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Posts: 88Member
Joined: Mar 11, 2015
03.06.2015: ACS Skills Assessment
03.09.2015: ACS Stage 4 - with assessor
03.12.2015: ACS Skills Assessment Result
-261313 suitable
-2 years deduction from work experience
-BSCOE from BatSU = AQF Bachelor Degree with a major in
computing
03.28.2015: IELTS Listening, Reading, and Writing Test
03.29.2015: IELTS Speaking Test
03.30.2015: PTE Academic Test
03.31.2015: PTE Academic Result( L-65,R-73,S-65,W-68). (Equivalent to 7,7. 5,7,7 in IELTS)
04.01.2015: Submitted EOI ( 65 points)
04.10.2015: Invitation received.
-IELTS online result was out. (L-6.R-6.5,W-7,S-7.)
04.28.2015: Lodged Application
04.30.2015: Uploaded NBI Clearance
05.15.2015: Uploaded SG COC
05.16.2015: My Medical at SATA Bedok
05.20.2015: My Medical Finalized (health clearance provided – no action required)
06.09.2015: Wife's NBI Clearance received.
06.10.2015: my wife and baby's medical @ St. Luke's BGC
06.15.2015: Baby's medical finalized.
06.16.2015: CO allocated (Requested additional docs/correction). Wife's medical finalized.
06.19.2015: Uploaded corrected copy of 'English as medium of instruction Certificate'
06.20.2015: Uploaded baby's passport, wife's NBI clearance.
06.22.2015 Uploaded form 1022
06.23.2015 Uploaded Credit Card Proforma, Form 1436
06.24.2015 Received payment acknowledgement for baby
07.02.2015 Grant! Thank you Lord
Posts: 230Member
Joined: Feb 25, 2015
Posts: 118Member
Joined: Apr 23, 2015
ANZSCO 261312 (Developer Programmer)
17.June.2014 - Started preparing all docs for ACS assessment
15.July.2014 - Finished all docs and submitted for ACS assessment
22.July.2014 - Received POSITIVE assessment result from ACS
ZZZZZZZZZZZ
01.Nov.2014 - First IELTS (L:6.5; R:7; W:6.5; S:7 - no points)
28.Feb.2015 -2nd IELTS exam (Result: L:7.5;R:8;W:7.5;S:7 - 10pts)
31.Mar.2015 - EOI lodgement (190) and Application for State Nomination (Victoria)
01.May.2015 - State Nomination approved and received ITA (Visa 190)
05.May.2015 - Lodge Visa 190
27.May.2015 CO allocated, asking for addtl docs
23.June.2015 All docs submitted (except PH NBI) and medical finalized
2.July.2015 Submitted NBI clearance
14.July.2015 VISA GRANT!!! Thank you Lord!
Posts: 230Member
Joined: Feb 25, 2015
Posts: 433Member
Joined: Jun 06, 2013
Posts: 331Member
Joined: Oct 14, 2014
Araw ng Kalayaan... araw ng kalayaan mo sa pag-aantay. hehe
Nominated Occupation: ANZSCO 233513 (Plant or Production Engineer)
Feb 02 2013: IELTS
Feb 2013 to Aug 2014: Wife having second thought....
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...............
Sept 2014: Finally decided to pursue Au dream!
Sept 2014: Completed CDR
Sept 25 2014: Completed documentations
Sept 30 2014: Paper application submitted to EA thru DHL
Oct 07 2014: AUD890 deducted from CC
Nov 22 2014: IELTS (L8.5 R8.0 W7.5 S8.0 OBS8.0) (God is good!)
Jan 06 2015: EA assessment ETC (13 weeks)
Feb 05 2015: Positive EA result (Thank you Lord!!!)
Feb 13 2015: Air Mail received
Feb 16 2015: Lodged EOI (65 pts)
Feb 27 2015: Received invitation to lodge visa 189
Mar 05 2015: Lodged visa 189
Mar 05 2015: Visa payment charged in Credit Card
Mar 06 2015: Submitted NBI, Mal & Id Police Clearance to agent
Mar 11 2015: Submitted Form-80 to agent
Mar 20 2015: Medical with family done in SG (Point Medical Paragon)
Mar 25 2015: Medical result uploaded
Mar 26 2015: SSS and PAG-IBIG uploaded
May 07 2015: Visa Granted!!! (IED 24Mar2016)
Jan 2016: BIG Move!!!
