Visa 186 advice on stream needed

[Marina Meier]

my partner is currently on 457 (car mechanic), arrived in Australia in Oktober 2014 on Working Holiday Visa and started to work immediately in as a car mechanic. He changed his employer twice. He started to work for his current employer in March 2015, in July 2015 our 457 was granted. We would like to get PR. But are not sure if he is eligible for 186 TRT stream or DE stream yet.

Question 1: For TRT stream he needs to have worked 2 years in the same occupation with their nominating employer. When are those 2 years completed: in March 2017- 2 years working for his nominating employer? Or in July 2017 - 2 years on 457? Or even in October 2016 - 2 years in the same occupation in Australia?

Question 2: For DE stream he needs at least 3 years relevant work experience. Does the time of his apprenticeship counts as a relevant work experience? (he started his apprenticeship in November 2010, finished in February 2014, he working as qualified mechanic since then)

Thank you in advance!

M

[Bungo]

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[ricco56]

Question 1: For TRT stream he needs to have worked 2 years in the same occupation with their nominating employer. When are those 2 years completed: in March 2017- 2 years working for his nominating employer? Or in July 2017 - 2 years on 457? Or even in October 2016 - 2 years in the same occupation in Australia?

Question 2: For DE stream he needs at least 3 years relevant work experience. Does the time of his apprenticeship counts as a relevant work experience? (he started his apprenticeship in November 2010, finished in February 2014, he working as qualified mechanic since then)

 

M

 

Hi Marina

 

1. For the TRT stream the applicant needs to have been working for two years while holding the 457 visa and working for the nominating employer in the nominated position/occupation. Therefore TRT nomination and 186 visa applications could proceed from July 2017 at the earliest.

2. As you identified, the DE stream requires 3 years of relevant work experience at the required skill level. The DE stream also requires a formal skills assessment by TRA (Trades Recognition Aust). TRA will provide a 'skills met' date based on their consideration of the evidence and hence only relevant work experience obtained since the 'skills met' date counts for the purposes of the 186 application. Therefore if TRA support Feb 2014 as the 'skills met' date, and your partner has been working full time since in relevant roles, then you could proceed with DE nomination/visa applications from Feb 2017 at the earliest, otherwise if they specify a later date then the application would need to be delayed accordingly.

 

All the best with the process.

[Marina Meier]

Thank you Ricco!

[minhnaht]

Hi Marina

 

1. For the TRT stream the applicant needs to have been working for two years while holding the 457 visa and working for the nominating employer in the nominated position/occupation. Therefore TRT nomination and 186 visa applications could proceed from July 2017 at the earliest.

2. As you identified, the DE stream requires 3 years of relevant work experience at the required skill level. The DE stream also requires a formal skills assessment by TRA (Trades Recognition Aust). TRA will provide a 'skills met' date based on their consideration of the evidence and hence only relevant work experience obtained since the 'skills met' date counts for the purposes of the 186 application. Therefore if TRA support Feb 2014 as the 'skills met' date, and your partner has been working full time since in relevant roles, then you could proceed with DE nomination/visa applications from Feb 2017 at the earliest, otherwise if they specify a later date then the application would need to be delayed accordingly.

 

All the best with the process.

 

Hi Ricco,

 

May I check with you to clear my concern as below: If I want to apply visa 186 for a position in IT field (the code is ANZSCO 261112 - Systems Analysts), I don't need to a formal skills assessment by TRA. However whether I have to get a formal skills assessment by ACS Australian Computer Society?

 

Please help advise. Thanks a lot for your help.

[ricco56]

TRA (Trades Recognition Australia) provides skills assessments for Trade related occupations such as Motor Mechanic as discussed above, whereas Systems Analysts must obtain skills assessment from the ACS (Aust Computer Society).

 

See the CSOL at https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Work/Work/Skills-assessment-and-assessing-authorities/skilled-occupations-lists/CSOL for relevant occupations and the associated skills assessment authority in each case.