Sarz

On 10/12/2019 at 07:16, Lambert said:

A friend of mine went through the entire process of 190 with Victoria to be rejected at the last minute. He was a geography teacher and they said there wasn’t demand for him in the end. 

Heartbreaking to see 

I can understand. I hope we had a clue about this. We could have saved the last VIT registration fee.  

On 04/12/2019 at 19:26, Martina said:

Sorry to hear that Sarz I've got a direct grant 179 days since lodgement. Are you going to appeal? 

Congratulations to you Martina, our 189 application is still up. 

So hopeful there. 

Our agent did appeal. But they said they that there are enough English language teachers already,  

On 05/12/2019 at 08:21, Dean0703 said:

I couldn't find any states for secondary teachers that were overly positive. The NSW condition was that you've already worked in NSW for a year. No use to man nor beast really. When I last looked at Vic it was specifying subjects for secondary and Primary teachers had to be specialist in a language... such as mandarin and Chinese for example. Again, for UK folk that's no use either.

Dean, I agree.

Try for 491 our agent advised us to go for ACT as they may be open in January via the Matrix and are taking overseas applications.  Vic was our only true hope. 

For NSW secondary teachers is in low category. Unless you want to go out to the remote Bush.

QLD is closed. WA & NT are not open for overseas applicants

On 05/12/2019 at 06:57, wrussell said:

Under certain conditions some states/territories will accept applications for some skilled occupations that they have not currently listed as 'open'. It is a matter of doing the homework.

I haven't been misinformed.

As an agent you should not quote incorrect info, The system is hard enough and super expensive for hopefuls like us to be sent on wild goose chase.

38 minutes ago, wrussell said:

You have been misinformed.

Which other states are open? 

4 hours ago, Jelly said:

Why did it get rejected?

They have enough English language teachers apparently.

Update on our application. 190 visa sponsorship form Victoria got rejected.  

So disheartening. Vic is the only state open for Secondary school teachers.

An update guys, our 190 Visa sportsmanship request form Vic got rejected. 

9 minutes ago, Jelly said:

Chances with 80 points for a 189 are very, very slim.

491 would be your best bet if you qualify.

This is very discouraging. its seems the 75 is the new 65.

On 11/09/2019 at 20:35, Areyousure said:

Hello fellow non proratars!

Did any one get an invite this September round?  Would love to congratulate some one and keep the morale up! 
 

22 hours ago, wrussell said:

Was this advice from a registered migration agent?

Yes.

On 30/07/2019 at 16:09, pamoushe said:

I just contacted AITSL. We only need 1 year experience in NSW. I have a positive skill assessment for my qualification. I need to assess my work experience which will cost 228$. 

Hey Pam, 

Did you get an invite? 

Hi All,

Did anyone get the invited this August round ? 

Hi Pam, 

Our agent told us that a Minimum 24 months paid employment work experience is required for NSW and to claim points you will need to have AITSL  assess not just your work claim but also your education. 
Fortunately NSW is only open to Match or Science stream so good for you. 

Hope this helps.

Fair enough!  

I will direct this to our agent. The Work Ex is in the same field of teaching.

I appreciate you guidance, though. Very kind of you!

5 minutes ago, wrussell said:

I do not offer opinions about cases I have not fully assessed. If your agent is a registered migration agent you should probably accept the advice.

NOTES

Only post-qualification work experience is counted. Presumably your first degree did not qualify you.

If you completed post-qualification work experience for which the first 4 ANZSCO digits were not the same as those of your nominated occupation, such work experience would not be counted as 'closely related' for points.

4 minutes ago, wrussell said:

Except for deeming dates, the opinions of skills assessing authorities about work experience points are only advisory. Have you taken professional advice about this?

Our agent said we can only apply for points as per our AITSL Assessment or this ma be considered as fraud on our part. 

Masters completed in 2013 (AITSL recognised work ex from here) but teaching primary and secondary since 2010. 

May I ask what is your opinion as an agent? 

FYI, Fellow teachers. Who have been waiting...here is some info on invites form 1st July 2018 to March 2019

Oh right. Didn't think of that as an issue, Presumed that you had work ex as you are teaching already. 

My teaching experience was cut to 5 year by AITSL, and I have been teaching since 2010 so lost points there. 

Btw, VIT registration came through today. Now registered as provisional teacher   with VIC. 

Hopefully this will help our case. 

Good luck to you!
Keep posting, good to hear fellow teacher's journey through this long process.

