andana

17 hours ago, HK01 said:

Hi @andana 

Stick at it and you’ll find something. I was pretty impatient and wanted to get something straight away. I ended up with 2 job offers, so wished I’d chilled out a little instead of stressing myself out about work. But isn’t hindsight fantastic! Just keep applying and register with a couple of agencies. Read up about the fair work act and use the time to perhaps do some of the short free online courses they have online. Will show initiative when it comes to interviews. 

Good luck and let us know how you get on! 

That’s great! Congrats on getting a job! Yeah I’ve registered with few agencies and actually have been reading bout fair work and NES and doing the online tests   Good to hear you got even 2 Job offers  

Hi

how are you getting on with your job search? Any luck? I’m in a similar situation, i’m An HRBP and  just moved from the Uk to Perth. I’ve registered with quite a few agencies and feedback that I am getting so far is that for HRBP/advisor role I don’t have Australian experience and for liver level jobs I get rejection too as overqualified. So it’s a bit of a tricky one. I’ve been here only for 3 weeks so I’m still hopeful.

A 

Hi guys, 

just wandering if anyone can share their experience. 

We have lodged visa 189 in Aug and front loaded medicals and police checks. On 27 Oct got asked to provide police checks from Canada (where we lived only for  7 m). Police checks submitted on 27 Nov. 

Just wandering how long did it take to get a visa grant after submitting that last piece of info? Visa status is still as further  assessment. We are getting soooo inpatient now that it is so close. We are hoping to get an early xmas present lol

looking forward to hearing from you!

many thanks!:)  

A 

On 02/07/2018 at 08:36, Kriss said:

Hi all, I know the new points minimum is 65 points. However, recent rounds have shown nobody is getting an EOI on less than 75 points. If the first round from july carries on taking 75 pointers or upwards then as I understand it anybody on less than 75 points needs to get more points somehow or the dream is over, as why would they lower the goalposts further through the year? I genuinely hope I am wrong, but is my dream over on 70 points for a 189 visa? Anyone with good evidence to say otherwise would be great to hear!

Hi , 

we got an invite on 11 July with 70 p. ( EOI lodged in Feb 18, occupation - joiner, visa 189). There is hope!  Hopefully they will increase the numbers of monthly applications soon! Good luck! 

A  

22 hours ago, Leighbee98 said:

Delighted for you.

Celebrating tonight?

Thank you !

yes we celebrated! Went out to watch the football... unfortunetly it was not a lucky day for England

Hi guys, 

just wanted to share some happy news - got an invite today for 189. Was loosing hope after many months of waiting so very happy. Now onto submitting all the docs.

Details below if anyone inetrested

good luck to everyone else! 

I ELTS (overall 8.5) - July 2017 || Skills Assessment - Joiner (331213) - Positive - Sep 2017 || EOI submitted with 70 points 20.02.2018 || Invitation to apply 11.07.2018

On 12/06/2018 at 22:46, MaggieMay24 said:

If it doesn't affect the points, is there any point in including it in the EOI then?  AFAIK, it's only when the points change that it would affect where you are in the queue.

Thank you for your reply  we thought it may be the case but just were not sure 100 %. We wanted to update EOI as were told that it needs to be accurate at all times so if my pertner  is finishing this job we should update the EOI to reflect it. 

A

Hi,  what category have you selected under the qualifications bit ? 

A

Hi guys, 

Quick question - my partner will be finishing his current job at the end of this month. We want to update the EOI to reflect this as this job counts towards his work experience years. (this will not change the total points)

We submitted our EOI in Feb 2018 and currently waiting for an invite, so I was wondering if we update the EOI and get new effective date, will this put us at the end of the queue to be selected ? Does anyone know how it works ? We have 70 points and waiting times are so long now so we want to be sure if this is the case or not. 

Thanks a lot! 

