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Cecegal:
Congrats on your positive assessment.

You can fill all your work experience you will see a question is this relevant to your nominated occupation say NO



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very helpful thanks...
I'm a bit confused...filling the skillselect form...EA assessed me without work experience..Now there's provision for work history on skillselect ,; should i leave it blank or fill in my internships and other unverifiable employments ...filling these will give me an extra points

Sorry please do you mean you got a positive assessment without work experience? for what occupation please?

seunbams:
Good day my people. Please, Is there any likelihood of getting an ITA with 60points for agricultural consultant? I have 60points.

Good day. considering the less competitive nature of Agric consultants (about 93% availability left as at April 2018) you still stand a chance. However try and see how you can add 5 points to make it faster.

Please i have a little question...i assume you got a yes from vetassess. Can i know your background and experience? I need to be sure that i can get a yes also. Please inbox me your number. Thanks

rosepetraa:
I don't think VETASSES will accept this your theory o.

I have an alternate theory:
What about your wife doing a postgraduate diploma with NTI and assess as a secondary school teacher?

What do you think? I've not really researched this option, but I think it may be better than wasting money with VETASSES

Lol...well thanks. Your theory seems like a nice one... but i think i will give it a shot. It depends on how well we can prove that she has gained that experience in her teaching role. So i intend to show in the CV, details of relevant practical training and other stuff. Also she taught practicals and managed thes school farm, which could also pass for relevant experience. I think we can give it a try

I have a colleague who read estate management with only one year (NYSC) experience in the estate department of a polythecnic. He was able to get Vetassess to give him a positive assessment by packaging his reference letter and other documents well. So i think we can follow suit

Also. I understand that the financial year 2018 - 2019 begins from 1st of July 2018 and that a number of changes might occur (a number of occupations may be taken out of the mltssl). Last year about 200 occupations were taken out. Based on this is it advisable to proceed still or do we just wait to see the new list? (that is for those of us still in the early stages who might be impacted by changes if they occur)

bellong:
@Cuteyem


1. VETASSES will not take secondary school teaching as a consultancy experience. She should get at least one year claimable consultancy experience to have a very high chance for a positive assessment.

2. She should get the paper documents from the school such as offer letter, payslip, superannuation. You need at least one third party evidence.

3. Go to the exams and records department or the section responsible for transcript in your school. Go with your original copy and photocopy. The school will stamp the photocopy as a copy of the original, put in envelope and also stamp the envelope before sending to vetasses.

I am not sure of your permutation to use teaching as a consultancy service. If she gets a positive assessment, you can check the accounting bodies to see if you did the required courses in your program. If you did them, you can get positive assessment, this will add 5marks to your spouse's 65 making 70. You have high chance of being invited.

Thanks sir. Just further clarification on the use of teaching as consultancy:

Vetassess website describes the relevant tasks of an agricultural consultant as follows:

In Australia, there are currently no legal requirements for licensing or registration for the occupation of Agricultural Consultant. An agricultural consultant generally provides advice to clients as an external contracted service. Clients may include farmers, growers, landowners, conservation organisations and public bodies. As an agricultural consultant, you would usually consult on either technical or
business matters. The consultancy may include advice on agricultural systems, crop and pasture science, livestock, nutrition / breeding, or improvement of production, processing and distribution of farm products.
Tasks include:
 Collecting and analysing data and samples of produce, feed, soil and other factors affecting production
 Advising farmers and farm Managers on techniques for improving the production of crops and livestock, and alternative agricultural options
 Advising farmers on issues such as livestock and crop disease, control of pests and weeds, soil improvement, animal husbandry
and feeding programs
 Developing procedures and techniques for solving agricultural problems and improving the efficiency of production

Now my point is, as someone who taught agric in a secondary school (JSS1 to SS2) even if it was technically not consulting, she was imparting knowledge to students on most of these areas above at an intermediate level. Also consider that this would also have included practical training (managing a school farm etc). So if we can as much as possible tailor this experience to meet the requirement in our application, do we not stand a chance?

My 65 point permutation is as follows:
Age -30 points
PTE - Hopeful for 20 points
Qualification -15 points

I have not included any point for work experience (because its not really up to 3 years), however i need to demonstrate relevant work experience to get Vetassess give us a positive assessment. Thanks bro

Hi guys. I just started my PR visa process under stream 189. I graduated with a degree in Economics and Statistics and have work experience plus some professional papers in accounting. However because of the competitive nature of accounting I am considering making my wife the principal applicant (she studied Soil science which Vetassess has indicated can be assessed to meet the qualifications for Agricultural consultant) as Agricultural consulting roles are far less competitive. However I have a few challenges as follows:

1. My wife has about two years teaching experience, teaching agriculture in a private secondary school plus another one year NYSC experience also as a secondary school teacher. I need to know what the chances are that vetassess will consider this as a relevant experience

2. I forsee a few challenges with documentation of employment. She taught in a private secondary school in Benin. For most part of the two years, salary was collected by hand (so no bank evidence), no payslips, tax clearance or pension remittance. No employment letter was given also (although I have asked her to prevail on the school to issue an employment letter which will be appropriately dated). Please I need help (suggestions) on how to go round this

3. Vetassess has asked that a copy of the BSC qualification certificate be sent in a sealed envelope directly from the school to them. She attended University of Benin. Has anyone been able to get this done from a federal institution?

