Note
Please note it is an applicant's responsibility to ensure that the selected occupation is available for the intended visa category.
Skills Requirement

This occupation requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the educational level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Diploma, in a field highly relevant to the nominated occupation.

In addition to this, applicants must have at least one year of post-qualification employment at an appropriate skill level completed in the last five years in a field which is highly relevant to the nominated occupation. If employment is not post-qualification, then three additional years of highly relevant employment are required.

[[[ If the qualification is not in a highly relevant field, two years of employment at an appropriate skill level, completed in the last five years which is highly relevant to the nominated occupation is required. This is reduced to one year if there is an additional qualification at least at AQF Certificate IV level in a highly relevant field.]]]

A positive assessment of both qualifications and employment is required for a positive Skills Assessment Outcome.



Hello house, Please with respect to the paragraph in Bracket, Has anyone been assessed successfully for an occupation very unrelated to their qualification??

jayooh:

Hello, please I purchased this bundle but it's not letting me call Australia. Called MTN call centre severally but they were of no help. Have u used it before? it's actually calling the US, but Australia keep giving me the low/insufficient balance response.

Ah that's serious . That's what I use to call US. which of of d bundle did u purchase ?

good day all im new here. pls i need information on how i can migrate to australia. i am an HND holder in marketing, 10 years work experience in facility management, 38 years old, IELTS score of 7

please if theres a link to any whatsapp or telegram group on migrating to australia. i will like to have it so i can join. thank you

stepo707:
I just noticed that for the state nomination, you will need financial obligation of 25,000AUD.....Is this same for subclass 189 visa?

Also do they need bank statement verifing that you have the said amount?

Thanks

Well for the financial obligation, I don't think you need to prove it in any way, you only need to declare that you have it. At least I know of SA, they won't ask you for any evidence.

stepo707:

Hmmmn.well as u knw writing score can't be guaranteed.and sometimes little mistakes in reading/listening
I wrote the test on Nov 2nd but the result is not yet out.fingers crossed though

So wait till you get your English test result before you are sure of the points.
Also u most likely won't get anything for experience with your 4 years if you assess with ACS.
Best thing is to do what Eladua did. Assess with TRA instead.

Eladua:


Thanks sis, I hope your husband went on with his too.

Yes. We are still waiting for ITA.

trastar:


So wait till you get your English test result before you are sure of the points.
Also u most likely won't get anything for experience with your 4 years if you assess with ACS.
Best thing is to do what Eladua did. Assess with TRA instead.

I will weigh my options once the result is out.i actually read computer science and all my job has been on IT support/engineer.i wonder why they would not count it as an experience for me.
I would really want a 189 or 190 visa though

Olalekankad

Eladua:


Well for the financial obligation, I don't think you need to prove it in any way, you only need to declare that you have it. At least I know of SA, they won't ask you for any evidence.

Ok thanks.fingers crossed

E-fam,
I greet you all.
I have JUST one PTE voucher and ONE PTE practice gold kit for urgent sale.
I bought it with the intention of using it later this month, but now I have to go for IELTS as I'm also considering Canny EE.
Please contact me if interested. Regards.

Rett0:


Big congrats. Go eat the good of Oz

Thanks ma.

Mcslize:


Ah that's serious . That's what I use to call US. which of of d bundle did u purchase ?

Maybe it doesn't work for Australia .
20minutes. Will use airtime credit tonight.
Thanks

Eladua:
So, finally it is my turn to testify, the Lord has done it.

Congrats!! Go forth and prosper.

Zany.

jayooh:

Maybe it doesn't work for Australia .
20minutes. Will use airtime credit tonight.
Thanks

Just do as mama d mama said. You can't spend up to 2k no matter the network you use.

All the best.

Zany.

@all,

According to reliable sources, the November rounds will be on the 8th and 22nd November.

Zany.

zanyzara:


Just do as mama d mama said. You can't spend up to 2k no matter the network you use.

All the best.

Zany.

