Please guys I need to link up with anybody who is in process of applying for skill assessment as an Engineering Technologist.

Hello House,

My name is Nnamdi, I studied Petroleum Engineering in Nigeria, I am currently doing my masters in Oil and Gas Engineering at UWA, I have been reading this trend for a while and I have really enjoyed the way we help each other on this platform, Anyways I would like to get an advise as to how I can go about with my PR plans.

Three weeks ago, I noticed that Petroleum Engineering was added to MLTSSL but @bellong and others explained that it doesn't mean we can apply as skilled independent (189).

So my question to the house is please, what other way can I go about this residency issue.....I appreciate any opinion.

Thanks guys

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Not like a course in Nigeria, You have to do it here but it's quite expensive but it will help in the long run.

jackson2dye4:



Thanks for the info bruh!! I just have to questions 

1) in the event where you are apply for a course without prior knowledge about SOL list and you so deep into the process (paying tuition and applying for visa) only to find out your course is on the CSOL list but not the SOL list although it's a 2years offer. What do u advise? No hope for PR at all? 

2) please what's the exact amount/fee for student visa. 

Regarding your first question, when you want to apply for PR, you can use your bachelor that is if it is in SOL list, but contrary to that, Just give it a try hopefully you will get work visa (4 years) and can apply for PR in the second year of your work visa. That's after your done with your plans. You can also ask some of the guru's here on nairaland.

2) As of the time i applied it was about 97k naira. but that was before July1st. So i don't know the current price.

Solitin40:

But i thought aged care is not available again for international students or it's a lie?

It is still available in some states, not Western Australia.

Yeah, I am in Perth and have lived here for about 5 months now, and I think it's time to give back to this forum that helped me when i was in Naija.

If you have any question regarding life in Perth, feel free to ask me, and to my guys in naija planning is key, I advise you to plan yourself well especially (financially) to do some certification course like aged care, so you can be able to cope with expenses here in Australia.

Check SOL list before choosing a course for masters.

If your plan is to hustle, your best bet is join TAFE, forget masters (Nursing is the best Tafe COURSE)

And finally never give up on God, hand over your plan to Him and his directions.

tkia.

God is Good.... all the time

So I got my golden mail today

Applied on the 21st of June, Lagos

Got my Grant today, 19th of July.

Start date is 1st of August, orientation starts on 25th

Perth here I come.

Thanks to my nairalnad brothers and sisters who have been so helpful.

Wish u guys all the best.

heavybullets:
The lord has done it again!

I got my visa grant today 13th July
Date of Lodgement: 14th June at Teleperformance Abuja Office
Reminder Mail: 12th July to Pretoria, immigration.pretoria@dfat.gov.au

I still hope to find Macquarie University students on this wonderful thread
I pray that the lord answers all your request in Jesus name
Thanks for your support

Congrats

udz:
14th and 15th, lots of visa grant will land.. . wait for urs.

I tap into the blessing....Hopeful

nwankz:
Good morning everyone.......

I wish all hopefuls a grantful week.

Amen.

TempusQ:
All glory belongs to God... Halleluyah

"In every situation, there is a purpose", also
"In every decision, there is a consequence(+/-)"

Teleperformance (Lagos) = 20th June
Got to Pretoria = 22nd June
Visa Grant = 4th July (In the morning)

SVP Subclass 573
No SOA nor English Test.
Going for Masters in RMIT University (City Campus)

God will surely do it for the rest of the hopefuls as he did for me... Amen!!!

Congrats bro I'm happy for you.

Nawa oo...By now I should have gotten a paddy who is travelling to Perth next month, i'm heading to university of Western Australia...pls any associate in the house

rudyislife:
Good morning people I am new here,I want to make inquiries,I would like to apply for masters in Australia,I want to know if they are schools that accept second class lower(Cgpa 3.46),also I want to know if they would require an application fee ,and if it is also possible to use my cousin accout as sponsor for visa application. Thanks.