Finally, I believe she can make total score of 65. On the ceiling list, so far only about 63 ITAs have been granted for her agriculture code out of the annual limit of 1000 (giving about 93.8% availability left) hence i think we should be fine with 65%. is this correct? what do the gurus in the house think?

Thanks guys

Hi VO,

I intend to apply for a US tourist visa for myself, wife and child (we plan to visit next year). I work for a very reputable multi-national organisation with a great visa success rate but my wife is currently not working. I have two questions:
1.) What are our chances of getting visas seeing my wife is not working and what documents do I come with to better prove my case (strong ties to home country)

2.) Our child has not been born but we plan to travel with when she is born . Before I submitted my online application, I included my wife as accompanying party but not our child as she is still in the womb. Will this be an issue at the interview?

NB we are a young couple still in out 20s
Thanks

abujaniv:
Hello, Nairaland! Our last thread was lost due to the Nairaland data loss, so we're re-starting the Non-Immigrant Visa discussion.

We are U.S. Foreign Service Officers working in Abuja and Lagos. We'll be happy to answer as many of your Non-Immigrant Visa questions as possible. Please note that we do not comment on specific cases, we do not offer advice, and we will not answer abusive or insulting posts.

While we will attempt to explain U.S. immigration policies and provide overall visa application guidance, any opinions expressed are the personal views of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Government.

There is a separate Immigrant and Diversity Visa thread at https://www.nairaland.com/1792591/u.s-immigration-questions-ask-u.s., also handled by a U.S. Foreign Service Officers in Nigeria, so please use this thread only for questions about Non-Immigrant Visas.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Our best,
AbujaNIV

ifycyril: wow! Dem no even reason my group...well its all good...Guess it PWC ryt...All the best in ur endeavours bro! God bless all of ya! Batch 2 Peeps Success!!

Yhh I met one of the guys from my group who was also picked at PwC training and he gave me the gist of how three of them were chosen. Make I no lie e pained me initially but I've gotten over it now. All the best to you guy and @Deturia pls don't forget us when you start chopping guinness money

deturla: This Thread's been so quiet,wassup Batch2.......Keep us posted nah......Batch1,ifycyril,cuteYem....How una dey...Any News yet??

For finance 3 guys were picked from the AC and have done 1 stage after that. They are waiting to see the MD who is outta d country. I guess as soon as the MD arrives and meets shortlisted candidates then its over.

ifycyril: called em dis morning...aunty yemi said we shld relax dey vnt made a final decision as regards our stream. Dat wen dey do dey'l mail us...she also mentioned dat dey sent us mails to dat effect bt i told her i didnt recieve any...she said ok we shld chill

Thank you much @ifycyril so we have hope then. Let's wait and see how it goes

ifycyril: looooool....oga yemo e be lyk na to call em again o or wat do u think

@ifycyril I think the best thing is to call them so we'll knw wassup once and for all. @deturia thanks plenty man, didn't bother replying d mail again as soon as I answered the qtn publicly...hope you understand?

deturla: Lailai dats nt possible joor...I stil calld 'em last week...and I was told we are on hold....make una dey get una facts well well b4 una con dey put am fr here ooo....don't cr8 unnecessary tension jare...let cuteyem come and support his statemment b4 I ves enta here physicalli oh.....Diage Seriousli on mi mind!!!!

Baba calm down. The issue here for us from finance is that someone has been called after assessment and not so muchabout whether its 1 or two stages. That I can't really confirm. Shebi you have made it past the AC? Then you have no cause for alarm yet since they told you its on hold for now so no worry. I mean we have not even heard from them after AC

@ ifycyril just got info that someone from my group for finance has made it to the next two stages

ifycyril: But diageo tho...those of us in batch a dem neva tell us hw far

This thing is annoying oh! So we now have batches A and B, kai!

deturla: Gues more hands are nided obviously abi wha do u guys ffink??

I think so too.

ifycyril: sup...seriously?

Yhh it is on . They are calling 4 those three streams again

Wonder what's happening with Diageo.They have started recruiting again for HR, sales and marketing.

deturla: Hiya.....TomClancy...congrats man.....u guys dint even come back to gist us on how the offer letter ws like....Anyways my friend Realjabak Told me he saw and met You.......Fine,Intelligent,and Charismatic Young Men........

Cuteyem,Armani,wassup wiyu guys...Ow did it go Yday...waitn fr year Feedbacks..........Ciao

Oga Deturia you too much jor. The stuff went well oh. Got the letter secured in my wardrobe for now lolllzzz...u are with us and pwc too ryt?

