"our current experience shows that DIBP is favouring maths and science teachers, as stated, but u are not ineligible to try and we could well see a positive result in d future, if d australian enviroments needs a teacher of your curriculum.so if you have a way if spending time, it us good to do."
THE ABOVE MESSAGE WAS SENT TO ME BY AN IMMIGRATION LAWYER WHO IS A MARA FROM SOUTH AFRICA AS I WAS TRYING TO ENGAGE HER TO HANDLE MY 189 visa processing for me. but seriously got discouraged when she sent this above response after she assessed my timeline as below;
age -28----- 30 points
qulification-- b.ed Sociology----------15
english--- ------------------ -----------------10
experience 4yrs. ----------- ------------------------5
he said I am eligible to try but the major are those that teaches maths and sciences but I teach social studies and government here in Nigeria. please with the above response am I not just going to waste my money and time since not all teachers were needed. please good people of this forum should please help me with good information. though secondary teacher her highly needed but d condition now is like putting me off again. please my e-family show me d way. lol.

GodsClan:
Hi am going to Sydney

please can you send me your mail address. Thanks

are u coming to sydney
pay on Monday for 15th on Feb. How about you? [/quote]

Hi Guys i just received my official grant few minutes ago
I applied and did teleperformance on the 18th Jan 2016
It got to Pretoria on 21th Jan 2016
Visa Granted 10th Feb 2016.
Thanks to you guys for the encouragements , God bless you guys. To those still waiting, i assure you that your visa will surely be Granted
Sydney i come. I will be traveling from Lagos on 19th Feb 2016

hi. pls wt document does one need to hold at hand as were travelling please. thanks

GodsClan:
Hi Guys i just received my official grant few minutes ago
I applied and did teleperformance on the 18th Jan 2016
It got to Pretoria on 21th Jan 2016
Visa Granted 10th Feb 2016.
Thanks to you guys for the encouragements , God bless you guys. To those still waiting, i assure you that your visa will surely be Granted
Sydney i come. I will be traveling from Lagos on 19th Feb 2016

Congrats bro!

GodsClan:

Congrats

can u help me with your mail. thanks

happy for u...already congratulated u in advance.

GodsClan:
Hi Guys i just received my official grant few minutes ago
I applied and did teleperformance on the 18th Jan 2016
It got to Pretoria on 21th Jan 2016
Visa Granted 10th Feb 2016.
Thanks to you guys for the encouragements , God bless you guys. To those still waiting, i assure you that your visa will surely be Granted
Sydney i come. I will be traveling from Lagos on 19th Feb 2016

Please house especially for people have done online transaction of recent,how do i pay for assessment using visa card or MasterCard as i keep on getting messages from my bank telling me that i have exceeded the daily withdrawal limit.been trying to pay Vetassess assessment fee

Congrats with the official grant..so what happened with the OSHC u were asked to pay up, have u payed it already or it wasn't a criteria for the grant?

GodsClan:
Hi Guys i just received my official grant few minutes ago
I applied and did teleperformance on the 18th Jan 2016
It got to Pretoria on 21th Jan 2016
Visa Granted 10th Feb 2016.
Thanks to you guys for the encouragements , God bless you guys. To those still waiting, i assure you that your visa will surely be Granted
Sydney i come. I will be traveling from Lagos on 19th Feb 2016

Please gurus in the house, how do I go about the Australia Skilled visa be it independent, provincial sponsor, or nominated ? please I need your contributions. Thank you

Stanleych007:
Congrats with the official grant..so what happened with the OSHC u were asked to pay up, have u payed it already or it wasn't a criteria for the grant?

I had to pay it before I was given d grant

shinerpoly:
@MaxiDj congratulations...pls did you mention that you got denied from those countries when you were filling your visa application form and GTE form.

Oh naa. Never stated it.

MaxiDj:


Oh naa. Never stated it.

Thanks a lot

COngrat Godsclan...................

