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Joined: Feb 24, 2022
Hello po, planning to retake din po ako pero di ako nawawalan po ng pag-asa. Kaya natin iyan isuperior po. Btw, kailan po kayo magtake ng PTE?
Posts: 344Member
Joined: Feb 05, 2023
Hi Guys, for those planning to take PTE and wanted to get someone to teach, we can help you ace it.
We are doing the training good for about 6 hours. We will talk about the additional 2 more speaking questions plus the changes after 7th of August to PTE.
Posts: 30Member
Joined: Jan 20, 2021
Hi! eto po taking the test this Aug 11. Medyo nagmental breakdown din ako kasi iniba na nila yung Superior English. 88 for Speaking so naloloka na tlga ako. Pero kaya yan! Tiwala lang sa ating pagrereview!
mAUnifesting 2025
ANZSCO 312111 Architectural Draftsperson (Offshore) | DIY
Husband (SC190: 95 pts) & I (SC190:90 pts) have the same occupation
Timeline:
14-08-2025 - EOI Submitted (Both submitted separately for more chances of winning)
13-08-2025 - PTE Superior (Both) | Husband Overall 90 | Me Overall 87
11-08-2025 - PTE Exam (Both)
01-07-2024 - Vetassess Positive Assessment (Both)
06-2023 - Firm decision to proceed with AU Immig | Vetassess Docu gathering
01-2022 - Thought of Canada Immig Pathway - did not proceed
01-2021 - Got interested in AU Immig Pathway
Posts: 107Member
Joined: Oct 12, 2023
Wag kalimutan i-lagay ang middle name kasama sa first name!
Good Luck!
Nominated Skill: 312111
Target Visa: Subclass 190-OFFSHORE
Target State: VIC/WA/NSW(got NSW invite)
---- ----
2016-2019 Always watching vids for Student pathway in Canada, Germany, New Zealand and Australia but lost interest.
2022 Started working in SG, lost hope in SG PR. Got interested in Canada/Australia again. Working in SG was a huge factor for us pushing through because we are now confident that we can afford the cost of migration process.
---2023---
2023 April: Started researching About Australia. At first, I saw student pathway but then stumbled to some youtube videos explaining permanent residence can be applied offshore(DIY)
2023 Oct 30: Started Collecting Documents. This took us so long because we are hesitating and overthinking about reaching out to our previous employers. We thought we should just do a statutory declaration but fortunately we talked to our friends who are also planning their migration and helped us understand that its easy to request for it.
---2024---
2024 Jan 16: Husband's Vetassess Lodging
2024 Feb 2: Husband's Vetassess Priority processing
2024 Feb 6: Husband's Vetassess Positive Result
2024 Mar: Scheduled for PTE Exam, Got denied because of the middle name issue
2024 July 2: PTE exam (Husband-Competent, Mine-Proficient). Huge month gap because we got busy with office works and some other personal stuff.
2024 July 3: Husband Submitted EOI for Visa 190 VIC/NSW/WA (65)
(Age:30; Qualifications:15; XP Offshore:10; English:0; Partner:5; State:5)
2024 July: I delayed getting my Vetasses in the hopes of saving the fee if my husband got the invite with low EOI score. Contunued collecting SoS from my past companies cause we realized that 10 points for skilled partner would be a huge difference because of state preference. Initially, I was looking to just submit with only 1 work experience cause my other companies are a bit hassle to deal with but thank God I went throught all the stress and collected them all cause now, I could also submit EOI as the main applicant.
2024 Sep 3: Submitted My Vetassess
2024 Sep 4: Vetassess Priority approval- then paid the same day.
2024 Sep 8: Vetassess Positive Result-5.9 years (considered as high work experience)
2024 Sep 8: Husband Update EOI for Visa 190 VIC/NSW/WA (75) (8yr mark for exp)
(Age:30; Qualifications:20; XP Offshore:10; English:0; Partner:10; State:5)
2024 Sep 8: Submitted My EOI for Visa 190 VIC/NSW/WA (80)
(Age:30; Qualifications:15; XP Offshore:10; English:10; Partner:10; State:5)
2024 Nov 3: PTE Exam- Me Superior, Husband competent
2024 Nov 3: Updated EOI for Visa 190 VIC/NSW/WA (90)
(Age:30; Qualifications:15; XP Offshore:10; English:20; Partner:10; State:5)
