Are You An Engineer? (Visa 476)

Phil29 · December 2017

Gusto ko matapos yung 2year contract ko dito sa pilipinas bago ako pumunta sa AU. Please po help!!

RheaMARN1171933 · December 2017

@Phil29 common rejection for him was no local experience even if he can be employed on a long term basis since no need for any visa. So with your circumstance, add the fact na employers can't hire you on a long term basis due to visa restrictions, the reality is they would most likely prefer someone else over you. I'm not saying it won't work but these things have to be considered before pursuing such plans.

iammaxwell1989 · December 2017

@Phil29 You have to LODGE your application before the 2 year mark.

IED is 1year from the health assessment date or police check date whichever is earlier.

psalms5110 · December 2017

Hello po good evening. Question po regarding visa. My sister wants to apply here for PR. She graduated from UP Diliman as Metallurgical engineer and worked for 10yrs in a semiconductor company in the Philippines. I would like to ask po what is the process po (preferably sa may same experience)? Visa 189/190? Assessing body? Thanks po in advance.

vvoid · January 2018

Hi po, question lang regarding departure - may visa na po ako and lilipad na po soon. Tanong ko lang is if may iba pa bang kailangan sa airport/immigration aside from passport, printed visa, ticket?

Kailangan ba ng papeles from POEA? Also, yung printed visa ba kailangan pang tatakan sa embassy or something? And kailangan rin bang magpakita ng return ticket?

Thanks po!

panda · January 2018

@vvoid I just presented my passport at visa grant notice sa immigration. Walang papers form POEA, return ticket or anything.

fayejay · January 2018

Hello @rmvictoria! May I know kung ano ung initial documents na inupload mo? Inupload mo na na agad ung NBI clearance, medical results kahit hindi pa hnhingi?

Lastly, nirequire ka ba kumuha ng medical insurance? Thank you in advance sa reply!

fayejay · January 2018

@Phil29 hello Phil. Based sa comments and upon reading Oz' website, basta mailodge mo ung application bago mag July 2018 (in your case), valid padin iyan.

I graduated on June 2016 (MS EnE). May 4 yrs work exp related sa Envi, and tapos nadin mag TOEFL. I plan to lodge my application before May 2018.

Goodluck on our application!

jmban33 · January 2018

@psalms5110 it depends if anung position niya sa semiconductor company to be able to nominate a proffession in EA. Most of engineers in semicon nominate Production engineer or engineering technologist as they are still in the mltssl to be able to have their way thru... she cant nominate met emg as i thunk wala na siya sa list and the work experiemce dont match

iammaxwell1989 · January 2018

vvoid said:
Hi po, question lang regarding departure - may visa na po ako and lilipad na po soon. Tanong ko lang is if may iba pa bang kailangan sa airport/immigration aside from passport, printed visa, ticket?
- These are all you need.

Kailangan ba ng papeles from POEA?
No. You don't need anything from POEA. You don't even have to attend the CFO seminar.

Also, yung printed visa ba kailangan pang tatakan sa embassy or something?
- Not during my time in 2014.

And kailangan rin bang magpakita ng return ticket?
- No.

Thanks po!

vvoid · February 2018

@panda @iammaxwell1989 Okay niiice, maraming salamat po!

rmvictoria · February 2018

@fayejay Hey sorry ngayon ko lang nabasa. Yeah I uploaded all the docs right after paying for the visa fee (COG, TOR, Diploma, NBI, birth cert, etc). Less than a month lang yung grant notice ko and wala ng case officer nag contact sakin.

For the medical, no, hindi ako nag upload ng results. There's a list of accredited clinics/centers somewhere sa embassy website. You can get the HAP ID (reference number for your medical) from your IMMI account and use it for the exam. Ang clinic na ang nag send ng results sa embassy, at least sa case ko.

And wala namang hinanap na medical insurance.

tonton48 · March 2018

hi po,

nag apply po ako ng 476 last January 18, and kanina nag message sa akin ung co ng refusal

"On 17 January 2018 an electronic application for a Skilled - Recognised Graduate visa was made. In your application form you answered “No” to the question “Have you undertaken an English test within the last 36 months?”. Evidence of an English test was not provided at the time of lodgement.An initial assessment of your visa application was undertaken by a case officer on 13 March2018. You uploaded a Pearsons English Test, Registration ID 327958370 to your online application on 01 March 2018. This PTE Academic Test Report form provided was for a test conducted on 28 February 2018, after the date of lodgement of your 476 visa application.As this PTE test was not conducted in within the 3 years immediately before the day on which this application was made, you do not satisfy regulation 476.213(a)(ii).In addition to this you have not provided evidence that you hold a passport of a type specified by the Minister and therefore you do not satisfy 476.213(b) of the regulations."

question po: pwede pang mag appeal?
nung nagfifill up naman kasi ako ng form nakalagay dun "have you taken an English exam before the application" tapos may option na "no" kaya alam kk pwede mag apply ng di pa kumukuha ng exam.

ano po maadvise nyo? should I just reapply na lang?

