General Skilled Immigration Visa - Step By Step Process

gillianLeoh2017 · January 2018

Tanong lang po regarding sa Date of Effect ng EOI. Nagsubmit po kasi ako ng EOI ay Dec 6. Then nagbirthday po ako nitong Jan 7. Nagrecalculate po yung system pero wala nabago sa pts ko. Pero yung DOE po ay naging Jan 7. Pano po kaya yun sa ITA? Dec batch ako o Jan batch? Thank you!

Grifter · January 2018

Hello. Regarding sa documents as evidence.. pano po kung ang meron lang ako ay soft copy at wala akong hard copy ng document, kailangan pa ba i cert true copy un? O enough na un soft copy ko as evidence? Yung soft copy ko scanned naman sya talaga ng original, yun lang wala sakin un orig na papel. Ty

beetle00 · January 2018

Hello. Ganito po kasi ang case ko, my 25th birthday will be on may. Kung isusubmit ko po ang EOI ko ngayong january, ok lang po bang ideclare ko na 25 na ako? Since aabutan naman ang birthday ko habang di pa ako naiinvite. TIA

MLBS · January 2018

@beetle00 don't. False info yan pag ganun. If you submit your eoi now mag uupdate naman points automatically by april. I envy you haha nagiisip na rin ako ng paraan para mag 25 agad cause I just turned 23 this month.

RheaMARN1171933 · January 2018

@beetle00 no, that's not ok at all. It's not even possible because when you enter your date of birth the system will calculate your age automatically.

beetle00 · January 2018

@MLBS @RheaMARN1171933 Thank you sa pagreply!

Guys, so eto ang dilemma ko. We're aiming for partner skills at eto ang magiging scenario, hoping for your inputs.

1. Primary applicant ako 233513 pro-rata occupation - 65 points before May and 70 points after May
2. Secondary applicant ako, 233211 non-pro rata occupation - 65 points

Anong path po ang may chance kaming mainvite?

seestra · January 2018

@bluerocky I suggest kung ano yung assessment ng ACS as to the no. of years experience mo in that occupation, yun din ang i-declare mo sa application mo para safe. Good luck!

seestra · January 2018

@Grifter Nung nag-apply ako, most of the docs na sinubmit ko where just colored scanned copies, some not even notarised/certified. Tinanggap naman.

Grifter · January 2018

@seestra thanks po

Grifter · January 2018

Hi. Tanong naman po re statutoty declaration.. pede po ba sa pinas magpagawa kahit na ang work experience ay hndi naman based sa pinas?

bluerocky · January 2018

@seestra thanks!

Pebbles · January 2018

guys ask klng...my nka try nb dependent single parent under 189/190? bali 2 nlng kme ng papa ko... onlychild ak... plan ko sna dependent xa...TIA

RheaMARN1171933 · January 2018

@Pebbles you could. As long as you could provide evidence that he's financially dependent on you. If not, it might not be a strong case

xylocke · January 2018

Question po:

Pede nman mag apply dba main applicant ay IT work dependent nya wife nya na nurse.

Bali si husband lng ang applicant tapos EOI lagay nya meron sya dependent.

If ever PR sila and need ni wife mag work, need pa din sya mag bridging course?

Thank you

Pebbles · January 2018

@RheaMARN1171933 if I include him.. and the CO rejected his application, rejected din ba ung aken since ako main applicant?

Cassey · January 2018

@xylocke Oo pwede mong gawing dependent yung wife and kids kung meron. Mas maigi nga na isabay mo siya sa application mo, Bago siya makapagwork as a Nurse dito kailangan niyang magbridging para makapagregister siya as a Nurse rito sa Au. Otherwise, hindi siya makakapagwork as a Nurse.

rafael_015 · January 2018

ask ko lang po, pwede po ba ako maglodge ng EOI kahit po 65points lang ako? thanks po!

xylocke · January 2018

@Cassey during lodgement of visa na po ba eto or eoi pa lng dapat declared na?

At need pa po ba ni wife ng english yun exam?
Thanks po

Grifter · January 2018

@rafael_015 pwede po. Min ay 60 pts namn

RheaMARN1171933 · January 2018

@xylocke you can all apply together. Are you referring to the wife being a nurse?

ijey · January 2018

patulong po sa first step ng ANMAC. Certificate of good standing po ba ung hinihingi nila? may email po ba ang PRC natin para dun sa first step instead na regular mail?

engineerSC189 · January 2018

@engineerSC189

engineerSC189 said:
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!!!

Hi guys! I would just like to share an update as I’m in total bliss right now.
Let this post be a reminder to everyone not to stop fighting for your dreams and goals in life.
You just need to stay focused, passionate and work VERY hard and have the leap of faith that in the end everything will fall into right place at the right timing.

I just updated my EOI for Skilled – Independent Subclass 189 to 75 points.

Nominated Occupation: Industrial Engineer - 233511
Age: 30 points
English Language Ability: 20 points
Education: 15 Points
Work Experience: 10 points
Total: 75 points
New Date of Effect: 22 January 2018

I received my PTE score report this morning. I took the exam last week with the following breakdown and history:

1st attempt: IELTS General Training (Thru British Council)
Date: November 3, 2016
Listening: 8.0
Reading: 8.5
Writing: 7.0
Speaking: 9.0

2nd attempt: PTE Academic
Date: September 11, 2017
Listening: 75
Reading: 87
Writing: 83
Speaking: 90

Final attempt: PTE Academic
Date: January 18, 2018
Listening: 83
Reading: 90
Writing: 84
Speaking: 90

If you guys are interested, I’m very much willing to share my experience and how I was able to properly prepare the last round.
Let’s all continue to be optimistic and aim only for the best. Fight!!!

xylocke · January 2018

@RheaMARN1171933 yes po. bali husband lng main applicant.

xylocke · January 2018

@engineerSC189 congrats sir! pahingi po ng tips para ma kuha ang 20 pts ng PTE.

RheaMARN1171933 · January 2018

@xylocke you won't have to apply for skills assessment since you're husband is the main applicant. You can apply for PR as his dependent which won't be an issue. However, you would still need to qualify under AHPRA so you can work in Australia. Therefore, you would still need to look into requirements when you get there...most likely a bridging course first.

xylocke · January 2018

@RheaMARN1171933 thanks po. para po eto sa friends kong IT at nurse hehe. sabihan ko p sila.

bluerocky · January 2018

@engineerSC189 can you share your PTE preparation with me, I'm planning to take PTE exam also. Thanks!

batman · January 2018

bluerocky said:
@engineerSC189 can you share your PTE preparation with me, I'm planning to take PTE exam also. Thanks!

@bluerocky we have a separate thread for PTE. let us discuss it there. Thanks.

tonypoponi · January 2018

Hi, just checking di ba kasama sa list talaga ang Procurement role? Nagtry kasi ako magpa access dati sa isang agency and they said qualified ako sinc e5yrs na din. But when i checked here wala kasi ang procurement sa list ng jobs.

Thanks