2024 Dec 3: Pre-Invite from [email protected]
2024 Dec 3: Replied to NSW Pre-invite the same day.
2024 Dec 6: NSW Invitation to apply
2024 Dec 8: Applied for Singapore COC
2024 Dec 15: Scheduled for NBI Fingerprint
2024 Dec 17: Received email from SPF, scheduled for Dec19'24
2024 Dec 19: SPF COC Fingerprinting, 45 mins from Queueing to receiving COC
2024 Dec 20: Submitted documents, Paid aud 7155+100(debit processing fee). Tried paying the night of dec 19 but the payment keep declining when using all our debit mastercard. Then we tried one of our visa card, it worked but its already past 12am so our lodge date became Dec 20. haha
2024 Dec 20: Withdrawn other EOIs. No more budget if ever we get an invite from our 1st choice of State.
2024 Dec 23: Received Skillselect email, eoi suspended, Lodged status.
---2025---
2025 Jan 4 : Medical at SATA Uttamram
2025 Jan 6 : Medical clearance reflected
2026 ___ __: Visa Grant (manifesting it on 1st qtr of 2026 para realistic at para maabutan ko pa yung cny bonus haha)
Posts: 30Member
Joined: Jan 20, 2021
tunay po? saan po ito, during exam time? any tips po? sa may Pearson Orchard kami magtetake. Malamig ba yung lugar. pwede bang magdala ng tubig, ng sariling ballpen ganyan
mAUnifesting 2025
ANZSCO 312111 Architectural Draftsperson (Offshore) | DIY
Husband (SC190: 95 pts) & I (SC190:90 pts) have the same occupation
Timeline:
14-08-2025 - EOI Submitted (Both submitted separately for more chances of winning)
13-08-2025 - PTE Superior (Both) | Husband Overall 90 | Me Overall 87
11-08-2025 - PTE Exam (Both)
01-07-2024 - Vetassess Positive Assessment (Both)
06-2023 - Firm decision to proceed with AU Immig | Vetassess Docu gathering
01-2022 - Thought of Canada Immig Pathway - did not proceed
01-2021 - Got interested in AU Immig Pathway
Posts: 107Member
Joined: Oct 12, 2023
Sa PTE na website mismo, wala kasing box for middle name diba? dapat ilagay mo middle name mo kasama sa first name, otherwise. Di kayo papayagan mag take ng exam(happened to us nung una, sayang exam fee). Dapat daw kasi kung anong nasa passport, yun ang naka lagay. Naka lagay din mismo sa PTE na include ang middle name di ko lang maalala kung saan banda.
Di ko sure kung anong itchura nung sa cuppage kasi relc at yung sa johor palang yung na try namin. Lahat ng gamit nyo ipapalagay sa locker, kahit water bottle. Meron namang water station kaya di naman nakaka uhaw. Sa pen, provided ka nila ng erasable marker at laminated na graphing paper na mga 8 pages ata yun.
Nominated Skill: 312111
Target Visa: Subclass 190-OFFSHORE
Target State: VIC/WA/NSW(got NSW invite)
---- ----
2016-2019 Always watching vids for Student pathway in Canada, Germany, New Zealand and Australia but lost interest.
2022 Started working in SG, lost hope in SG PR. Got interested in Canada/Australia again. Working in SG was a huge factor for us pushing through because we are now confident that we can afford the cost of migration process.
---2023---
2023 April: Started researching About Australia. At first, I saw student pathway but then stumbled to some youtube videos explaining permanent residence can be applied offshore(DIY)
2023 Oct 30: Started Collecting Documents. This took us so long because we are hesitating and overthinking about reaching out to our previous employers. We thought we should just do a statutory declaration but fortunately we talked to our friends who are also planning their migration and helped us understand that its easy to request for it.
---2024---
2024 Jan 16: Husband's Vetassess Lodging
2024 Feb 2: Husband's Vetassess Priority processing
2024 Feb 6: Husband's Vetassess Positive Result
2024 Mar: Scheduled for PTE Exam, Got denied because of the middle name issue
2024 July 2: PTE exam (Husband-Competent, Mine-Proficient). Huge month gap because we got busy with office works and some other personal stuff.
2024 July 3: Husband Submitted EOI for Visa 190 VIC/NSW/WA (65)
(Age:30; Qualifications:15; XP Offshore:10; English:0; Partner:5; State:5)
2024 July: I delayed getting my Vetasses in the hopes of saving the fee if my husband got the invite with low EOI score. Contunued collecting SoS from my past companies cause we realized that 10 points for skilled partner would be a huge difference because of state preference. Initially, I was looking to just submit with only 1 work experience cause my other companies are a bit hassle to deal with but thank God I went throught all the stress and collected them all cause now, I could also submit EOI as the main applicant.
