Aykhan

High points category dropped from 90 to 80 points.

If you have 80 points (including state nomination points) on the Department of Home Affairs points test, you will be able to access additional occupations (special conditions and Supplementary Skilled List).

Yeap, as i told you :)

2 hours ago, Jellica said:

 

Hi,

 

We have been waiting for extra points for 8 years experience which passed in June, so now we have 75 (80 for 190 and 85 for 489)

 

We were also hoping that SA would drop the points threshold back down to 80 or 85 with the new allocation this month but it has stayed at 90.

 

Does anyone think they will drop the high points threshold any time soon? is it worth us waiting or should we try and get employer sponsored and try to go on the new 482 (which will open the currently working in SA pathway 489/190)- to be fair I think we are going to apply for jobs - it can only help our state sponsorship if we have a job offer.

 

We are reluctant to go on the 482 as we have 2 young children and 4 pets we will take with us so an expensive temporary move, but at the same time we want to make a new life in Oz sooner rather than later

 

Thanks for any input/advice/experience

They will definitely drop soon. Every year they make the hardest terms and then after the 1-st of July alleviate and close to February-Marc again make them harder.

Hi guys, I'm a newbie here. But as user @NQ679 I also want to be assessed by VETASSESS for Management Consultant occupation and I graduated from the faculty of Law (Not in Australia), but I have 5 years of experience as a business analyst in the financial sector. So, as I understood, 3 years will be cut off from my experience in that field by VETASSESS because my qualification is not relevant to an area in which I educated. 
As I know for now my options are 189/190/489.
I can't gain enough points for 189 because I must have at least 6 years of experience, 3 of which will be cut off, (so only 5 points I will gain for my experience), I'm 27 years old (so 30 points will be gained for it), i have a bachelor degree (15 points), and I passed PTE-A all for 65+ (so 10 points). Overall with my current experience at this occupation, I gain 55 points. 
If I want to apply for 189 visa I need to have 1 more year of experience and pass PTE all for 8, and gain 70 points for migration process (if we take into account that it is already 1 year roughly, when people can't get invitations because of least than 70 points)
So temporarily I'm out of 189 visa.
190 could be the best option too, maybe. But States didn't open acceptance for this occupation if they are eligible for it now (Canberra and NT)
So only 489 is an option for now. But only Tasmania because SA set impossible conditions for apply, at least for me. They want incredibly high scores.

What do you think, guys? 
@Raul Senise , is my research and results of analysing true? Or maybe smth, that I missed?

P.S. @NQ679 would be glad to be in contact with you. We have the common aim