I have used normal airtime credit to call them jare. Said the assessor was unavailable, that I should send an email and they would get in touch. It's becoming annoying.

jayooh:

I have used normal airtime credit to call them jare. Said the assessor was unavailable, that I should send an email and they would get in touch. It's becoming annoying.

Let's take the delay as a good sign of positive outcome as he shouldn't take him that long if he still wants to give you ET except he didn't get your new CDR before he went on "vacation"

Zany.

zanyzara:
@all,

According to reliable sources, the November rounds will be on the 8th and 22nd November.

Zany.

Same here...
But let them make it official sharp sharp.
Anyways 3PM Nigerian time is 9hrs away...

Congratulations once more Eladua, can you give us your timeline

My friend has worked in a private secondary school for almost 5 years now, her salary has always been handed to her, so no bank record of salary and no pay slip to reflect. Please how can she go about this while applying for PR. She wants to apply as an English teacher.

Alphadoor:

Anyways 3PM Nigerian time is 9hrs away...

Yesoooo.

......8hrs more

Zany.

farellstone:
My friend has worked in a private secondary school for almost 5 years now, her salary has always been handed to her, so no bank record of salary and no pay slip to reflect. Please how can she go about this while applying for PR. She wants to apply as an English teacher.

Why can't your friend ask herself?

Does your friend have a qualification in education?

Hi All, I have been a regular follower of this thread since I came across it through google. I have learnt quite a lot here from the myriad of questions and answers. I would also like to acknowledge lots of beautiful minds here – belong, mctowel, bnimz, spiroxy, mamajaz, zany to name but a few.
Though am still waiting patiently for my ITA, I thought of sharing my experience with English exams.

I started my journey early this year, and have written 3 IELTS exams. I was able to achieve at least 7 across all bands on the second attempt after which i evaluated my credentials with CPAA. But then I needed more points to stand a chance for ITA under ANZCO 221111, so I did the third IELTS on 9Sep17, but it didn't turn out as expected. I had L=8, R=7.5, W=7, S=7.5 so 20points seemed elusive.

However, before the outcome of my third IELTS i was skimming through previous posts on this thread when I came across the part where @bnimz mentioned getting 90 on all bands in PTE. It inspired me to be frank. At this point i had known about this thread for around a month, but I wasn't following with keen interest. I wish I was, perhaps I would've had the 20points much earlier.
So I did a little research online and finally decided to go for PTE on 19Sep17 as a backup plan, since it proffers a more objective alternative to attaining the 20points from language. As it turned out above, IELTS wasn't good. Though PTE wasn't either, but the result gave me hope. My first PTE on 19Sept17 came out as L=90, R=81, S=78, w=90. You can imagine how heart-rending this result was, just one point to hitting superior points. Infact, at a time I thought Pearson did it on purpose. But then I gave it another try on 27Sep17, score was L=90, R=72, S=70, W=90. Worse than the previous, you’d say, but I learnt an invaluable lesson from this. So, I put in for another one on 03Oct17 and result was L=90, R=89, S=90, W=90. Now I will tell you what I discovered in the speaking.

In my first attempt, I had just a few hesitations or pauses here and there during describe image and retell lecture. And I spoke continuously with some speed all through the test, cause of another candidate’s loud voice behind me. However, on the second attempt there was no hesitation, false start or any other form of error, but then the result was bad. Reason, I was trying to game the system. I spoke slowly in the read aloud, so my pronunciation was better, but then I spoke at a faster pace in other sections. Apparently, the system monitors your pace all through the speaking exam, and any change is taken for speech at an uneven pace which lowers your fluency scores. To achieve a high score in PTE speaking, aside from avoiding hesitations, repetitions, and false starts, you need to speak continuously and maintain the same pace across all the speaking sections. Another thing I did was, for describe image and retell lecture, I included at least a sentence as conclusion.

