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Thank you Capt. Any idea which is equivalent to Chief mates FG COR ? 

Can anyone please shed some light on this matter. 

What is equivalent to Master IV, Master V class certificate which local ferries ask for? Can Chief mates FG or Masters FG supplement those?

thanks 

Dear Capt R , 

If we start depositing our salary to an Australian Bank account, how will they be taxed ? I am talking about the wages while we are still sailing with a foreign company. Do we need to do anything with ATO before crediting them to our Aussie bank acc? 

Just now, Lali said:

Hi Adam,
Only once , asked for police clearance from flag state .


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Hi Lali, 

which was your processing Office ? Adelaide ? 

3 hours ago, Chief Eng said:

Hi All,

I had lodged my visa application in the last week of June'17 and was contacted by CO for PCC last week.

I guess although the job has been removed from the SOL , they are processing applications lodged prior July 01st.

Does anybody know how to get PCC's for Hkg, Singapore?? Please do share your experience/difficulties or some links if you have already gone through the procedures. Good luck to all!

Best regards,

Sant

Hello 

1.Singapore police force won't issue PCC for seamen. I have already mailed them and got a negative reply. So I uploaded the official mail communication in to immi account. 

2. I'm not aware about Hong Kong PCC. 

In order to waiver Singapore pcc, CO asked me to upload all exit/entry stamps and visas in passports. So do that asap before a second contact. 

3 hours ago, CaptainR said:

I suspect you will be on of the last to get in marine8611, good luck with it all. 

 I think the visa route may open up again though in a few years time. 

Dear Capt R 

Do you mean our application will be looked in to with least priority since occupations are already removed ? 

12 hours ago, marine8611 said:

any recent grants?

Nothing Reported for our profession in recent weeks. However I recently got CO contact asking for few additional docs.whats your status ?

3 hours ago, Lali said:

Any good news from those whose application was in assessment stage on 01/07/2017.


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Nothing yet Lali. Eagerly waiting as there are not much movements happening in case of visa grant/CO contacts. Hopefully things should start to move by next week.

1 hour ago, Lali said:

What if u have already lodged before 1st July , would they assess/grant visa .


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As per the DIBP rules, applications already lodged will be assessed. There will be a slight delay in grant since it will be given low priority. But certainly will be considered. So hopefully we are safe. I have lodged my application on 7th June.

On 6/21/2017 at 12:16, Adam said:

Lali, for me that wasn't the case.  I got asked for additional documents in January - more evidence of past employment.  I didn't hear anything until about a week ago when they asked for more - statutory declaration.  They needed that as I was unable to obtain PCC's from most flag states.  I did however previously send evidence of me trying to obtain them.  So my advice is to fill out the statutory declaration and send that before they ask for it, if you have any flag states that won't issue a PCC.  

They have recently increased the wait time for 189 visas and it seems they take longer than the 28 + 28 days to process anything extra they ask for.

Hello Adam 

did CO mail you statutory declaration form ? I m planning to file one since I didn't get my Singapore pcc. If you have a format, can u please mail it to me ? Thanks 

1 hour ago, Capt J said:

Ooppsss. 

I appologies. The list which I referred was state list and not federal list. Our skill is still there in federal list.

You have put a bomb Capt J !! Lot of aspirants must have been shocked seeing it early in the morning. However, planned maintenance has been scheduled for DIBP website on 30th June 9 PM AEST. Thats likely to be the publishing time.

Hello 

anyone here got grant without PCC from flag state ? Singapore flag state have denied me PCC, I can't file a statutory declaration since I'm onboard. Any solution ? 

3 hours ago, Adam said:

Lali, for me that wasn't the case.  I got asked for additional documents in January - more evidence of past employment.  I didn't hear anything until about a week ago when they asked for more - statutory declaration.  They needed that as I was unable to obtain PCC's from most flag states.  I did however previously send evidence of me trying to obtain them.  So my advice is to fill out the statutory declaration and send that before they ask for it, if you have any flag states that won't issue a PCC.  

They have recently increased the wait time for 189 visas and it seems they take longer than the 28 + 28 days to process anything extra they ask for.

Hi Adam 

i m in the same boat. Singapore police denied my pcc and I have uploaded the mail from them for DIBP reference. I'm currently sailing on ship. Can you tell me how to file the statuatory declaration ? Can I scan and send from ship ?? 

17 minutes ago, Capt J said:

Hi

Can anyone adivuse me how much time AMSA takes after clearing oral to issue imigration assessment letter?

Can we ask them to speed up the process?

 

 

Hello Capt J

Standard processing time is about 2 weeks now. But I got mine in 7 days after clearing orals. 

25 minutes ago, AmitS said:

Hello all

I am in d process of applying for assessment to AMSA ... m worried regarding recent visa removal rumours...Should i wait or go ahead with the application... What is current market situation der regarding jobs... Is there any job scope if I wish to do MBA in shipping and logistics

Hello Amit 

since you have not started the process, I suggest you wait till July 1 to see the amendments. 

Hello all 

after lot of mails, AMSA issued me an amended assesment letter mentioning the work experience. I have only 5 years of experience and they have mentioned as 7 years !! Strange evaluation !!

1 hour ago, marine8611 said:

well that is weird as they gave me 7 years in my final assessment (even though I got almost 8 years experience)  which was in this month.Maybe they have done some changes to their system.

Have you submitted your EOI ? 

Hello Mariner 

I had mailed amsa the same day and they said they do not provide seatime for skill assesment even though lot of my batch mates have got their experience mentioned in letter. Pls refere attached image 

31 minutes ago, Harry CO said:

Hi 

This is a very useful forum . Thanks for creating this.

I have received a letter from AMSA for my assessment . It says i am eligible for applying for migration. (My oral exam has been done and cleared). My query is that they have not mentioned my number of years of work experience in that letter , Secondly how do they calculate work experience . I have sailed for 39 months altogether. Can you please help.

Hello harry 

i got my assessment letter with same issue and I did mail amsa to clarify. What they said was, they do not mention years of seatime in migration letter. I know this is contradictory to what old applicants have received. However I got official mail from amsa stating the same. How much points do you have with out work experience?? 

Hi msgill

Yes, they do accept if they get official communication transcript. A slight delay in processing might happen. There are lot of flag states which do not issue PCC. Ours is always a grey area!

Hello msgill 

I think you will have to. But Singapore police force does not provide PCC for anyone other than residents living there under work visa. I got official mail from them stating the same. 

Hello everyone

Attaching my oral questions here for future candidates. 

Chief Mate’s COR – Sydney.docx

hello Everyone 

Kindly refer to this link. It says our profession still might be removed from MLTSSL on July 1st 2017. 

https://visanews.com.au/2017/05/concern-grows-for-possible-occupation-removals-from-mltssl-formerly-sol-list-on-1-july/

Dear AKO

I shall post my questions and other details ASAP.  Since the surveyor is different it wont be of much help. 

Hello everyone 

I just cleared chief mates COR  from Sydney. Thanks to all here in this group with special mention to Capt R and CaptC. Here orals are taken mostly  by Capt.Costalino who is extremely helpful and polite. Aspirants can choose Sydney with out hesitation. With a fair amount of preparation it's not tough to crack this exam. Will drop questions very soon.