jackson2dye4:



Yeah, I didn't pay n it's getting me scared "no payment required "

Llexnet:


Hmmm, 700k is much oo, I spent like forever on cheap flight and all of I get naa foreign currency. I decide to use wakanow.

If you don't mind Etihad you can check them out. Etihad from wakanow is the cheapest right now, I even compared with travelstart.

Nwokeomajayb:

Ehhh another new year discombobulation. B4 na unlimited work hour for work study now this. Hello I've not seen such b4.

Llexnet:


Hmmm, 700k is much oo, I spent like forever on cheap flight and all of I get naa foreign currency. I decide to use wakanow.

If you don't mind Etihad you can check them out. Etihad from wakanow is the cheapest right now, I even compared with travelstart.

DEINDIK:
Hello guys, Please i'd like to know. As a student embarking on a two year study, Is one likely to have issues at the Australian airport if you take a One Way flight? In other words, must you book a Return flight? I need answers from all Nairalanders who have experience with this, please.

DEINDIK:
Ok, thanks BADNEAT. Someone told me you would be asked at the airport why you don't have a return ticket so I became curious.

DEINDIK:
Ok, thanks BADNEAT. Someone told me you would be asked at the airport why you don't have a return ticket so I became curious.

SegunWamiri:
Try booking a ticket with a return date almost two years after your intended outbound date and see if it is possible In fact, I don't think one can book for a one year interval.

In essence, they would never ask a student intending to study for two years for a return ticket.

BADNEAT:
student visa abi tourist?never heard of that here or any other place

Topet124:



Please what school did you apply to

DEINDIK:
Wow That's pretty fast. Congratulations. I lodged mine yesterday.Tapping into your miracle.

Were you called by the Case Officer?

BADNEAT:
congratulations Mrs .provide the house with your timeline so others may learn from you as ye have learnt from others

mjlbabajide:


Kindly note that i am a member if that thread. Nobody ever mentioned school ranking there.

Lemme educate you based on my experience. My friend from OAU and i, appliied for assessment with Vetassess.

We both studied 4year geology course, i did in my study at University of Maiduguri.. going by our transcripts i offered more course work than him with more industrial attachments.

He got positive assessment for education while mine was a negative assessment, sighting that mine was not equivalent to an australian degree.

I quickly followed up with them, with my friends case. Then i received a long mail from them telling me that they have a ranking system in place for Nigerian Universities and in order to be positively assessed from University of Maiduguri, i have to come up with a 5years degree. That is they only grant positive assessment for 4years course from just a few select institution.

So OGA i know what am talking about. This might help someone. This was late 2015. If i had gone through school route jeje, i would be rounding up now, even then. Dollar was cheap, you need to know that there is nothing as dangerous as delay.

Mind you i am not a fountain of knowledge i am only sharing experience not hear say.

I payed 800AUD for that assessment. So please let us be objective and educate people well, b4 you go waste months and money to obtain a negative assessment at the end of the day.

I will try login in into vetassess and provide you their response.

That is my 3 cowries

MrsCB:




I applied to Torrens University on 28th Nov through their only agent in nig, Options Education.

I got an offer letter on the 17th of Dec after an interview with the sch. Although there were some delays b4 the admission due to some complications needed to be explained in some of my documents, if not the admission process is 1-2weeks.

I made payments, then due to xmas hols I got my CoE on 4th Jan. Front loaded my medicals and submitted visa on 11th Jan, it was granted on 18th Jan.

On normal circumstances, the whole admission and visa application is within a month if u have complete documents.

Solitin40:

"I made payments" what was the method you used?

MrsCB:




I applied to Torrens University on 28th Nov through their only agent in nig, Options Education.

I got an offer letter on the 17th of Dec after an interview with the sch. Although there were some delays b4 the admission due to some complications needed to be explained in some of my documents, if not the admission process is 1-2weeks.

I made payments, then due to xmas hols I got my CoE on 4th Jan. Front loaded my medicals and submitted visa on 11th Jan, it was granted on 18th Jan.

