'd including his higher rights units too but it doesn't seem to have made much of a difference. Our worry is age is against him as law is his second career - he'll turn 45 in 2018 so we'll lose points then and it'll definitely be game over then -
Solicitor applying for VISA 189. Skills assessment
louisella replied to a topic in Working and Skilled Visas
So today we've receive hubby's assessment back from the WA Legal Board - he's been advised he needs to study the following: Admin Constitutional Law Company law Civil Procedure Evidence Trust and Office Accounting Ethics and Professional responsibility It's more than we'd hoped so now it's time to see where he can study these whilst in the UK and calculate how much it'll all be before deciding whether to progress or not. Feeling slightly deflated as it feeling more and more likely that we may need to reconsider whether we go down this route -
Solicitor applying for VISA 189. Skills assessment
louisella replied to a topic in Working and Skilled Visas
Thanks so much for your reply @Racmac , it's really useful knowing others who are going along the same path. Best of luck to you and @Libbyella - we submitted the assessment form this morning to WA, hubby is only 1yr PQE so we're expecting the worst in terms of how many extra units he'll need to take! As a prelimanary, he contacted COL and University of New England to get an idea of their schedules....so now it's a case of wait and see untill we get the results mid April -
Solicitor applying for VISA 189. Skills assessment
louisella replied to a topic in Working and Skilled Visas
Hi @Racmac & @Libbyella , we're currently in the process of submitted my husband's details to WA to see what extra subjects he will need to study for a positive skills assessment. We had previously been told he would need to sit his exams in Australia but from reading the post above it sounds like you've been able to take them in the UK? If so that would be a massive help! With regards to the addtional subjects you had to both study, what sort of timescales have you come across in terms of how long it's taken you to study them all? I appreciate it may differ according to personal circumstances however on another posting someone had said that they encountered delays because universities would only allow them to to study a certain number per semester. -
Hi @anon123 Not sure if it'll help but whilst researching state sponsorship (in this case for WA), I came across this "Closely related occupations are those sharing the first four digits of the ANZSCO occupation code" From other research I have done, time during your training contract can't be counted (I wish it could as we'd be in a position to apply now) only post qualification experience
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Hi anon123, I'm going to call the visa helpline later so will ask about the possibility of claiming the extra points - I'll post back on here if I get a clear answer. I suspect they'll say you can only claim for one set under the qualification section but always worth asking Re the flagged list - both solicitor and barrister are on the list (https://www.anzscosearch.com/list-flagged-occupations/) however hopefully it doesn't necessarily mean they'll be taken off this July, it just surprised me that they were flagged at all. The link I've posted in the above post makes for interesting reading. Like you say, it'd be pretty galling if you've spent the money for the extra units and it does get removed.
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Hope you enjoyed GTA V, that response did make me laugh :laugh: Thought this was an interesting read - https://www.lawcouncil.asn.au/lawcouncil/images/LCA-PDF/docs-2900-2999/2910-Skilled-Occupations-ListSOL2015-16.pdf .
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Sorry - just jumping into this thread. Does anyone happen to know whether, once you have taken the addtional units (on the assumption you need to) and passed, can you then claim 10 points for the following? If so, can this be in addition to claiming points for a degree? (I'm not sure whether you can only claim for one category under the Qualifications section) An award or qualification recognised by the assessing authority in the assessment of the skilled occupation I've also read that solicitors are on the flagged list for potential removal from SOL in the future which is worrying...
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Solicitor applying for VISA 189. Skills assessment
louisella replied to a topic in Working and Skilled Visas
Hi @Killara , thanks for the reply, apologies for the late thanks but I've only just noticed this was posted! Thanks for the update re being admitted to different states, I wasn't aware that had changed -
Solicitor applying for VISA 189. Skills assessment
louisella replied to a topic in Working and Skilled Visas
Really good post @Killara , interesting to read about requirements for NSW and QLD; do you by any chance know what the situation is for WA?