@Lee009. We have an agent but since pareho kayo ng job code ng wife ko and she is the main applicant for our migration, I'll try my best to answer your questions and provide some history para maintindihan mo din how all the information that you are reading came into place.
**#1: Makakapag file po ba ko ng subclass 190 kahit offshore ako? kasi may nabasa akong:
To be eligible for the Permanent 190 visa for these occupations, the applicant must be onshore (residing in South Australia) and meet all the requirements..**or ibig po sabihin eh pag binigay sa kin ang 190 visa hindi pa ko automatic PR, so I need to stay 2yrs bago magfile ng PR?? tama po ba?
Ang job code 313112 ay eligible for both visa 190 and visa 489 during the early part of this year (whether the applicant is onshore or offshore). When we first started our journey towards the migration (early February of this year when my wife is about to take IELTS), open pa yung job code for visa 190/489 for South Australia, Northern Territory and Visa 190 only for NSW. As we progressed, siguro mga mid July yun, the situation has changed for the whole of Australia. Naging 489 na lang yung eligibility nung job code for South Australia (190 became available only to onshore applicants) and naging 489 na lang din for NSW (selected regional areas only such as Riverina and Northern Rivers). This move was to make way for the upcoming new regional sponsored visa 491 starting November 16th. Nagkaroon ng advisory a little bit later on that Australia is prioritizing visa 489 applicants over the 190 applicants to which they gave a deadline of August 14 as the last day for filing state nomination applications for visa 489 in order for them to issue invitation to apply (ITA) until September 10th. Meaning, after August 14th, they will no longer accept state nomination applications for visa 489. Hindi din sila mag i-issue ng invites for 190 applicants until September 11th kasi nga inuuna nila maclear yung 489 applicants in line with the upcoming changes in November. So by the time na maging ready na kami sa mga requirements to submit EOI and state nomination application, wala na kaming choice other than 489 visa for South Australia. Now to answer your question kung makakapag file ka ba ng visa 190 kahit offshore ka, the answer is NO for now. 190 is currently available only to onshore applicants for South Australia. 489 visa naman is already closed as of August 14th as aforementioned with the above history.
Regarding sa question mo about PR, if you are granted a visa 190 you are already a PR or permanent resident. If you are granted a visa 489, it is a temporary visa which is a regional sponsored visa, then that is where the 2 years residency in the state and the region that nominated you and 1 year full time work is required to be able to file for a permanent visa which is visa 887.
#2: after PTE and Skill Assessment ang next na po ay EOI.. Sila na po ba ung mag eendorse ng papers mo para manominate ka ng state? kumabaga waiting ka nlang and see kng may mag sponsor sau? or DIY din po un? panibagong application nnaman un after EOI?
Correct. Once you achieved the required English proficiency and have passed Skills Assessment through TRA, the next step is lodging EOI or expression of interest through skillselect. Once the EOI has been lodged, you will then need to submit a state nomination application for South Australia. Note that for some states, you cannot directly submit a state nomination application. Some states have an extra step called pre-invite before you can then apply for state nomination and later on (if all went well) officially get invited to apply for the sponsorship visa. Again we do not have full visibility when it comes to documents submission and where specifically they are being uploaded kasi nga may agent kami. Sa kanya lang kami nag su-submit ng mga docs na nirerequire nya and sya na bahala thereafter. You may read through other threads here especially from members' experience who went DIY discussing that specific matter so keep on exploring the forum.
#3: Do you think magpa skill assessment na ko bsta complete docs na kahit lito pa ko pano ung 190 visa? itatanong po ba sa skill assessment ung exact visa na kukunin mo?
If you are truly ready with regards to assessment and have all the necessary documents being required by TRA then you may do so para umaandar na kasi 3 months roughly ang processing nyan. But as @superluckyclover said, aim for a Superior PTE habang in progress yung TRA skills assessment mo para by the time na mag positive ka sa TRA and you are now about to lodge your EOI, mapataas mo pa points mo. Upon lodging EOI, that is where you will indicate your sponsorship visa of choice.
What I could recommend given the above situation is wait for November 16. Check if the states will release a new Skilled Occupation List (SOL) and check which states the job code 313112 will be open for which type of visa (190/491). Assess from there. Go back to this thread or any other appropriate thread if you have new set of questions. Sa ngayon medyo malabo yung 190 for most of the states. I checked today and open sa NSW yung job code 313112. However, it has an additional requirement which states as follows:
"The additional requirement for these occupations is to be living in NSW, and to have been employed in NSW for at least one year, in the nominated occupation."
These occupations are indicated on the NSW 190 Priority Skilled Occupation List."
So you might want to check back again come November and see if there will be any changes to the SOLs.
Keep on exploring the forum. There are a number of threads here discussing almost all the questions one may have in terms of migration processes. Hope this helps.