Posts: 230Member
Joined: Feb 25, 2015
Posts: 230Member
Joined: Feb 25, 2015
Posts: 331Member
Joined: Oct 14, 2014
Nominated Occupation: ANZSCO 233513 (Plant or Production Engineer)
Feb 02 2013: IELTS
Feb 2013 to Aug 2014: Wife having second thought....
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...............
Sept 2014: Finally decided to pursue Au dream!
Sept 2014: Completed CDR
Sept 25 2014: Completed documentations
Sept 30 2014: Paper application submitted to EA thru DHL
Oct 07 2014: AUD890 deducted from CC
Nov 22 2014: IELTS (L8.5 R8.0 W7.5 S8.0 OBS8.0) (God is good!)
Jan 06 2015: EA assessment ETC (13 weeks)
Feb 05 2015: Positive EA result (Thank you Lord!!!)
Feb 13 2015: Air Mail received
Feb 16 2015: Lodged EOI (65 pts)
Feb 27 2015: Received invitation to lodge visa 189
Mar 05 2015: Lodged visa 189
Mar 05 2015: Visa payment charged in Credit Card
Mar 06 2015: Submitted NBI, Mal & Id Police Clearance to agent
Mar 11 2015: Submitted Form-80 to agent
Mar 20 2015: Medical with family done in SG (Point Medical Paragon)
Mar 25 2015: Medical result uploaded
Mar 26 2015: SSS and PAG-IBIG uploaded
May 07 2015: Visa Granted!!! (IED 24Mar2016)
Jan 2016: BIG Move!!!
Posts: 155Member
Joined: Oct 18, 2013
18Dec14: submitted EA assessment (online)
04Mar15: positive results
05Mar15: submitted EOI (189)
13Mar15: invite received (00:16 GMT+10)
18Apr15: lodged visa
02Jul15: visa grant
Posts: 155Member
Joined: Oct 18, 2013
18Dec14: submitted EA assessment (online)
04Mar15: positive results
05Mar15: submitted EOI (189)
13Mar15: invite received (00:16 GMT+10)
18Apr15: lodged visa
02Jul15: visa grant
Posts: 230Member
Joined: Feb 25, 2015
Posts: 331Member
Joined: Oct 14, 2014
Nominated Occupation: ANZSCO 233513 (Plant or Production Engineer)
Feb 02 2013: IELTS
Feb 2013 to Aug 2014: Wife having second thought....
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...............
Sept 2014: Finally decided to pursue Au dream!
Sept 2014: Completed CDR
Sept 25 2014: Completed documentations
Sept 30 2014: Paper application submitted to EA thru DHL
Oct 07 2014: AUD890 deducted from CC
Nov 22 2014: IELTS (L8.5 R8.0 W7.5 S8.0 OBS8.0) (God is good!)
Jan 06 2015: EA assessment ETC (13 weeks)
Feb 05 2015: Positive EA result (Thank you Lord!!!)
Feb 13 2015: Air Mail received
Feb 16 2015: Lodged EOI (65 pts)
Feb 27 2015: Received invitation to lodge visa 189
Mar 05 2015: Lodged visa 189
Mar 05 2015: Visa payment charged in Credit Card
Mar 06 2015: Submitted NBI, Mal & Id Police Clearance to agent
Mar 11 2015: Submitted Form-80 to agent
Mar 20 2015: Medical with family done in SG (Point Medical Paragon)
Mar 25 2015: Medical result uploaded
Mar 26 2015: SSS and PAG-IBIG uploaded
May 07 2015: Visa Granted!!! (IED 24Mar2016)
Jan 2016: BIG Move!!!
Posts: 42Member
Joined: Nov 17, 2014
12/6/14 - IELTS exam
12/19/14 - IELTS results + EA CDR submission
02/05/15 - NBI clearance
03/05/15 - Medicals at St. Lukes Ermita
03/06/15 - EA positive assessment results
04/10/15 - Lodged visa 189 (233511 - Industrial Engineer)
06/15/15 - Direct Grant! Thank you Papa Jesus!!
06/28/15 - Off to Sydney!
Carpe Diem!
Posts: 88Member
Joined: Mar 11, 2015
03.06.2015: ACS Skills Assessment
03.09.2015: ACS Stage 4 - with assessor
03.12.2015: ACS Skills Assessment Result
-261313 suitable
-2 years deduction from work experience
-BSCOE from BatSU = AQF Bachelor Degree with a major in
computing
03.28.2015: IELTS Listening, Reading, and Writing Test
03.29.2015: IELTS Speaking Test
03.30.2015: PTE Academic Test
03.31.2015: PTE Academic Result( L-65,R-73,S-65,W-68). (Equivalent to 7,7. 5,7,7 in IELTS)
04.01.2015: Submitted EOI ( 65 points)
04.10.2015: Invitation received.
