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That's great advice, thanks so much oddball! I should have around 85 points. 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? Thanks for your help, its much appreciated. :-)

Thanks again lebourvellec! I may post the question separately in the education section to see if I can get an answer that way too. :-)

That's great advice, thanks so much lebourvellec, I'll follow up on what you have suggested. Here's another question I could do with some help with: 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. Am I right in thinking that if they 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.

Help please! I would like to move to Adelaide, potentially by summer 2017, with my husband and two children. I am 34, my husband is 47 and our two children are 9 and 6. I am a teacher of children with special needs, specialising in children with autism/ASD, as well as a special needs outreach advisory teacher. So I believe my job is still on the skilled occupations list. My husband runs his own graphic design and print business. My sister is a permanent Australian resident living in Adelaide, Australia with her husband who is a native Australian citizen. We would really like some advice about how to apply for our visa. I would be looking to secure a job before moving, so would it be best for us: to apply for a skilled independent visa to include the family? or can my sister or her husband nominate/sponsor us? or is it worth me investigating whether the region/state or a potential employer would nominate/sponsor me first before applying independently? Also, does anyone know how long these visas might take to process in our case, I've had a look at the visa processing guidelines on the Australian Government website, but there are so many variations, it's mind-blowing! Any advice about which route would be best would be much appreciated or even if anyone can recommend if there are any companies/organisations/services that might be able to help us with this we would be very grateful. Thanks!