489 Family Sponsor progress

[Bobner]

Hi all,

 

Thought I would post my progress timeline as it may help some of you in the same way that reading everyone's threads has helped me.

I am using Go-Matilda as my migration Agent. I am applying for a 489 Family Sponsored Visa. Due to my Degree not being in IT, I had to do a Key Area of Knowledge submission and have my work history assessed by the Australian Computer Society. I also needed 20 points from IELTS (= 8/9 on each test).

I will update as we go on...

 

28/02/15 - IELTS General (9,9,8.5,7.5) Fail

14/07/15 - ACS Skills assessment submitted

17/07/15 - ACS Skills assessment received (Successful)

01/08/15 - IELTS GENERAL (9,9,9,8.5) Pass

02/09/15 - EOI Submitted

[Mr and Mrs Holmesy]

Look forward to following your progress as this is hopefully the visa we will go for. Unfortunately I need to finish my Masters in the meantime (2 years away..!) so hopefully nothing too much will change between now and then. I think we will also use Go Matilda...my sister used them nearly 5 years ago now to secure her 189 visa successfully and she was really pleased with them as agents. Good luck with it all.

[supercow]

@Bobner , how come you didn't go via 189 or 190?

I also didn't get any experience points for work (ICT Business analyst...but have a degree in Marketing) and did the RPL like you, but still qualified for the above.

[Bobner]

I lost points on age and degree not being in given profession (Japanese!)

So my overall scores were 10 short - luckily my cousin is married and citizen, so I could go Family Sponsored and scrape another 10 points..!!

 

So now the scores on the door are..

 

15 for age

15 for qualifications

20 for English

10 sponsored by a relative