2024 Sep 3: Submitted My Vetassess
2024 Sep 4: Vetassess Priority approval- then paid the same day.
2024 Sep 8: Vetassess Positive Result-5.9 years (considered as high work experience)
2024 Sep 8: Husband Update EOI for Visa 190 VIC/NSW/WA (75) (8yr mark for exp)
(Age:30; Qualifications:20; XP Offshore:10; English:0; Partner:10; State:5)
2024 Sep 8: Submitted My EOI for Visa 190 VIC/NSW/WA (80)
(Age:30; Qualifications:15; XP Offshore:10; English:10; Partner:10; State:5)
2024 Nov 3: PTE Exam- Me Superior, Husband competent
2024 Nov 3: Updated EOI for Visa 190 VIC/NSW/WA (90)
(Age:30; Qualifications:15; XP Offshore:10; English:20; Partner:10; State:5)
2024 Dec 3: Pre-Invite from [email protected]
2024 Dec 3: Replied to NSW Pre-invite the same day.
2024 Dec 6: NSW Invitation to apply
2024 Dec 8: Applied for Singapore COC
2024 Dec 15: Scheduled for NBI Fingerprint
2024 Dec 17: Received email from SPF, scheduled for Dec19'24
2024 Dec 19: SPF COC Fingerprinting, 45 mins from Queueing to receiving COC
2024 Dec 20: Submitted documents, Paid aud 7155+100(debit processing fee). Tried paying the night of dec 19 but the payment keep declining when using all our debit mastercard. Then we tried one of our visa card, it worked but its already past 12am so our lodge date became Dec 20. haha
2024 Dec 20: Withdrawn other EOIs. No more budget if ever we get an invite from our 1st choice of State.
2024 Dec 23: Received Skillselect email, eoi suspended, Lodged status.
---2025---
2025 Jan 4 : Medical at SATA Uttamram
2025 Jan 6 : Medical clearance reflected
2026 ___ __: Visa Grant (manifesting it on 1st qtr of 2026 para realistic at para maabutan ko pa yung cny bonus haha)
Posts: 1,084Member, Moderator
Joined: Nov 15, 2021
Mas malaki and organized yung sa cuppage than sa relc. When it comes to test proper, same same. Makakarinigan pa rin kayong magkakatabi. Haha.
OCCUPATION : SOFTWARE ENGINEER (261313) ~~ DIY. Offshore. Direct Grant
Total Points ~~ NSW SC190: 90pts
Points Breakdown:
Age:25 | English:20 | Employment:15 | Education:15 | Single:10
Been to Australia a few times and I just wanted to settle there. "I belong here" ganon.
~~~~
10 2021 - Research about AU migration; read a lot of related articles; consulted with agent for initial assessment. Decided to DIY.
11 2021 - PTE (Proficient)
11 2021 - Suitable ACS Skills Assessment received (8+ years suitable, 5weeks 4days TAT)
~~~~
01 2022 - EOIs submitted (matumal and slight hiatus since na-busy sa ibang bagay)
~~~~
09 2023 - PTE retake (Superior 90 overall)
09 2023 - Updated EOIs to reflect +10pts on English Test
11 2023 - ACS Assessment expired T_T (but already prepared for re-assessment a few weeks before)
11 2023 - ACS deemed my skills unsuitable because of missing documents. Nilaban ko.
12 2023 - Suitable ACS Skills reassessment (8+ years) after 1month of review and pangungulit (no fee incurred, fault nila)
12 2023 - Some EOIs expired T_T
12 2023 - New EOIs submitted (NSW, VIC, ACT, and 189)
~~~~
02 2024 - Booked NAATI Exam (desperate to max out point for a chance of invite)
02 2024 - Received NSW 190 pre-invite!! ✩₊˚ (tears of joy, TYL! ). Cancelled NAATI test at 75% refund.
02 2024 - Final NSW ITA received after 1 business day ✩₊˚
02 2024 - Visa Lodgment
02 2024 - Medicals. Cleared after 1 business day @ SATA AMK
02 2024 - Singapore Police Clearance. Completed/claimed after 6 business days
04 2025 - ** ✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧ ** Visa Granted! TYL ** ✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧ **
Posts: 107Member
Joined: Oct 12, 2023
Kaya kami nag relc kasi sa mga nabasa ko mas tahimik daw dun, na realize ko baka meaning nung nagsabi eh tahimik dahil wala masyadong commercial establishment na katabi. haha
Experience naman namin sa johor, 3 lang kaming takers pero grabe liit nung lugar, parang wala din sound proofing. Yung isa naming kasama nakaka distract yung lakas ng boses. Tapos electric fan lang yung ventilation nila sa room.
