JessieQ
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Visa granted today and signature updated. Best luck to you all who are still waiting.
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Sorry to hear that. I guess maybe security specialist need more oversea experience to be taken away which sounds totally unfair. But still, as @Devl Prog 186 DE said, home affairs may still give you a positive assessment anyway. Best wish for your application!
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It sounds a bit odd to take 4 years from your oversea experience. I've done 2 skill assessments with ACS before (1st try was not successful). My 5 years of oversea experience was not identified at all in my first try. I then uploaded more documents to prove my case and then they only took 2 years off that. Maybe consider provide more documents especially make sure your oversea position description completely match 'ANZSCO Code 262112 (ICT Security Specialist)'. I was a project manager and a programmer at the same time when I worked oversea. But in order to make sure my position match what I applied for. I only mentioned my position as 'programmer' and asked my former employer to provide a reference letter to compliance with that. My former employer was very surprised that I didn't want to mention anything about my PM role in the company (since it regards as a higher position than programmer in the company). I explained to them that if I apply for a job, the more roles I have played the better. But when it comes to skilled immigration, the simpler the easier. I am not sure if your previous position is exactly named as 'ICT Security Specialist' or not. But if not, maybe consider describe it as totally undebatable to the position. That's what I've done to my oversea position and I've never regretted about that after the 2nd skill assessment was recognised successfully.
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Don't worry. I've been through this when there was stage 3 lockdown in March. They just closed temporarily. After about 1 week or so, they will start to allow you to submit appointment requests through their website and gradually arrange the checks. When new appointments are ready to book, they will send you a unique SMS message where only requested customers can book first. (It took about 1 month after I submitted my appointment request.) In other words, they will not run in full capacity but sooner or later you will be able to finish the check as long as you submitted the request before or your earlier appointment was cancelled due to lockdown. Home Affairs won't progress your application until health examination is done. The CO is aware of the interruption of the health check therefore the 28 days limitation will be waived.
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Hi guys, finally halfway through after being deadly silent from Home Affairs. Nomination approved yesterday and s56 request received. Signature updated as following. * FYI, the home country police check must align with Home Affairs document's authority requirement. We incorrectly uploaded the original check papers but they need a notary certificate. It seems that they have various requirements for different countries. Here is the reference link they attached in my s56 Request: (Select your own country and scroll down to Police check section) https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/help-support/contact-us/offices-and-locations/offices-outside-australia I guess if we had known this before, the visa would have been granted along with the nomination. But now I have to wait until Monday when notary office opens to get the documents done. Nevertheless, good news after all and I hope this can help to speed up someone else's application.
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As far as I know, TRT probably even needs more documents than DE as your employer needs to make a formal statement to confirm you have worked 3 years under 482 visa whereas DE doesn't. In terms of costs, they are the same. I remembered many documents my employer used for temporary visa nomination are in the same form of information they provide for 186 DE. However, not being an employer myself, I can't really tell any difference between DE and TRT as I never heard any hassle complaint from my employer.
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Different to your visa subclass, I am currently under 457 which is the predecessor of 482 TSS Medium-term stream. They are the same under this circumstance. 1) The TRT scheme require 3 years of the same employment under 457 or TSS visa. I don't believe 476 is a subclass of TSS, therefore, the one year you worked for your sponsor before you got 482 cannot be added into the TRT scheme eligibility. Direct entry is a better option I think, otherwise you will have to wait for another year to be eligible. 2) 186 DE scheme has no prior condition for visa status, nor does it require you to apply onshore or offshore. In another word, regardless of you visa status, as long as: 1. employer is willing to nominate you for DE scheme 2. your occupation is on the list of eligible skilled occupations 3. you receive a positive skill assessment from the appointed institution 4. have at least 3 years relevant work experience 5. have at least Competent English level You can even apply before you have any kind of Australian visa. 3) TRT pros: No need for skill assessment TRT cons: 1. Have to wait until you have worked 3 years for your sponsor under 482 visa; 2. At the moment, TRT processing time (7~8 months) is longer than DE (4~6 months). However, processing time is subject to change from time to time DE pros: 1. Eligible any time as long as you meet the aforementioned requirements; 2. Quicker processing time DE cons: Need skill assessment from appointed institution Hope the answers can help you and feel free to send me message if you have further questions.
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It seems that they only take in nurses or occupation in health sectors. Other occupations have to wait until this ends.
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Personally, I think under the current climate, positions among health or medical sectors will surely deserve higher assessment priority. Other industries, especially hospitality, might have to hang up a little bit. For example, the federal government announced last weekend, a 1,500/fortnightly wage subsidy will be available for the employees whose employers' revenues are badly straitened by the shutdown, and this so called Jobkeeper subsidy is only applicable if you're an Aussie or PR. If I were them, I wouldn't grant a lot of PR visa to the ones who work in the affected businesses in recent days, to be honest. However, I hope I was wrong about the assumption. This is a very stressful time for a lot of new applicants as the uncertainty is still months ahead. Let's just put ourselves together and move on. Just hope for the best and prepare for the worst. Everything should be fine on the other side of the crisis.
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According to their website, they are currently working on the schedule based on Department of Home Affairs guidance of the assessment priority. I submitted the appointment request form Friday, 27 Mar. Based in Sydney, nothing either... I guess all we can do is wait now.
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In light of the COVID-19, PR applicants cannot take health examination recently as the health check provider in Australia - Bupa has closed all new bookings. They say the reopen date is not able to provide. Under this circumstances, anyone who is still in Australia and applying for application cannot be proceed if the health examination is not done before. That's what I know so far.
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Hi Everyone, I have two questions regarding Health Examination. 1. My nomination was lodged on 4 Feb 2020. I don't know if it has been approved or not as I guess only the MA can track the status of that. However, when the primary visa application is lodged today (18 Mar 2020), I received Health Examination action required right away. Does that mean the nomination has already approved? 2. I followed the instruction of the Health Examination, printed the reference letter. But when I tried to book it, I found the Bupa Medical Visa Services is not available for new bookings due to current COVID-19 virus situation. The immigration department suggest that I only have 28 days to respond to their request. However, Bupa didn't mention when the new booking will be open again. What if they didn't open it in the next 28 days. Does that mean my application will be refused due to unable to provide the health check result in time? Anyone in the same circumstance? I would appreciated if you have any suggestions.
