agm

On 04/03/2021 at 18:57, agm said:

 

My timeline so far:

Applied: 23/05/2020

Test invite received: 15/01/2021

Test date: 18/02/2021. Passed 100%.

Status: currently on the dreaded "Received". 

My partner: all dates as mine above. Approved immediately and letter received a few days later in post.

Approved on Friday 5th March 2021.

My timeline so far:

Applied: 23/05/2020

Test invite received: 15/01/2021

Test date: 18/02/2021. Passed 100%.

Status: currently on the dreaded "Received". 

My partner: all dates as mine above. Approved immediately and letter received a few days later in post.

On 26/02/2021 at 13:36, David Ng said:

multiple times (say, 5 times, I know that's bad! keep checking back to see any sooner availability), got approved on spot. 

If you have colour-scanned and attached the original ones

My timeline so far:

Applied: 23/05/2020

Test invite received: 15/01/2021

Test date: 18/02/2021. Passed 100%.

Status: currently on the dreaded "Received". 

My partner: all dates as mine above. Approved immediately and letter received a few days later in post.

Just wondering if anyone has had the person they noted on their 1195 form actually contacted by the department? Thanks.

On 12/02/2021 at 09:27, NRK said:

Hey

just a quick question.. i took my test on 5th February but my status on immi account still shows “received “. Does it take so long to be approved? Is it possible i just get a letter by post snd nothing on my immi account?

Thanks in advance 

Hi. If would also be on immi account. I would keep checking immi before you wait by the letterbox.

On 23/02/2021 at 14:18, Bellooooo said:

Approved today. 
 

waiting for the ceremony now. 

Hi there. Congratulations. Just out of interest, when they requested further information did they request this at your interview in person? Did you have to upload it etc? 

22 hours ago, Chef.pande said:

Hi 

Applied for Citizenship on 30th March 2020

 

test given on 27 January and passed

 

status - Further assessment.

 

Location Broome WA 

Can anyone tell how long does it take for the application to get approved after the test. 

As few people get it same day.

 

Thanks

 

 

 

 

 

 

I sat my test with my partner last week. Both of us passed. He got his Citz awarded the same day. He now has a letter from Canberra and account says "approved". I'm still waiting with a "received" status on my immi account. 

On 17/04/2017 at 11:21 PM, Jlwalby said:

Hi,

 I'm currently a Primary school teacher in the UK with 4 years experience and a 3 year BEd Hons in Primary Education with QTS.

I've started studying towards a MEd in inclusive education. In the school I'm currently in, there is a wide range of SEND children and I hope to become a SENCO/Special education teacher. I was looking at applying to be a SEN teacher as it is on the SOL once I have completed my masters. However, I have noticed that on the requirements to be a SEN teacher you need an additional 45 days supervised practice in a SEN role. As you're probably aware, they don't require this in the UK. 

I was wondering if there was anyone that has just had SEN teacher experience in the UK and has been able to waiver the 45 day supervised practice. 

Or whether any of you know a way of meeting the requirements. 

Thanks

I can't answer specifically as I am a Secondary English teacher (from London, teaching in Sydney, 15 years experience). I have, however, run the gauntlet with AITSL, the federal body which is assigned the role of deciding which teachers enter the country and can proceed to applying for a visa. If my experience is anything to go by, in Australia, rules are rules. There will be no flexibility and they will not allow you through the AITSL gates unless you have exactly what they want - and have evidence (evidence, evidence, evidence) to prove what you claim. If you want to be in with a chance, you must get that experience before applying. Sorry, but AITSL is very, very rigorous. A word you will hear a lot out here is "compliance" - you'll need to comply with their requirements.

Good luck

agm

Hi agm,

just came across your thread and wondering what you did in the end and how things worked out for you? We are in a process of sorting out insurance for our container and deciding between PSS and letton.

Would be great to hear if you went with Letton in the end and what were they like?

Many thanks,Eva

Hi there Eva

I went with LP in the and and my Anglo Pacific shipment arrived a couple of weeks ago (5 weeks door to door - not bad). One rather expensive item was broken and am in the process of claiming on the LP insurance for it. I'll let you know if they pay up!

You're a star - thanks for the tip. BEYOND helpful!

those are smart teacher questions copied and pasted from an old email 4 years ago.

 

Smart teacher though is just an agency and the schools when they interview you will ask different questions. Some of the recruitment consultants might have some teacher experience or perhaps a qualification, but it is mainly a tick box interview prior to referring your cv to schools

Cheers for that milliem. Was this for Smart teachers or another agency - or with a school directly themselves?

Hi there.

Has anyone on here ever had a Skype interview with Smart teachers? I have one this week. It's only a 20 minuter but want to see if anyone else has been through the experience. What types of questions etc.

Thanks

Ha ha. I know the very cone you're talking about. I have one of those too. Although it still has the sticker on it at the bottom saying the shop in Australia it was bought from. Hopefully I can get away with it! Good luck with your move!

Apparently DAFF check "98%" of shipments according to the PSS guy who came round to give me a quote.

Ha ha. Thanks. I try my best. I'm hoping living in Oz will open up a whole side of the world I've hardly been to.

Mate,

 

No idea regarding the rules, but just want to say I love your website. Nice to see someone who gets out there and spreads their wings so openly.

Hi there. I'm just at the stage where I'm getting rid / gifting / selling things which I cannot import via a shipping company. I know that DAFF pretty much check most containers and I want to avoid any hold ups/extra charges because something has been shipped which shouldn't have been.

I have read the basics, but am after other people's experiences.