GodsClan:
Hi Guys i just received my official grant few minutes ago
I applied and did teleperformance on the 18th Jan 2016
It got to Pretoria on 21th Jan 2016
Visa Granted 10th Feb 2016.
Thanks to you guys for the encouragements , God bless you guys. To those still waiting, i assure you that your visa will surely be Granted
Sydney i come. I will be traveling from Lagos on 19th Feb 2016

Thank God for you oooo, exactly 2 weeks...i tap into your testimony...I submitted on the 22nd of January, by the Grace of God the rest of us that are still waiting for our great news it shall come speedily IJN

So u got the OSHC memo yesterday and payed yrstd immediately..that was quite fast congrats..

GodsClan:

I had to pay it before I was given d grant

Help me say Ami ooo....................AMIIIIIII
Say my grant don show.................AMIIIIIII
Say my God don do am.................AMIIIIIII
Sooo Perth here i come.................AMIIIIIII

I just got my grant today oooo at exactly 2:10pm

i applied on the 11th January 2016, got to Pretoria 14th, frontloaded medicals like 3 weeks and exactly 22 days grant showed on the 10th Feb.
Thanks to this online family for all guidance all through this great adventure.

I intend to move to Perth on the 18th, any travel partner?

Which university?

kennethagada:
Help me say Ami ooo....................AMIIIIIII
Say my grant don show.................AMIIIIIII
Say my God don do am.................AMIIIIIII
Sooo Perth here i come.................AMIIIIIII

I just got my grant today oooo at exactly 2:10pm

i applied on the 11th January 2016, got to Pretoria 14th, frontloaded medicals like 3 weeks and exactly 22 days grant showed on the 10th Feb.
Thanks to this online family for all guidance all through this great adventure.

I intend to move to Perth on the 18th, any travel partner?

kennethagada:
Help me say Ami ooo....................AMIIIIIII
Say my grant don show.................AMIIIIIII
Say my God don do am.................AMIIIIIII
Sooo Perth here i come.................AMIIIIIII

I just got my grant today oooo at exactly 2:10pm

i applied on the 11th January 2016, got to Pretoria 14th, frontloaded medicals like 3 weeks and exactly 22 days grant showed on the 10th Feb.
Thanks to this online family for all guidance all through this great adventure.

I intend to move to Perth on the 18th, any travel partner?

woooow...congrats..see u in perth soon...

Curtin University

jayooh:
Which university?

kennethagada:
Help me say Ami ooo....................AMIIIIIII
Say my grant don show.................AMIIIIIII
Say my God don do am.................AMIIIIIII
Sooo Perth here i come.................AMIIIIIII

I just got my grant today oooo at exactly 2:10pm

i applied on the 11th January 2016, got to Pretoria 14th, frontloaded medicals like 3 weeks and exactly 22 days grant showed on the 10th Feb.
Thanks to this online family for all guidance all through this great adventure.

I intend to move to Perth on the 18th, any travel partner?

Congrats bro!!

congrats!

kennethagada:
Help me say Ami ooo....................AMIIIIIII
Say my grant don show.................AMIIIIIII
Say my God don do am.................AMIIIIIII
Sooo Perth here i come.................AMIIIIIII

I just got my grant today oooo at exactly 2:10pm

i applied on the 11th January 2016, got to Pretoria 14th, frontloaded medicals like 3 weeks and exactly 22 days grant showed on the 10th Feb.
Thanks to this online family for all guidance all through this great adventure.

I intend to move to Perth on the 18th, any travel partner?

mPop:
good afternoon people! my visa just got granted this afternoon 9th of febuary. i applied on the 11th december it got to pretoria 15th december and granted today.

i studied a course entirely different from my work experience and entirely different from my intended course of study.. i told God i will testify on this thread.

2posh thank You soooo much for those tips in writing my sop cos of not for that i would have jumbled up some rubbish or got stuck i calld my sister nd we were on the fone for almost 2hrs taking each point 2posh wrote down for me some examples i lied about *lol* God forgive me bt others were actually true. This is for those that think they cannot change their line of study becos of denial, I thank God all the same!!!

going to Brisbane....@eyinnna pls wen dd u say u will be traveling i need a travel partner i mailed iom lastweek before my visa ws out and dey asked for d week i will like to leave..