Andana

13 hours ago, ABG said:

I’m not sure how it works with trades, but my skills assessment showed what I could/couldn’t use for experience. For example, I had a lot of years experience in a job that accurately matched the ANZSCO occupation I was applying for, but skills assessment docked 1 year experience citing that it would take a full year on the job before I had sufficient practical experience to perform adequately in the occupation. As the visa assessors use the skills assessment as a basis for years relevant experience, I didn’t deviate from that as the worst thing you can do is overclaim points to get further up the queue and then not be able to back them up with evidence. If you’re only 6 months shy, then if your EOI sits in the queue for 6 months, it’ll automatically update and give you the extra 5 points provided you’re still in employment. I had that happen to me also. Whilst waiting for State sponsorship my points increased as I went into the top work experience points bracket.

 

The reference letters needs to be in the form of a statement of works, ie what your job entailed, rather than a reference saying how good you are at your job etc

Hi  thanks for taking time to get back to us! We got skills assessment but the letter only says that its positive. It does not say how many years of experience my partner has. ( for a joiner we had to submit proof for at least 3 years to get a positive skills assessment). We did not submit evidence for his work in aus as we could not get the references and thought that 65 points will be enough. (we have now managed to get hold of someone after numerous attempts bbut we finally got it).  We also did the skills assessment in july and now we live in Canada so wanted to count this work experience too (from Sep to present). Weare about 12 m short so wanted to add aus exoerience and from canada to get to 5 y. Just wondering if this is an issue if payslips do not have 'joiner' on them, 

And re references - thanks, yes we have then stating exactly what kind of work he was doing, with examples of joinery work etc. 

Thanks again! 

Aldona

Hi all, 

Looking for some help with updating our EOI. my partner submitted EOI last month - he has 65 points. Looks like it will be a wait to be selected with 65 points so we wanted to update it to get 70 points. we want to try and get more points for work experience. My partner is applying under the  joiner category but we only claimed 4 y of work experience but now we want to claim additional year to get to 5 years. He worked for 6 months as a joiner in australia and 6 m in canada but on the payslips it says carpenter (aus) and cabinetmaker ( canada) although he was doing all taksks related to joinery but those roles are called differently in different countries . My question is, would this be a problem that payslips do not say joiner ? We have bank statements to prove weekly wages and also will get referencess from the employers stating exactly what tasks/jobs he did - to show this was joinery. Will this be enough?

Also, do referencess need to be in a specific format/is there a template? Or headed paper from the employer should be enough? 

Any halp kuch appreciated ! Thanks very much !  

1 hour ago, jagzz said:

But why would they deduct inital three years... If your husband is having valid trade education..
As per my understanding initial years are deducted if candidate doesn't not have any education certificate to support the visa application...

No experience will be deducted wherein candidates having valid education related to trade...

Pls revert if you have some suggestion on this...

I think this is a s he does not have NVQ3 and only NVQ2, so they kind of tread first 3 years as training and only after that count the employment for points. We were told this by down under center and Richard said so as well

A

On ‎20‎/‎10‎/‎2017 at 11:15, Richard Gregan said:

But were the NVQ2s 'recognised by the assessing authority'? I don't think they were.

It's the Cert 3 in Joinery which will get you the 10 points.

 

my partner submitted NVQ2 documents and skilled employment evidence for 7 y , so he got a positive skills assessment and Cert 3 in joinery.

That's why we thought we need to select in the education bit - An award or qualification recognised by the relevant assessing authority for your nominated skilled occupation - which  will give us 10 points.

Or are we to add this under AQF in the drop down menu?

Thanks  

On ‎16‎/‎10‎/‎2017 at 11:21, Richard Gregan said:

Yes that seems sound. As you say, immigration will deduct the first three years, leaving all other employment in the last 10 years available for points (providing you can evidence it).

The NVQs have no bearing on the application as they are below the required level, but you would be correct to include them as they still indicate his training and background in the trade.

Regards,

Richard

thanks for this! so we have added  NVQs L2 in the education bit  under -Other qualification or award recognized by the assessing authority  - as he got a Certificate III in Joinery - so this will get us 10 p, this is correct isn't it?

Thanks

A

On ‎06‎/‎10‎/‎2017 at 11:29, Richard Gregan said:

No problem. Golden rule with EOIs is only to enter what you can back up with evidence *now*. Don't lodge EOIs with anticipated qualifications, IELTS results or skills results. This may sound obvious but it happens!