Nominated Skill: 312111
Target Visa: Subclass 190-OFFSHORE
Target State: VIC/WA/NSW(got NSW invite)
---- ----
2016-2019 Always watching vids for Student pathway in Canada, Germany, New Zealand and Australia but lost interest.
2022 Started working in SG, lost hope in SG PR. Got interested in Canada/Australia again. Working in SG was a huge factor for us pushing through because we are now confident that we can afford the cost of migration process.
---2023---
2023 April: Started researching About Australia. At first, I saw student pathway but then stumbled to some youtube videos explaining permanent residence can be applied offshore(DIY)
2023 Oct 30: Started Collecting Documents. This took us so long because we are hesitating and overthinking about reaching out to our previous employers. We thought we should just do a statutory declaration but fortunately we talked to our friends who are also planning their migration and helped us understand that its easy to request for it.
---2024---
2024 Jan 16: Husband's Vetassess Lodging
2024 Feb 2: Husband's Vetassess Priority processing
2024 Feb 6: Husband's Vetassess Positive Result
2024 Mar: Scheduled for PTE Exam, Got denied because of the middle name issue
2024 July 2: PTE exam (Husband-Competent, Mine-Proficient). Huge month gap because we got busy with office works and some other personal stuff.
2024 July 3: Husband Submitted EOI for Visa 190 VIC/NSW/WA (65)
(Age:30; Qualifications:15; XP Offshore:10; English:0; Partner:5; State:5)
2024 July: I delayed getting my Vetasses in the hopes of saving the fee if my husband got the invite with low EOI score. Contunued collecting SoS from my past companies cause we realized that 10 points for skilled partner would be a huge difference because of state preference. Initially, I was looking to just submit with only 1 work experience cause my other companies are a bit hassle to deal with but thank God I went throught all the stress and collected them all cause now, I could also submit EOI as the main applicant.
2024 Sep 3: Submitted My Vetassess
2024 Sep 4: Vetassess Priority approval- then paid the same day.
2024 Sep 8: Vetassess Positive Result-5.9 years (considered as high work experience)
2024 Sep 8: Husband Update EOI for Visa 190 VIC/NSW/WA (75) (8yr mark for exp)
(Age:30; Qualifications:20; XP Offshore:10; English:0; Partner:10; State:5)
2024 Sep 8: Submitted My EOI for Visa 190 VIC/NSW/WA (80)
(Age:30; Qualifications:15; XP Offshore:10; English:10; Partner:10; State:5)
2024 Nov 3: PTE Exam- Me Superior, Husband competent
2024 Nov 3: Updated EOI for Visa 190 VIC/NSW/WA (90)
(Age:30; Qualifications:15; XP Offshore:10; English:20; Partner:10; State:5)
2024 Dec 3: Pre-Invite from [email protected]
2024 Dec 3: Replied to NSW Pre-invite the same day.
2024 Dec 6: NSW Invitation to apply
2024 Dec 8: Applied for Singapore COC
2024 Dec 15: Scheduled for NBI Fingerprint
2024 Dec 17: Received email from SPF, scheduled for Dec19'24
2024 Dec 19: SPF COC Fingerprinting, 45 mins from Queueing to receiving COC
2024 Dec 20: Submitted documents, Paid aud 7155+100(debit processing fee). Tried paying the night of dec 19 but the payment keep declining when using all our debit mastercard. Then we tried one of our visa card, it worked but its already past 12am so our lodge date became Dec 20. haha
2024 Dec 20: Withdrawn other EOIs. No more budget if ever we get an invite from our 1st choice of State.
2024 Dec 23: Received Skillselect email, eoi suspended, Lodged status.
---2025---
2025 Jan 4 : Medical at SATA Uttamram
2025 Jan 6 : Medical clearance reflected
2026 ___ __: Visa Grant (manifesting it on 1st qtr of 2026 para realistic at para maabutan ko pa yung cny bonus haha)
Posts: 47Member
Joined: Jul 30, 2024
Pati pala grading system pinalitan din, aside dun sa bagong nadagdag na sections. Goodluck! I-superior yan!
ANZSCO 312111 - Offshore
NSW 190 - 85 points
2023 Nov - EOI submitted
2024 Oct - Pre-invite (NSW 190)
2024 Oct - Nomination application
2024 Nov - Nomination approval
2024 Dec - Visa lodgement
2024 Dec - Medical exam
-- waiting for grant --
Joined: Nov 26, 2019
Kamusta po sa mga nagtake ng PTE nung Aug 7 ?