-IELTS online result was out. (L-6.R-6.5,W-7,S-7.)
04.28.2015: Lodged Application
04.30.2015: Uploaded NBI Clearance
05.15.2015: Uploaded SG COC
05.16.2015: My Medical at SATA Bedok
05.20.2015: My Medical Finalized (health clearance provided – no action required)
06.09.2015: Wife's NBI Clearance received.
06.10.2015: my wife and baby's medical @ St. Luke's BGC
06.15.2015: Baby's medical finalized.
06.16.2015: CO allocated (Requested additional docs/correction). Wife's medical finalized.
06.19.2015: Uploaded corrected copy of 'English as medium of instruction Certificate'
06.20.2015: Uploaded baby's passport, wife's NBI clearance.
06.22.2015 Uploaded form 1022
06.23.2015 Uploaded Credit Card Proforma, Form 1436
06.24.2015 Received payment acknowledgement for baby
07.02.2015 Grant! Thank you Lord
Posts: 291Member
Joined: Sep 08, 2014
ANZSCO 233512 (Mechanical Engineer)
17.Sept.2014 - CDR received by EA
02.Feb.2015 - Received POSITIVE assessment result from EA. Yahoo! (Letter dated: 23.January.2015)
02.Feb.2015 - EOI lodgement
27.Feb.2015 - Received ITA (Visa 189)
05.Mar.2015 - Lodge Visa 189
24.April.2015 - Direct Visa Grant!
22.June.2020 - Lodge Citizenship Application
"Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will."
Posts: 291Member
Joined: Sep 08, 2014
ANZSCO 233512 (Mechanical Engineer)
17.Sept.2014 - CDR received by EA
02.Feb.2015 - Received POSITIVE assessment result from EA. Yahoo! (Letter dated: 23.January.2015)
02.Feb.2015 - EOI lodgement
27.Feb.2015 - Received ITA (Visa 189)
05.Mar.2015 - Lodge Visa 189
24.April.2015 - Direct Visa Grant!
22.June.2020 - Lodge Citizenship Application
"Faith is not believing that God can. It is knowing that God will."
Posts: 1,002Member
Joined: Jun 05, 2014
Developer Programmer (261312)
08.25.2014: Completed gathering of documents
08.29.2014: ACS Skills Assessment
09.09.2014: ACS Result - OK - Thank you Lord!
10.18.2014: IELTS IDP Makati
10.31.2014: IELTS- R:8.5 L:7.5 S:7 W:7 - OBS:7.5) - Thank you Lord!
02.03.2015: Submitted EOI
02.26.2015: Received ITA 189
04.24.2015: Lodged Visa - Day 1
04.25.2015: Uploaded docs - Day 2
05.08.2015: Wife NBI Clearance - Day 15 || 05.25.2015: Uploaded NBI Clearance - Day 32
05.28.2015: Medicals @ SLEC BGC Day 35
05.30.2015: Medicals Finalised - Day 37
06.11.2015: CO Allocated - Day 48
07.02.2015 - Visa Granted! Thank you LORD! Glory to God!
10.15.2015 - Arrived in SYD - Jer 29:11
Posts: 1,002Member
Joined: Jun 05, 2014
Developer Programmer (261312)
08.25.2014: Completed gathering of documents
08.29.2014: ACS Skills Assessment
09.09.2014: ACS Result - OK - Thank you Lord!
10.18.2014: IELTS IDP Makati
10.31.2014: IELTS- R:8.5 L:7.5 S:7 W:7 - OBS:7.5) - Thank you Lord!
02.03.2015: Submitted EOI
02.26.2015: Received ITA 189
04.24.2015: Lodged Visa - Day 1
04.25.2015: Uploaded docs - Day 2
05.08.2015: Wife NBI Clearance - Day 15 || 05.25.2015: Uploaded NBI Clearance - Day 32
05.28.2015: Medicals @ SLEC BGC Day 35
05.30.2015: Medicals Finalised - Day 37
06.11.2015: CO Allocated - Day 48
07.02.2015 - Visa Granted! Thank you LORD! Glory to God!