I think most schools accept a CGPA of 65% in their scale, You can convert ur's by dividing (3.46/5) then multiply by 100, which means u have about 69% CGPA... You can apply in most schools. i had a similar GPA and got admission in UWA./

symbian03:


I'm in Perth. UWA is a very good school - best of luck to your wife.

Hello bro, thanks for ur reply...Pls can we get to talk so i can know more about Perth from my fellow compatriot .

nnamdiubaka@gmail.com is my email address

Hello house, My I have gotten an offer at UWA Perth to study oil and Gas Masters, but i don't know anyone in that city....I need to ask some anyone who is familiar with the City some routine questions....I will be leaving my home naija in 3 weeks time...
contact email.... nnamdiubaka@gmail.com

Shodur:
Hi fam, being following this trend for awhile now. And I truly appreciate all the info gotten from here. Just want to find out if anyone on here has applied to uwa ( university of Western Australia) Perth?.need to ask basic questions. Thanks

Hello shodur, My name is nnamdi and i also got an offer at uwa, Perth but i don't know anyone in that city pls can you contact me at nnamdiubaka@gmail.com

Nigeria lost one their very own Stephen Keshi the former coach of their national team and ex Super Eagles player.

The former Super Eagles boss died in the early hours of Wednesday in Benin, Southern Nigeria, after he was rushed to the hospital complaining about his legs.

Here are 14 facts you probably didn't know about the Nigerian legend.

1. His full name was Stephen Okechukwu Chinedu Keshi.

2. He was born on January 23, 1962.

3. He hails from Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State.

4. He played as a defender for Super Eagles of Nigerian and several football clubs.

5. Apart from the Nigerian national team, Keshi coached the Togolese and Malian national teams.

6. He is the only coach to have taken the Togolese team to the World cup championship till date.

7. The first football club he ever played for was ACB Football Club, before joining New Nigeria Bank, Stade d’Abidjan, Africa Sports, Lokeren, Anderlecht, RC Strasbourg among other clubs.

8. From 1981 to 1995 when he stop playing international football for Nigeria, Keshi appeared 64 times in the Eagles colour and scored nine goals in total.

9. He served as head coach for the Junior Eagles at the 2001 African Youth Championship.

10. He spoke French and English fluently.

11. Keshi was one of only two soccer stars, along with Egypt’s Mahmoud El-Gohary, to have won the Africa Cup of Nations both as a player and a coach.

12. He won the African Nations Cup in 1994 as a captain and as a coach in 2013.

13. His wife of 33 years, Kate died on December 9, 2015 after losing a long battle with cancer.

14. Keshi is survived by four children and his mother.
http://www.soccerinfomania.com/14018/touching-14-things-didnt-know-stephen-keshi/

What all Barcelona fans long for was handed to a young Barcelona fans who celebrated with Barcelona after winning their 24th La Liga title.

The young lad made it onto the pitch, and past the security, before he made a beeline for Gerard Pique.

Seconds later the little lad slinked his way into the middle of the circle, where he was the focal point as Leo Messi, Neymar, Luis Suarez and company all sung their hearts out.

Watch the footage from two angles below.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbgeCpykzhM
http://www.soccerinfomania.com/12758/video-see-magical-moment-young-barcelona-fan-enjoyed-celebrated-la-liga-title/

Following the appalling incidence that occurred today in Samarra by ISIS terror group on some Real Madrid supporters that has left 16 people dead and about 20 injured comes the tribute from their fellow Spanish football club Barcelona.

Barcelona might be a football rival to Real Madrid but a terror attack is an attack to humanity and all club stands against it.

“FC Barcelona expresses its sympathy for the victims of the attack in Iraq on the members of a Real Madrid supporters club,” the Catalan club said in an official statement.

http://www.soccerinfomania.com/12725/barcelona-pays-tribute-real-madrid-fans-dies-terror-attack-see-full-statement/

After Sunday evenings La Liga games, Atletico Madrid fell out of the title race meanwhile Barcelona and Real Madrid continued the race.