Posts: 30Member
Joined: Jan 20, 2021
Hello po kabayan! Husband and I took the test last Aug 11 (this week lang), and napa TYL moment talaga kami kasi sa daming pagsubok before the exam, nagawa ni Husband mag band 90! My test results are not yet out, pero ok lang sa akin kahit mag competent lang.
Our preparation:
*Si Nakul ng Skill PTE Academic ang aming naging sandigan. Due to the sudden change in scoring, checking system pati na din sa mga nadagdag na test questions, talagang kapit lang kami sa kanya and sa mga advise nya.
*Si husband ay 1 year on-off nagreview, pero sumama na din akong makireview for 2 months.
*We subscribed to APE Uni for 1 month, at puro mock test ang ginawa namin 2 weeks before the exam
Our experience:
*We took the test here in SG, Pearson sa may orchard (12pm slot)
*4 lang kami sa testing room, pero sobrang kabado bente. naapektuhan kami ni husband at meron kaming kasabay na Native English language taker, sobrang galing kaya napraning kami after ng test
*Hindi noise cancelling yung headset, kaya rinig mo parin talaga ung kasama mo sa testing room
*laminated white board na 10 pages ang binigay samin with Staedler non-permanent marker (dalawa)
Our tips / suggestion:
*para samin, mukhang ok ung schedule na napili namin kasi 4 lang kami, kasi after namin, isang grupo ng pinoy (5-7 people?) ung dumating. Para sa amin baka mas mahirapan kami pag madami kami sa loob
*once na magstart yung read aloud, sinulat ko agad lahat ng templates ko for DI, RL, RTS
*Sobrang nakatulong ang prayers to calm our nerves and attending a mass after exam
mAUnifesting 2025
ANZSCO 312111 Architectural Draftsperson (Offshore) | DIY
Husband (SC190: 95 pts) & I (SC190:90 pts) have the same occupation
Timeline:
14-08-2025 - EOI Submitted (Both submitted separately for more chances of winning)
13-08-2025 - PTE Superior (Both) | Husband Overall 90 | Me Overall 87
11-08-2025 - PTE Exam (Both)
01-07-2024 - Vetassess Positive Assessment (Both)
06-2023 - Firm decision to proceed with AU Immig | Vetassess Docu gathering
01-2022 - Thought of Canada Immig Pathway - did not proceed
01-2021 - Got interested in AU Immig Pathway
Posts: 344Member
Joined: Feb 05, 2023
congrats! yep mahirap pag madami sa test center. Relatively maganda ang test center sa orchard vs dun sa may stevens (parang comshop mas maingay). Sa orchard mas relaxed yung feel, tapos may area to study sa level 1 hehe.
How did you deal with reading? Madami nagsasabi kulang oras.
Posts: 30Member
Joined: Jan 20, 2021
Thank you po! For me sobrang confident ako for my husband na mag superior sya, pero sa side ko, di ko din akalain na superior din lalabas sakin (R73 L83 S90 W90), kasi un nga ang ikli nung part 2 reading, may di ako nasagutan na 2 questions. Medyo napaganda din na nadelay kami magexam at naabutan ng mega changes kasi previously, superior ay dapat all band 79.
mAUnifesting 2025
ANZSCO 312111 Architectural Draftsperson (Offshore) | DIY
Husband (SC190: 95 pts) & I (SC190:90 pts) have the same occupation
Timeline:
14-08-2025 - EOI Submitted (Both submitted separately for more chances of winning)
13-08-2025 - PTE Superior (Both) | Husband Overall 90 | Me Overall 87
11-08-2025 - PTE Exam (Both)
01-07-2024 - Vetassess Positive Assessment (Both)
06-2023 - Firm decision to proceed with AU Immig | Vetassess Docu gathering
01-2022 - Thought of Canada Immig Pathway - did not proceed
01-2021 - Got interested in AU Immig Pathway
Joined: Nov 26, 2019
Congrats po kabayan! May napaggamitan po ba kayo ng template? Ano po ma aadvise nyo sa writing?.. dun kasi ako lagi mababa, laging below 80 sa mock test..
Posts: 344Member
Joined: Feb 05, 2023
writing naman - SWT dapat mga connectors mo ok, tsaka make sure 1 complex sentence lang (1 full stop sa dulo). Use and, but, or comma to make 2-3 sentences combined into 1.
essay - you must have bodies of an essay. main info, supporting, examples, conclusion.
Joined: Nov 26, 2019
Thanks po! nag paraphrase ka din po ba sa SWT or pwede pa kaya ung copy yung sentence taz paraphrase lang ibang words?