Jupiter19 Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 (edited) Hi,I have sent our application in December 2012, it was received by TRA on 11th January, and I got unsuccessful outcome on 22nd March, because TRA was not able to determine that my Diploma was issued under the government structure. I e-mailed them and they asked either for a certificate form the Ministry of Education ( impossible to get in my country ), or for a apprenticeship contract endorsed by the Government ( I have it ). They did NOT list apprenticeship contract endorsed by the Government as evidence on the list, I am not a mind reader. All in all it IS a money spinner. We have sent the papers on Friday via UPS, hopefully they will receive it soon, together with the 300 $ review fee, and hopefully, they will give us a successful outcome, at last. :yes: Edited June 2, 2013 by Jupiter19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nancy and paul Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Hi,I have sent our application in December 2012, it was received by TRA on 11th January, and I got unsuccessful outcome on 22nd March, because TRA was not able to determine that my Diploma was issued under the government structure. I e-mailed them and they asked either for a certificate form the Ministry of Education ( impossible to get in my country ), or for a apprenticeship contract endorsed by the Government ( I have it ). They did NOT list apprenticeship contract endorsed by the Government as evidence on the list, I am not a mind reader. All in all it IS a money spinner. We have sent the papers on Friday via UPS, hopefully they will receive it soon, together with the 300 $ review fee, and hopefully, they will give us a successful outcome, at last. :yes: Hi Jupiter fingers crossed you've not got long to wait to get a successful outcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jupiter19 Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 Thanks Nancy :hug: I was thinking about you, read your post about EOI, so the good thing is that we are both going to Perth . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikkiwd Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 well thats the new application sent off today so the waiting begins again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wenstu Posted June 12, 2013 Author Share Posted June 12, 2013 well thats the new application sent off today so the waiting begins again! Hi nikkiwd, that's good news, fingers crossed it doesn't taKe as long this time. We finally got a response from TRA. They need a certificate so we have requested this from city & guilds, been 3 weeks now and nothing. Everything else is ready to go. I've had a good read thru the guidelines again and asked all the questions by email. To be fair, they answered them all and apologised for mentioning cook instead of stonemason. Here's hoping we get the cert soon as we are nearing the end of the 60 days and will end up lying $900 to review. keep me posted on how you are getting on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikkiwd Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 hopefully yours wont be far behind ours. maybe chase city and guilds up and mention why you need them to hurry? we are so nervous all over again, even though i have checked everything against the guidelines. I worry they will still find something to fail on! Something else is that we paid online for a new application before the price increase and we were told on the phone they would honour it, i worry they will come back and say we have to pay the new fee... will have to wait and see on a possitive note hubby got his ielts test results and he got 7w 7.5r 7.5s 7.5l which is good enough for the straight 7s he needs...phew...he was so nervous i dont think i could have got him to do it again if he failed!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowlingAFC Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 Hi. was just reading a few replys there. i'm hoping to get my TRA sent in the next week or so. hoping I have enough proof and everything theyve asked for. (im a joiner/carpenter). IF i'm unsuccessful first time around, does the review fee come into place straight away? or do they let you know what other documents they need from you and give you a time limit to obtain it?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikkiwd Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 Hi CowlingAFC, make sure you have read the TRA guidelines very well and match all your evidence against them to make sure you havent missed anything. TRA are notorious for failing people! If you do get an unsuccessful outcome you have 60 days to send in additional info for the review, they will give you a letter with the reasons for the outcome. A review costs $900 now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jupiter19 Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 (edited) I hope that the price increase will bring less reviews , because at the end , it is a money spinner. I have read all the TRA posts, and for instance, they sometimes asked for payslips, sometimes did not. It depends who takes your case, as well. In our case, they needed additional proof that the training institute is authorized to give certificates, but they did not mention what proof do they want , so we e-mailed them and got the response. We sent the payslips as well, just in case, although we have already sent them tax forms . I think that they ask for additional documents in 50 % of all applications. That is what I concluded, so luck is needed as well as all the papers. Of course I am worried, because there is no logical pattern, but I hope that we will be successful this time. NIKKWID Be VERY careful we have paid for a review under the old prices, in April, but in their e-mail, they said that we would have to pay 1000 $ if we want to lodge a new application ? I do not know why, because the review price was the same as an application price. Please contact them, and INSIST on the old price. They gave you one information over the phone, and e-mailed me a different thing. Read the e-mail they have sent me. Thank you for your follow up email to Trades Recognition Australia (TRA).In response to your specific question, a TRA Migration Skills Assessment Review Application takes approximately 60 working days from the date of receipt to process. To lodge a review, please complete the review application form that was sent with the outcome letter for your original assessment. Your review application and the $300 (AUD) review fee must be received by TRA within 60 working days from the date of your original outcome letter or it will be returned to you unprocessed. The $300 application fee can only be paid by bank cheque or money order and must be made payable to “DIICCSRTE Collector of Public Monies” and enclosed with your review application. Alternatively you can submit a new MSA application however the application fee for a new Migration Skills Assessment has increased and is now $1000 (AUD). As for a new application, you should ensure that you have the range of evidence required to enable TRA to verify each qualification and employment period claimed. Please refer to the TRA website for further details about the fees for all applications received after Monday 6 May 2013. Regards Trades Recognition Australia Edited June 15, 2013 by Jupiter19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikkiwd Posted June 15, 2013 Share Posted