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kymme · November 2017

@mistykring ano po hiningi sayo mam?

siantiangco · November 2017

@mespedido yup. Lodged sep 25. CO contact nov 10.

Ang weird ng process nila. After you lodge, you have to wait 40-50 days for a response. If they ask more documents from you, then you have to wait another 90-120 days? Shouldn’t it be mas mabilis na since they’ve already opened up your file. Weird lang hehe

mespedido · November 2017

@siantiangco kaya nga eh. Nakakafrustrate hehe. Sana bumilis! Kaya lang di ba nagdedecember vacation sila?

siantiangco · November 2017

@mespedido i knoww. I’m still hoping for a Christmas miracle. Hehe.

i hope one wk lang vacation nila.

sherwinm · November 2017

Talaga bang mas ok na wag nalang magfollow up email sa CO? Hintayin nalang. Nakakatakot kasi baka madrag ng sobrang haba ung processing nung mga naCO contact. Iniisip ko nmn na baka nmn mas mainis sila if mag email ako

mistykring · November 2017

@siantiangco oo nga e 4 months na siya nagtry na din ako mg email dun sa gsm email nila pero wala naman reply haha hindi din ako nag agent

@kymme @mespedido evidence that my relationship with former partner has ended yung hiningi sakin sinama ko kasi ung baby nmin as dependent ko

siantiangco · November 2017

@mistykring sakin naman nahingi ng information ni gf although hnd ko naman sya sinama na dependent ko. Sabi ko nga eh pano kung di pa rin kami magkatuluyan? Haha. Nagreply na lang kami sa CO na hindi ko naman sya kasama mag migrate kung sakali eh so there’s no need for her information.

mespedido · November 2017

@sherwinm kelan ka naglodge and CO contact?

mespedido · November 2017

Question, pano iattach yung docs na hinihingi ng CO? Upload din sa immiaccount? Parang nung naglodge? Thanks guys! @sherwinm @siantiangco

Hunter_08 · November 2017

@mespedido yup attach mo lang sa immiaccount mo then click mo yung button to inform the dipb na naprovide mo na yung docs na need nila.

mespedido · November 2017

Okay thanks @Hunter_08 All the best ☺️

sherwinm · November 2017

@mespedido, naglodge ako sep 17, CO contact oct 23.

siantiangco · November 2017

@mespedido attach mo lang sa immiacount then click the “information provided” button

mespedido · November 2017

Yung email sakin ng CO, nakaspecify talaga na payslip yung hinihingi nya. Pero sinamahan ko na din ng ITR, pero isa lng nakuha ko. Is that sufficient? Or may kailangan pa ko isama?

dy3p · November 2017

@mespedido Sept 10 ako naglodge, CO contact ng Oct 17. Hiningi saken evidence of employment income and pinaulit medical. PAg naalalala ko talaga, naiinis ako e.haha anyway, yep, till now wala pa. Ang sinubmit ko lang, screenshot ng SSS at that time and payslips quarterly. Wala na akong maretrieve na ITR.

dharweentm · November 2017

Mahigpit na talaga ngayon mga co in term of employment. Kaya ang daming hinihingi. May mga nahuli kasi silang namemeke ng trabaho. Kaya isa yan sa way para ma prove na totoo ung work mo.

siantiangco · November 2017

Sana hindi ako ma 2nd co contact since ibang info kasi hiningi saken ni CO. Yun sa proof of employment ko eh COE lang na naka certify true copy sinubmit namin ni agent. Hehe

siantiangco · January 2018

Update sa mga ka-september batch ;;)

dy3p · January 2018

@siantiangco waley pa!

