General Skilled Immigration Visa - Step By Step Process

kellymacato · November 2011

hello, tanong ko lang po sino dito ang nag antay ng results sa VETASSESS? ilang months po bago lumabas result? Thanks in advance

LokiJr · November 2011

On average 4 to 6 weeks po yan

kellymacato · November 2011

@LokiJr, maraming salamat po sa info..kase sabe ng iba 12 weeks.

mikaela01 · November 2011

Ung application ko sa VETASSESS inabot ng 14 weeks.

kellymacato · November 2011

@mikaela01 , hello wow 14 weeks? ang tagal...hehehehe
kse ung husband ko ang nag pa assess eh last week lang finorward ng agent nmen sa vetassess. sana mas mabilis ang results. hayz.
anong visa pala applyan mo? and anong work mo? sorry daming tanong ha.. hehe

mikaela01 · November 2011

Nakalagay sa website nila average turn around time is 12 weeks Kaya after ng 12th week ng application ko inemail ko sila kung gaano pa katagal then sabi nila processing of application can take up to 16 weeks. 175/175 inaaplayan ko, project builder nominated occupation ko.

kellymacato · November 2011

@mikaela01 ,ah ok ang tagal pala talaga. ung hubby ko nman architectural draftsperson. i apply nman daw ng agent nmen 176. maraming salamat ha.

mikaela01 · November 2011

No problem! Goodluck!

skyline · November 2011

Ilang months yung processing ng SS for SA?Thanks=p

jang_ice30 · November 2011

hello guys.. i'm currently applying for visa 175, and i would like to ask lang if kelangan ko na ba magpa medical or i will be advised kung pwede na me mag pa medical? thanx

tootzkie · November 2011

@jaero

bro anong username mo sa kabilang forum? Halos sabay kasi ang skills assessment result natin sa old ASCO 2231-79 Computing Professional. Network Internet/Firewall Security ang specialization ko dati. Ano yung sayo? Nakasabay ba kita sa Victoria SS? Halos lahat kasi kami laglag sa Victoria hehehe.

alexamae · November 2011

Guys, help me. I'm confused.

Hi guys, I'm actually confused and scared to lodge for an assessment.

I'm worried kasi my husband while naa sa pinas, may time na pa palit2x ng work. Though we were able to get a COE na with detailed job description, worried lang ako kasi baka d pa ready or d pa dapat diba.. mahal kasi ang bayad..

Please let me hear what can you say about his experience.. We've been planing for this migration for the past year, gather lang kami ng data saka requirements hopefully first week of December maka submit na kami to ACS assessment.

BSIT course nya sa UC-Main Cebu Category 2

Experience nya:
1 yr 4 mos 1 day Printer Company, Tester Pinas
5 mos 12 days Call Center Tech Support Pinas
5 mos 8 days Call Center Tech Support Pinas
1 yr 4mos 24 days Systems Admin sa Singapore
1 yr 5 mos 5 days Systems Admin sa Singapore up to present

Total, sali na ang years, months, days.. equals to 5 years and 20 days! as of this writing yan at until magpa assess kami sa ACS next month..

Plan namin maglodge sa Visa application is next year mga march cguro, sakto prang 5 years and 4 mos na sya sa Work experience..

Questions:
Need ba namin mag agency? complicated ba yang Experience at school nya?
If mag proceed kami sa online application, meron ba kayong alam na ganito dn same ang situation sa husband ko?

Can you tell from your points of view if papasa kaya kami? Should we push through with our application?

Ayaw kasi namin maabutan ng june or july 2012 kasi magchange na naman sila sa migration process.

Plan namin mag 176 visa lang kasi wala man sa SOL ang work nya Sys Admin, pero sa state migration meron ibang states.

Pls share your ideas, thanks.

