crookywooky

I did - best decision I made. Got a Direct Grant today. The entire process took a mere 5 months from first speaking to GM.

Congratulations on your grant Crookywooky, and the case officer JenPen. Pommie & Mazza - you must be due to receive an email soon! I have an interview for a job tomorrow morning, got everything crossed that my 6th Aug application will be processed by then so I can say that my visa is in place. I think I'm being a wee bit optimistic though!

It's imminent, Chatterbox! Best of luck

Granted this am for de facto partner and I, lodged 4th Aug [emoji4]

Thanks a lot Mazza - Best of luck to you and the rest of the patiently waiting applicants!

Granted this am for de facto partner and I, lodged 4th Aug [emoji4]

His CCNA will class as a Vendor Certificate which gives him 10 points but he will need 5 years experience in that field to go with it. https://www.acs.org.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/7319/Skills-Assessment-Guidelines-for-Applicants.pdf.

I recently passed an ACS Assessment for the 263111 so if he has any Q's I'll try to help.

Lewis

Starting to think that our prospects are a bit bleak...

No idea whether to put me or my husband as lead on our visa application

I'm a primary school teacher so could apply in a 190 I think and get state sponsorship, but not many jobs around...

My husbands job at the moment involves designing networking solutions using various systems such as Cisco etc, and he has Ccna qualification, as well as some internet security certificates etc... The problem is that he's only been doing this for a year, and he doesn't have a degree. I read somewhere that 5 years experience or a degree are required to pass skills assessment for 263111 job category. Does anyone know if this is true? He would get extra qualifications to boost his application if needed, but obviously we can't magic up 5 years experience...

It's just that his sounds more complicated as far as applications go, but it's more in demand. Mine is easy to evidence for a visa, but there are no jobs.

Am I fighting a losing battle?

Sarah x

Go Matilda have been great with us. Can't remember exact cost but they are worth every penny. Saved us so much stress!

I second Mazza - GM have been spot on.

-Lewis

Hi people our agent logde 189 visa on 16th july anyone know if there is away of checking your visa status as we can't check as agent lodge for us. Just want to feel like I am doing something we been doing the visa for nearly two years and getting Nervous now thanks

I'm also with an Agent (GoMatilda) & they have given me the Logon Details so I can check myself via https://online.immi.gov.au - Just ask them

You can track the 189 Timelines via this public Spreadsheet:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FbZvlgMTC54aMv2LVhtcQuBXMfUkIpydWuZAAFHf8-Y/edit?type=view&gid=277&+f=true&sortcolid=-1&sortasc=true&rowsperpage=1250&pli=1#gid=277

Application Submitted 4th Aug Good luck to you all

Hello all,

First post from a silent observer... Received an invite today via GoMatilda, submitted EOI on 4th July with 60 Points.

263111 Computer Network and Systems Engineer

Very unexpected.

Bristol is a young city with some awesome bars and places to eat. Definitely gets my vote and I've lived quite a few places across the country