On normal circumstances, the whole admission and visa application is within a month if u have complete documents.

shotuns:

Hi MrCB, I'm keying into your success. A big Congratulation. However I'd like to ask if you wouldn't mind sharing the content of the interview with the school and possibly things to avoid during compiling our documents as you mentioned that there are complications in your documents.
Please your information will help us intending candidates to be more successful in our future applications.. Thanks MrCB. Your greatness is just beginning. Amen.




Do u want to apply to Torrens University? They don't don't process student's applications directly except u go through their agent. The student counsellor will guide u through.

esosa4real:


Thanks much but I have already gone far in the Canadian scheme.

Plus OZ has its own many challenges in the beginning stages which do not fsvour me but truth be told, the opportunities are better in oz....also see the below contrast a colleague from the Canada thread.

Yeah, they both have their pros and cons. These are what I have been able to gather from the 2 systems.

Australia
Pros
1. POF not required
2. Age does not drop points significantly
3. BSc and Msc. get the same point
4. It takes roughly about 1 month to get PPR after AOR
5. You can get ITA with zero work experience (especially for Engineers)
6. It favours those with high number of years of work experience
7. It favours Engineers as most Engineers have their job code under SOL List and CSOL list and Engineer Australia can be very fast to evaluate qualifications
8. You can decide to write PTE instead of IELTS. People say PTE is easier

Cons
1. Application fee is about 3 times that of Canada
2. You will not only evaluate your certificate, you will have to evaluate your work experience as well if you plan to claim points for work experience
3. No of years of work experience are often reduced after evaluation
4. It can take ages to get work experience evaluated
5. You only get points at all if you have 3 or more years of work experience
6. You need all 7s in IELTS to get 10 points for language and all 8s to get 20 points
7. if your occupation is not under SOL list or CSOL list, it is nearly impossible to get PR
8. It is nearly impossible for Medical doctors, lawyers, etc for to get PR as they will need to pass their professional exams first before applying
9. Work experience must be in the same NOC as your academic qualification for it to count.


Canada
Pros
1. Application fee is reasonable
2. You do not need to evaluate work experience
3. Good for Medical doctors and others in regulated professions
3. You just need to target 8.5,8,7.5 and 7.5 in LRSW
4. There is no SOL/CSOL List. You will qualify once your NOC code is under 0,A or B
5. Work experience does not have to be in the same NOC as your academic qualification for it to count.
6. You just need 3 year work experience for you to get maximum score under work experience

Cons
1. POF is required
2. Without MSc or a "professional" qualification, you will have to rely on PNP to get above 450
3. PNP is very difficult to get
4. Age has a huge impact on your score
5. Work experience does not count after 3 years
6. It takes about 6 months after AOR to get PPR.
7. You will need the combination of this 3 to get above 450: good IELTS score, 3 year work experience, MSc/2 or more qualifications/regulated professions

Please be free to add more to allow people to decide on which route to pursue.

damien83:
Hi @mjlbabajide, just have a quick question regarding the 5years equivalency of Nigerian degrees to Australia's. Can a 4year bachelors degree and 1year PGD equal an Australian bachelors degree? And do you have a source for your claims?

Nwokeomajayb:

Ehhh another new year discombobulation. B4 na unlimited work hour for work study now this. Hello I've not seen such b4.

seyo99:


Nice write up. I'm tryna learn on procedures for Australian visa. looking from given facts on here I guess these informations are restricted to skilled workers or PR Immigrants. please correct me if i'm wrong, i'm still seeking for informations.

Llexnet:
Please I need a link that explain what you can carry to Australia as a student with regards to food items.

Llexnet:
@Badneat, I tried to Pm you but its not going thru. need to ask you some questions, please pm me your number so we can talk.

mjlbabajide:


Well, if you look through DIBP and assessing body websites, they only mention masters, bsc(uni degree), diploma, or vocational. All these can only be assessed independently and not combined into one.

My source is my experience.

Which is not all Nigerian universities gets positive assessment for 4year course. So you might need to find if your uni is one of such schools or not.

But like some people with different assessment experince have said, this issue differs from one assessing authority to another.

Therefor i conclude by saying you might want to let us know your course of study, university attended and assessing body. It is possible we find someone who scaled through or did not scale through with your exact situation