Immigration Forum / Australia and NZ / March 2009

I've already posted this question earlier.
Can anybody plz.tell me given the Job Crunch in Oz,how can one dela
his entry for a "skilled migrant visa " holder which expires by Jun
2009.:tearhair

Hi I'm about to send off my skills assessment plus $350 AUS, I've bee
quoted around £2k for an agent but can't really afford it and wondere
how essential it was to have an agent.  I'm on my own so don't need t
worry about family etc and I also have some spare time.

My 175 application - done using paper application via a migration agen
- is in the last stages of processing. My agent told me he called m
case officer and was told that I need to be in OZ on of before Octobe
this year.

first post - so sorry to jump right in with a whopper but have bee
thinking of moving to aus for a while. Reasons are: all family resid
there (that is, my family on my side - my husbands family liv
elsewhere around the world).

My husband is currently on PR in Australia and can now apply fo
Citizenship. I would go to Australia in JUly on Spouse Visa. If m
husband takes citizenship, what will be the status of my Visa then
Will I also get citizenship on the basis of his citizenship withou

Guys
My Visa Application 175 get refused becouse I did not submit IELTS TR
with
Application and sent 20 days after lodging Application :(

CSL is changed all construction trades quit from it and they said her
is no visa for who dont have employer or state sponsorship. how can w
get state sponsorship i have checked WA website there have requirmen
of my case but how can i apply for state sponsorship?????plz hel

Dear Experts,
My question is, I have got my ACS result with MODL on 11 Nov 08 ,
But the thing is that i have switched my Job in Feb 2009 to anothe
company , Also my previous company from which i have my experience i

Today i went to my previous employer and asked them to provide m
reference letter. But what a shock they said they don't give suc
letters because its against the policy of company. And if they ll giv
me letter then they ll have to provide letters to thousands other

'Australian Immigration Forms & Booklet Changes
(http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/application-forms/forms_changes.htm)
DIAC is supposed to release updated forms today ... but still no
available !!

I'm an aircraft engineer and I'm about to start the TRA application t
get my skills assessed.  I'll eventually be applying for a 175 skille
independent visa and will have a wife and two children in tow.  My wif
is a teacher at the moment, and we were wondering whether as the mai

I had applied for visa 175 paper lodgement on the 22nd of Aug. Its
going to be 5months now and no clue of case officer yet. I'am from
India and am and Architect. When do you think i will be granted with
the CO and the visa?

I have been assessed by AEI-NOOSR in 2005 as a SECONDARY TEACHER
but i was denied a 136 visa in 2006, and during that period i hav
already shifted to teaching college students, would teaching colleg
students (vocational non-trades teacher) be considered as a closel

I am from pakistan in Islamabad and want to submit my medical for GSM visa
class 175 before CO allocation. where should  i post these medical reports
either to:
         Australian High Commission Pakistan

Like many of our friends here, I am one of those applicants who can'
get the required employer references.
My employer gave me a certificate of employment, with my salary an
position on it and it has been addressed to ACS, but would not give an