Do not be carried away by the read aloud speaking section of the PTE exam, you would get about 30secs to prepare, this should tell you something. The preparation time is to familiarize yourself with the text, so when it’s time to start reading, you have to be fast, not rushing through anyway, but then you have to be continuous so you can achieve that “assimilation and deletions appropriate to continuous speech” of PTE that is ascribed to native-like score under the pronunciation rubric. This can be clearly observed when you listen to newscasters on BBC or CNN. You would notice how fast they speak as they read from the teleprompter before them.

As for the retell lecture, my strategy was to listen attentively to the lecture (I did not write anything – my style). Focus was on the lecture. I was writing down keywords in my first and second attempt as advised by several blogs and videos I saw, but when I sat down to understand myself before the third attempt, I realized putting my focus on listening works best for me. After listening, I then spoke with the understanding of the topic. This enhanced my fluency as i was able to relate the talk as though I was telling a friend about a movie I saw.

For describe image, I employed e2language’s style of title, x-axis, a few points from the graph, chart or diagram and conclusion. Please see e2language videos on YouTube for this. Remember, always add a conclusion or implication to your response.

Repeat sentence is quite straight forward. Just try to develop your short term memory. In my opinion, please do not write down the sentence. Just focus on listening and repeat as you heard; same stress patterns and rhythm.

For answer short questions, please look up wenbo.tv, the site has a lot of practice questions. This part requires familiarity with the mode of responding. I guess most people do well in this section because they are probably things you come across every day.

I’ll stop here for now; this is already getting too long.
Here are a few sites that helped me during my preparation:

www.wenbo.tv/Practice-V3/home.html (has lots of practice materials)
www.coursera.org/learn/interview-preparation/lecture/fB5fE/using-phrasing
www.englishlistening.com

zanyzara:


Yesoooo.

......8hrs more

Zany.

6hrs more

Anatano:
Hi All, I have been a regular follower of this thread since I came across it through google. I have learnt quite a lot here from the myriad of questions and answers. I would also like to acknowledge lots of beautiful minds here – belong, mctowel, bnimz, spiroxy, mamajaz, zany to name but a few.
Though am still waiting patiently for my ITA, I thought of sharing my experience with English exams.

I started my journey early this year, and have written 3 IELTS exams. I was able to achieve at least 7 across all bands on the second attempt after which i evaluated my credentials with CPAA. But then I needed more points to stand a chance for ITA under ANZCO 221111, so I did the third IELTS on 9Sep17, but it didn't turn out as expected. I had L=8, R=7.5, W=7, S=7.5 so 20points seemed elusive.

However, before the outcome of my third IELTS i was skimming through previous posts on this thread when I came across the part where @bnimz mentioned getting 90 on all bands in PTE. It inspired me to be frank. At this point i had known about this thread for around a month, but I wasn't following with keen interest. I wish I was, perhaps I would've had the 20points much earlier.
So I did a little research online and finally decided to go for PTE on 19Sep17 as a backup plan, since it proffers a more objective alternative to attaining the 20points from language. As it turned out above, IELTS wasn't good. Though PTE wasn't either, but the result gave me hope. My first PTE on 19Sept17 came out as L=90, R=81, S=78, w=90. You can imagine how heart-rending this result was, just one point to hitting superior points. Infact, at a time I thought Pearson did it on purpose. But then I gave it another try on 27Sep17, score was L=90, R=72, S=70, W=90. Worse than the previous, you’d say, but I learnt an invaluable lesson from this. So, I put in for another one on 03Oct17 and result was L=90, R=89, S=90, W=90. Now I will tell you what I discovered in the speaking.

In my first attempt, I had just a few hesitations or pauses here and there during describe image and retell lecture. And I spoke continuously with some speed all through the test, cause of another candidate’s loud voice behind me. However, on the second attempt there was no hesitation, false start or any other form of error, but then the result was bad. Reason, I was trying to game the system. I spoke slowly in the read aloud, so my pronunciation was better, but then I spoke at a faster pace in other sections. Apparently, the system monitors your pace all through the speaking exam, and any change is taken for speech at an uneven pace which lowers your fluency scores. To achieve a high score in PTE speaking, aside from avoiding hesitations, repetitions, and false starts, you need to speak continuously and maintain the same pace across all the speaking sections. Another thing I did was, for describe image and retell lecture, I included at least a sentence as conclusion.

