amiaforaussie:
Good day Ause, thank you so much for this platform, it's very educative and informative. I av been following up from the first page for awhile now but I need help on determining who is more preferable to be the principal applicant btw I & my spouse, Here are our details :
My spouse
B.sc - Computer and information science(Nigeria)
M.sc- Telecommunications engineering (UK)
He also have certifications from India on Microsoft technology
He work at an IT firm from Nov 2011 before going for his masters from Sept 2013 to Feb 2015 and he is currently working there from then till date, that's two years plus working experience if am ryt.

Mine
B.tech- Agricultural Economics
Presently working at an agricultural firm since September, 2015

1) Pls who has a better chance as principal applicant?
2) Can he make use of his masters in engineering rather than d B.sc, since IT is competitive
3) or should I be the principal applicant since agricultural consultant is not as competitive as Computer &information science?

From a personal point of view, I think you should be re principal applicant, You can easily nominate agricultural consultant, check the job description on anzsco website and see if it goes in line with your current occupation. The main reason you should be the primary applicant is simply because there's little or no competition in the occupation compared to computer engineering. I applied as an agricultural consultant, And i was done in little time.
The advice is based on personal views anyways.

QUESTION:
Should I go ahead with skill assessment in Sales Manager or wait till July 1, 2017 when new occupation is updated by the Northern Territory who seems to be the only state I meet the minimum requirement, and offering a nomination on this occupation


Using the point calculator, I already have 55 points out of the required 60 points based on my own assessment though.
Thank you all, and hoping to get an insight from your pool of experience.
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From my little experience, I think you need to have been employed in a field highly related to your qualifications to have a shot at a positive assessment. I don't think a sales manager occupation with agricultural qualification will fly with them.

doyen06:
Hi everyone, please I need some comment on this issue. My brother submit application to VETASSESS and today they sent him a message and here is the content;

SKILLED MIGRATION ASSESSMENT
Nominated Occupation: Chemist
(ANZSCO Code: 234211)
Qualification/s: 1. Bachelor of Science awarded in 2013 by Obafemi
Awolowo University, Nigeria is assessed as comparable
to the educational level of an AQF Bachelor degree
and is therefore at the required level.
Field of study Chemistry is highly relevant.
Country of employment: Nigeria
Employment assessed: 1. Chemist, xxxx Fresh Water (xx/xxxx to xx/xxxx)
The employment Chemist,xxxx Fresh Water (xx/xxxx to xx/xxxx) does not
meet the minimum requirements for this occupation as
the tasks undertaken are not highly relevant to the ANZSCO tasks
for the nominated occupation
The employment described above does not meet the minimum requirements for
this occupation as
According to ANZSCO, a Chemist studies the chemical and
physical properties of substances, and develops and monitors
chemical processes and production. Based on the documents
provided, the main purpose of the above employment position
appears to be for the purpose of ensuring that the product complies
with health policies and regulations regarding drinking water, which
is not relevant to your nominated occupation as defined by
ANZSCO.
A positive assessment of both qualifications and employment is required for a
positive Skills Assessment Outcome.
Skills Assessment Outcome: Negative
Based on the evidence provided, the qualifications and/or employment described above do not meet the Skills
Assessment requirements of your nominated occupation.

Please for people that have passed the assessment as chemist, please I need your contribution on what can do to change this negative to positive.

Ok
Well, something similar happened to my friend last year, same vetassess. Employment does not correspond and she got negative, what we did was simple. We viewed the anzsco requirements and we realized our packaging was initinitially wrong.

We got statement of service from four of her bosses and we let them know how we want it. Depends on relationship with bosses anyways.

To cut the story short, reassessment came out positive

Obigirl:
Good morning everyone and congratulation to those that have realized their dreams through this wonderful forum. To all the seniors here, may God bless you for all your assistants. please I need your advice on what to do.
I am a graduate of agric- economics with no experience in this field but own and run a restaurant for over 12 years now.
I discovered I could nominate either café and restaurant manager or agricultural consultant which are both assessed by Vetassess.
the problem now is that my qualification does not relate to a restaurant manager and as for agricultural consultant which relate to my qulifiaction I do not have any work experience at all. Meanwhile Vetassess requires that your qualification must be relevant to choosen occupation. please everyone, I need your advice

Well, from your explanation, you seems very qualified for both occupation, but vetasses might not assess you on that job experience vis a vis your qualification, they must work hand in hand. But my bosses in this forum can suggest something else based on your job experience

Congratulations my bro @mctowel01, baba God is definitely with us here. Enter and be granted.

eaglemaniac:
Please oga Bnimz, bellong and other great people that have gone through this successfully, I am presently in the process of uploading my documents for visa 189, I want to know if it is OK to just upload high quality scans of my passport biopage and birth certificate or is compulsory to get them certified before uploading. I asked this question here earlier but got no response. Please help a brother.

I uploaded mine like that, high colour quality, and I was fine with it.

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On this day, the chronology of a successful endeavor reads thus:

Congratulations bro , more success in the new land

manucho:
Hello everyone belong and co....please I have HND Agric Extension and Management no experience years since I've graduated though I'm into buying and selling stuffs like red oil, plaintains on a very large scale and sell to market women...please I want to go through this PR route I've read everywhere up and down don't even know where I fit in aspa work to choose cause I've got no experience in my course of study or even any other stuffs. My wife she has a shop where she sells baby stuffs on a large scale. I have someone in down OZ but i dont know where i fit in. Help me oh

Well, you would have fit in for agricultural consultant with your occupation, but vetassess requires a qualification In the range of an AQF for the occupation , which means 5years in most universities here. Also, experience In a highly related field, I doubt buying and selling will fly with them. So that seems like the basics bro

@ bellong, @wellendowed,

pls what are the prospects for agricultural jobs in victoria, just got a PR Sponsored by victoria.