__________________________________________________ ___________________

So far eto po ang score sa points test nya:

Age - 30 points

IELTS - 10 points
( not sure if maka 7 each band siya, mag practice lang talaga, lalo na ang 8 points 20 sana un hehe)

Skilled employment outside of Australia, 5 years - 10 points
(Dito kami nagworry grabe, kasi baka d macompute ng maayos ang days saka months tapos d sya umabot sa 5 years, kasi pag 3 years lang, 5 points lang yun)

Educational Qualification - 10 points
(ang UC-Main kasi category 2 sya parang d maka claim ng 15 points, Though bachelor siya)

Spouse Skills - 0
(5 points sana sya, ayaw ko magpa asses saka mag ielts kasi doble na ang gasto)

Sponsored State - 5 points (eto yung para maka abot ng 65 points, 176 ung visa na applyan nain)

Total - 65, sakto lang talaga..

tootzkie · November 2011

@jaero Naabutan ako ng 2010 changes. Marami akong sinayang na oras, nagpatumpik-tumpik ako sa application. People were rushing and cracking the whip to get on the deadline but me was very relaxed. Shame on me. I was so desperate when Computing Professional was scrapped and the new ICT occupations were introduced.

Ayoko na sana, wala na akong planong ituloy. Fed-up ako sa ACS at DIAC that time. My mind tells me to give up but my ego wont let me. However na-inspire ako sa ibang visa grantees. After reading their testimonials, success stories and the miseries and trials they have went through, I then applied for re-assessment. The skills assessment application wasn't successful at first, but after a month I submitted new application with new set of documents. After obtaining positive skills assessment I applied for state sponsorships and they were all rejected. Imagine, i had 3 state sponsorship rejections hahahah. I applied for visa 175 out of despair. Mabuti na lang ang bilis ng processing sakin. Naawa siguro ang DIAC hehehe.

alexamae · November 2011

@tootzkie wow sir. ang galing naman ng experience mo

Congrats, it's worth it.

tootzkie · November 2011

@alexamae

Age: 30

IELTS: 10 (band 7)

Overseas Experience: 5 or maybe 10

Note that call center tech support job is not a professional ICT occupation. However you can tailor your job duties and responsibilities to match any ICT occupations on SOL. Remember that ACS is not particular on the job title. What they look into consideration is the job duties. If ACS gave you credits on this job, then yes, you can demand for 10 pts for overseas experience.

Educational Qualification – 10

Sponsored State – 5 (visa 176) or 10 (475)

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Here are your options:

Total = 65 pts (if overseas experience is 10 pts) Go for visa 176.
Total = 65 pts (if overseas experience is 5 pts) Go for 475.

ylai · November 2011

@alexamae: the way ACS does their assessment is based on the nominated occupations. since your husband has 3 occupations within the 5 years of work experience, you will need to choose among the 3 and you cannot include the work experience that is not related to the nominated occupation. for example, you can opt to nominate for tester but you can only submit the 1 yr 4 months experience and it's up to ACS how they will assess it. though i believe you will need at least 3 years of experience on a nominated field,not sure though but you can read up their guidelines. it helps a lot.

unanimous21 · November 2011

@tootzkie, sa experience mo, nagverify ba sa workemployment mo ung DIAC? i mean tinawagan ba nila for verification ung current and previous employers mo? i am worried kc baka tumawag cla sa landline ng opis eh i decided not to tell my bosses regarding my plan of migrating. thanks

tootzkie · November 2011

walang nag-verify sa employer ko or previous employers. One day after CO allocation, nakita ko MET na ang overseas work experience ko hehehe.

Nag-verify sila sa school ko sa UP Diliman accdg sa student assistant ng Registrar. I was taking MS Computer Science kasi then nag AWOL ako. I indicated na AWOL ako sa masters degree kaya siguro na misinterpret ng case officer ko kaya nag-verify sila sa UP hehehe. Akala yata may kaso ako or grievances sa school kaya na-AWOL hahahaha. Samantalang AWOL means i failed to submit Leave of ABsence lang or LOA.

Dapat kasi hindi ko nilagay na AWOL ako. Sana ang nilagay ko na lang ay "took 18 units only".

