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I would actually recommend that you don't do the police checks or the medicals until you are way further down the application. Possibly at the stage where you have received your invite uploaded your docs and awaiting for a CO to be assigned go you. This way your not wasting money for either one of them. It all adds up and the application is already costly.

Hi, I'm a Carpenter and Joiner by trade and done the application myself. Honestly it's not a difficult process at all. You have to do all the work yourself. The agent will just ask you for a list of documents and they will process the application for you. As for the agent stating it will be done in 3 month... I doubt that very much as it generally takes 9-12 weeks for TRA to access your qualifications. Once you pass you have to wait for the Invite to be sent and the. You have a month to upload all your documents. It took 9 months for our application from start to finish and we had no hiccups. As for the English test your husband will have to do the test Unfortunetly as he loses points for age. He will only need to sit the General test but can sit it once he has submitted his documents for assessing. Inbox me if you need help or want a list of what documents you require.

Hi, i applied through TRA for Carpentry and Joinery. Yea they did contact my employers to verify the references they had given.

Hi, we sent our sole container last Tuesday (20/01) got an email from PSS stating it will arrive on Perth on 02/03 that's exactly 6 weeks from sending it.

Hi, it is the case. Once you get your skills assessed you get 10 points for your AQF. I did and got 60 points in total without doing an IELTS. Was so relieved when I got the invite. Good luck to your hubby and hope he gets his invite soon.

I've obtained the same for Carpentry and Joinery. I put start date as when I sent the docs for approval and end date as what's on the certificate. My visas have been granted so you should have no issues with this and you get 10 points

Hi, I got my skills assessed through TRA and I got all my documents certified through a solicitor. He was actually cheap as he charged me £20 for the whole lot rather than £5 per page. Ask around how much they will charge to certify everything. i got everything certified from passport copy to three years bank statements and payslip copies.

Hi, yes you can open an oz account before you arrive in Australia but you can only collect your cards in Australia. This shouldn't take too long to sort out

Hi, i know a family member who is ACCA member with no degree. You will have to sit the Academic IELTS test with minimum requirement of 7 in each band and get your skills assessed based on work which you commenced after you became a member. If you get a positive assessment for the skills then you will get an invite depending on the amount of points you get. Good luck

Hi, yea ear you can set up your own ImmiAccount but as you have paid the agent you can get them to do it. Either way it's not difficult. They can only upload the documents which they will request from you so yea you can set the account up yourself and upload everything.

Hi, try giving them a call. We did that and visas were granted the next day

Hi Adele, We got all our documents countersigned by a solicitor. He charged £20 for everything and there was a lot to get signed. I'm also self employed and got stat dec signed by solicitor.

Just seems like a cruel response back from them. How long have you stayed in Canberra?

Received grant last Wednesday. Heading over to Canberra.

Done it through TRA. Got the certificates via my CSCS card. It was an on site course. Was completed within 3 months for both. Not sure on how long you need to work as I've got 12 years of experience.

Hi, the waiting is extremely frustrating. We received an email from our CO asking for wife's medical. This was already done but client ID was not matching the application so called the office from the number they provided. Next day the visa was granted. Try giving them a call just so that they can advise what the hold up is. Never know you might be lucky and get grant the next day. Fingers crossed

Hi, I have a City and Guilds and Carpentey and Joinery both level 2 & 3. I passed my skills assessment and was awarded AQF III. Complete your level 3. No need for you to do NVQ. I got my City and Guilds through my CSCS card. Hope this helps

Hi, We bought a table with 6 chairs few years ago and as it had scratches we decided to claim it under insurance. They told u to get a replacement one. Just wondering if we leave it packed will be get charged tax. It's a glass table so don't want to get it damaged. I have the old recipts as proof of purchase a few years ago. Not sure if they will accept this

Hi, this means that you have accepted the invite and therefore the EOI has now been ceased. You now need to upload all your documents in ImmiAccount and have 60 days to do this. Advisable to upload as soon as you can rather than wait closer to 60 days.

Heading to Perth. Can't wait

Hi, you don't get an update on your medicals. If there is an issue with them your doctors will contact you. If they don't then they are ok.

Woohoo got my Cisa grant today. Need to start planning the move now

I totally agree with not going with Global Visa's. They took our money and then changed company names. Said we had to pay them half of what we already paid to reopen our case. Did the application myself and now awIting grant of visa

My wife did nearly all my paperwork as I'm too busy at work and she looked into the whole process herself. If your struggling where to start off, I'll go through my file and send you a list of what you can start collating to start the ball rolling.

Has your hubby got any certificates in his trade. These will really help alongside with his experience. Also is he employed or self employed? You will need to collect all the documents for his skills to be assessed. once you send the documents off to TRA to be assessed he can work on the IELTS and try and get as higher mark as possible (try aiming for 7+. 6 is the pass mark but it doesn't give you any points). Once you have passed the IELTS and the skills assessment you will be able to lodge your EOI. This is your initial starting point. Hope this helps