Anthony25 Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 am 25 been living in oz for over a year am welding by trade and looking to find out how to go about my skilled visa. I just don't know where to begin???? any advice would be dearly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bungo Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Start on the immigration website and read about the 189 visa. One of the first things you need to do is see if you can pass skills assessment, so maybe look into that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star447 Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Book your IELTS assessment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony25 Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 Do English migrants need to do a English test? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony25 Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 Thanks bingo appreciate that mate. Skills accesment test I'll look into it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony25 Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 Thanks star447 but if you was born an went to school in England do you still need to that test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozmaniac Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 If you are a citizen of an English speaking country, you don't need to do IELTS to meet the basic visa requirements but if you want to apply for a visa without employer sponsorship i.e. an Independent 189 or state sponsored 190, you must pass the points test. Tradies usually have trouble getting to the required 60 points without earning points for Proficient or Superior English and for either, you must do one of the English tests (IELTS isn't the only one). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony25 Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 Thanks very much. So I will have to do a English test to meet the requirement 189 visa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzyDreamer Posted March 3, 2015 Share Posted March 3, 2015 Thanks very much. So I will have to do a English test to meet the requirement 189 visa You can get the 189 visa without the English test as you are English..... BUT you need to score 60 points to get a visa. You get points for many things like ages, qualifications etc. One of the things you get points for is English language. It is 10 points for proficient English and 20 points for superior English. You MUST take the English test and obtain the requited mark to gain the 10 or 20 points regardless of where you are from. A lot of people struggle to get 60 points without the points for the English language test so you will no doubt need it. Hope that makes sense. If not look at the immi website for what you get points for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony25 Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 Ozzydreamer nice one that makes perfect sense thank you. The only thing am unclear on is which English test to take what would be the best one to do. I have been told the is a couple and am unsure is this information correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzyDreamer Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Ozzydreamer nice one that makes perfect sense thank you. The only thing am unclear on is which English test to take what would be the best one to do. I have been told the is a couple and am unsure is this information correct. Ha ha no worries Generally people take the IELTS as the TOEFL and PTE are only fairly recently allowed. I have only done the IELTS as the other 2 wernt out when I did mine. I didn't like the IELTS and lots of people hate it. I have heard good reviews about the PTE. The IELTS needs to be book quite far in advance and it takes ages for the results to come back. You can book the PTE test for in a few days and the results come back in about 24/48 hrs so faster turn around than IELTS. Just from reviews I would say the PTE test. The waiting around you do with IELTS is a killer. Not heard of many people taking the TOEFL don't think it is so popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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