Regards,

Richard

Thank you for this! Can I just check one more thing please ? To make sure we filled in the EOI correctly ? Just want to make sure we listed all things in the right way before we submit!

My partner already did IELTS (got superior so 20 points), 30 points for age, skills assessment was done by down under and got AQF Certificate III in Joinery so 10 p  for the assessed qualifications, and for work experience we are planning claim 5 points (4 y of experience)

He did full time apprenticeship:

NVQ L1 – Sep 2004 – June 2005

NVQ L2  - Sep 2005 – June 2006  

And worked full time as a part of the apprenticeship

Company 1 – Oct 2004 – May 2005 (7m) – ( Not relevant, not claiming points to account for training)

Company 2 – Oct 2005 – Dec 2008 ( 39 m) - ( Not relevant, not claiming points to account for training)

All together leaving out 4 y for training  (just to be on a safe side)

Company 2 (same company as above but going to split it)– Jan 2009 –June 2011 (30 m) – claiming points for experience

Company 3 – Jan 2016 – June 2017 (18 m) - claiming points for experience

All together claiming 4 y for experience so 5 points. All together this gives us 65 points. I think we could go for 70 but a bit worried not to over claim due to those first few years being taken off for training. does that seem tight then ?

Thanks or your help!!  A

On ‎07‎/‎10‎/‎2017 at 10:58, Haider Ali said:

 

Does TRA requires any sort of video evidence of the employment?

 

Anyone knows anything about this?

 

 

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My partner did a skills assessment for a joiner through down under center and was asked to provide few video's - basically just walk through of some of the jobs he did  

A

On ‎06‎/‎10‎/‎2017 at 11:29, Richard Gregan said:

No problem. Golden rule with EOIs is only to enter what you can back up with evidence *now*. Don't lodge EOIs with anticipated qualifications, IELTS results or skills results. This may sound obvious but it happens!

Regards,

Richard

Thanks for this! My partner already did IELTS (got superior so 20 points), 30 points for age, skills assessment was done by down under and got AQF Certificate III in Joinery so 10 p  for the assessed qualifications, and for work experience we are planning claim 5 points (4 y of experience)

He did full time apprenticeship:

NVQ L1 – Sep 2004 – June 2005

NVQ L2  - Sep 2005 – June 2006  

And worked full time as a part of the apprenticeship

Company 1 – Oct 2004 – May 2005 (7m) – ( Not relevant, not claiming points to account for training)

Company 2 – Oct 2005 – Dec 2008 ( 39 m) - ( Not relevant, not claiming points to account for training)

All together leaving out 4 y for training  (just to be on a safe side)

Company 2 (same company as above but going to split it)– Jan 2009 –June 2011 (30 m) – claiming points for experience

Company 3 – Jan 2016 – June 2017 (18 m) - claiming points for experience

All together claiming 4 y for experience so 5 points. All together this gives us 65 points. I think we could go for 70 but a bit worried not to over claim due to those first few years being taken for training. does that seem tight then ?

thanks! A

On ‎05‎/‎10‎/‎2017 at 08:20, wrussell said:

Not unless you pay extra for migration points advice.

yeah, i've managed to find this out in TRA website... it's another $900 to get this done on the top of the skills assessment ( which was already £1200) ....cant believe how much it all is... my friend who applied as an IT manager got skills assessment and a letter with confirmed number of years for experience for under £400. Don't know why this is so crazy expensive for trades  

On ‎05‎/‎10‎/‎2017 at 10:01, Richard Gregan said:

Yes, you should definitely enter this if you want the 10 points.

 

Regards,

 

Richard

great thank you very much again

14 minutes ago, Richard Gregan said:

Yes, that's it.

 

Regards,

Richard

great thank you very much   I hope you don't mind me asking one more question - my partner has now AQF certificate III,  so we should list this under - An award or qualification recognised by the relevant assessing authority for your nominated skilled occupation. - and should get 10 p?

thank you again !