18 hours ago, Emma_M said:

Hi everyone,

here is our timeline, family of 5. Husband main applicant ANZSCO 322313 (Welder First Class)

28/11/17 - VETASSESS skills assessment part 1 lodged
22/12/17 - VETASSESS skills assessment positive result received 
18/04/18 - VETASSESS Technical Interview 
21/04/18 - IELTS Exam 
04/05/2018 - IELTS Results - L7.5, R8.0, W8.0, S8.0 Overall 8.0
22/05/18 - VETASSESS - AQF Cert 3 received 

22/05/18 - EOI Lodged 190 NSW
25/05/18 - Invited for nomination 
29/05/18 - Approval of state nomination + Invite to apply
19/06/18 - 190 NSW lodged
12/10/18 - CO contact for form 80
05/04/19 - CO contact for additional info on form 1229

Still waiting on grant, over 13 months now

Good luck Emma!  I hope you dont have to waite much longer.

Thank you for sharing your experience

 

 

 

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On 23/07/2019 at 16:28, Martina said:

Hi Sarz, 

My points are 70 (including state sponsorship) 

Occupation is Registered nurse, surgical

Applied for 190 to Victoria on 30/05/2019

No CO contact so far. 

If you talk about cost, here's one - I had to pay for bridging program in order to get registered in Australia which was $16000 AUD on top of other costs

Good luck to everyone 

Good Luck to you too Martina!

 

 

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On 24/07/2019 at 06:24, leighmarsh151084 said:

Hi all.

 

190 South Australia

EOI on 15/11/18

Invite 11/12/18

Visa lodged 17/12/18

Direct grant 02/7/19

General Electrician.

Move cube booked 29/08/19

Flights booked 03/11/19

Family of 5

 

 

 

 

Congratulations to Marsh family! 
Many thanks for sharing your experience. It will be helpful for others looking for some guidance in your field.

Cheers Sarz

Hey Pam, 

You have the same points as us, just a different state, we chose VIC.
Just and FY our agent told us that for non pro-rata the invite times for 70/75(state) is now around 5-6 months. 
So for you, it should be closer, hang in there and good luck!

We have applied for VIT registration last month and have been told that its a 6wk process. 

 

 

 

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17 hours ago, JohnDoug said:

Yes it is a costly exercise but we all do it because we have a desire to go live somewhere beautiful so should not look at the money side of things( but do agree, it stings ).  We submitted our EOI in Jan and got our invite in middle Feb, NSW 190 for 232112 and visa application approved by mid March. However, it seems since the elections the waiting times to get either contact form a case office or a direct grant has doubled so most can now expect to wait around 6 - 8 months for contact from a CO. 

Hi John, 

It sure stings with Agent fees, medicals, Police checks, AITSL Assesment and VIT registration(in our case)English language tests and fees to visa applications. 

Totally agree with you though we do this to find a better life. 

Many congratulations to you for a successful application as well. If you don't mind sharing, What were your points, please?

Thanks for sharing your experience. It will be helpful to others looking for guidance in your field. 

 

 

 

 

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18 hours ago, Lavers said:

Hi Sarz

I submitted my 190 visa application for SA at the end of April this year with 65points as a metal fabricator.

Didnt use an agent just used the help of the good people of this forum.

Decided to go with 190 visa as I missed out on the full 20points of IELTS twice by 0.5 of a mark.

It took me 4weeks to receive an invite off SA around the end of Feb but I think SA are a lot quicker than VIC.

Not in a major rush and hoping to move next summer.

Mark

That's Awesome Mark. My congratulations!

I didn't know SA was quicker.

And thanks for sharing your experience. It will be helpful for others looking for some guidance in your field

Hi All, 

Starting this topic so all of us Non Pro-Rata crew can get together and share our experiences.  It seems like the Pro-rate nonsense is hogging up all the invites and the rest of us are getting sidetracked.

We applied through an agent, Upped the points in June and applied again for 

ANZCO: 241411 

Occupation: Secondary Shcool Teacher

- 70 + 5(State) points for 190 Visa  - We opted for VIC

- 70 for 189 Visa 

For 190 Visa we had to be registered with VIT (VIC institute of teaching) on top of AITSL assessment which is very costly, not to mention multiple ILTES  & PTE test in the effort of improving scores. This is proving to be a very expensive exercise. 

Hopefully, it's all worth it at the end with our move to Melbourne. 

Keen to know your experience, please share.