manchester lass Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Hi Everyone I have just been looking at another post that some lovely ladies have posted updating us all with new info. So as a midwife I now have to have 20 caseloading cases as a student, (we didnt even have a quarter of that!) to be considered for applying for visa, I have sat the IELTS twice, paid to get my written test re marked and I am waiting for the results of it, however I am not sure we should even bother now :-( My questions are; Would I need to do a bridging course, (which are in a completely different state from where we are going and apparently really expensive) ? What does supervision entail? is it like over here where midwives under supervision are not paid whilst they are under it ? Would the supervision be for a year? My husband is a software development manager / web development manager would it be best we apply via him? He does not have any official qualifications linke degrees he has over 20 years experience in his field, what would they need from him? If we applied via my husband and then we got over there I am taking it that I would still need supervision which is totally rubbish sorry just getting a little stressed now and fed up :arghh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Your husband would be able to pass an ACS skills assessment without a degree. He would need to do a RPL which is not a small undertaking, rather like doing a final year degree project - it has changed since my OH did it so I think it is slightly easier now as you no longer have to demonstrate the full range of skills (which was nonsense as most IT people are specialists in one area). Everything he would need to know is on the ACS website - we did have a migration consultant to assist with ours, cost £750 but he knew exactly what the ACS were looking for as he used to do assessments for them! Is your husband able to claim a skill on the CSOL though? There aren't that many IT roles left on there now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellyv Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 No one knows what the supervision will entail yet. Ahpra have yet to publish that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterc1983 Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Re: your husband -- ACS will tell you how many years of experience they will recognise, and I'd wager it will be quite a lot: but you'd have to consider whether the total points he could get will be sufficient vs. applying via someone with formal qualifications before asking them. Since they will charge you of course for the assessment. EDIT: The other spanner in the works is that unless it has been 20yrs with the same employer, he'd have to get references from each previous employer where he was doing related work. You can use statutory declarations, I believe, but again this is something to consider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Re: your husband -- ACS will tell you how many years of experience they will recognise, and I'd wager it will be quite a lot: but you'd have to consider whether the total points he could get will be sufficient vs. applying via someone with formal qualifications before asking them. Since they will charge you of course for the assessment. EDIT: The other spanner in the works is that unless it has been 20yrs with the same employer, he'd have to get references from each previous employer where he was doing related work. You can use statutory declarations, I believe, but again this is something to consider. That's why I suggest a migration consultant that specialises in ACS applications - the points my OH got with 7 years experience were the equivalent to someone with a degree (but this was on the old 175 skilled visa I have no idea how the points are calculated on the new skilled visas) and it is better to pay for a consult than putting it in yourself and failing the skills assessment. The initial consult was free anyway - the £750 was for help writing and reviewing the RPL. The references are a pain - we both work in IT and both needed to do it but I don't really see it as a 'spanner in the works' - he won't need references for the full 20 years - I think my OH needed the past 5 years and I needed 2 (as a skilled spouse). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manchester lass Posted September 6, 2014 Author Share Posted September 6, 2014 Hi everyone thank you for the replys, I am about to set off for the Blackpool illuminations so didnt want you all to think I am being rude and not replying I will have a read through later when the kids aren't on my case :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manchester lass Posted September 7, 2014 Author Share Posted September 7, 2014 Thank you everyone for your advise. We now need to think about which one of usshould apply for the visa abnd if I will even be able to get a job over there as a midwife boohoo sob sob :-( I think i will be glued to this lap top over the next few days looking into it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colettemg123 Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Hi Everyone I have just been looking at another post that some lovely ladies have posted updating us all with new info. So as a midwife I now have to have 20 caseloading cases as a student, (we didnt even have a quarter of that!) to be considered for applying for visa, I have sat the IELTS twice, paid to get my written test re marked and I am waiting for the results of it, however I am not sure we should even bother now :-( My questions are; Would I need to do a bridging course, (which are in a completely different state from where we are going and apparently really expensive) ? What does supervision entail? is it like over here where midwives under supervision are not paid whilst they are under it ? Would the supervision be for a year? My husband is a software development manager / web development manager would it be best we apply via him? He does not have any official qualifications linke degrees he has over 20 years experience in his field, what would they need from him? If we applied via my husband and then we got over there I am taking it that I would still need supervision which is totally rubbish sorry just getting a little stressed now and fed up :arghh: In relation to the visa question, midwives and nurses don't appear to have had any problems getting visa's or positive Anmac assessments, but keep an eye on all of the websites including immigration, ahpra, Anmac as they have a nasty habit of changing the criteria. Finally, depending on the visa you go for, if it's the state nominated one make sure that you meet all the criteria for that state at the time of applying. I think midwives are on schedule 1(WASMOL)for most states at the moment meaning you don't need a job offer in place, but this can change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manchester lass Posted September 7, 2014 Author Share Posted September 7, 2014 thank you xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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