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Hunter_08 · January 2018

@siantiangco @dy3p tahimik ang mga CO ngayon.. matulal ang grants...

sherwinm · January 2018

Alam ko d pa tapos august batch. Sana simulan na din ang satin

siantiangco · January 2018

@sherwinm Sana maasikaso na din ang mga nov co contact. Hehe

mespedido · January 2018

Pray pray lang tayo guys! Sana soon

siantiangco · January 2018

I saw a post from an agent na by January 15 daw ay dadami ult ang mga grant like nun September 2017. Sana totoo kaya kapit lang tayo guys

mespedido · January 2018

Yay!! Sana totoo @siantiangco sana talaga! Hehe

siantiangco · January 2018

Crossing fingers here

dy3p · January 2018

haha sana nga bro! ~O)

engineerSC189 · January 2018

Hi guys!

I would like to please seek for any advice regarding my case.

Just a background, I have lodged my Expression of Interest (EOI) in Skill Select last 05 May 2017.
This is for my Skilled - Independent (subclass 189) (Permanent Resident) application to Australia.
I was able to meet the points test pass mark at 65 total points (60 points is the baseline score).

Age: 30 points
English Language Ability: 10 points
Education: 15 Points
Work Experience: 10 points
Total: 65 points

Unfortunately, I don’t think this is enough for me to be invited to apply for a visa given the highly competitive domain for my field (Professional Engineers).
Actually, Australia’s Department of Immigration and Border Protection already tagged my occupation for pro-rata arrangements due to increasing levels of demand.

Please see my scores both in IELTS and PTE that only qualified me for Proficient English (10 points).

Test: IELTS General Training (Thru British Council)
Date: November 3, 2016
Listening: 8.0
Reading: 8.5
Writing: 7.0
Speaking: 9.0

Test: PTE Academic
Date: September 11, 2017
Listening: 75
Reading: 87
Writing: 83
Speaking: 90

Given the tough competition, I believe the only way for me to secure the invite to apply for visa is to increase my over-all points.
As all other parameters in the eligibility points are more or less fixed in my case for the time period (e.g. age, education, work experience, etc.), I can only enhance my score by improving my level of English proficiency from Proficient to Superior and gain 20 maximum points.

When I realized that the scores being invited to apply for a visa are already ranging from 70 to 75 points, I took the PTE Academic exam to boost my over-all score as I just read in an online forum that it is supposedly easier to get higher scores in PTE against IELTS.

As you can see from my detailed scores above, I almost reached the superior mark except for a single module in both tests (for IELTS at 7.0 for Writing and for PTE at 75 for Listening).
Given the demands of my work, I had almost none to barely minimum preparation and review for both tests.
I remember that I wasn’t able to finish my writing test for IELTS due to miscalculations in time management.
As for PTE, I’m actually more comfortable with traditional pen and paper-based exam vs computer-based exam.
I was actually bit distracted with the arrangement and set-up of PTE exam.

With all the aforementioned details,
1) Would you recommend that I consider taking IELTS or PTE for my next attempt to get superior score?
2) Will there be a significant difference if I take my IELTS exam under IDP vs British Council? What do you recommend?

I will appreciate it if you can give me any other advice so as to secure my invitation to apply for permanent resident visa to Australia.

Thank you guys!!!

engineerSC189 · January 2018

Hi guys!

I would like to please seek for any advice regarding my case.

Just a background, I have lodged my Expression of Interest (EOI) in Skill Select last 05 May 2017.
This is for my Skilled - Independent (subclass 189) (Permanent Resident) application to Australia.
I was able to meet the points test pass mark at 65 total points (60 points is the baseline score).

Age: 30 points
English Language Ability: 10 points
Education: 15 Points
Work Experience: 10 points
Total: 65 points

Unfortunately, I don’t think this is enough for me to be invited to apply for a visa given the highly competitive domain for my field (Professional Engineers).
Actually, Australia’s Department of Immigration and Border Protection already tagged my occupation for pro-rata arrangements due to increasing levels of demand.

Please see my scores both in IELTS and PTE that only qualified me for Proficient English (10 points).