Advise ko sa mga applicants, don't put any confusing words that will lead to suspicion. Gumamit ng words na tamang "chill" lang hehehe.

alexamae · November 2011

@tootzkie Thank you po, very specific. Saka salamat for providing me options. Echecheck ko na rin ung 475.

alexamae · November 2011

@ylai

@alexamae: the way ACS does their assessment is based on the nominated occupations. since your husband has 3 occupations within the 5 years of work experience, you will need to choose among the 3 and you cannot include the work experience that is not related to the nominated occupation. for example, you can opt to nominate for tester but you can only submit the 1 yr 4 months experience and it's up to ACS how they will assess it. though i believe you will need at least 3 years of experience on a nominated field,not sure though but you can read up their guidelines. it helps a lot.

Pwede ko po bang enominate ang Systems Administrator? kasi mag 3 years na ang experience nya jan.. Saka yung ung iba or the rest na experience nya pwede ba yung closely related na occupations lang? Di pala macount ung experience kapag di ni acknowledge ng ACS

? Baliwala po ung ibang experince nya pag submit namin sa DIAC?

alexamae · November 2011

@jaero Cge po, etry ko.. pano yan pala pag nagkaganun, parang yung 3 years lang tlaga ang ma credit sa kanya.. tsk tsk.

@tootzkie, parang ung second option mo ata na suggestion ang option namin.. or magpapa assess kaya ako? ang hirap kasi abutin ng 8 points per band..

Salamat sa lahat ng advise. I appreciate it po.

tootzkie · November 2011

@alexamae

Marami ditong na-visa grant na walang migration agent. Read thoroughly DIAC and ACS website again and again. Lahat ng mga questions mo masasagot ng mga guidelines nila. Wag kang gaanong magre-rely sa forum. Use your own rational thinking and judgment for every pieces of info you read from the official website. Once na master mo na ang guidelines, what we can offer and feed are cases and information to substantiate the facts if you are seeking for second opinion. Not all of us have the same circumstances nor have gone through the same process. Himay-himayin mong mabuti ang guidelines. Coz at the end of the day, you are the one who will be charged for the fees, and whatever outcome in your application.

Kung in-doubt ka at hindi confident sa papers mo, at hinahabol mo ang before July 2012, then I would advise you to hire registered migration agent.

alexamae · November 2011

@tootzkie Tama ka po. I really have to read the guidelines again and again.. Kahit more than 1 year na ako nag research meron pa din ako na overlook. Akala ko kasi ung total experience ang echecheck ng ACS, hindi pala... yun lang palang na fall under dun sa category nila for assessment. Na misled ako.. Babasahin ko agad ng pa ulet2x.. Thankful pa din ako sa forum kasi kahit papano may mga ideas dn naman po kayong naibibigay which is very helpful din para sa amin na nagreresearch palang din..

Maraming salamat po sa inyong lahat

katlin924 · November 2011

Hi @alexamae, ikaw ata yung nag-email sa akin.. tama ba? Para kseng parehas yung inquiry mo! hehe.. I think @tootzkie answered most of your questions. Pero sige, will email you din. It might help in some ways.

Thanks.

alexamae · November 2011

@katlin924 Helo po.. Oo ako po yun..

Thanks sa time

LokiJr · November 2011

Lol weeks pala sinabi ko..sorry haha

I meant 4 to 6 months...I've seen some completed in 3 months..depende kasi kung fully supported at documented yung nanominate niyong trabaho

sipareko · November 2011

hi guys.... anyone who can share their reference letter, [email protected] pa-send. salamat.

unanimous21 · November 2011

hi guys, just wanna ask help, anu ba mas okay i-declare? engaged or de facto? di pa kc kami kasal pero getting there,hehe. alin mas madali between the two, kasi anjan yang dalawa sa pilian. di naman pweding check-an pareho,haha. thanks

unanimous21 · November 2011

uu secondary applicant ko siya. pero baka mas may advantage kapag engage. i dont know. hehe

Bryann · November 2011

Guys, regarding naman sa passport. I've read it somewhere here na din yata, pero hindi ko lang maalala details. What if example nagsubmit ka application ngayon and yun passport mo will expire between 6-12 months from now. And nag-expire na bago ma-grant yun visa mo. Paano po yun? Since sa application form mo is yun expired passport #, syempre pagpunta mo sa OZ if ma-approve ka, yun bago na gagamitin mo. Paano po yun? Thanks.