LucyAnne14

Hi Zoe, I report directly to the CEO so that wasn't an issue for me, they could see that on the Organisation Charts. It is on the AIM list as being one of the criteria they need to have fulfilled. But somebody else on here might have more experience hopefully of a position similar to your own..

I included some payslips plus p60s for the last ten years. i didn't include letters of appointment or company reports.. I wasn't asked for anything else..

Hi ZoeT, I passed it also.. To answer your question, I am also using an agent but for me, it wasn't the agent who helped me get the positive skills assessment. It was from printing off their own guidelines and reading and re-reading and re-reading everything they asked for. AIM give very clear instructions as to what they are looking for to be able to give a positive assessment and once you conform to those and add as much supporting documentation as you can, you would be fairly assessed. All my agent did was read it for me and lodge it. I had to get all the documentation together that they require myself as no one else can do that for you. To be fair, I'm sure if my agent had felt it wasn't good enough, they would have said so before lodging. But the actual work that goes into it had to be done by myself. I found the internet to be a great source of information on how to put it all together also. Once I had gone over their requirements, I put together an excel spreadsheet of all of the specific docs they asked for, eg organisation charts, job descriptions etc. I then added all the extra docs that were personal to me to support my application, eg references, education certificates, course prospectuses, CV. I detailed who needed to sign off on each one, as per the AIM guidelines and worked my way through the list. If you have a good HR department, they will make your life a lot easier.. Once it was lodged, I got my result in 4-5 weeks. Just to highlight also, my agent is now much more involved in our process and took over completely once I received the positive skills assessment and passed IELTS. Hope that helps in someway.. Best of luck with it..

Thanks for the replies.. I am hoping we might be able to get ours in next week with the old form 80 also.. If not, I'm liking your approach Lizzywills.. My problem is that I lived on the continent for a few years before the last 10 years and often went travelling at the weekends.. I came home aswell, lots of times and have absolutely no idea what months even that I came home.. Am beginning to wish I never moved outside my door until now!

Hi All, Am new here and hoping to get some advice please.. If we have to use the new Form 80, I will have to give very vague dates for my travel arrangements from before 10 years ago with respect to travel within the EU zone. I was fine with filling out the old Form 80 and all dates were there or thereabouts.. But this new one has me stumped. My question is, can the DIBP check your travel history from before ten years ago within the EU and then decide that what you have put in the Form 80 is incorrect and therefore reject your visa? Any advice greatly appreciated LucyAnne14