Chami

Coolbreeze- just seen this message you got your visa...YAY!!!! Congratulations!!!!!! I haven't logged in for ages....hope you and your partner are on your way there???

How great for the january gang!!! I have been having interviews for a few jobs. fingers crossed!!!

Coolbreeze, yours will be soon too!!!!!!

Good luck guys!!!

Sorry that's what I meant too....The lowest mark of the four sections.

I got my IELTS result today. Do they go on the overall band score or the individual marks? Cheers

From what I know, overall! It should state clearly on the skilled migration application- is this for 189?

Congratulations Hannah!!!Brilliant news...Where u moving to and what's your entry before date? U must be ecstatiC!! i actually kept re-reading mine when i first got it to make sure it really is a grant letter lol.

 

x thank you Chami ! Yeah sooooooo happy , I know what u mean I kept reading the grant letter too! Where are you moving to and when do you come out? X

Hi Hannah2012- I used to live in Melbourne, so hping to move there but applying for jobs in Perth, Syd, Brizzy and melbourne....not wanting to leav this job i have here as it is a really good one without a job offer but i think it may be difficult! :-(

Sorry about the spelling mistakes!! couldnt type quick enough :jiggy:

Congratulations Hannah!!!Brilliant news...Where u moving to and what's your entry before date? U must be ecstatiC!! i actually kept re-reading mine when i first got it to make sure it really is a grant letter lol.

x

Guys, those who received a grant recently, does it show in your correspondence?

I will be moving to Brisbane. I lived there for 5 years and love it...

Ah nice. Warmer. Never been. I am getting excited...and busy applying for jobs!!!!

Congrats Shazza, Even I got the Grant today.

Congratulations Ebrahimmk...When and where you guys moving to?

brilliant!!!!! congratulations!!!!!!!!!

when and where you moving to

Booked our one way flights to Adelaide today ! Leaving on 18th March :biggrin:

Brilliant news, GENIE1. Congrats.

Can you share your experience/timelines please? (which visa etc)

No havent submitted the Form 80...just because when CO sent the email saying what docs were outstanding it was just the medicals. But if they never asked for yours and you submitted it maybe I should as well..dont want to get held up on that! Its a big form though..I was just hoping that if we could get away with not doing it that would fab :laugh:

Hi Hannah2012, If they didn't ask for it, don't bother, I never had any correspondence with a CO. It was a direct grant. While i was waiting, I was doing the form, i uploaded it and iwthin hours, i had the grant. But it looks like you won't have to submit it....i am sure you will have ur grant soon....

I did it without a migration agent. Get your skills assessed as stated in their website- which body- this process an take a few weeks. mine too 8 weeks. If you have your IELTs done in the meantime, when the skills assessments comes through, you can submit EOI. You MUST have evidenc eof all the points you are claiming. If work experience, then have work letters, pay stubs, tax forms etc.

Having decided, all along, to go with a 457 visa as we only got 30 points, we've recently been looking at how to gain enough points for PR (via a 190 as it gives us an extra 5 points and is 'apparently' quicker than a 189...?). We were slightly pessimistic about the chances of getting a job offer and also about the economy / job market over there, so thought that if we have a chance at PR then it would be foolish to dismiss it. However, it won't be easy as the only way to get enough points (55 + 5 for state sponsorship = 60) is to have:-

 

* 8 years' experience (I believe anything IT-related would be deemed as 'closely-related' to my husband's IT Security Consultant / Pen Tester occupation);

* IELTS score of 8;

* UK qualification(s) assessed as the equivalent of a Bachelor Degree in Aus (OH has professional quals only - highest is CREST CCT - Check Team Leader);

 

So oh is about to apply to have his skills assessed (hope to submit application next week), and last night he spoke to an IT recruiter in Aus who said his skills are indeed in demand (which is a relief to hear) and he could get him a job by July. The problem is we're not quite ready to go yet as one of our mortgages doesn't expire until Sep and we haven't saved up enough money to go yet (we need £14-15k in total and are about halfway there).

 

Questions:-

 

* Should we stick with the 457 idea and do the streamlined 190 fast-track route to PR after 1 year (available in Vic only)?