Hey guys it seems some of us have a lot of pwc knowledge. Just wanted to know...what does it take to be thrown out after the first six months? cos I think that rarely ever happens

@ifycyril I can almost guarantee that none from finance has been called. I spoke 2 one of my group members and she has hrd nothing. U guys are right oh! When I get Diageo offer I no go fit look the letter cos I knw its gonna be tempting. Diageo is a real GREAT place to work but in terms of benefits and work conditions and all. The only reason y I'll take pwc over dem is cos I can't get the kind of training pwc will give anywhere else. And yep I went 2 uniben

deturla: Am rili so proud of u......Tom,Armani,CuteYem.......And I c dis as a focal point fr us dah ar stil waitn on God For Positives....it s well wiff us all..... I knew u guys were intellectuals ryt frm Day1 and 1 pray fr mur biutifl ffinz to com ur way...IJN...all d best as u kickstart ur careers...Am s Proud f u

Again thank you so so much @deturia. Don't worry we won't leave the thread, we are waiting together for Guinness and dey'll call

TomClancy: thanks very much ifycyril!
@cuteyem, congrats to you bro. I'm sure it feels good to have one solid job offer at hand.

My brother good is an understatement, it feels wonderful! You knw d feeling nw...ryt nw when guinness comes I'm not sure I'll answer dem again sef

ifycyril: @cuteyem @tomclancy Big Congratulations on d PWc success!!! Una must wash am 4 us o!!!!! Again congratulations. Happy for u guys

Thanks @ifycyril I didn't knw you were following that thread. No be only us o, I saw ArmaniNG there too. Did you also do pwc?

How cum I keep seeing @Tom clancy and @armani NG everywhere. You guys have Diageo waiting for you oh! Lol

Kolren: August, you?

Yhh @ vavi and kolren I am so glad you guys made it even tho I can't place hu kolren is ryt now. Yes I was drilled most, for about 55 minutes and vavi did the interview time keeping. Anyways I'm a 1st August guy. See you guys then surely. Please other 3rd June guys let's hear you!!!

Pleasse where are my 3rd of june guys? @Cmega congrats man! I'm glad to say that I made it too. Pleas I want replies from the rest of us...our Ghanaian friend, the lady presenter, our microfinance banker and abdulmaliq. I am the group moderator

ifycyril: @cuteyem was able to reach dem...d hr chic said dey'l get to us dat we shld wait dey vnt 4gotten abt us
@deturla wats d question

My brother your post just got me dancing alanta and azonto; so much hope. Its to fire prayer on their heads now ohhhh. Them must give us offer!

deturla: @cuteyem don run commot dis Thread oooo,mayb e don land betta Offer...you neva can tell.........

Lolllzzzz guys I'm so sorry I have not updated all these while oh. I just chose to remove mind from guinness first make them no give me BP at my age. Well I've called several times but it seems when they see my phone number they choose not to answer because it keeps ringing and I get no response!

chrisI: cuteyem...u making me out to be the bad guy...all am trying to let u know is that employers are perceptive enuf to know the qualities of a potential candidate before employin...am not implying that they wouldnt employ every1..dont misconstrue my meanin na?

Lollzzz bro that's not what I'm tryna do oh. I perfectly understand you and I know you are right. Evryone of us mean well for all of us. There's no bad guy here bro, we are just making clear our arguements. All the best to us all!

chrisI: . cuteyem, These people are seasoned and well trained people ...they can know enuf about u in less than 2 mins of speaking with u...the way u enter into an office, the way u are dressed, the way u speak, eye contact, facial expressions, etc..these all tell a lot about u, even before u get a chance to say " good morninng ma" , and these people can read u with that! they dont need to sit down with u and hear you talk about your life story for 1 hr to know whether or not they wanna hire u...a friend of mine told me that the E.D just asked him" WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU? funny rite? but that was all! so u see, the E.D dont nid more than 2mins to know about u! but am sure u did great in your interview!

Aiight chris1 you have a strong point there but then I still think at this stage its more about the recommendations u've earned from previous assessments. Yes the ED assessed us but I don't expect her 2mins decision to override that of other very trained professionals who had previously given a more detailed assessment. Time will tell tho, and I hope for our sakes that you are wrong! Lolllzzz

chrisI: the HR guy is the one for lag and ph and abj. He travelled to all these places with the E.D...so there is no. "abj" HR...and another thing...the E.D accessed us and gave us marks and wrote recommendations..wat do u think would happen to those whom she gave low marks or didnt rec?..anyway its just my observ...

I don't argue that ur hr guy dosent knw his stuff. All I'm saying is there is no way he'd knw the number of guys that would see the ED in lag at the tym abj guys were seeing ED. He was probably either talking based on total number of candidates or they had benchmarked a set number of candidates that would be allowed to see the ED in lag, and so he was talking based on that number. Again for someone like me who had a terribly brief interview I wonder how well the ED would have been able to assess me in less than two mins, esp as it was clear she had another meeting to attend and was only seeing me 2 fulfill all obligations. I do doubt if that interview would suffice for an assessment;reason why I believe its just a rubber-stamp. Anyways I hope we all make it all to TS from here!

ifycyril: yh i doubt d scrapping cos i think corp relations and dglobal biz systems vnt also been contacted....
Weneva dey call we will get it by Gods Grace

This silence is getting totally unbearable! I think by tomorrow I'll just call HR. They should at least let us knw wassup so we can free our minds na