Woodydj82

Hi all, 

I have just arrived in Brisbane and am just starting the Vetassess/Futureskills process. The only thing stressing me out is the DOL starter diagram, wiring and testing! Does anyone have advice/diagrams that they can send me so I can have a look. Didn’t work with motors in the uk. Thanks in advance.

59 minutes ago, calNgary said:

Hi 

 See if this link helps - https://www.qld.gov.au/transport/licensing/driver-licensing/overseas/transfer

I know HGV isnt transferable like a car licence, but im not sure what tonne your car licence allows you to drive. You can tow a normal trailer but i doubt any extra licence is transferable .

Cal x

Nice one, I will take a look, cheers.

Hi all, we are heading to Brisbane in the new year on a PR visa so will have to get a QLD licence. 

On my UK licence I have C1 entitlement so upto 7.5 tonne. What class will I get when I transfer to the QLD licence do you know??

Also I do not have towing entitlement on my uk licence, do you get this automatically in Australia?

Thanks in advance.

4 hours ago, Butterflies1988 said:

Is anyone else just a citizen by decent and applied ?? Getting worried now as all my info - birth cert etc is British but I have citizenship from my mum. I've provided my citizenship  certificate to prove this but I'm my RFI they asked for full Birth cert and passport .. starting to panic now that hubby may not be able to get the visa!! 

Hi my wife was Citizen by decent, we uploaded her uk birth certificate and Australian citizenship cert and all was good for me getting my visa. Good luck.

Glad to finally see some movement and fingers crossed for all still waiting. We were lucky to get our grant before the quiet period. All flights are now booked for 22nd December. Just got to get the house ready to rent out!! Let the clear out begin!!

Happy, happy, happy!!!!

We got our visa grant through today, 309 and the straight away 100.

no communication from Immi previous to this!!

what a feeling! Good luck to all still waiting.

1 hour ago, roomummy said:

Any more movement for anyone? Not a dickie bird on my husbands application submitted 31st January 19. Early days I know but our house purchase completes next week. How frustrating to have an empty house waiting for us in Australia!! Anyone think its worth uploading a statement to advise our house purchase is completed? We own it out right and only have a lease for our UK rental until September. After that my hubby will move in with family temporarily as we cant afford for him leave his well paid job in UK without a permit to work in Aus. I will relocate with the children in Sept (we are all aussie passport holders, only DH is British). I have shipping, pets and job ready to go too, so cant delay moving. How sad that the visa system is going to split us up! Stressful really dosnt even get close  

Fingers crossed for you @roomummy, hope it all works out for you.

4 minutes ago, Cuddles200 said:

@Woodydj82 I have to be there before the 30th Jan which is just about inline with my police check date.

Cool, thanks @Cuddles200 and Happy Birthday for Friday!

5 hours ago, Cuddles200 said:

Omg Omg Omg I got my visa....

Direct grant 309 and 100

So excited flights were already booked for 5th Jan now I can relax and get excited

Good Luck everyone

Hope you get that grant quickly now @Waitingaround

Wow, congratulations!! @Cuddles200

What date did they state you had to be in Australia for to activate the visa, if you don’t mind me asking?

On 12/05/2019 at 13:57, CEP said:

@SydneyBound I arrived in perth at the end of october, then on to Brissy in January....boy did I bake.... the humidity!!!! Jeepers!!!

Generally I'm finding things ok - I've been in work for about 6/7 weeks now but and they've been very welcoming   Didn't find it too difficult getting work at all, I was pretty chuffed I got this one though! I'd really like to start making a conscious effort to make some friends. As we dont have children, I think you can miss out on just chatting with other mums etc...  My partner doesnt have any family in Brissy either so I can feel a little isolated when he goes off doing boy things...  Anyway I've managed to sign up to a singing group on thursdays - this week will be my first time.... wish me luck!!!

Just read through all the posts and updated spreadsheet  hang on in there guys..... it will happen....  it was the most stressful thing and I lost so much sleep over it but you''ll just want to bottle up the feeling when the golden email arrives  

 

 

Thanks for updating the tracker and instructions on adding a signature, it makes waiting a little bit easier...hope you settle well in Brissy!

5 minutes ago, mppc said:

@Woodydj82  do you mean the visa application itself or a document? Mine says received on main page beside my name.  

Check your application status

If you applied online you can check your visa application status in ImmiAccount.

We assign a status to your application to show progress.

The status shows next to your application in 'My applications summary'.

• Incomplete means you have started but not completed an application.
• Ready to submit means you have completed an application and can submit.
• Submitted means you have submitted an application.
• Received means we have received an application from you and can assess it within the current processing times.
• Initial assessment means we are assessing your application.
• Further assessment means we are assessing the information we requested from you.
• Finalised means we have made a decision. We will notify you by email or post.

Note: The application status for My Health Declarations and Partner sponsorship forms will always display a status of submitted and will not change to a status of received.

@mppc thanks for this, the last paragraph of what you uploaded states the sponsorship form will stay as submitted.

mind now at ease.

Thanks

Advice please? 

My wife who is the Australian Citizen filled out on my immi account a “sponsorship for partner to migrate to Australia” form ( which I believe is the 40SP form even though it doesn’t state this?)

We submitted this back in January and on the account it still states submitted. Should this not say received?

Please can someone either put my mind at rest that this is ok or whether I need to send a technical help form?

hope the above makes sense??

Thanks

29 minutes ago, Bensmithoz said:

No change for us, last night I logged on to Immi and it just stated “received”.

We literally had zero communication from paying our fee to getting the grant. 

Fingers crossed for everyone still waiting

 

 

 

 

Thanks @Bensmithoz and good luck to all waiting. It will be worth it!!

10 hours ago, mppc said:

Can I just ask those who have received RFI if the status on your visa application has changed to processing or something similar? 

Also did anyone’s application status change at any time if they were granted the visa without any RFIs?

Cheers.

I don’t actually need to do the skills assessment for visa purposes as my wife is a citizen. 

I was purely doing it to give me a better chance of getting work as quick as possible once there.

A change of career might be nice though.

Thanks for the replies.

i spoke to Vetassess this morning and I am not eligible for the skills assessment as I have been off the tools for to long. You have to working as an electrician for 12 months within the last 36 months. This is even though I have all my uk qualifications and have 10 years plus experience as an electrician.

Never mind, fancied a career change anyway.

Thanks for the reply.

Will I not need to do a skills assessment with Vetassess/futureskills?

Apologies for the spelling mistakes in the above, I wrote the post quickly while on the train this morning.

Hi all,

I am an Electrical Project Manager in the uk at present. My wife is an Australian Citizen by descent and we have started our partner visa application to move to Brisbane later this year.

I have been trying to look at similar electrical project manager roles in Australia but I am unsure if I need my Eletrical license? If I do need a license does any one know how I get one!! 

As I have been off the tolls since 2014 I have been advised that I need to Be working as an electrician now or to bend the truth with my references which I categorically do not want to do.

Has anyone on here been able to secure a similar role without a license or done the assessment whilst not working on the tools.

Thanks in advance