10.15.2015 - Arrived in SYD - Jer 29:11
Posts: 230Member
Joined: Feb 25, 2015
Posts: 230Member
Joined: Feb 25, 2015
@yosh10 Malapit na nga dapat start na plan sa to-do-list. Excited at scared at the same time.
@J_Oz kayo na next! Active na ulet c CO. Hehe
Posts: 1,002Member
Joined: Jun 05, 2014
Developer Programmer (261312)
08.25.2014: Completed gathering of documents
08.29.2014: ACS Skills Assessment
09.09.2014: ACS Result - OK - Thank you Lord!
10.18.2014: IELTS IDP Makati
10.31.2014: IELTS- R:8.5 L:7.5 S:7 W:7 - OBS:7.5) - Thank you Lord!
02.03.2015: Submitted EOI
02.26.2015: Received ITA 189
04.24.2015: Lodged Visa - Day 1
04.25.2015: Uploaded docs - Day 2
05.08.2015: Wife NBI Clearance - Day 15 || 05.25.2015: Uploaded NBI Clearance - Day 32
05.28.2015: Medicals @ SLEC BGC Day 35
05.30.2015: Medicals Finalised - Day 37
06.11.2015: CO Allocated - Day 48
07.02.2015 - Visa Granted! Thank you LORD! Glory to God!
10.15.2015 - Arrived in SYD - Jer 29:11
Posts: 88Member
Joined: Mar 11, 2015
03.06.2015: ACS Skills Assessment
03.09.2015: ACS Stage 4 - with assessor
03.12.2015: ACS Skills Assessment Result
-261313 suitable
-2 years deduction from work experience
-BSCOE from BatSU = AQF Bachelor Degree with a major in
computing
03.28.2015: IELTS Listening, Reading, and Writing Test
03.29.2015: IELTS Speaking Test
03.30.2015: PTE Academic Test
03.31.2015: PTE Academic Result( L-65,R-73,S-65,W-68). (Equivalent to 7,7. 5,7,7 in IELTS)
04.01.2015: Submitted EOI ( 65 points)
04.10.2015: Invitation received.
-IELTS online result was out. (L-6.R-6.5,W-7,S-7.)
04.28.2015: Lodged Application
04.30.2015: Uploaded NBI Clearance
05.15.2015: Uploaded SG COC
05.16.2015: My Medical at SATA Bedok
05.20.2015: My Medical Finalized (health clearance provided – no action required)
06.09.2015: Wife's NBI Clearance received.
06.10.2015: my wife and baby's medical @ St. Luke's BGC
06.15.2015: Baby's medical finalized.
06.16.2015: CO allocated (Requested additional docs/correction). Wife's medical finalized.
06.19.2015: Uploaded corrected copy of 'English as medium of instruction Certificate'
06.20.2015: Uploaded baby's passport, wife's NBI clearance.
06.22.2015 Uploaded form 1022
06.23.2015 Uploaded Credit Card Proforma, Form 1436
06.24.2015 Received payment acknowledgement for baby
07.02.2015 Grant! Thank you Lord
Posts: 1,002Member
Joined: Jun 05, 2014
Developer Programmer (261312)
08.25.2014: Completed gathering of documents
08.29.2014: ACS Skills Assessment
09.09.2014: ACS Result - OK - Thank you Lord!
10.18.2014: IELTS IDP Makati
10.31.2014: IELTS- R:8.5 L:7.5 S:7 W:7 - OBS:7.5) - Thank you Lord!
02.03.2015: Submitted EOI
02.26.2015: Received ITA 189
04.24.2015: Lodged Visa - Day 1
04.25.2015: Uploaded docs - Day 2
05.08.2015: Wife NBI Clearance - Day 15 || 05.25.2015: Uploaded NBI Clearance - Day 32
05.28.2015: Medicals @ SLEC BGC Day 35
05.30.2015: Medicals Finalised - Day 37
06.11.2015: CO Allocated - Day 48
07.02.2015 - Visa Granted! Thank you LORD! Glory to God!
10.15.2015 - Arrived in SYD - Jer 29:11
Posts: 36Member
Joined: Oct 24, 2013
Posts: 1,002Member
Joined: Jun 05, 2014
Developer Programmer (261312)
08.25.2014: Completed gathering of documents
08.29.2014: ACS Skills Assessment
09.09.2014: ACS Result - OK - Thank you Lord!
10.18.2014: IELTS IDP Makati
10.31.2014: IELTS- R:8.5 L:7.5 S:7 W:7 - OBS:7.5) - Thank you Lord!
