@HaideeN anong prospect mo na school sa Sydney? hehe baka pareho pala tayo.
@sisa16
Hello! I'm going to help you just like how the people helped me here when I was still confused like you before 🙂
Firstly, I am not a big fan of education agents. I had a rough time with IDP Manila. They weren't helpful, well at least for the agent na I talked to. If you can do it yourself i.e. if you have time, go ahead. At least, you communicate personally to the persons involved in the process. Ibubullet ko nalang yun points ko para madali. hehe
RE: Your course. In my case, I have a degree nga in Educ tapos ang itatake ko cert 2,3 4 and diploma in business which is for 2yrs. I've never had a job related to business at all. Wala akong alam na office work. But I still went ahead and okay naman yun result. Meron kasing part sa application form na may essay as what I've stated in my previous post.
A graduate diploma course is not a degree. It is a short course. Parang vocational nga. As long as you are able to prove that it'll help you in your career decision in the long run, then you're good to go. You're lucky coz you're working in an office-related field. So yun palang maeexplain mo na mabuti.
Everyone goes through the GTE. You will go through the same process as everyone else i.e. submitting your application form and necessary documents.
Nos. 2 and 3 points are NOT entirely true. Phd lang yun pwede magwork ng longer hours. PERO, since part-time, pwedeng under the table naman ang working hours mo. My friends there who are students as well, work more than 20hrs pw. Yun plus two years, I'm not quite sure. Pero I haven't heard anyone who has two more years extra in their student visa.
No. 4 I'm not really familiar with TAFE. Pero that's what IDP Manila told me too, when I asked about the school. They don't recommend it. Pero madami naman nandito na sa TAFE nagaaral and magaaral. Get a course na at least 2 years. I dunno kung may diploma ang tafe, pero kasi kung six months ka sa tafe and then magtatake ka ng diploma course. Dapat may proper documentation ka nadin for your diploma course. Meaning, nagapply and nakaenroll ka nadin. Kasi kelangan ipadala din yun sa embassy.
VET courses and Assessment Level 3: A lot of us here are under these category and as you can see na approve naman kami. It all boils down naman kasi to your application - given that you provided the necessary documents.
Kung ako sayo, do it yourself. Wag ka mababaan ng loob dahil sa sinabi ng IDP. They told me the exact same things. Hell! I was devastated. They even told me I couldn't reach the July intake for the University that I applied to before. Pero naaccept ako sa Uni, hindi ko lang siya pinili. Pumetix din kasi ako, so kung hindi siguro, siguro by now nasa AU nako. hehehe
Anyway, good luck! Sorry super haba.