patins Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Hi all, I got a letter from my case officer that I actually only have 60 points instead 65 as claimed in my expression of interest, as they don't acknowledge full 3 years of Australian work (but a few months less..), now they want me to either insist on having 65 points or agree to have only 60 points, within a 28 days response limit... Now, their old homepage stated that software engineers need 65 points as new condition. But on their new homepage (http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Work/Skil) , programmers cannot be invited anymore "until next financial year". So this raises a few questions for me: 1) As I have been "mistakenly" invited, what does it mean if I agree to be put back to 60 points, regarding the barrier they put on programmers that have not been there to the point of time when I got invited? 2) If I insist on having 65 points (I really don't know why they don't recognise my full 3 years here), does it have a prospect on success at all / are they open minded for reconsideration and arguments? 3) I hope "until next financial year" refers to this financial year, July 2015, so this information is not up-to-date? 4) Should I wait until the end of the response period (28 days) to see if they lower the barrier for programmers? Does is help? Thanks for any advise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrussell Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Hi all, I got a letter from my case officer that I actually only have 60 points instead 65 as claimed in my expression of interest, as they don't acknowledge full 3 years of Australian work (but a few months less..), now they want me to either insist on having 65 points or agree to have only 60 points, within a 28 days response limit... Now, their old homepage stated that software engineers need 65 points as new condition. But on their new homepage (http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Work/Skil) , programmers cannot be invited anymore "until next financial year". So this raises a few questions for me: 1) As I have been "mistakenly" invited, what does it mean if I agree to be put back to 60 points, regarding the barrier they put on programmers that have not been there to the point of time when I got invited? 2) If I insist on having 65 points (I really don't know why they don't recognise my full 3 years here), does it have a prospect on success at all / are they open minded for reconsideration and arguments? 3) I hope "until next financial year" refers to this financial year, July 2015, so this information is not up-to-date? 4) Should I wait until the end of the response period (28 days) to see if they lower the barrier for programmers? Does is help? Thanks for any advise! If you have over claimed points on your EoI, for whatever reason, you can expect to have your visa/s automatically refused and to forfeit your visa appliation charge/s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patins Posted July 11, 2015 Author Share Posted July 11, 2015 According to ACS, I haved worked 3 years in oz as programmer as I stated in the EOI.. that's why i was very astonished why it is over-claimed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainC Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Hi all, I got a letter from my case officer that I actually only have 60 points instead 65 as claimed in my expression of interest, as they don't acknowledge full 3 years of Australian work (but a few months less..), now they want me to either insist on having 65 points or agree to have only 60 points, within a 28 days response limit... Now, their old homepage stated that software engineers need 65 points as new condition. But on their new homepage (http://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Work/Skil) , programmers cannot be invited anymore "until next financial year". So this raises a few questions for me: 1) As I have been "mistakenly" invited, what does it mean if I agree to be put back to 60 points, regarding the barrier they put on programmers that have not been there to the point of time when I got invited? 2) If I insist on having 65 points (I really don't know why they don't recognise my full 3 years here), does it have a prospect on success at all / are they open minded for reconsideration and arguments? 3) I hope "until next financial year" refers to this financial year, July 2015, so this information is not up-to-date? 4) Should I wait until the end of the response period (28 days) to see if they lower the barrier for programmers? Does is help? Thanks for any advise! See a registered agent, and do it quickly. You'll get many opinions here, only a full explanation and plan with an agent can help you now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Collett Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 +1 to Westly's and CaptainC's comments. See also the commentary about "inadvertent errors" here: http://www.gmskilled.com/inadvertent-errors-on-expression-of-interest-overclaiming-points-skilled-visa-application/ Best regards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patins Posted August 10, 2015 Author Share Posted August 10, 2015 got PR! so.. if anyone else gets a downgrading-request for an inadvertent error, dont be worried too much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Que Sera Sera Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 got PR! so.. if anyone else gets a downgrading-request for an inadvertent error, dont be worried too much! A bit more information would probably be more helpful. Did you stick with 65 or 60? Did you speak with an agent? Congratulations on your PR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patins Posted August 10, 2015 Author Share Posted August 10, 2015 I stick to 60 points and took it as final "character test" My anticipation was, that if they say you have only 60, dont try to insist on 65, you will not be able to argue with them! I had no agent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhaledAussie Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Congratulation Patins ! it's a real exciting visa, different than others. what an experience! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bungo Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I stick to 60 points and took it as final "character test" My anticipation was, that if they say you have only 60, dont try to insist on 65, you will not be able to argue with them! I had no agent. Well that is rather obvious isn't it, anything else would be like trying to argue that black is white! The question is why you got away with over claiming points in the first place. It has long been understood this would be an outright rejection, as a migration agent has confirmed on this thread, so the interesting point is why you were not rejected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patins Posted August 10, 2015 Author Share Posted August 10, 2015 They obviously graded it as an "inadvertent error", and as http://www.gmskilled.com/inadvertent-errors-on-expression-of-interest-overclaiming-points-skilled-visa-application/ reads, every applicant downgraded that way get away with it. This gave me confidence to try it as well. Only those are rejected, who give false information on purpose. This is what I would also support. Yet I don't know what the inadvertent error was, they don't reveal that information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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