02.03.2015: Submitted EOI
02.26.2015: Received ITA 189
04.24.2015: Lodged Visa - Day 1
04.25.2015: Uploaded docs - Day 2
05.08.2015: Wife NBI Clearance - Day 15 || 05.25.2015: Uploaded NBI Clearance - Day 32
05.28.2015: Medicals @ SLEC BGC Day 35
05.30.2015: Medicals Finalised - Day 37
06.11.2015: CO Allocated - Day 48
07.02.2015 - Visa Granted! Thank you LORD! Glory to God!
10.15.2015 - Arrived in SYD - Jer 29:11
Posts: 88Member
Joined: Mar 11, 2015
03.06.2015: ACS Skills Assessment
03.09.2015: ACS Stage 4 - with assessor
03.12.2015: ACS Skills Assessment Result
-261313 suitable
-2 years deduction from work experience
-BSCOE from BatSU = AQF Bachelor Degree with a major in
computing
03.28.2015: IELTS Listening, Reading, and Writing Test
03.29.2015: IELTS Speaking Test
03.30.2015: PTE Academic Test
03.31.2015: PTE Academic Result( L-65,R-73,S-65,W-68). (Equivalent to 7,7. 5,7,7 in IELTS)
04.01.2015: Submitted EOI ( 65 points)
04.10.2015: Invitation received.
-IELTS online result was out. (L-6.R-6.5,W-7,S-7.)
04.28.2015: Lodged Application
04.30.2015: Uploaded NBI Clearance
05.15.2015: Uploaded SG COC
05.16.2015: My Medical at SATA Bedok
05.20.2015: My Medical Finalized (health clearance provided – no action required)
06.09.2015: Wife's NBI Clearance received.
06.10.2015: my wife and baby's medical @ St. Luke's BGC
06.15.2015: Baby's medical finalized.
06.16.2015: CO allocated (Requested additional docs/correction). Wife's medical finalized.
06.19.2015: Uploaded corrected copy of 'English as medium of instruction Certificate'
06.20.2015: Uploaded baby's passport, wife's NBI clearance.
06.22.2015 Uploaded form 1022
06.23.2015 Uploaded Credit Card Proforma, Form 1436
06.24.2015 Received payment acknowledgement for baby
07.02.2015 Grant! Thank you Lord
Posts: 212Member
Joined: Feb 24, 2015
ANZSCO code: 263311 (Telecommunication Engineer)
02.14.2013 - IELTS
Feb 2013 - Dec 2014 - Prioritizing others, realizing I need to pursue it again.
Jan 25, 2015 - Completed all documents
Jan 26, 2015 - Submitted to EA for Assessment (13 weeks to wait)
Apr 27, 2015 - Received EA Assessment (Praise GOD)
Apr 28, 2015 - Submission of EOI (60 points)
May 22, 2015 - Received Invitation (thanks GOD, another milestone)
May 26, 2015 - Lodged Visa
July 8, 2015 - Medicals at SLMC BGC (praying that it will be alright)
..... since my secondary sponsor has an on-going medication (PTB), we need to wait to complete all the series of Sputum and X-Ray.
Oct 27, 2015 - My secondary sponsor all cleared from PTB (all results are negative).
Nov 12, 2015 - CO requested form 815 (Health Undertaking)
Waiting for the visa grant.
Dec 23, 2015 - And our journey begins here, VISA granted. GOD gave us a very special gift!
Feb 28, 2016 - Flight to Sydney alone
Mar 1 - May 1, 2016 - Apply for Engineering job and attended Skillmax to gain more knowledge in finding job, creating CV and CL and correct way of answering interviews. The most difficult and frustrating months. Many rejections..
Apr 10, 2016 - My wife and my son arrived!
May 2 - 6, 2016 - Phone interview, face to face interview and job offer! Got Engineering job. Worth the wait.
May 9, 2016 - Start my first day of Work in Australia as an RF Engineer.
Philippians 4:13 - "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me"
Posts: 42Member
Joined: Nov 17, 2014
12/6/14 - IELTS exam
12/19/14 - IELTS results + EA CDR submission
02/05/15 - NBI clearance
03/05/15 - Medicals at St. Lukes Ermita
03/06/15 - EA positive assessment results
04/10/15 - Lodged visa 189 (233511 - Industrial Engineer)
06/15/15 - Direct Grant! Thank you Papa Jesus!!
06/28/15 - Off to Sydney!
Carpe Diem!
Posts: 230Member
Joined: Feb 25, 2015