ACS Valid for a yea. Whats my chances of an EOI before it expires ?

[karenpur]

Hi,

Last year i did my IELTS and got my skills assessed from ACS (21/03/2012).

So when it came to submit form before July I panicked cause i knew i would not be able to get the money together in time if the visa was processed quicker than expected.

 

So now i find myself still looking at the site wondering if i should submit an EOI and just pay for the visa and see what money i can get together to get out of this place. Problem is, just realised the ACS is only valid for a year.

 

So what do you think my chances would be applying for independent 189, getting an app and uploading the skills assessment by the expiration date of 21/03/2012.

Should i do another skills assessment ?

 

Thanks

K

[MancGeek]

Hi,

Last year i did my IELTS and got my skills assessed from ACS (21/03/2012).

So when it came to submit form before July I panicked cause i knew i would not be able to get the money together in time if the visa was processed quicker than expected.

 

So now i find myself still looking at the site wondering if i should submit an EOI and just pay for the visa and see what money i can get together to get out of this place. Problem is, just realised the ACS is only valid for a year.

 

So what do you think my chances would be applying for independent 189, getting an app and uploading the skills assessment by the expiration date of 21/03/2012.

Should i do another skills assessment ?

 

Thanks

K

 

It's tight, REALLY tight.

 

If you check out my signature I took 3 months from start to finish, but got an invite within 2 weeks of submitting my EOI (75 points). As the immi department ramp up the new system case officers may take longer to be allocated.

 

You sure on the ACS assessment? Just checked mine and its validity period was 24 months.......

[wrussell]

Hi,

Last year i did my IELTS and got my skills assessed from ACS (21/03/2012).

So when it came to submit form before July I panicked cause i knew i would not be able to get the money together in time if the visa was processed quicker than expected.

 

So now i find myself still looking at the site wondering if i should submit an EOI and just pay for the visa and see what money i can get together to get out of this place. Problem is, just realised the ACS is only valid for a year.

 

So what do you think my chances would be applying for independent 189, getting an app and uploading the skills assessment by the expiration date of 21/03/2012.

Should i do another skills assessment ?

 

Thanks

K

 

At least one of your dates is wrong.

 

Notwithstanding what is written on some of them PASA skills assessments do not expire for the purposes of satisfying schedule 1 requirements.

 

All the best

[karenpur]

Thanks for the replies .

I read somewhere on either the diac website or here that the ACS skills assessment was only valid for a year . I panicked a bit but after reading the actual skills assessment letter , it says valid for 24 months so I presume that means that DIAC will accept it until 21/03/2014.

 

K

[poutou]

The pass mark for the 189 is pretty low at the moment. If you are abloe to have 60 points you should be able to get selected pretty fast.

 

Good luck!