June 15, 2013 (edited) hi jupiter, yes I aggree it is a money spinner and its definitely down to who assesses your application as well. I am a bit weary about the fee but we paid it through the online portal when it was still $300 and I sent a copy of the outcome letter with the paragraph saying about new applications being $300 highlighted in pink so fingers crossed... but i am kind of expecting them to say something about it, they aren't known for their kindness and generosity:biggrin: good luck with yours, how long have you been waiting? Edited June 15, 2013 by nikkiwd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jupiter19 Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Thanks nikkiwd :smile: They received our application on January 11th and we got an unsuccessful outcome on March 22nd. With a lot of trouble with the UPS courier service, TRA received our review application on Friday the 14th of June. I phoned them and double checked , and they got the papers. The deadline was June the 19th. From experience of other people, I expect to receive a successful outcome until the end of July. They only asked for one paper, as a proof that the training institute was authorized to issue the qualification, it really should not take a long time. I really wish for all of us to succeed, it is obvious that passing TRA is the most difficult part of the visa process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearer Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Hi we sent off our tra in Dec they received it January 2nd and our agent did not get back to us till may 5th to advise via it was unsuccessful. Our previous case manager withheld info that I failed so now have a new case manager. Our agent forgot to enclose some documents and payslips so we had to gets documents copied and certified again. But thankfully its all sent off again and hope we get an answer back soon enough. Good luck to everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jupiter19 Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 That is terrible. Some agents are so irresponsible. Did TRA receive it ? Just curious about the timeline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearer Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Waiting on agent gettin back to us to let us know when they are processing it will update as soon as know anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikkiwd Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Got the acknowledgement letter today, was starting to panic as it was taking so long! good news is they are acknowledging the receipt of the application and the $300 fee and arent asking for any more money ...phew Wenstu, Jupiter and anyone else how are you getting on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearer Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 We are the same. Got letter last week to say they received it and did not ask for any more money which was a big relief. Just waiting to see final outcome. Good luck everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jupiter19 Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 I got the acknowledgement letter on June the 28th, and they received my application on June the 18th. I am now waiting, hopefully, everything will be all right, I am afraid to look at the portal :err: We paid in the middle of April, so they respected the 300 $ fee. We had a huge problem, when UPS did not deliver it to TRA because they told us they did not deliver to PO BOXES, although they did deliver to the same PO BOX in December. Then, we gave them the address of a friend of mine from Perth and she has sent it to TRA on our behalf. It was in the nick of time, as TRA received it one day before the review deadline date. I am positive that we now have sent all that it takes, even more, but you can never know what some case officer thinks is enough or relevant. We are keeping our fingers crossed for all of us :cute: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikkiwd Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 jupiter we used UPS the first time, they wouldnt accept a gpo address so i went on google maps and found the street address for TRA, it got there ok and i sent it to the same address this time too. fingers crossed both of you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jupiter19 Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 nikkiwd Imagine, UPS took our shipment in December and DELIVERED it to a GPO BOX ! They took it in the end of May as well, and on Friday the 7th of June notified us that immediately we needed to provide the TRA street address. TRA was shut on Monday due to the Queen`s birthday, so we could contact them and ask for their street address only on Tuesday, and we were under the risk of UPS returning the shipment to Europe, so we had to give them my friend`s address. On top of everything, it took them from Friday to Wednesday to deliver it to Perth, and they kept lying about the delivery date. My friend had to stay at home for three days waiting for them, because they deliver the shipments only from 8:30 to 17:00, when people are at work, and if you are not home, you can not go to their office and pick it. Total nightmare, and VERY irresponsible of them. For that amount of money, I expected more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BALAJIVELLAI Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 Dear all, I am processing Australia PR, for the qualification accessemnet i send all documnets to my agent for TRA , and he said he handover all the document to TRA , before May 1. So for no reply when i asked my agent, now he said TRA returned all the document back through postal address, and not clear where the TRA department send my documents. My question is How can i confirm my agent logged mt TRA document before May1? If TRA returned or reject my document with any issue how can i trace it? If the document return by TRA where they will send the document whether to my address or my agent address? Can any one provide TRA contact like phone number , email ids? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearer Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Has anyone received any update with their skills assessment lately? The waiting is killing me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikkiwd Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 no nothing yet, you and jupiter should hear soon as you were both a week or 2 earlier than us. are you checking the online portal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearer Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 I can't check as with an agent so have to wait for them to let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearer Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Nikki just realised you stay about 5 min away from me lol. I'm at Leuchars. Hope to hear word on here soon so I can start emailing my agent to check Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmckin14 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 hey guys Just thought Id let you know my time line: I sent my TRA assessment 8th May, received by TRA on 16th May and successful outcome 18th June, LESS than 5 weeks, that wasnt a review it was the whole assesment so hopefully TRA are a on top of things at the minute and youse get your outcome soon :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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