conandviv

Hi, quotes can vary massively depending on your individual circumstances, type of goods, packing requirements, volume etc so your best bet is to invite 3 companies to do an in home move consultation and provide you a free, no obligation quote. You can find a list of FIDI FAIM certified (the professional international moving qualification) companies on their website www.fidi.org.

 

Hope that helps?

That's great advice, thanks so much!

We are from Cumbria.....our 20ft container has cost us £4500 inc insurance, we are going to Adelaide and have used PSS

Congratulations on getting your visa granted and good luck with the move!

Thanks for the information, that's really useful for us. If you don't mind me asking you a couple more questions:

Where will your container sail from?

Will it sail to the port in Adelaide?

Have you got a costing for transporting your stuff to the container in the UK? ...and from the container in Adelaide?

Thanks! :-)

Yep I'm on the Jan 189 conandviv!

Great, good luck with your visa application! :-)

This forum is full of people doing (or have already done) what you plan to do, so you're in the right place. If you search through 'migration issues' and go through any threads about 189 or 190 'month' you should pick up a lot of the right kind of info.

 

Good luck!

Brilliant, thanks for pointing me in the right direction! :-)

You have more than enought points without going down the NAATI route, it's very expensive and what I have read quite difficult, some native community language speakers really struggle with it, and for 5 points not really worth it, when you can get 20 for ielts.

Great, thanks! :-)

Going by the results of the last several invitation rounds, even 60 points is enough to get an invitation in the next round or at worst, the one after. Looks like you'll need to do IELTS but 10 points for Proficient English will be enough.

 

You can receive five points for having a Credentialled Community Language only if the language is accredited by the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI). To receive points, you must provide evidence that the authority has accredited you as a translator or interpreter at the paraprofessional level or above.

http://www.naati.com.au/home_page.html NAATI

Thanks for the info, that's really useful!

The only way you could get 20 points for work experience is if you have 8+ years of overseas experience AND 1+ years of Australian experience. You haven't mentioned having worked in Australia so are you sure that's right?

You're right I don't have any work experience in Australia, I have 8 years experience in post in the UK. Maybe that's an error on the calculator on: http://www.workpermit.com/australia/point_test.htm, as they state 20 points for 8+ years overseas experience.

The calculator on: https://www.acacia-au.com/skilled-migration-points-test.php award 15 points for 8+ years overseas experience.

It looks like the acacia calculator is right, I've just checked the info on the Australian Government website: http://www.immi.gov.au/Visas/Pages/189.aspx

Thanks for your advice, much appreciated!

Prices often reflect how much work they need to do for your application, rough guess maybe about £2-2.5k, but you will have the visa application cost, skills assessments medicals police checks on top of this. Your prob looking at about £8-10k for visa with an agent, including everything, visa application cost to DIBP for family of 4 would be around $7300AUD, medicals about £8-1000.

Thanks again, it's really useful to have some 'ball-park' figures in mind, it's a costly exercise but hopefully well worth it in the long run! ;-)

You can keep an eye on people's timelines from around the world on this link. It isn't gospel, but it's encouraging!

 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkrdCphtU8u-dGJQSWROUlZ0bThIaUF2VW9zdUZmMlE&usp=sharing#gid=277

That's really useful! Thanks!! :-)

85 seems high, with full marks for IELTS and 8 years work experience, based on age and qualification highest would be 75 points, which is still above the 60 point mass mark.

I used the calculator on: http://www.workpermit.com/, which gave me:

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[TD]25[/TD]

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[TD]20[/TD]

[TD]points for English language ability[/TD]

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[TD]20[/TD]

[TD]points for your work experience[/TD]

[/TR]

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[TD]15[/TD]

[TD]points for qualifications[/TD]

[/TR]

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[TD]0[/TD]

[TD]points for Australian qualifications[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]0[/TD]

[TD]points for spouse skills[/TD]

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[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[/TR]

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[TD]0[/TD]

[TD]points for language experience[/TD]

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[TD]0[/TD]

[TD]points for regional study experience[/TD]

[/TR]

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[TD]0[/TD]

[TD]points for State/Territory sponsorship[/TD]

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[TD]0[/TD]

[TD]points for Professional Year[/TD]

[/TR]

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[TD]80[/TD]

[TD]total points[/TD]

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(Plus potentially an extra 5 for 'community language skills' as I did a BA&MA combined in French and German, but not sure how I would go about getting this recognised?).

That is based on full IELTS marks, so without that I would have 60-65?

Please let me know if you think this is inaccurate.

85 points seems high. Can you give us a breakdown of what you are claiming them for.

I used the calculator on: http://www.workpermit.com/, which gave me:

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[TD]25[/TD]

[TD]points for your age[/TD]

[/TR]

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[TD]20[/TD]

[TD]points for English language ability[/TD]

[/TR]

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[TD]20[/TD]

[TD]points for your work experience[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]15[/TD]

[TD]points for qualifications[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]0[/TD]

[TD]points for Australian qualifications[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]0[/TD]

[TD]points for spouse skills[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD][/TD]

[TD][/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]0[/TD]

[TD]points for language experience[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]0[/TD]

[TD]points for regional study experience[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]0[/TD]

[TD]points for State/Territory sponsorship[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]0[/TD]

[TD]points for Professional Year[/TD]

[/TR]

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[TD]80[/TD]

[TD]total points[/TD]

[/TR]

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(Plus potentially an extra 5 for 'community language skills' as I did a BA&MA combined in French and German, but not sure how I would go about getting this recognised?).