* Should we forget about the July job and wait until Oct and look for another 457?

* Should we (after the skills assessment result comes back) do an EOI for the 190 and forget about the 457? We're hoping we'd get PR within 5 months... does this sound achievable?

 

* If we go for PR, I've read that you can do the medicals / police checks before you get the ITA (but after lodging the EOI as you need to give the doctor the ref. no.?) - is this true? If so, why doesn't everyone do this as it surely saves previous time...?

* Do they go into your past medical history on the medicals, or do they just care about whether or not you have TB / HIV? Do you have to do a healthy questionnaire? How detailed is it?

 

My heart is saying "go for July!" as we're dying to get out there, but my head is saying "go for the 190 and wait until Oct." We just don't want to wait too long incase the x-rate falls / job market takes a dive / oh's occupation disappears off the CSOL (or is marked as 'closed for new applications').

 

Also, what would happen if we went for a 190 and, before PR was granted, we found a job that needed to start asap. Could we get a bridging visa to go over whilst the 190 application is still being processed...?

 

Sorry for all the questions, quys.... just really confused. Thought we knew what our plans were and now it's all up in the air :-( Got agents coming to value the house and haven't a clue when to put it on the market or when to tell them we're hoping to move by!

 

Cheers for your patience,

 

I-F :-)

I applied for my 189 and the processing was quite fast...for 190 you have to wait to be nominated too and there is a cycle for that. so all in all, waiting for 190 can add to the processing time....

Hi all,

 

Today I got my PR VISA 189.... flying to Melbourne soon....!!!!

 

 

 

Timeline: IELTS [L – 9.0, R – 8.5, W – 8.0, S – 8.0]: 23.09.2013; Lodged for Skills assessment [iPA Australia]: 21.11.2013; Positive skills assessment: 11.12.2013; EOI: 12.12.2013; Invitation: 16.12.2013; Application lodged [189 PR Visa]: 20.12.2013; Medicals: 24.12.2013, PCC: 22.01.2014, CO: 24.01.2014, Grant: 29.01.2014

Brilliant Nick. I am flying to meLB too... It's super exciting

Hi everyone,

I've been keenly following this thread since we were invited to apply on 2nd December. Wanted to give you hope that things will happen soon....we were contacted by our case officer on 4th Feb requesting form 80's and further evidence of employment history which we uploaded on 15th Feb. We got our visa grant email this morning!!:biggrin:

xx

Brilliant!! When and to where are you moving?

hannah2012- no worries. you will have a decision really soon. I had a decision two weeks after mine were submitted. I also submitted my form 80, although they did not ask for it. have you submitted yours?

Hi!

Still waiting on results of our meds! Had them on 11th Feb so every email that comes through im practically jumping to open it hoping it will say we have PR! This waiting game is a killer! :daydreaming:

 

Ive seen some people have put dates in when their medicals were sent to DIAC..how do you know when they were sent?

 

We fly back to UK 5 weeks today for a holiday and hoping its granted by then as we are currently on a bridging visa!

 

Hope everyone elses apps are going ok :biggrin:

Hi Hannah2012, You can log into emedical client - you will need your hAP id, and personal details. When you log in, you need to click on the 'print information sheet' on it it will say when the medicals were submitted to DIAC or what stage they are at....at least that is how I found out for me...

Don't worry it will soon be over and you will have your PR! Exciting times ahead!

5 years is already listed on your visa- from the date your visa is granted.

I think it says on the Immi website that we must live in Aus for 4 years. I may be wrong, anyone else who has had any experience with this? or know more?

Hi I am just joining this thread. Could someone tell me if you had to pay $40000 per parent? Or if there is a lesser expensive route?

This happened to someone I know- He had the PR but never lived in Australia for more than a year. Towards the expiry date of his PR, he mvoed back to Aus, got a job, bought a house and got a RRV for another 5 years. Not sure what happens after that. i have heard it has become difficult and rightly so. Best thing would be to become a citizen.

Yesssssssssssssssssssss case officer allocated. )))))) so so happy now gotta do form 80 police checks and meds whoo hoo

Congratulations!! brilliant news! Hope all go so quickly for you Kelly23