@vbarry25 yes you really need the assessment from ACS plus the english exam, regarding the sponsorship by family your brother needs to live in a designated area for him to be a sponsor & for you to have that extra 10pts. On a side note, for visa 489 via family sponsorship, occupation must be in SOL
https://www.border.gov.au/Trav/Visa-1/489-
Designated areas of Australia
State or territory
Australian Capital Territory (ACT) - Entire territory
New South Wales (NSW) - (except Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong)
2311 to 2312, 2328 to 2333, 2336 to 2490, 2535 to 2551, 2575 to 2739, 2787 to 2898
Northern Territory - Entire territory
Queensland - (anywhere outside the Brisbane metropolitan area)
4019 to 4028, 4037 to 4050, 4079 to 4100, 4114, 4118, 4124 to 4150, 4158 to 4168, 4180 to 4899
South Australia - Entire state
Tasmania - Entire state
Victoria - Entire state
Western Australia - Entire state
Regarding naman sa deductible years it will depend on the units/subjects you've taken in college if it's closely related to your nominated work, if closely related then 2years lang e require from you if your degree will be equal to <b class="Bold">AQF Bachelor</b>:
135112 - ICT Project Manager
Description of Closely Related Core ICT Units:
ο· Business Information Systems
ο· Business Intelligence
ο· Business Process Reengineering
ο· Business System planning
ο· Critical Path Method
ο· Enterprise Architecture - (Enterprise Resource Management, Emerging Technologies)
ο· ICT Management
ο· ICT Strategy
ο· Information System Risk Management
ο· Information System Security
ο· Information Systems Management
ο· Management Information Systems
ο· Project Management
ο· Project Planning
ο· System Integration
ο· Systems Acquisition β (eg: Resource Management)
Description of Additional Closely Related ICT Units:
ο· Algorithm design (Algorithm development)
ο· Artificial intelligence
ο· Automata theory
ο· Computer Science
ο· Database design
ο· Database implementation
ο· Database Management Systems - (Relational Database, Object Oriented Database)
ο· Expert Systems
ο· File Processing
ο· Human Computer Interaction
ο· Information Systems
ο· Introduction to ICT - (Introduction to Computer Science, Computer Theory, Introduction to Business Computing, Computer Science I)
ο· Introduction to Information Systems
ο· Programming - (C, C++, Objective C, Visual C, Basic, Visual Basic, Java, Assembler, Cobol, Pascal, PL/1, Fortran, PHP, Pearl, AS3, FoxPro, and similar)
ο· Quality management - (Quality Assurance, Software Quality)
ο· Software Engineering
ο· Software validation - (Software Testing, Testing strategies and methods)
ο· Web Engineering - (Web Design, Internet Engineering)
I can say with your 3years of experience it's a bit of a risk, kasi it's possible they will require you 4years, pero sabi nga nila it's a leap of faith, you'll never know unless you have your credentials assessed. Good Luck!
@chewychewbacca unting antay na lang yun bro, ako nga sa October pa pwede mag EOI, chill na lang muna π