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Marinologistics:
We in the same boat bro... you down let's do this

Interesting Bro...
I will send you a PM

DaddyTheFather:
I am not dealing with ITA anymore. I have already applied. Since June of last year. Once you apply for PR, it comes with a bridging visa that is valid until a decision is made on your application.

Ok. Thanks a lot.

DaddyTheFather:
Lol...well I don't have any issues with my IELTS. I have 8.5 in both IELTS general and academic, and I have 65 points for my PR application, and I have already applied. There were complications, and the app has been ongoing since last June, but the complications were not to do with my eligibility. Unfortunately, that's all I can tell you in a public forum, cos the application is still under review. I'm fine though, cos if my 476 runs out, my bridging visa attached to the PR application will take effect until the PR decision is made. So if you can apply for your PR before your 476 runs out, I believe that will also be the case with you (assuming you are on a 476 as well). I am hopeful that the PR will be a success for me Sha...

Thanks a lot Bro for sharing your story.

And thanks @catchdwind4rmkd for the question which has led to more info like this one.

@Daddy...can you please shed more light on the bridging Visa? And what is its validity? Are you eligible for it at the point of skills assessment or only when you have ITA?

Thanks...

Fuji house of speculations...

Confirmed from their twitter handle

What did I just read?

TheSorrowfulMan:
So all the international media are lying

Lolzzz... I wonder... The guy said it like I created the story...

Optimism -- but also a minefield

In the first year of Trump's presidency, Pyongyang escalated its bellicose rhetoric and increased the pace of its missile and nuclear tests. Only in recent weeks, with the overtures led by South Korea, has a breakthrough seemed possible.

The potential talks between Trump and Kim could represent the US's best chance yet to halt the advance of North Korea's nuclear ambitions. But analysts also question North Korea's motivations.

Experts believe North Korea is months from obtaining the capability to strike the US with a nuclear weapon. Trump has repeatedly said the US will not tolerate such a development, warning that he would first launch a devastating attack on North Korea.

Such a military confrontation would likely lead to the deaths of millions, not only in North Korea, but also in South Korea.

Departure from previous thinking

But a host of questions lingered over Trump's remarkable decision, which signaled a break with the administration's thinking just days -- even hours -- earlier.

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told reporters traveling with him in Ethiopia earlier on Thursday that the US was "a long way from negotiations."
"In terms of direct talks with the United States, and you asked negotiations, we're a long way from negotiations. We just need to be very clear-eyed and realistic about it," Tillerson said.
Trump's approach to North Korea has wavered between bellicose rhetoric and expressions of openness to diplomacy -- with the President saying one day that the US would rain "fire and fury" on North Korea and then saying he would consider speaking directly with the country's leader under the right circumstances.

On the campaign trail he signaled more than once that he would be open to direct talks, but more recently belittled Tillerson's attempts to bring Kim to the negotiating table.
"I told Rex Tillerson, our wonderful Secretary of State, that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man," he tweeted back in October.

The White House did not say why it had changed its calculus toward North Korea by agreeing to talks without "concrete steps toward denuclearization."

But a senior administration official said Trump had accepted Kim's invitation to meet because "it makes sense to accept an invitation to meet with the one person who can actually make decisions," even though past US-North Korea talks have taken place at a lower level.

"President Trump was elected in part because he is willing to do -- take approaches very, very different from past approaches and past presidents. That couldn't be better exemplified in his North Korea policy," the official said Thursday evening.

The official added that "President Trump has made his reputation on making deals" and Kim "is the one person who is able to make decisions under their authoritarian -- or totalitarian -- system."

Sanctions to remain in place

Since Trump came into office, the US has leveled some of its most significant and far-reaching sanctions against North Korea and has also succeeded in pressuring China to further isolate the regime. That pressure, the White House said Thursday, would not abate as the US heads toward the historic talks.
While Trump has signaled in a tweet that he was optimistic about the possibilities, he reiterated the US stance on sanctions.

Echoing Trump's stance, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday that the US would continue to impose sanctions until the North Korean regime terminates its nuclear weapons program. "We will not take off these sanctions until we achieve these goals to make sure that the world is protected," he said in New York.

The Trump administration has imposed "more sanctions on North Korea in the last year than the prior administrations have done in the past 20 years," he added.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe talked to President Donald Trump on the phone on Friday local time (Thursday night ET) to reiterate the commitment by Japan and the US to a policy of "maximum pressure" on North Korea.
Abe, briefing reporters after the call, said that the US and Japan had agreed to "keep putting maximum pressure until North Korea takes concrete actions toward denuclearization."

Rapid development
Trump agreed to meet with Kim within hours of learning of the North Korean leader's offer. Chung, the South Korean national security adviser, arrived at the White House shortly before 2:30 p.m. to meet with his US counterpart, H.R. McMaster, and brief the President in the Oval Office.
Just minutes after 5 p.m., Trump poked his head in the White House briefing room to tell reporters South Korea would be making a "major announcement."