Barcelona thrashed neigbours Espanyol 5-0 while Real Madrid scaled through Valencia with a 3-2 victory.

Barcelona still have the edge in the title race but will have to win at Granada on Sunday to be crowned Champions however Real Madrid plan to upset the odds by winning Deportivo next week and hope Barcelona losses.

On the contrary that’s not the topic of the day, the main attractive talking point of Real Madrid’s win was the awesome send off they gave Alavro Arbeloa.

Arbeloa will not be renewing his contract with Real Madrid which will expire at the end of the season so he had a massive send off this evening.

Firstly he was greeted with a huge shirt by the Real Madrid support in the stands and when he came in for Cristiano Ronaldo in the 79th minute he also received a bump from his team-mates after the game.

Whilst we can understand that Arbeloa is a popular figure at Real Madrid, where he has been a true defender of the shirt, both on the pitch and social media, many have wondered why Iker Casillas got such a poor send off in comparison.

One of the stand out goalkeepers in Real Madrid’s history was forced to hold his own farewell press conference and was ushered out the door by Los Blancos.

See the tweets that confirms our claim:
http://www.soccerinfomania.com/pictures-tweet-shameful-real-madrid-gave-alvaro-arbelo-better-send-off-iker-casillas/

Known as a ‘one-club man’ after dedicating his entire career to Barcelona despite interest from several top clubs, Carles Puyol is a figure that is still greatly missed at the Camp Nou.

With over 700 games and at least 21 titles won during his time at Barcelona, Puyol won the hearts of the Camp Nou fans and is one of the true legends of both Catalonia and Spanish football.

Puyol spoke with The Players Tribune in a recent interview and one answer he gave to a question has really shocked the Barcelona fans.
The former defender was asked to pick the smartest player he has ever played with and considering the great stars he played with at Barcelona (Ronaldinho, Iniesta, Messi and so many more) you would think he would choose one of them. But instead he opted for his rival and Spanish national team-mate Raul Gonazalez.

Here are some of the questions and answers

The smartest guy I’ve ever played with is:

Raúl González.

The best penalty kick taker of all time is:

Ronald Koeman.

The weirdest instruction a manager has ever given me was…

I cannot tell you.



The one player I would have loved to play on a team with is …

Maldini

The funniest guy I’ve ever played with is

Gerard Piqué.

If I was not a footballer, my dream job would have been…

Sports Director.
http://www.soccerinfomania.com/barcelona-legend-carles-puyol-picks-intelligent-player-played-choice-huge-surprise/

It’s now becoming glaring that there is something behind the constant exclusion of Aleix Vidal from Luis Enrique’s 18-man squad list irrespective of the full backs fitness level.

The last time Aleix Vidal was included in a squad list was on March 20 against Villarreal after which he picked up a slight injury which prevented him from facing Atletico Madrid and Real Sociedad but since then he has recovered and trained well but instead of seeing a squad inclusion, Enrique decided to add Rafinha who just came back from a long term injury.

This Tuesday, the journalist Javi Miguel explained the reason of these absences as culled from Weloba , The origin can be found in the injury that prevented Vidal to play against At. Madrid and R. Sociedad. One the training session on April 4 ended, the first after the defeat against Real Madrid, some players (like Aleix Vidal or Jordi Alba) stayed on the pitch kicking a ball to score baskets, an activity out of control of the staff members and in which players bet some money.

After 4 or 5 shots, Aleix Vidal felt some discomfort and ended injured. Just one day before match vs At. Madrid and the trip to Anoeta to face Real Sociedad. So, one of the worst moments, with all the season at stake. When Luis Enrique knew it, he got really angry due to the absurdity of the injury, and decided to put Aleix Vidal in theblacklist.

http://www.soccerinfomania.com/reason-behind-aliex-vidal-luis-enriques-cold-war/

Apart from this episode, according to Javi Miguel, Vidal’s performance in the trainings after the injury dropped, something which doesn’t help recover trust of the coach.

