Dear All,
I have following situation.
I got my ACS done for 261313 (Software Engineer) back in 3 April 2012.
I did 3 attempts for IELTS and latest one I got overall 7 (8 Listening, 7 Reading, 7 Writing & 6 Speaking) band.
I am 34 years of age.
I have Master of Computer Science and Information Technology outside Australia.
My work experience till date is 9 yrs plus but in ACS when I applied its was 7 Years and 7 months.
[TABLE=class: grid, width: 500]
[TR]
[TD]Factor[/TD]
[TD]Description[/TD]
[TD]Points[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Age[/TD]
[TD]33–39 years[/TD]
[TD]25[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]English language ability[/TD]
[TD]IELTS 7 (8 Listening, 7 Reading, 7 Writing & 6 Speaking) band.[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Outside Australia: skilled employment[/TD]
[TD]In skilled employment for at least eight and up to 10 years (of the past 10 years)
9 yrs plus till date[/TD]
[TD]15[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Qualifications[/TD]
[TD]At least a bachelor degree from an Australian educational institution or other degree of a recognised standard[/TD]
[TD]15[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Nomination/sponsorship [/TD]
[TD]Nomination by state or territory government (visa subclass 190 only)
5
Nomination by state or territory government or sponsorship by an eligible family member to reside and work in a specified/designated area (visa subclass 489 only)
10[/TD]
[TD] ??[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
The total points are 55 without nomination/sponsorship. I did some workout on this nomination/sponsorship but I am not able to figure my way out from this situation to get 60 points and proceed with my application.
Any help/advice in this regard will be very helpful.
Thanks & Regards,
Janet A. Jackson