Congrats mPop

I'm glad my help was useful

Congrats Godsclan and Kennethagada

Hazeleye:
Congratulations mPop
My situation is same as yours as regards the change of course. Kindly furnish me with tips, plus I intend to go with a dependant. 2posh your help is needed as well. Thank you!

Hi Hazeleye,

My advice: read the thread. Yes, the whole thread. Better to take your time and get it right the first time...

However, here are the same tips I gave mPop for her SOP.

2posh:


Hi mPop,

the guidelines you seek are actually those 5 points the SOP requires you to answer.

Your SOP has to address each and everyone of them enough to satisfy your Case Officer.

That's what makes the skeleton of your essay.



As for the 3 different fields matter; it depends on the peculiarity of your situation.

Get thinking and find a way to link the 3 fields.

What course did you study and what influenced the decision to study it? Was it a good decision at the time? What changed?

What field is your job experience in and how have you used it to make an impact, no matter how small?

What influenced you to pursue a career in a field different from what you studied? What have you learnt from the experience? How have you used it? Was it a good decision to also go into this field at the time? What changed?

What other experiences do you have? What other extra-curricular activities are you involved in or have been involved in, in the past?

How has life in Nigeria and the experiences you have from work and other activities prepared you for the new course you're going for?

What influenced your choice of the new field you're now intending to go into? Is it a lack of self-actualization/fulfillment that makes you want to change fields again? What makes you believe you'll achieve what you seek in this new field? Is it a passion you've picked up? Is it something you always had in you but never really explored?

How will the new course be beneficial to you in future - career-wise and in developing Nigeria? Are there statistics to support the necessity/demand for people in this field in Nigeria?

et cetera, et cetera.

These are the kind of questions I asked myself when writing mine. Answer them truthfully(or as very close to the truth as you possibly can). We all know this is mostly a means to an end(PR) but some elements of truth have to be included to make it authentic, before you embellish it if you must.

The bits and pieces of answers you give yourself will start to come together to fill out the body of the essay.

Include some personal details. You can talk about things that concern your family or friends or the immediate society. The personal touch always sells #MyOpinion. Eg - if you're going for nursing, maybe you lost a family member because the nurses didn't do their job or were not well trained and you want to be part of the change to correct that, by getting a good nursing education. Maybe you were involved in or witnessed a ghastly accident and now want to be helping people needing medical care. Maybe you're the first child and grew up taking care of your younger ones and now feel the need to keep taking care of other people in the society. Stuff like that...

Put on your thinking cap and good luck.

When done, you can ask the house gurus to help you review.


#HopeThisHelps


cc Babahafusaa

Find a way to LINK your involvement in the different fields you have. Emphasis on 'LINK'

It's not about proving that they are related(especially if they ain't). It's about explaining how you arrived where you are now (your current stage in life) and where you are going(the future and your plans for it)

Good luck

MaxiDj:


Oh naa. Never stated it.

shinerpoly:
@MaxiDj congratulations...pls did you mention that you got denied from those countries when you were filling your visa application form and GTE form.

But there is a place in Form 157A that asked IF YOU HAVE BEEN DENIED VISA & WHY.
What did you put there then?

IN OTHER NEWS...

Guess who is travelling today

As you probably already know, I got my visa since October 2015 but I deliberately had to wait until now to travel, for several reasons.

So, anyone traveling with Emirates tonight (Lagos>Dubai>Brisbane) ...holler!

mPop:
hi. pls wt document does one need to hold at hand as were travelling please. thanks

1. International passport
2. Flight receipt (iom I guess)
3. optional - Yellow card, if you've got one
3. Visa grant letter ( print it out) for Naija immigration.

If you're coming to Sydney make sure u hold plenty pepper o