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Thanks for that. She is currently on 75 points. We were under the assumption that as there are less applicants under the Barrister occupation that this may expedite the process. Is this not the case and that points are simply equal looked at across both legal professsions?

Yes she has, she's been admitted as a lawyer in Victoria, Australia. I should clarify to explain her education history. She completed her Bachelor of laws in the UK and was called to the Bar of England and Wales. From there she returned to Malaysia for the pupilage and was admitted as a Barrister and Solictor in Malaysia. Since then she has migrated to Australia and completed the necessary assessments to be recognised as an Australian solicitor. We have lodged a 189 under the solicitor route. She's not been called to the Bar here in Australia, however she is a qualified barrister in Malaysia and the UK. She's not qualified as a Barrister here, given the circumstances is she also able to the 189 through the barrister route as oppose to the Solictor route?

Stumbled across your post from a Google search. A bit of a background my partner is a qualified junior barrister in the UK and in Malaysia. She has recently lodged an EOI on a 189 as a solicitor. We've noticed that the barrister route appears to hold much less applicants. My partner has done all of the same subject as listed above and was wondering if there was any separate accreditation (called to the Bar of (Australian state) that you completed to be recognised as a Barrister for migration purposes. It appears from what you have written that it was the same requirements to apply as a solicitor. Please feel free to PM me would love to get your thoughts