I hear that I should varnish any wooden items like wooden carvings that I've bought abroad. Can anyone testify to this?

Sheepskin rugs? Leather items like a Moroccan footstool?

Any pointers would be really appreciated.

Hi. There is no way around this. You have to register at a RMS / Motor Registry office in person in NSW. This will set you up an account with the State - which you can then use to pay for your WWCC. You can do both in the new (and very efficient) Service NSW, 2-24 Rawson Place at Haymarket. You will need a proof of address in Australia, too. For this I was able, amazingly, to use my AirBNB receipt which had my name and the Sudney address on it. The only thing I can suggest is to have yourself a little trip over to Oz for a holiday when convenient? It's a bit of a gamble resigning.

Hi! I am an Australian citizenship working currently as a Deputy SENCO in a comprehensive secondary school in the UK. I have been in this post for almost five years. In my previous job I was the Mananger of a SEN Base for students with Speech, Language and Communication Needs and Moderate Learning Difficulties. I worked in that role for 8 years. I have a Masters in Special Education. I taught this year in Brisbane in a SEP unit. I am planning on returning but was considering teaching in Sydney. The only issue is obtaining the Working With Children Check in NSW as it states you physically have to supply your proof of Identity - this is difficult as I am in the UK! A very big risk to resign from my job in order to apply once I arrive in Sydney. Anybody else experience this problem? What did you do? Are there plenty of SEN jobs in Sydney?

yikes it does sound tough! I wish you luck and I think I may try to look elsewhere first

A woman I trained on TeachFirst in the UK completed her two years and has got a fantastic job out in Hong Kong. She more than doubled her wage overnight (to £40K) and had a lot of help from the school with paperwork and visas etc. She is really living the high life and takes students on trips around Asia and Africa - and gets paid to do it. This would be well worth considering if you're free and easy with regards to where you go.

I started the whole Oz process in January last year when I sent my gear off to AITSL and I've still probably got a few weeks left to run yet with BOSTES (or longer if they start asking for additional transcripts with regards to my PGCE).

Good luck!

A woman I trained on TeachFirst in the UK completed her two years and has got a fantastic job out in Hong Kong. She more than doubled her wage overnight (to £40K) and had a lot of help from the school with paperwork and visas etc. She is really living the high life and takes students on trips around Asia and Africa - and gets paid to do it. This would be well worth considering if you're free and easy with regards to where you go.

I started the whole Oz process in January last year when I sent my gear off to AITSL and I've still probably got a few weeks left to run yet with BOSTES (or longer if they start asking for additional transcripts with regards to my PGCE).

Good luck!

Thats my thing, there is no point in doing all the paperwork if I am not guaranteed to get a job at the end of it. I know a few teachers in Melbourne, and they have really struggled to get part time/temporary work let alone a permanent role, and they're English teachers too.

 

I just don't want to put myself through the process if there is such a low demand for high school teachers, especially with subjects like mine.

Hi backtoback,

You're right to decide at this point if it's worth it. The system in Australia is very bureaucratic and there is no fast-track or preferential treatment for skilled migrants. This system eats certificates and paper and I am only just nearing the end of the process with all of my certificates etc with BOSTES as we speak. If you're having doubts I'd stay well away. I have 13 years of experience up to departmental management level, plus was accredited as an AST (top 10% of teachers in the country) but even with this I am bracing myself for a fight on my hands to get a job and have moved out here with a view to coming back to the UK (or somewhere else) in 18 months' time if I can't get something that I am happy with. I'm going to give it a go and if Australia doesn't want me there are plenty of countries in the Middle East and Asia who will. That's how I'm viewing it.

Anyway, good luck with whatever you decide.

@george8181 Thanks for all the information. Can the process to register be started from the UK or do I need to wait until I land? I am planning to hopefully arrive with my family at the end of the year and presume that the relevant authorities will be on holiday and so had hoped to have my registration done! Do you think this is possible?

Hi Macca10. I've just been through this in NSW. To register with Bostes you need to have completed a Working with Children Check - which you have to pay 80aud for in person at an RMS office. You'll need to register with RMS too first (no great hassle, but take proof of your address and refer to the list of documents (there are 2 lists). My WWCC came through in about 10 days as an email. It has a code which you then input into yourBostes online form. Good luck.

I had to have my qualifications assessed by AITSL first, yes, they were very slow and took 3 1/2 months to award me my certificate. There was a lot of toing and froing and I had to secure additional paperwork from my three universities which took time. They were especially thorough with my PGCE transcript. I then applied for an EOI having secured 75 visa points having sat an IELTS. I was then invited to make a DIBP application three days later.

Hi everyone.

I'm slowly navigating my way through the seemingly endless tiers of bureaucracy to be able to teach in NSW state schools.

The latest, and hope to be, final tier is to register with the DEC for which I need to undertake an e-course on child protection (CPAT).

Can anyone give me any advice with regards to completing this course? Are there costs? How much time needs to be spent on it? Is it 'easy'?

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer

Often if there is a claim made the shipping company insurance can really drag their heels on payment. An impartial insurer tends to be far easier to resolve any issues and claims with.

 

Letton Percival get good feedback fwiw.

That's good to know. I think we'll definitely be getting separate insurance. Thanks

It's cheaper to go with someone other than the shipping company's insurance. We insured with Letton Percival and paid an awful lot less than the shipping company wanted for superior cover. That, and like Snifter says, if something does happen to your stuff you will get a much better service and quicker payout from a seperate insurer.

That's really useful to know - thanks.