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No only the main visa applicant. Providing he has a British passport he will be fine as second applicant.

Can anybody tell me if there is a fee for the release appointment and if so how much it is. Just trying to keep on top of what we have paid and what is left to pay.

Might be better if you look on the MLTSSL and see if you can match your skills to one of them. Diesel Motor Mechanic 321212is on there for example. Once you get the visa you can look for specialist work again.

When is a good time to start applying for jobs etc. I will be arriving first week in June and was wondering if I should start introducing myself to employers advertising roles similar to what I would be looking for. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated!

The question is would you be happy to live and work in either of those states if they sponsored you? You can submit as many EOIs as you wish but you may have to apply direct to state first and pay a small fee.

Not been to London but been to others. My personal opinion is that it is not really worth the expense. You can get the same information a lot easier on their website and webinars. i also found that you can be overwhelmed by things you do not need to be concerned with for about 12 months like shipping. I don’t tknow what stage you are at but keep an open mind. a lot of the companies are partnered up and refer you to each other. You can forget to price check then because the other company gave you a positive feeling. I got 3 quotes for shipping and the one we big name met at the show were way out but dropped the price when pulled up. i have seen how bad some of the recruiters are too. Smart teach for one have not been good. The uk ream are really good at building it all up but then you get robbed off to one of the state offices in Aus. We spoke to a guy in their office who had has down for the wrong state and when corrected his words were why are you going there there’s no jobs. My said she had seen one advertised and sent hiim link saying she will apply direct to school. Ext thing we know he had apparently sent her application and under no circumstances should the school be contacted. Never heard from him again. I know it sounds like a little rant but what I am saying is remember no matter how helpful they seem it is a business model.

Trades Recognition Australia are the assessing body for Electricians. Future skills and Vetassess are two organisations that have a contract to carry out the assessments in UK on behalf of TRA. They have to cover essentially the same elements but can put their own little twist on it. Vetassess are in Blackburn and Future Skills in London.

It was an actual question in my theory paper as well. So worth knowing it. Worth some hefty marks too if i remember correctly. He didn’t actually watch me do it specifically he just watched what i did with the install board and threw in a few questions. DOL can be tricky if your not doing em regular. You have to draw the circuit out first and then go connect it up show it working. Most switches are pre wired with fly leads. Just got to wire in the hold on contacts and the overload.

No i did it myself. If you're organised with it then it isn't as bad as you think. hopefully you don't have a dog. Dogs are expensive to take. Ours must be flying business class. Have you looked into any of it yet? There's flights, temp accommodation, car hire to add in afterwards as well. I would say plan for being without work for 3 months also although a carpenter should be in demand.

I always thought you could claim for it as long as you have the evidence to back it up. I.e employer reference, employment contract, payslip etc.It just means supplying the additional evidence to DIBP through immiaccount. So you will have an employment statement from ACS covering x years and extra evidence covering remainder.

I'm not a carpenter but I your skill looking at £800 - £1000 for the assessment. It's in two stages. On the bright side it does give you the aussie qual meaning you can get straight into working unlike the licensed trades. White card is £50 if you do it in the UK probably a lot cheaper if you wait. Police certificates are £45 each as long as you don;t go fast track. IELTS are £150 a pop and i would budget for at least two if you need max points. Look into PTE. Some find it easier. Shipping £3000 - £5000 for a typical family home. Just tools £500. That's roughly what i got quote for electrician toolkit and power tools. Don't under estimate how long everything takes too. If you are set then i would start the process now. Its taken us 18 months from skills assessment to visa grant and we are taking another 6 months to plan the move. Oh and the agent will likely charge you between 2-3k depending on how much work they have to do.

As jetblast says it must of recently come back in. I got my grant December and never had to supply any.

Can you not speak to your employer? If they are sponsoring then they must have a MARA agent they can call for advice. For their own protection at least.

Yes that's right. One for each of you.

Ah Ok. I learned something new today as well. I just went back through everything on my computer to double check.

Are you sure you have to provide them? I don’t think I did.

You’ve pretty much answered your own question but if it helps we waited 4 months for grant after case officer contact. It depends on the workload of the office and I also believe certain countries and occupations get processed quicker. I’ve seen some get a grant a week after. CO contact.

No you need the ACRO certificate.

I am just looking into this myself. There isn’t really a way to compare best rate as it changes so quickly. I have leaned towards currencies direct based on money saving expert website. On google you can see the high & low and how much it fluctuates. If you have over 30k they will have someone look after the transfer for you. I think you can say to them ‘if it hits dye rate then make the exchange. I am hoping to hear back today so will confirm for you.

Try searching for Taraneh IELTS tutor. My wife did a Skype lesson with her which really helped. Think it’s about £15. She used to mark the tests and can tweak your mindset in approaching the test.

If your actual PGCE certificate says early years in the title (my wife’s did) then you should pass the skills assessment. She didn’t have any direct experience of 0-2 but they accepted that the theory module was enough. in terms of which to do, only you can really answer that. At this moment secondary teachers are probably the ones most sought after but I don’t know about ICT. Early years teacher is on the list but more so to fill jobs in day care which is more like a regular job as opposed to school hours. We are moving in June and this is what we are finding now. Not too many roles in schools and ones that do come up are usually box ticking because the role has already been filled by a supply teacher known to the school. I suppose what I am trying to say is pick the route that you would be most happy doing in either country. There are ways to make either work for you in terms of work/ life balance. Also the process takes so long and demand can change quickly. To get a positive skills assessment you will need 4yrs of university study and at least 45 days of supervised teaching experience.

The supervised teaching is how many days spent on placement as part of pgce. just underneath is where you put the total course duration but round up to 1 year.

Yes that’s pretty much it for AITSL. Certified copies of certs and transcripts If the transcript for PGCE doesn’t detail supervised teaching practice then get a letter from the uni stating the ages of kids you taught and how many days. AITSL say 10 weeks but could be 12-14 depending on the mail service. My wife’s.cae back in 6 weeks so it can be quicker. Once you have a positive skills assessment you open a skillselect account (expression of interest) and wait to be invited. The more points you have the quicker the invite. You would need around 75 for a reasonably quick invite. The employment letter isn’t really needed for the skills assessment but AITSL will verify and give you statement of skilled employment which makes it easier to submit once invited. It needs to include specific information though so do check the website fully

Stage 1 is a self assessment - a daft tick box thing online. Suppose it doesn’t really count though. Stage 2 is all your certs and experience. Stage 3 is someone asking about what you supplied to make sure your not full of bull or borrowed your mates photos. Just a chit chat between two welders.

Stage 2 is supplying evidence such as college certificates payslips/ bank statements or tax summary. (1 payslip per quarter is usually sufficient) references from customers or colleagues. Photos of work - you in photo wearing ppe anything that proves you have been a welder for as long as you say you have.