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I am a boy, well I paid naira into someones acount over there to make the payment for me, the issue you are having might be related to insufficient funds maybe, get the exchange rate, try and make some conversions, your bank can guide you properly on that I guess

Michaelamo:




Congratulations Sir, please did you add experience on your vetassess assessment?

Claimed 2years experience, no points

jayooh:


Congratulations fam, may the land yield forth unto thee all of which your strongly desire.
Cheers

AMEN, thank you all for the warm wishes.

seyidollar4real:

Congrats Bros,can u pls.share with us what d process was like cos I am also into agriculture.

ok, the normal procedure, from assessment of your skills with vetassess, down to all other stages that follows

ugsams:


Congratulations on your grant bro. Please is it okay if I confirm some details from you about your assessment with Vetassess as an Agricultural Consultant?

sure, you can pm me or ask here

mamajaz:
Congrats Mr. Odunayo. Please, which groups of people can be assessed as Agricultural Consultant?

mostly Agricultural economics and extension, agric extension and rural development, agric extension only, and few more in that line

SegunWamiri:
I love DIRECT grants. Many congratulations @ hordunayot. Journey mercies and may the new place of abode favour you and family.

What's your occupation and are you married?

Agricultural consultant, I am single.

catchdwind4rmkd:
Congrats...
Best wishes.

Tmex:
Congratulations odunayo, pls what course were you accessed for?

Thanks @all, agricultural consultant is the occupation.. Forgot to put it

my people, it has happened oo, grant came in this morning, i am so happy.

All 2017.

Jan 13th------vetassess assessment lodge
march 3rd---- positive outcome
march 17th----PTE, 10 points
march 17th---EOI, NSW and VIC both 55 points
march 31st--- VIC nomination and ITA.
April 21st-----VISA LODGE, all docs front loaded
April 28th-----Immi assessment commence mail
May 16th-----Direct Grant.

Thanks to everybody that has contributed to the success via sharing knowledge here etc, many more grants to come in Jesus name.

pls is there anybody staying in melbourne or any part of victoria here?

bellong:
I officially completed the final survey today which puts to an end, my two year moral obligation living in South Australia.

Now, I can move ahead to explore other states in the nearest future....

congratulations boss

bellong:


Rewrite your English test for 20points.

The only visa you can apply for is a 489 visa which requires 50 points but it is not a PR, only a pathway.
No point going through the same process twice. Dust your book again and prepare for the English test.

@hordunayodt,

Your situation is not peculiar. Only a notification that the application has been alloted to a processing team.

Don't panic, you are on track.

thanks Oga bellong

sammywemmy:
i agree. u go patient. u can call after 90 days. if it is brisbane team, dem slow. either way you are on the queue, and you go get d grant. Baba God no go abandon you.

AMEN O,
it wont even reach 90 days

oknee:

Your case is not strange. Some people do get the mail to alert them which team is processing their application. My brother got it and he was a single applicant. His grant was out less than a wk after, so do not panic.

mctowel01:

Sorry, your case is strange. You can only be patient till rhey get back to you

thanks, got a big relief, mine is coming soon too

mctowel01:

Are you married? and was it recent?

single, i am the only applicant

pls house, help me check this,

lodge my visa application on the 21st April, all docs front loaded, on 28th April, got a mail from gsm allocated that immi assessment commence, searched through and couldn't get why i got this because i am not claiming points for work experience, and i have all docs submitted. no CO contact till now, pls any idea about the mail, cos it reads your application has been allocated for further processing. I anticipated a direct grant

Yeeshas:
Hello e-family, (haha...e-sibling i'm sure a lot of the veterans do not even know #thisismefamzing)

ITA received

Thank you guys @bellong and everyone

congratulations

izykvision0:


Depends on the state you are applying for. VIC requires your English and work Assessment only. You can register for EOI and get the no but not to submit if I can remember vividly. .

oga, abeg i throw you pm since yest, pls reply me.

Bnimz:
Dewys1 there IS a LAUTECH dude in da hauz!! Haha! Awa ti UnderG

those people for student affairs dey madt fah.. .. My guy's transcript, dem still never send ... Anyway... I sent my own transcript to my dad's office o... Na so I take get transcript wey I dey carry upandan since all these days..

Na so , mine took almost 9 months, Thanks to strikes and all.

Kingbukaz:
congrats bro. What's your point?

55 plus 5 from victoria

hello Fam

Received invitation to apply for visa yesterday, courtesy of Victoria state nomination.

Agricultural consultant.
God has just been so good.

Manly7:
Good morning, I applied for pta on 13th March, and my bank haven't contact me for approval and I'm traveling on 19th March. What do you suggest I do?

I think it's your bank. A friend of mine also applied last week Wed, got it on Thursday. Union bank main branch. Also travelling on 19th.
Most banks ans PTA request asap now

xafoz206:


Boss congrats! I am about to get started on mine as well as Agricultural consultant.. I'll appreciate if you can give me some guide lines on how to go about what's needed I have my degree from UI and 3yrs working experience... please your response will be appreciated cause I hate to make silly mistakes. Thanks

I already replied your pm. With vetassess, all you need is proper documentation and make sure your job descriptions match closely with the nominated occupation. Not forgetting educational qualification as well..
I'll be of help of help in any way I can as per documentation.