A

4 hours ago, Richard Gregan said:

In cases such as the above, you enter all the work experience, and you supply evidence for all the work experience, but you enter the first three years as 'not relevant', as the Department takes off the first three years to count as an informal 'apprenticeship period'. The subsequent employment in the last 10 years is then counted for points (providing you have evidence for it).

Regards,

Richard

ah ok, thanks very much for clarifying this! that makes sense

so basically he worked for 1 company 6 years and first 2 of those were when he was doing apprenticeship - so would it be best to split this work period and do 3 y as not relevant and the last 3 years as relevant? and submit all evidence for those 3 years and for all other relater work after? 

Many thanks for your help

A

1 hour ago, Richard Gregan said:

It depends on whether you have applied for points test advice. If you have, then it makes sense to wait for this to come back and see what it says prior to submitting an EOI.

If on the other hand you have not applied for points test advice, then you can proceed with the EOI, providing you are sure you have all the required evidence for the work experience you wish to claim for - ultimately the case officer will make the final decision  on whether your employment will be counted. We have very rarely applied for points test advice for trade applicants.

The bottom line is that prior to submitting any EOI, always makes sure you have all the employment evidence you need to cover the work experience you are claiming for.

 

Regards,

Richard

my partner applied under joiner category for the skills assessment,  we were under impression that when we get the skills assessment they will tell us as well how many years for work experience we can claim - but they said they don't do that. We submitted work evidence for 7 y and 10 m so though this will be assessed too. They also said they 3 years will be taken off from his work experience for training ( as he only has NVQ L2 and not 3) but we are not sure at what stage of the application this will be taken off. we filled in EOI but never submitted it,  as not sure how to claim years of experience and to deduct those 3 for training.. can you help please?

thank you

Andana

Hi all

Looking for some help with completing the EOI ...has anyone submitted  the EOI for  joiner recently and could help with few questions please? Just confused about few things and worried we are over claiming points!   

My partner got a positive skills assessment from TRA  and also got a AQF Certificate III in Joinery. On the letter we got - skilled migration assessment result - it only says that it has been successful and  he also got that certificate in joinery. I though that on the letter it will say how many years of experience he has as well.  My partner provided evidence for 7 y & 10 m  and they said that he has provided all supporting documents for this period,  but still  3 years will be taken off from this as he has only completed NVQ2 ( and not 3) so firs 3 years count as training and he should be claiming only 5 points for work experience.

When we added the info about work experience to EOI, it gave him 10 points for experience so counted all 7 y and 10m... where are those 3 years to be taken off from that?

How can we claim less? points are calculated automatically based in the information entered...im confused...

Sorry if those are daft questions, I know its only EOI so should be straight forward, but just want to make sure we do this right and don't over claim..

hope there is someone who can help!

Thanks in advance!

Andana

On ‎15‎/‎08‎/‎2017 at 20:26, suziemac59 said:

Hello

I am in the process of completing my EOI for a skilled visa, I am applying under the management accountant job and I have had a skills assessment from CPA the professional body which gives me the full points for my qualifications.  They didn't assess my work experience I have submitted all my documentation to them and I'm waiting for a response.

My question is do I need to wait to hear back before I submit the EOI?  The form only asks about the skills assessment and asks for the relevant authority and the date this was awarded.  The employment section just asks for the jobs I've done and the dates, it doesn't require any confirmation that this has been assessed.

I'm ready to go with everything else.

Any advice appreciated.

Thanks

Hi

I am in the same situation, my boyfriend got a positive skills assessment from TRA as a joiner but it does not say how many years of experience he can claim ... so we  filled  EOI but not submitted it yes as not sure if we have done it the right way... did you manage to find  this out? it would be very helpful! thanks A

On 30/09/2017 at 15:59, wrussell said:

ACTS does not undertake skills assessments.

If you are not clear, I suggest that you let a registered migration agent review your skills assessment letter.

Thanks for your comment ... ah sorry if I wasn't clear ...the assessment was done by the down under center ... but the certificate was issued by Acts. 

I just really want to check about the points and if we added correct info to the EOI! 

Thanks a bunch