Barcelona’s next game is away against Real Betis and that presents Luis Enrique with another opportunity to add Vidal to his 18-man squad list.

Manchester City crushed Stoke City 4-0 at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday to keep the top 4 qualification hope alive as they moved to third position in the League table a point above Arsenal who will face Norwich on Sunday.

Fernando gave Manchester City the lead in the 35th minute before Aguero double the advantage to end the first half and then in the second half it was a game for the 20 year old Nigerian striker Kelechi Iheanacho who scored brace to help Manchester City through the game.

Kelechi has now scored a total of 11 goals this season for the Manchester side this includes 5 in the Premier League.

Watch his wonderful solo goal in the Stoke City game.

http://www.soccerinfomania.com/video-nigerian-sensational-kelechi-iheanacho-strikes-twices-stoke-city/

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https://cdn.streamable.com/video/mp4/8prv.mp4

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Atletico Madrid beat Barcelona 2-0 (3-2 Aggregate) at Vincente Calderon to pull through to the Champions League semi finals, a game that saw Antoine Griezmann score a brace to help the Madrid team through to the next round.

This is second time Barcelona are being eliminated by Atletico Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals in the past 3 years , Koke was the hero of the previous game back in 2014 while today Griezmann took over as the man of the match.

Luis Enrique didn’t have much to say but he insisted that ”Atletico Madrid deserved to win and that Barcelona have not had their best day, but in the second half we have had chances. It was not to be“.

Speaking on the unreachable treble, Luis said: “it was on objective that excited us, but we have to accept the defeat and move forward”

Finally he concluded by saying he won’t blame his players who has failed to prove tough in crucial times: “I can’t say anything bad about the attitude of my players”

Barcelona President Josep Maria Bartomeu also commented on the defeat saying: “It was not to be, so no we have to switch our focus to the upcoming objectives”.

http://www.soccerinfomania.com/barcelona-europe-luis-enrique-say/

However the Champions League semi-finalist for 2015/2016 season are: Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, Manchester City and Bayern Munich.

Antoine Griezmann who demolished Barcelona’s treble dream was on the radar to join Barcelona back in 2011.

Griezmann’s brace at Vincente Calderon was enough to eliminate Barcelona from the Champions League but the weird part of it is that Barcelona had the chance to sign the French striker back in 2011 when he was in Real Sociedad.

According to Mundo Deportivo, Pep Guardiola wanted to sign the Frenchman, who was then at Real Sociedad, for the Blaugranas’ reserve team.

In the summer of 2011, Guardiola managed to contact the player and Barça negotiate with his entourage. The problem was that Griezmann didn’t want to play for Barça B but for the first team. But Guardiola and the club had already agreed on a deal to incorporate Alexis Sánchez. Eventually, instead of signing Griezmann, Barça signed Kiko Femenía, a move that ended up being a total failure.”

http://www.soccerinfomania.com/karma-wont-believe-pep-guardiola-tried-sign-antoine-griezmann-back-2011/

Barcelona has finally paid the price for making such a wrong decision.

This news comes as surprise to me as a writer and as a football fan but funny enough it is true.

A news popped up on BBC’s daily gossip page with reports that compared the weekly wage of Newcastle midfielder Jonjo Shelvey and Barcelona striker Neymar.

The BBC’s website reported the following:
Newcastle would have to pay their 24-year-old midfielder Jonjo Shelvey £80,000 a week in the Championship, as they did not agree a wage cut in the event of relegation.

Neymar’s Barcelona contract has been leaked and it shows the 24-year-old Brazil forward earns £77,000 a week and has a £153m buy-out clause.

Jonjo Shelvey who according to Telegraph earns the above stated wage has played for both Swansea and Newcastle this season with just 1 goal in Premier League, while on the other hand Neymar, has scored 27 goals for Barcelona this season, and 11 just in this calendar year.

Maybe it’s because of the Tv right the Premier League get that made Jonjo earn more but it doesn’t make any sense in all ramification.