Immigration Forum / Australia and NZ / September 2005

Another cock up by my agent that I have uncovered!
She emailed me a copy of the contact she had from our CO when she asked
for extra info.  She asked for more specific references, for more
evidence of self-employment and that was it.  On the email from our CO I

Has anybody got any recommendations on one-way travel insurance for the
trip out to Oz?
The forum search functionality doesn't seem to be working so I
thought I'd ask.

As I've been invited on Thursday and still deciding whether to go, I
thought I would start a thread where those attending can make comments.
How was it for you?
Useful or a waste of time, job interviews/offers etc????

Is there a Welsh members group ?
If not, anyone out there interested in starting / joining one with me ?
We've only just joined, haven't done TRA yet but would like to go to
Melbourne/ Victoria.

Hello, my husband went to the expo in London yesterday, he is a
Carpenter Joiner and has a points score of 130 and got loads of info. He
went to the WA stand as that's where we're quite keen to go. He had a
really positive chat with the bloke there and he gave my hubby a

Three questions on behalf of my parents:
They are soon going to Oz on the temporary 410 retirement visa.
1. For income tax purposes are they classified as Resident or Non-
  Residents. They say their paperwork/visa states that they are Non-

Dear sir,
Apply for Skilled independent migration to Australia from overseas
I already applied for skilled assessment to ACS. By the time I have
access by my self. Then I got only 115 marks. That is not sufficient to

Have I been advised correctly.
We are coming over PR.  If we live in Oz for 2 out of the 5 years that
we can then return to the UK for say 10yrs but still have the
opportunity to retire to Oz?

Yet another thing my agent HASN'T done!!  On my copy of the contact from
our CO, he has asked us to complete form 1266 skilled matching databse.
It says it is attached but our agent has not forwarded it to us.
There's a surprise!!  Does anyone have a link where I can download it?

Hi , our assurer is retired. He has the last two years tax papers
covered and money in the bank (equivalent to years income +) but will
that be sufficient instead of having a job?
Thanks

Thank you for your comments ,several guys had suggested some things yet
I could not find the solution ,thus if you have any idea regarding this
problem , I really appreciate your guidelines.
When I was student I worked part-time and now in my job owner's

when filling out the visa i put 20 points for English ability!
Now i have read something that you have to prove this for the max 20
points?
i cant find school certificates for hubby or I and i wouldn't know where

Here’s the question…can anyone answer please…
We have passed the TRA,main forms in,have a CO so all ok there…But,my
wife is a mobile hairdresser full time and under advise from her
accountant she setup her business as a “Sole Trader” as she has a

Hi friends,
I hold an IELTS certificate (5,6,6,7) : ACADEMIC Module. May I use this
to get 15 points to meet the language requirement part of independet
skilled class?

Our assurer paid our AOS Bond way back at the end of June 05.  It's now
nearly October and we still have not heard anything.  Our medicals and
police checks went off in July.  Our application was received on 2nd
March 2005 (Skilled Australia Sponsored - Subclass 138).