Test: IELTS General Training (Thru British Council)
Date: November 3, 2016
Listening: 8.0
Reading: 8.5
Writing: 7.0
Speaking: 9.0

Test: PTE Academic
Date: September 11, 2017
Listening: 75
Reading: 87
Writing: 83
Speaking: 90

Given the tough competition, I believe the only way for me to secure the invite to apply for visa is to increase my over-all points.
As all other parameters in the eligibility points are more or less fixed in my case for the time period (e.g. age, education, work experience, etc.), I can only enhance my score by improving my level of English proficiency from Proficient to Superior and gain 20 maximum points.

When I realized that the scores being invited to apply for a visa are already ranging from 70 to 75 points, I took the PTE Academic exam to boost my over-all score as I just read in an online forum that it is supposedly easier to get higher scores in PTE against IELTS.

As you can see from my detailed scores above, I almost reached the superior mark except for a single module in both tests (for IELTS at 7.0 for Writing and for PTE at 75 for Listening).
Given the demands of my work, I had almost none to barely minimum preparation and review for both tests.
I remember that I wasn’t able to finish my writing test for IELTS due to miscalculations in time management.
As for PTE, I’m actually more comfortable with traditional pen and paper-based exam vs computer-based exam.
I was actually bit distracted with the arrangement and set-up of PTE exam.

With all the aforementioned details,
1) Would you recommend that I consider taking IELTS or PTE for my next attempt to get superior score?
2) Will there be a significant difference if I take my IELTS exam under IDP vs British Council? What do you recommend?

I will appreciate it if you can give me any other advice so as to secure my invitation to apply for permanent resident visa to Australia.

Thank you guys!!!

engineerSC189 · January 2018

Hi guys!

I would like to please seek for any advice regarding my case.

Just a background, I have lodged my Expression of Interest (EOI) in Skill Select last 05 May 2017.
This is for my Skilled - Independent (subclass 189) (Permanent Resident) application to Australia.
I was able to meet the points test pass mark at 65 total points (60 points is the baseline score).

Age: 30 points
English Language Ability: 10 points
Education: 15 Points
Work Experience: 10 points
Total: 65 points

Unfortunately, I don’t think this is enough for me to be invited to apply for a visa given the highly competitive domain for my field (Professional Engineers).
Actually, Australia’s Department of Immigration and Border Protection already tagged my occupation for pro-rata arrangements due to increasing levels of demand.

Please see my scores both in IELTS and PTE that only qualified me for Proficient English (10 points).

Test: IELTS General Training (Thru British Council)
Date: November 3, 2016
Listening: 8.0
Reading: 8.5
Writing: 7.0
Speaking: 9.0

Test: PTE Academic
Date: September 11, 2017
Listening: 75
Reading: 87
Writing: 83
Speaking: 90

Given the tough competition, I believe the only way for me to secure the invite to apply for visa is to increase my over-all points.
As all other parameters in the eligibility points are more or less fixed in my case for the time period (e.g. age, education, work experience, etc.), I can only enhance my score by improving my level of English proficiency from Proficient to Superior and gain 20 maximum points.

When I realized that the scores being invited to apply for a visa are already ranging from 70 to 75 points, I took the PTE Academic exam to boost my over-all score as I just read in an online forum that it is supposedly easier to get higher scores in PTE against IELTS.

As you can see from my detailed scores above, I almost reached the superior mark except for a single module in both tests (for IELTS at 7.0 for Writing and for PTE at 75 for Listening).
Given the demands of my work, I had almost none to barely minimum preparation and review for both tests.
I remember that I wasn’t able to finish my writing test for IELTS due to miscalculations in time management.
As for PTE, I’m actually more comfortable with traditional pen and paper-based exam vs computer-based exam.
I was actually bit distracted with the arrangement and set-up of PTE exam.

With all the aforementioned details,
1) Would you recommend that I consider taking IELTS or PTE for my next attempt to get superior score?
2) Will there be a significant difference if I take my IELTS exam under IDP vs British Council? What do you recommend?

I will appreciate it if you can give me any other advice so as to secure my invitation to apply for permanent resident visa to Australia.

Thank you guys!!!