Chung's delegation appeared outside the West Wing about two hours later. In a brief statement to reporters, Chung said Kim "expressed his eagerness to meet President Trump as soon as possible."
The North Korean leader had told the South Koreans "he is committed to denuclearization" and pledged that North Korea will "refrain from any further nuclear or missile tests," Chung said. Kim also told the South Koreans he understands that the US and South Korea would move forward with their joint military exercises later this year.

CNN - President Donald Trump has agreed to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the White House announced, setting the scene for a historic, unprecedented encounter.

The meeting, which would be the first between a sitting US president and a North Korean leader, will happen by May, according to South Korea's national security adviser, Chung Eui-yong, who delivered the invitation to Trump after a visit by his delegation to Pyongyang earlier this week.
The stunning announcement is the culmination of a diplomatic whirlwind that began with the invitation of a North Korean delegation to the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Trump's decision to meet Kim, after a year in which the two have repeatedly traded insults, is a remarkable breakthrough -- albeit one with uncertain consequences.

The South Korean delegation, which landed in Washington, D.C. for a debriefing Thursday on the North-South talks, was careful to praise Trump's influence over the developments. Chung said the US President's "leadership" and his administration's pressure on the North Korean regime had "brought us to this juncture."

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement that Trump "greatly appreciates the nice words" of the delegation and South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
"He will accept the invitation to meet with Kim Jong Un at a place and time to be determined. We look forward to the denuclearization of North Korea. In the meantime, all sanctions and maximum pressure must remain."
There are many details to be ironed out before the meeting could take place, including the location. The Panmunjom truce village in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), one possible venue, hosted meetings between North and South Korea in the run-up to the Winter Olympics.

Lalasticlala mynd44 seun

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/08/politics/donald-trump-kim-jong-un/index.html

Holluwaphlexy:
messi will be like if i start my own ehn......

Lolzzz... Don't start the Messi war now

The Portugal star found the net early in the second half at Parc des Princes, matching a mark set by Ruud van Nistelrooy

Cristiano Ronaldo's incredible Champions League form continued on Tuesday as he matched yet another record by scoring at Paris Saint-Germain.

The Real Madrid star opened the scoring in the 51st minute of the last-16 second leg at Parc des Princes.

With his towering header from Lucas Vazquez's cross, Ronaldo scored for the ninth straight game in the Champions League, equalling Ruud van Nistelrooy's record set between 2002 and 2003.

The goal made it 1-0 on the evening and 4-1 on aggregate for Madrid, all but clinching the Blancos a spot in the quarter-finals.

In eight Champions League appearances in 2017-18 thus far, the Portuguese star has scored 12 times, including four doubles.

The last Champions League game in which Ronaldo did not find the net was last year's semi-final second leg against Atletico Madrid.

Amazingly, that match was still part of a run of 10 goals in the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final as Madrid won the competition for a second straight season.

Ronaldo's did top Van Nistelrooy's in terms of goals scored, with the Portuguese star netting 14 goals in those nine matches as opposed to the 12 scored by the Dutch striker.

Edinson Cavani pulled one back for PSG in the 71st, but Casemiro's strike in the 80th sealed a 2-1 win for Madrid on the night, with the Spanish side taking the tie 5-2 on aggregate.

http://www.goal.com/en/news/ronaldo-equals-another-champions-league-record-with-goal-at/a9bbd4qcx4gp1ppo7rhg4amcp

Lalasticlala

catchdwind4rmkd:
Just to add or correct an earlier comment,

Contrary to my earlier claim that I'm yet to hear of someone on 476 that got an offer for a professional role, I've just had one this morning from a very well known friend and I was in the know from the first stage of the recruitment through to the final offer...

He just got an offer this morning as a Controls Systems Engineer, and he's got no previous experience. The company is willing to train and upskill him for a period.

So, in all, your visa has nothing to do with your employability, it's all about you... Sell yourself to prospective employers...

And btw, it's worth mentioning that the job is in regional Victoria. Not many professionals would wanna move regional for an award pay. So, regional employers might be willing to make compromises or take their chances on those willing if they can convince them to be a perfect fit. You might wanna add this to your considerations.

Best wishes.

Wonderful... Very wonderful...
Thanks for this Sire...

catchdwind4rmkd:
[b]Enter Before: October .

I cannot thank you enough Sir. In all I say God bless you richly.

I have gotten a lot from this and will surely work on it.

Thanks again.

dxdi:
Hopefuls shld expect calls tomorrow about APL, but if u dont receive urs tomorrow, dont forget that after tomorrow their will be another tomorrow.

Tomorrow no de finish na... Same with next week

@ oga bellong and catchdwind4rmkd

Thank you very much for your kind analysis and sound advice. You have given me other perspectives that I have not yet considered.

I have up till October for my initial departure deadline, so I will try to put a lot of things in place.

Just to ask too, are there any particular skills that employers are seeking at the moment, which when acquired can give one a strong chance to secure engineering jobs?

Also someone told me I may have to use an Aussie address in my CV and job applications to stand a better chance. Is this advisable given one isn't yet in the country?

Once again, I appreciate the time and effort you have put in to advice your brother.

God bless you richly.

bellong:
@gcey2k

What is your occupation?