That is based on full IELTS marks, so without that I would have 60-65?

Please let me know if you think this is inaccurate.

Case officer, this is the person that processed your application. They will be in touch by email to request medicals and police checks or further information.

Fantastic, thanks for explaining!

Once 189 is lodged your prob looking at 3-4 months processing, but to get to that stage can take a same amount of time. As you are not in a hurry to get to Australia would be advisable to wait until CO requests for medicals and police checks to give you max time to validate your visas.

 

visas are valid for 5 years from the date of grant but you have 12 months from the earliest date of medicals or police checks to validate visa by making first entry which can be done with short holiday.

 

Your husband will have full work rights and it will not matter about his age, this will have no impact on getting visa or not, but he requires to have functional english, which a UK passport will prove.

Great, thanks, that's really useful and reassuring! Apologies if I'm being extremely thick but what does CO stand for?

Go Matilda is our choice too - really nice people and they know their stuff

 

Kind regards

maisie

Great, thanks, it's reassuring to have the same company recommended by more than one person. I'll give Go Matilda a call and see if I can get the ball rolling! Do you have any idea about how much they charge for their services?

Go matilda, and visa bureau both have good reputations and are registered migration agents.

 

if your case is straight forward, not medical or character issues many people have taken on their own applications successfully. But beware if you do make any mistakes in your application and its refused or you need to withdraw, you will lose the application fee, with the high application costs now, it's always worth getting an initial assessment even if you decide to do it alone.

 

Also so depends how organised you are and have the time to do it alone. We did ours alone after initial assessment, we felt that there was things an agent couldn't do, ie the complicated engineering skills assessment.

Great, thanks again for the fab advice. I'll give Go Matilda a call and see if I can get the ball rolling! Do you have any idea about how much they charge for their services?

Emigrating from north west UK to Adelaide, can anyone recommend a registered migration agent or would anyone recommend going through the process independently?

Thanks for any advice! :-)

Can anyone give me an idea of how long their 189 skilled independent visa took to process?

I believe they're valid for five years from date of issue, is that correct?

If it includes my husband and two kids, does it permit my husband to work when we get there?

Does my husband's age affect whether they will grant me the visa? He will be 49 when we intend to make the move?

Thanks again :-)

Can anyone give me an idea of shipping costs to move our household stuff from north west UK to Adelaide (cost of a container), and/or recommend any companies you have used?

Thanks for any advice, much appreciated!

:-)

Summer 2017? You're planning ahead!

I know! We want to time it so our eldest can finish primary here and still join primary in Adelaide so he has time to settle before moving up to secondary and given the housing market over here we thought it may take all of next year to sell our house :-(

The AISTL is for the visa process, this is your skills assessment. Uni transcrips are given when you graduate, so might be with your graduation certificate.

Great, thanks, I'll dig through my certificates.

Yes the transcript is a breakdown of course units that you studied. In terms of PGCE the units should cover certain key areas, but I presume all PGCE covers these! AITSL certification lasts two years. The link below may answer some other questions that you may have.

 

http://www.aitsl.edu.au/assessment-for-migration/question-answers

Thanks again for the advice! I'll see if I have a transcript or find out whether I can get one. We are hoping to move over to Oz in summer 2017, so if I apply for AITSL certification now and then manage to secure a visa and register as a teacher in SA, will it matter if the AITSL certification runs out before we actually get there?

A transcript is an official printed statement from your uni/college showing all the subjects that were studied as part of your course, and what grades you were given.

 

If you did your courses fairly recently you might have been given them while you were studying.

Thanks for the info, I'll check what documents I have.

A transcript is an official printed statement from your uni/college showing all the subjects that were studied as part of your course, and what grades you were given.

 

If you did your courses fairly recently you might have been given them while you were studying.

Thanks for that, I'll have a look at the documents I have.

Can anyone clarify?

Both our boys were born in September, one in 2005 the other in 2008 and I'm trying to figure out which school year they would go into. If we emigrate to Adelaide, South Australia, am I right in thinking that if our two boys entered the Adelaide, South Australia school system in September 2017, they would go into year 6 and year 3, moving up to year 7 and year 4 in January 2018?

I understand that in South Australia children start secondary in year 8, please correct me if I'm wrong.

Thanks for any clarification anyone can give.

:-)

As Oddball mentions AITSL are really strict with transcripts and four years of HE. The GTP is not accepted and many SCITT training providers aren't eligible as their qualifying university can't provide a transcript for whatever reason. Hopefully you completed your training through a university?!

That's great advice, thanks so much benj1980!

I'm looking into the AITSL skills assessment. What do you mean by transcripts? Do you know how long an AITSL skills assessment is valid for? Do you know how long it might take to process a 189 visa?

I did a four year BA & MA combined at the University of Manchester then a one year PGCE at Manchester Metropolitan University, so I'm hoping that will be enough?

Thanks for your help, its much appreciated.

:-)