General Skilled Immigration Visa - Step By Step Process

mimaahk · October 2011

Salamat po sa mga inputs nyo, mukhang online lodging nalang din gagawin ko

batman · October 2011

sino accountant?

jimbob · October 2011

Hello, dapat ba old and new passport copies ang i-submit mo? meron kc akong 2 old + 1 new.

salamat ...

gemini23 · October 2011

Hi! I'm confused about whether to apply or not. I'm still single and I don't know have any relative or friend in Australia...is it advisable to migrate there alone? Any idea, what kind of life would it be for a single person migrating there?

katlin924 · October 2011

Hi @gemini23, what's your reason of picking Australia instead of other countries? From there, check if you really want to migrate. Hindi rin kasi biro ang pag-migrate. You'll start from scratch! Even though some of us might have relatives there, you still have to stand on your own and make your name.

So isipin mo mabuti kung bket mo gsto mag-migrate.

Kung ano man ang sagot mo, it will be your motivation to apply for an AU Visa.

LokiJr · October 2011

@gemini23, anong bansa po ba pinagpipilian ninyo? Ako personally single at bata rin ako at mas gusto ko sa Australia kasi maganda ang social benefits, may work life balance at puwede mabuhay ang pamilya sa bansang ito...

Pag-aralan ninyo po muna paano mag apply ng General Skilled Visa...yun na ang pinaka madali makuha bukod sa Student Visa kasi di niyo kailangan ng sponsorship

batman · October 2011

pano ako madami ako anak na bats pede ba ang bat family sa AU?

gemini23 · October 2011

Thanks for the replies. Yes, that's what I'm thinking right now, why Australia, what will I do there? What kind of life will I be having there? Sigh...I need to come up with ans answer asap so I can start making the move... will pray for this.

TotoyOZresident · October 2011

ako singol pa walang sabit... lol

jimbob · October 2011

@jaero thank you po.

batman · October 2011

ako singol pa walang sabit... lol

di nga toy hehehe

ausie_dream2010 · October 2011

@gemini23, if you are afraid to go to AU just because you are single, I'm willing to sacrifice myself just to help you... :-) I'm not kidding...

batman · October 2011

hehehe decent proposal, grab it gemini23

gemini23 · October 2011

@gemini23, if you are afraid to go to AU just because you are single, I'm willing to sacrifice myself just to help you... :-) I'm not kidding...

Hi! Whether you are kidding or not, thanks for the attention. I'm not afraid of going to Australia just because I'm single....I'm just looking for good reasons to migrate there. I'm currently working outside the Philippines, I can say I'm making a good living here, I'm just thinking if it's worth to take the risk of moving from one country where I'm already comfortable to another country which is totally new for me. It's like starting from the scratch again if ever.

TotoyOZresident · October 2011

@gemini23, if you are afraid to go to AU just because you are single, I'm willing to sacrifice myself just to help you... :-) I'm not kidding...
Hi! Whether you are kidding or not, thanks for the attention. I'm not afraid of going to Australia just because I'm single....I'm just looking for good reasons to migrate there. I'm currently working outside the Philippines, I can say I'm making a good living here, I'm just thinking if it's worth to take the risk of moving from one country where I'm already comfortable to another country which is totally new for me. It's like starting from the scratch again if ever.

permanent resident ka ba dyan sa lugar mo o citizen kana? kung okay ka nman dyan wag kana pumunta ng oz... back to zero ka pagpumunta ka dito

LokiJr · October 2011

@gemini23, May we ask where you are working right now? Of course people here will encourage you to move to Australia so to ease your concerns, it's always a good idea to migrate from a Third World Country (i.e. Philippines) to an Advanced Economy (i.e. Australia) if you are willing to live in unfamiliar lands. Advanced countries enjoy better pay, government benefits and over-all community life.

So if you are already in one of these first world countries, then I would like to think, you are fine where you are right now. Baka hindi niyo pa po nakikita ang konkretong dahilan para kayo pumunta Australia so take your time

kidrock · October 2011

additional to that australia always rank within top 5 of most livable country in the world in terms of benefits, emplyment rate.. etc.. daig pa america.

gemini23 · October 2011

Thank you to all your feed backs...I'm currently working in Indonesia. As a teacher here, the salary is not that high but the cost of living here is quite low so it works fine for me. Btw, where can I take free immigration skill assessment?

batman · October 2011

there is no free skills assessment as, afaik.

LokiJr · October 2011

Yung skills assessment (ACS, VETASSESS etc) actually yung pinakamahal sa requirements bago kayo makakapagpasa ng visa lodging. VETASSESS nasa 30k pesos ata.

Puwede niyong gawin punta po kayo sa Visa Wizard ng DIAC site, maccheck po ninyo kung aabot ang current profile ninyo sa required points para makapagpasa ng General Skilled visa..Yun ang libre...Yung mga sinasabing 'free assessment' na inaadvertise ng ibang agents, parang ganyan din ang ibibigay nila (plus brief advice of course)

gemini23 · October 2011

Thanks for the advice.

kashichi · October 2011

already submitted by ACS application yesterday.. Good luck to me and everyone applying for AUS.. God bless us all

aolee · October 2011

@kashichi good luck! %%-

ylai · October 2011

@kashichi: God bless! Praying we all get positive results

gemini23 · October 2011

Is it true upon lodging your visa application, you have to pay the first installment which costs almost $A 3000 ? How about if you don't have any dependent, is there still a need to pay for the second installment? Please someone enlighten me about this. Thanks in advance.

katlin924 · October 2011

Goodluck @kashichi,,, si pareng Scott din naman assessor mo dba? Hahaha! Ok na yon..

Hi @gemini23.. yung first installment is $2960 to be exact. You don't need to pay the 2nd installment kung wala ka namang dependent. Kung solo ka lang, first installment lang ang babayaran mo.

gemini23 · October 2011

Thanks Katlin for clarifying this to me....how about paying this amount upfront upon lodging your visa application?

TotoyOZresident · October 2011

Thanks Katlin for clarifying this to me....how about paying this amount upfront upon lodging your visa application?

yes you need to pay once you lodge

batman · October 2011

totoy magkano nagastos mo sa pag process ng migration mo noon?

tootzkie · October 2011

General Skilled Migration expenditure: (in PhP)
Without Migration Agent

1. IELTS = more or less 8,500
2. skills assessment = more or less 17,000
3 lodging visa (175/176/475) = more or less 130,00
4. Other expenses like notarial services, courier = 3,000

TOTAL : 158,500 (estimate)

Tip:

- Take IELTS first. This is the hardest requirement to pass. Its validity is 2 years unlike skills assessment that expires within a year (example ACS).

- Skills assessment is easy. If you have sufficient work experience and confidence then you'll surely get positive assessment. Take IELTS first, and once you obtained band 7.0 across all test components then "skilled migration" is far way easy, trust me.