darraghbyrne11

I see the posts have fairly moved on from the first page I posted in may [emoji44] haha. Just wanted to say that I finally got my grant after 5 months of waiting. Hope to be in Sydney after the new year some time [emoji16][emoji16][emoji16]

5 hours ago, Nelly said:

hello.... was wondering, if anyone has had any further progress on their application? 

Hi Nelly,

I'm just waiting for my police checks to come back this week hopefully then do my medical next week so il probably not hear much back til after the new tax year I'm guessing at this rate
Did you hear anything more on your visa?

Hi Paul,

It's hard to say how long it takes.. Sometimes its granted pretty quick as in direct grant or it can take some time on the other hand. I think having all documents ready when applying does speed it up somewhat though. I was guessing around the 4 month mark but I'm seeing other people getting their grant already around 8 weeks. It's very hard to predict I reckon, just depends on how complex each individual case is

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Hi Nelly & Darragh,
Glad to find you guys on the same boat. :-)
I've applied for 190 visa (South Australia ) on April 24th, CO requested documents on May 2nd. Done with everything and submitted on May 16th. Awaiting for the grant.

On 5/22/2017 at 14:01, Nelly said:

Hi darragh,  
We are also hoping to move to Sydney.....on a 190 visa.  All going well, the plan is - my husband will move first and once he settles in (job, house and all), me and the kids will follow. The whole thing is overwhelming.. especially since we will be moving there and then looking for jobs  [emoji32]  but we are excited at the same time !   I lodged the  visa application on 31st march .....
It's difficult to gauge the estimated date.  Some have got their grants within 5-8 weeks and for others it took longer. I'm just hoping it's soon and we can begin the moving process in June !  [emoji3]   optimistic maybe.
May I ask, what profession are you in?  

Hi Nelly,

Hopefully it's not to much longer then. My estimated visa grant is middle of August which would be great as Im ready to go now. I'm a carpenter going over to a few mates who say Sydney is booming for construction work which is great to hear as they say it's quite easy to get the work.

What do you and your husband work at?




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Hi Nelly,
I lodged mine on 16th May. I would also love to hear from different people about the big move to Australia. Hoping to make the move Sept time all being well with the visa maybe I'm being little to optimistic as the visas sometimes take a bit longer than that.

Where are you hoping to move to? I'm hopefully moving to Sydney on 190 visa.

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Does anyone know about having a year from the date of police checks and Medicals , to land and activate visas? 
I'm a bit confused .
my qualification assessment is on its way back to me , we've done our English tests and the hopefully in 2 weeks we submit EOI. 
Similarly to Nelly - we are getting jobs once out there. Terrifying but hopefully worth it!

Hello All, 
Glad to share that my 190 VISA has been granted today 
 

Hey everybody,

Iv finally got to the stage for submitting my eoi for 190 NSW.
I'm a Carpenter + 55 points.

Wondering how long does it take to get picked with my points if at all?

Cheers [emoji106]



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Hey everybody,

Iv finally got to the stage for submitting my eoi for 190 NSW.
I'm a Carpenter + 55 points.

Wondering how long does it take to get picked with my points if at all?

Cheers [emoji106]



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did you find the practical easty or hard, is there any tips on this one you could pass on, cheers

For the pte I studied for two weeks. I took two mock exams which I found harder than the real test. Check youtube e2 language.com videos, I found them very helpful.

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one more question.

have you taken your practical exam yet or is that next.

I took the actual test on Monday got results yesterday so just in process of applying for 189.

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I did the pte computer based test but I did study somewhat for the Ielts. I found the ieltsadvantage.com website very useful. I paid for the correction service for the essays so I understood were I was going wrong. There are many articles on the website going into great detail about the Ielts. I would recommend having a look through that and see.

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have you had any luck since

Got my results this morning. I can't believe it. I'm so happy. Iv got my 10 points so I can now apply for 189. Unreal ????

Have you taken yours yet?

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Hey guys,

wondering if any you guys did any pte mock tests before hand and if so are they harder than the real test.

I'm currently studying for my pte test and have taken two mock tests but the results haven't been great.

First one: L59 R62 S71 W51.

Second one: L68 R73 S82 W65.

Some improvement on the second. Only need 65 across the board.

Any input would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

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