hello everyone,
just want to share this..
OFW feels no more. 🥰 Permanent Visa (Visa 189) granted last December 1, 2022 🇦🇺.. No Agency, No Problem. as long we have this Pinoy Au Info forum 🥰🥰 a million thanks to all the members of this forum ,, for being very, very patient in sharing all the infos/experiences on how to acquire an 🇦🇺PR visa without paying big money to an immigration agency. this forum helped me so much from self-reviewing for PTE days, creating EOi days, filing OEC for visa 482 , lodging my Visa 189 and etc.. i hope & pray that everyone will get their invite and grants soon 🥰
total points:
189-85pts
190-90 pts
491-100pts
below is my timeline for my 🇦🇺PR pursuit 2018- started my research , i was an OfW in Dubai, UAE this time..
2019- started gathering documents for the Skills Assessment
august 2019-lodged my skills assesment as arch drafter
december 2019-got a negative skills assessment bcoz i should have applied for ce drafter instead, so reapplied for ce drafter (312211) paid additional 1600aed for re assessment
april 2020- got my positive skills assessment result for ce drafter 🥳
august 2020-self-reviewed for the PTE exams
september 19,2020-passed the PTE exams , PERFECT SCoRE (Superior)
december 2020-passed the NAATI exams(not compulsory, just for additional 5 pts)
december 2020- created an Expression of Interest (EOi) to the Aus govt for Skilled PR visa,, one 189 eoi and 190 for each state,, australia’s border was still closed but noticed they were granting temporary/employment visas instead ,, so created a CV profile at Seek.Au and Indeed.au trying my luck looking for an Australian company to sponsor me. but still no luck
October 2021- decided to go home to PH🇵🇭 for good bcoz i couldnt find a stable job in UAE due to the pandemic
December 2021-an employer from Sydney contacted and intrviewed me via MS teams and hired me after 3 days and informed me they’re willing to sponsor my visa with my daughter.
January 2022- employer lodged my employment visa
March 2022-submitted both UaE and PH police clearance.
May 2022-did our medical examinations in Cebu (13000php for both of us)
May 31, 2022-employment visa 482 granted 🥳🥳
june to august 2022-filed OEC at Poea Cebu costing me 16000php in total 🤪🤪
august 22, 2022- 3days before my flight, i got invited for Skilled Visa 189 from the EOI i created last december 2020.
august 25,2022-flight to sydney
august 26,2022-arrival at Sydney and got again another UAE pcc bcoz it has only 3months expiry
august 27,2022-got the HIV medical exam for me only since visa 482 doesnt require this (80 aus dollars) but used the other medical exams we did last May 2022 for visa 482 since it’s active for 12months
august 28,2022- lodged the PR 189 visa
november 22,2022-purchased another UAE pcc since it expired again
December 1, 2022-PR 189 visa granted 🥰🥰🥰
advance Merry Christmas indeed!! 🎄🎄🎄
all the stress are so worth it!
thank you Lord!!!