andana

Hi all, Hope someone can help My and my partner are just about to submit EOI (visa 198 - joiner) but just a bit confused about the points we got when we filled it. We filled in all required information and all that is left now is to submit it. However, I wanted to check first, if we provided the right information. The system calculated that my partner has 70 points ( age - 30, English - 20, qualifications - 10 and work experience - 10) but... He is a joiner and did skills assessment with ACTS, we provided evidence for 7 y and 10 m, which they confirmed, but they also said that 3 years of experience will be taken off as he has NVQ L2 and did not do 3 years of his apprenticeship. They said we should be claiming only 5 points for experience and not 10 ( as 7y and 10 m minus 3 y will take it down to 4 y). This still gives us 65 points which is over the threshold but the systems calculates the points itself and shows he has 70. We don't want to over claim points, but not sure what info to provide. How does it work? If we give less info on his work experience to get 65 points and they take away 3 y then we wont get any points for experience. Would someone be able to help? Also, re qualifications - ACTS assessed his qualifications and he got a Certificate III in Joinery - just to double check - in EOI we added this under Education History and NVQ2 qualification under - 'An award or qualification recognised by the relevant assessing authority for your nominated skilled occupation'. Is this right? 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 ... Thanks in advance! Aldona

thanks very much for this, I was doing some research yesterday and found some info on the aus gov. site that says that too! thanks for replying good luck with your visa!

Hi My partner and I are about to lodge EOI and I have a question about the supporting evidence for the de facto relationship. Do bank statements, bills and other documents need to be certified by a solicitor or do you just attach scanned originals to the visa application? Thanks a lot! Aldona

yes, thanks, we need to get the IELTS done. Good luck with your application!

thanks! and all the best with your application!

thanks very much for your reply! that makes sense A

Hi Ida053 Thanks for your reply! so basically whatever the assessing body says you have this is what you have to claim ... ah a bit annoying as we are so close to 8 y... A

Hi Rob Thanks for your reply. We will wait for the outcome of the skills assessment to submit EOI. But the references and evidence we submitted was for 7y and 9 m. Not sure how the skills assessment will look like, will it say that they recognize 7 y 9 m of experience and this is what we can claim then on EOI, or can we say then 8 y and add 3 months of evidence? Thanks A

Hi all, Was hoping someone could help. My boyfriend is just going through skills assessment for a joiner ( visa 189). We have references and proof of employment for 7y and 9 months- so just short of 8 y to get extra points. Assessment may take up to 11 weeks, so by then we should have those extra 3 m to take him to 8y. When we submit EOI , can we only claim those 7 y and 9 m that are being assessed or can we add an extra evidence to show 8 y ? Skills assessment people told us yes so can claim more later on, so we submitted the application without waiting those 3 m to take us over 8 y. But now they say they are not sure.. told us to speak to our migration agent, but we don’t have one as trying to do without ( as it costs a lot L ) Anyone knows how this works? Thanks in advance! Andana