Immigration Forum / Australia and NZ / July 2006

Was wondering if anyone could help. I applied for skills assessment with
Vetassess 14 weeks ago. Its been 12 weeks since the date of receipt.
Should I ring them and chase? It's does seem to be taking ages. I've
looked at previous posts and people have waited 11 weeks..Has anyone

We are gathering paperwork to send off to Engineers Australia for the
Assessment.  We are applying as 'Electrical/Electronics Engineering
Technologist' (ASCO 2128-15).
We are a little concerned as originally we thought we would have to send

i am sending query behalf of my friend. My friend have 5 year experience
in radio  and Tv mechnics and after that one year apprenties.
qualifiation
10 + ITI + 5 Year Ex+ 1 YR Epenties

This week has just been so frustrating to find out that Gas an
Electricity prices are going up by a massive 12% - its just mad. Also
petrol prices are at a ridiculous 99p per litre.
I want to know, is this just limited to the UK and Europe, or doe

How much details is supposed to have work reference? Can it be
just like:
Person was working full time from that date to present on that position.
His responsibilities were blah blah blah

I received my visa in 2002. I have made my first entry in 2002 but did
not manage to find a job. I am in IT industry and back in 2002, the
market was repressed. My visa will expire in July next year.
I would really like to go to Australia but I am in a dilema. I met my

hi all, I am fairly new to these forums and have been scouring you
posts for a while.
I have been doing my Masters of Commerce in Melbourne which is a 2 yr
course and have specialised in finance and financial planning

Considering a skilled apllication to Oz. As a trades person going for
TRA I have to make a statutory declaration infornt of a lawyer as one of
my previous employers retired and folded his business. Cant get a
statement from him.

Hello there, I'm hoping that someone out there can help me make sens
out of which visa I should apply for.  My situation is a littl
complicated.
I am living in England with my partner of 4 1/2 years who is a

Just wondering if anyone could give me a bit of guidance,
I've come over here from ireland on a spouse / partner visa with my
aussie girlfriend, ive been here almost 12 months now,.
I'm just wondering about the process of getting my parents over, I know

Just a quick question regarding question 53.
It says:
You must list the countries where you and/or your spouse lived for 12
months or more in the last 10 years, including your home country and

Q.26 Details of Contacts in Australia - should I put down my
sponsors details here or is this part for something else (possibly
related to Q.25)?
Thanks,

Missed the 139 visa by days as I had my positive skills assessment back
from vetassess on 1st July.  It is my husbands brother who is sponsoring
us but my skills assessment we are using.  According to the new form on
the 496 the applicant is the person who has to have positive ...

At long last we have finally sent TRA to agent, paid the fee, everything
seems to be ok.  How long do agents normally take before sending it off
to be assessed? Hubby has 20 odd years of refs and stat decs as he has
worked for over 20 firms, so there is quite a bit to sort, just ...