Thanks

engr.levy · March 2018

Good day to all,

I plan on applying for visa 476 since I will be graduating in this June(MS Civil Engineering).
I know the fee is about 300+ AUD + miscellaneous fees(say total of$500) for the processing. I already have my ielts result w/ me LR-9 W-7 S-6.5
Processing aside, how much money should I bring or prepare when I am ready to fly(one-way ticket, pocket money for at least 6 mos of job hunting maybe, show money?)
Visa 476 processing - Php 20,000
One-way ticket - ???
6month Pocket money - ??? (for living expenses)
Show money - ??? Is it required?

And also is it possible to land a job in the engineering field even though you are don't have
positive assessment from EA? I plan on doing my CDR/visa 189 application when Im already there since I need to retake my IELTS exam to score 7 in all bands to reach 60+ points.

Here is a brief background of my career:
2 Yrs exp structural engineer
2 Yrs exp structural engineer WSP-Australia(Manila based office only)
Freelancer with experience in Australian clients.

Thanks.

ava26 · May 2018

Hi! Has anyone applied for 476 recently? Lodged my application last April 8 and have completed uploading all necessary documents after 2 weeks. As of now, my application status is still “Received”. Any thoughts? Thank you so much!

Engr476 · May 2018

@iammaxwell1989 Hi, I'm currently in the energy market sector here in the Philippines and balak ko pumunta sa Australia thru 476. Madali lang ba maghanap ng work in line sa energy market? If not, ano mga jobs pwede pasukan that would eventually land me sa energy market. Thank you in advance. BSEE here with less than a year of experience.

iammaxwell1989 · May 2018

@Engr476 I think the job market for energy professionals has been better relative to when I came in 4 years ago.

It took me roughly 9 months before I got a role in the energy industry. Before that I worked as a graduate engineer for a consulting firm, which helped because I had someone vouch for me when I applied for my next role.

Engr476 · June 2018

@iammaxwell1989 What do you mean po about graduate engineer for a consulting firm? I'm 22 y/o and halos kakagrad ko lang din po from my BS and I don't have any post grad degrees din. Sa OZ ko na sana balak i-build career ko since hindi rin naman nila nirerecognize experience dito sa pinas base sa mga nabasa ko. Would you recommend this move po ba?

iammaxwell1989 · June 2018

@Engr476 A graduate engineer is like a junior engineer. I had less than 2 years experience back then.

I would say experience is experience. Yes some companies may take overseas experience lightly or even disregard it, but that's not true for all employers. Between an applicant with 1 year of very relevant overseas experience, and an applicant with no experience at all, it makes sense to hire the former. One of the companies I applied for in Sydney actually called my previous boss in the Philippines to ask about the nature and responsibilities of my role, as well as my character and work ethics. I wouldn't have gotten the role if they can't check my character and credentials. I wouldn't even get interviewed at all.

Personally I would arm myself with whatever little advantage I can get my hands on. That said and without generalising, companies value job experience more than post grad degrees, at least the companies I worked for.

engr.levy · June 2018

Good day,

I am planning to apply for visa 476. However, matagal marelease ang diploma from UP. Some says baka abutin ng 1 year. Pwede bang TOR and Certificate of graduation lang ang isend as proof?

Thanks.

MLBS · June 2018

@engr.levy yep thats what ive heard that people did. Ok lang grad cert

alexisronan · June 2018

@iammaxwell1989 sir san kayo sa melbourne? thanks

engr.levy · June 2018

Good day,

sino dito nagapply ng 476 this year lang? gano katagal inabot?
Im planning to apply din kase after makuha lahat ng docs, about july siguro.

If aabutin ng ilang months bago ma-grant baka idelay ko na lang for next year as mahirap ata magjob hunt pag pa end na ang taon.

Thanks.

emaca · August 2018

@engr.levy I applied May 3 and got the grant on July 24.

mmjjcc · December 2018

Hello! I'm planning to apply for Visa 476 next year. Kakagraduate ko lang din and just passed the Licensure exam. I'm a ChE graduate tanong lang po ako mahirap po ba talaga maghanap ng trabaho with this visa po? Please help... want to know the cons po before ako mag take risk. Thank you

mmjjcc · December 2018

and also I'm from UP Visayas po. And apparently bago lang namin nalaman itong Visa na ito so wala pa po talaga kaming alumni na nag apply for this baka ako pa lang yung first hahaha!

Please help..

mmjjcc · December 2018

and if anyone who is interested to apply for next year. Uyyy let's connect hehehe

MLBS · December 2018

@mmjjcc Depende ang exp from the people I know. May mga hirap makahanap meron din na nag succeed

singularity · January 2019

In general, kung wala ka pang work experience, mahirap.

I would really advise magwork ka muna kahit for a year para meron kang maipakita sa resume mo.