I just got a job as a junior lecturer in a federal institution.

I am a mechanical engineer.

Thanks boss

Greetings to everyone here.

I will now post my testimony/query here.

I applied for the temporary skilled visa 476 back in December. This is after several months of job search in Naija after my MSc in the UK. This visa as many may know is an 18 month Work Visa.

On the 1st of February, I got a junior lecturing job in a newly opened federal institution. As expected, I have accepted this offer.

On the last day of February, I got the VISA grant, bringing so much joy, and again reasons to think on what path one would thread.

@ catchdwind4rmkd, I am particularly interested in you as it appears you have traveled with same Visa.

The major dilemma is if it will be sensible to leave a certain job here in Nigeria for this wonderful adventure. And considering that I have a limited grant period for the now.

What are the odds of getting PR if I choose to travel, given I don't have the required 3 years international experience and will require an exceptional English language test results? Are there easier ways one can go about this when one is on ground?

I am not so bothered about landing my first job in Aussie for the now, my major interest is in the future.

I understand life is a risk and I believe the benefits of moving to Australia are enormous. I am an adventurer and also a realist looking to make the best analysis before I decide on what to do.

Oga bellong and other bosses, please chip in some words to help a brother. Sorry for the long post.

I have other questions but will wait to get your views on this.

Thank you.

catchdwind4rmkd:
Hi,

I'd rather you ask your questions here unless they directly affect your privacy.

Most comments, posts and questions here are personal as well but others have benefited from the responses to those supposed personal questions. There have been many testimonies from people who haven't had any previous post on the thread but managed to get their visas by merely reading posts, comments and responses to questions asked by others.

Again, feel free to contact me directly only if it affects your privacy, else post your questions on the right thread, noting this thread is mainly for Life in Oz. The snag with asking questions in private is that you may receive wrong answers with no second or counter opinion from others which may have dire consequences.

Thanks for your prompt and apt response Bro.

I will post it here then later today.

Again, thanks.

catchdwind4rmkd:
No worries mate, I'm more than happy to.

Good morning Bro,
I really need to contact you now as I said before. I would have asked my questions here but because some of them are very personal, I may not want to derail the thread.
I'll send you a PM when you reply it's ok to do so.
Thanks.

AIZubair:
Sorry, how u take know abeg?

Una too like trouble eh...

oloriLFC:
Evaded whose reach? was he not in last year's pre-season game whr Liverpool put 4 goals past Barca? no let me vex o

Lolzzz... That wasn't a competitive game now...

#1 Chelsea

A fixture with a lot of history, meetings between Barcelona and Chelsea in the Champions League generate a great deal of excitement and controversy.

Of the eight times Messi has taken on the Stamford Bridge side in the last 12 years, he has been on the winning side just once, in 2005-06.

He did have an integral role in the most exciting moment between the two sides in recent years when he set up Andres Iniesta for the big winner in their 2009 semi-final leg at Stamford Bridge.

However, in eight games against the Blues, Messi has never found the net.

Will that change on Tuesday?

#2 Rubin Kazan

Russian side Rubin Kazan have proved a surprisingly stubborn side when it comes to facing the Blaugrana in Europe.

Even the attacking prowess of the five-time Ballon d'Or winner has proved futile in any game he has played against them.

The Argentine has been on the winning side against Rubin just once in the four times he has faced them, drawing two and losing one.

#3 Inter

It was Jose Mourinho's Inter who halted Barca's march to another Champions League crown when they knocked the Catalan side out in dramatic circumstances in the semi-finals in 2010.

The two sides met four times in the competition, having also been drawn in the same group, but Messi was kept quiet in the three times he featured against that year's tournament winners.

#4 Xerez

Messi certainly has a reasonable excuse for having never struck lucky against Xerez.

Although he played against them twice in La Liga in 2009-10, he was a second-half substitute each time and played a limited role in victories for Pep Guardiola's team.

#5 Benfica

Barcelona came up against Benfica early in Messi's career, when they overcame the Portuguese side in the quarter-finals on their way to Champions League success in 2006.

The Rosario-born star was was ruled out for the tie through injury, however, and did not get a chance to face them again until 2013.

He orchestrated one win over the Eagles with two assists, but Benfica go down as another side that he hasn't scored against in two attempts.

#6 Liverpool

Messi, Ronaldinho, Xavi and Deco could do little to prevent Liverpool from marching to the 2007 Champions League final when they met at the last-16 stage.

Rafael Benitez's men got the crucial away goals with a 2-1 win in Camp Nou before Barca edged the return leg 1-0. Despite Messi starting and finishing each game, he could not find a crucial goal to put Rijkaard's men through.

The Anfield side have been lucky to have evaded his reach in the near 11 years since.

#7 Girona

Messi may have drawn a blank against Girona in his first meeting with the newly-promoted side earlier this season, but they hardly needed him at his best.

Barca were gifted two own goals by the hosts before Luis Suarez put the game beyond doubt.

Messi could bring this list of teams down from 12 to 10 by the end of the week, as Barca travel to Chelsea on Tuesday before taking on Girona again at the weekend.