Dean74 Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 Oh poo I'm only sending my hubby's TRA today! POO POO POO Good luck!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schafer Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I applied with tra end of August, and heard 2weeks ago that application got rejected !! Now going down the route of asa getting skills assessed and costing £2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjwest Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 My husband submitted his to TRA at end of Oct, it was acknowledged on the 1st Nov, It has been well over the 60 days for us, taking into account they were closed for nearly 3 weeks at xmas and all the weekends etc, our 60 working days was up about a week and a half ago. Its a nightmare, so worried we are not going to make it before the July changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schafer Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 What are the July changes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjwest Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Something along the lines of you can't just apply for a visa, you have to make an expression of interest to the visa people and they then invite people to apply so for some it could take alot longer,people who have made an EOI will be ranked, and then selected - ie invited to apply - for skilled migration to Australia, there should be information on it on the immigration websites. I think in reality it just means it's not going to be a case of you just applying when you decide you want to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean74 Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 My husband submitted his to TRA at end of Oct, it was acknowledged on the 1st Nov, It has been well over the 60 days for us, taking into account they were closed for nearly 3 weeks at xmas and all the weekends etc, our 60 working days was up about a week and a half ago. Its a nightmare, so worried we are not going to make it before the July changes. HI, have you tried ringing them to see what their explanation is? i spoke to a lady from TRA on Jan 16th and she told me i would not have to wait much longer and when i pushed her for a approx date she said early Feb and i am one month behind you! mind she never said Feb 2012!! :arghh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjwest Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 HI, have you tried ringing them to see what their explanation is? i spoke to a lady from TRA on Jan 16th and she told me i would not have to wait much longer and when i pushed her for a approx date she said early Feb and i am one month behind you! mind she never said Feb 2012!!:arghh: Haha I have a feeling it may be Feb 2013, no its not funny really! But it is a joke, I have emailed them twice and got the same response both times, obviously an automated reply as they both say no longer than 60 Working days due to their backlog, well it has been approx 70 working days for us now!!! It is driving me mad all the waiting especially as when we decided to do this we worked out roughly how long it might take and TRA back then were taking 4- 5 weeks, ours has now been about 16 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doing a geographical Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Mine was recieved 2nd Dec, I'm expecting it early to mid April. Quicker would be good though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kianobeano Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Any news People ??:angel_happy_face_ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pswebb38 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Spoke to our agent on Friday who said TRA have got to confirm how many years experience my wife has! Apparently they have to do this for everyone now. We sent in P60's for the last 10 years to prove this so hopefully we should be all sorted soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mjwest Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Any news People ??:angel_happy_face_ha I have still heard nothing, anyone else heard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean74 Posted February 21, 2012 Author Share Posted February 21, 2012 I am going to ring TRA on Thursday night for progress report and try and find what month they are processing, will let you know the out come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kianobeano Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Hi pswebb38, Had you kept your p60's all those years or how you get them. My agent said to get a letter from tax office for last 8 years for oh so thats what i did. do you know if thats enough, had you sent in nothing like that till they asked. We still not sent to tra yet anyway, but getting it all ready for them jen [ QUOTE=pswebb38;1341029]Spoke to our agent on Friday who said TRA have got to confirm how many years experience my wife has! Apparently they have to do this for everyone now. We sent in P60's for the last 10 years to prove this so hopefully we should be all sorted soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caz Brady Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Hi pswebb38,Had you kept your p60's all those years or how you get them. My agent said to get a letter from tax office for last 8 years for oh so thats what i did. do you know if thats enough, had you sent in nothing like that till they asked. We still not sent to tra yet anyway, but getting it all ready for them jen Your tax office should send you out copies of everything you need, I rang and got everything sent out for my DH we've got everything together and just have to get certified now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kianobeano Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Hi Caz, yes, this is what i did but it came on one A4 sheet of paper, and it was written in a list. It didnt specify months, just years and name of job and amount earned, i have them certified and sent to agent so just waiting to get the trade cert and its all go ! Is this what you got from tax office ? they told me they dont keep copies of p60's. when are you applying to tra ? do you think we will get in before july? thanks for reply jen Your tax office should send you out copies of everything you need, I rang and got everything sent out for my DH we've got everything together and just have to get certified now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caz Brady Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Hi Jen Des is self employed so I just rang local office and asked for tax records as far back as they had them and they sent them out. But what you have sounds like it's grand. Hopefully be able to send everything on Mon have some stuff that still needs to be certified. Judging by this thread I doubt we'll get it back in time! Caz Hi Caz, yes, this is what i did but it came on one A4 sheet of paper, and it was written in a list. It didnt specify months, just years and name of job and amount earned, i have them certified and sent to agent so just waiting to get the trade cert and its all go ! Is this what you got from tax office ? they told me they dont keep copies of p60's. when are you applying to tra ? do you think we will get in before july? thanks for reply jen Your tax office should send you out copies of everything you need, I rang and got everything sent out for my DH we've got everything together and just have to get certified now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addison05 Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 We posted ours off 18th August which I am sure they will have received early September. Still waiting and keep getting told by agent it will be anytime soon (that we should hear November then it was January) No stress:-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doing a geographical Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 We posted ours off 18th August which I am sure they will have received early September. Still waiting and keep getting told by agent it will be anytime soon (that we should hear November then it was January) No stress:-( omg thats more than 5 months! I hope they sort it out.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kianobeano Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Hi CAZ, even if we dont hear in time am i right in saying you still need TRA approval before putting in for EOI , do you know? are you going for 176? thanks jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caz Brady Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Hi CAZ,even if we dont hear in time am i right in saying you still need TRA approval before putting in for EOI , do you know? are you going for 176? thanks jen Hi jen Yeah I just read the Skill Select page today you still need the same stuff and points they are goin to put a cap on the amount of visas they give per year to each occupation and the higher points the quicker you'll be invited to apply from what I can make out. Yeah we're applying for WA, where you planning on? Caz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kianobeano Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 same ..perth, caz did you see that announcement , i just copied and pasted . I started a thread just there. ? wat u think that means Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean74 Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 Phoned TRA last night, The lady on the phone said she could not tell me what month they are currently proccessing and all she could tell me is that i was awaiting assessment. When asked if my case would run into next couple of months she just repeated herself by saying she did not have that info. I think this TRA situation is worse than i first imagined and i am now beginning to lose confidence in getting assessed before june! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caz Brady Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Phoned TRA last night, The lady on the phone said she could not tell me what month they are currently proccessing and all she could tell me is that i was awaiting assessment. When asked if my case would run into next couple of months she just repeated herself by saying she did not have that info. I think this TRA situation is worse than i first imagined and i am now beginning to lose confidence in getting assessed before june! Aw poo!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherile Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Hello, I am new to this forum! Me and my hubby are starting to gather all his docs for TRA assessment. We are doing this on our own, without any help from an agent. Can anyone help me with a sample of a statement of employment? I am not too sure if what we have drafted is correct My husband will submit for Mechanical Engineering Technician - 312512 He also has listed some trainings in his resume but most are in-house machine trainings provided by the companies, there were no certificates provided. Do we need to provide a formal explanation for this? ( I hope someone can give us advise! thank you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kianobeano Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 Hi sherlie, i can't help with your sample statement, but i do know you need a qualification for the tra. A certificate to a certain standard. My husband is a chef and did an apprentice in house, but weve had to pay €3k to get a cert to say hes a chef to give to tra. best of luck, prob best to even give an agent a call for advice jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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