Do not be carried away by the read aloud speaking section of the PTE exam, you would get about 30secs to prepare, this should tell you something. The preparation time is to familiarize yourself with the text, so when it’s time to start reading, you have to be fast, not rushing through anyway, but then you have to be continuous so you can achieve that “assimilation and deletions appropriate to continuous speech” of PTE that is ascribed to native-like score under the pronunciation rubric. This can be clearly observed when you listen to newscasters on BBC or CNN. You would notice how fast they speak as they read from the teleprompter before them.

As for the retell lecture, my strategy was to listen attentively to the lecture (I did not write anything – my style). Focus was on the lecture. I was writing down keywords in my first and second attempt as advised by several blogs and videos I saw, but when I sat down to understand myself before the third attempt, I realized putting my focus on listening works best for me. After listening, I then spoke with the understanding of the topic. This enhanced my fluency as i was able to relate the talk as though I was telling a friend about a movie I saw.

For describe image, I employed e2language’s style of title, x-axis, a few points from the graph, chart or diagram and conclusion. Please see e2language videos on YouTube for this. Remember, always add a conclusion or implication to your response.

Repeat sentence is quite straight forward. Just try to develop your short term memory. In my opinion, please do not write down the sentence. Just focus on listening and repeat as you heard; same stress patterns and rhythm.

For answer short questions, please look up wenbo.tv, the site has a lot of practice questions. This part requires familiarity with the mode of responding. I guess most people do well in this section because they are probably things you come across every day.

I’ll stop here for now; this is already getting too long.
Here are a few sites that helped me during my preparation:

www.wenbo.tv/Practice-V3/home.html (has lots of practice materials)
www.coursera.org/learn/interview-preparation/lecture/fB5fE/using-phrasing
www.englishlistening.com

nice one..congrats...is wenbo.tv not a Chinese website?

@ verabampe, hope you're getting set to meet AHPRA

Alphadoor:


6hrs more

Brotherly, your testimony is closer, Bellacious, same is yours...

Eladua:
So, finally it is my turn to testify, the Lord has done it.

Congratulations bro..May you prosper in the land..

esident Visa Through Skilled Migration. by raciacha: 5:19pm On Nov 06
good day all im new here. pls i need information on how i can migrate to australia. i am an HND holder in marketing, 10 years work experience in facility management, 38 years old, IELTS score of 7. please can someone guide me on how to start the process

raciacha:
esident Visa Through Skilled Migration. by raciacha: 5:19pm On Nov 06
good day all im new here. pls i need information on how i can migrate to australia. i am an HND holder in marketing, 10 years work experience in facility management, 38 years old, IELTS score of 7. please can someone guide me on how to start the process

Read page 0 to understand the process and come back with specific questions. Peeps here will be willing to help if you have made some efforts yourself.

Zany.

Making a total of 6 english test attempt.

It seems 6 is the magic number. That speaking can give headache een. May be I should hurry up and try it again.

I have sent you a PM.

Anatano:
Hi All,
I started my journey early this year, and have written 3 IELTS exams. I was able to achieve at least 7 across all bands on the second attempt after which i evaluated my credentials with CPAA. But then I needed more points to stand a chance for ITA under ANZCO 221111, so I did the third IELTS on 9Sep17, but it didn't turn out as expected. I had L=8, R=7.5, W=7, S=7.5 so 20points seemed elusive.

So, I put in for another one on 03Oct17 and result was L=90, R=89, S=90, W=90. Now I will tell you what I discovered in the speaking.



www.wenbo.tv/Practice-V3/home.html (has lots of practice materials)
www.coursera.org/learn/interview-preparation/lecture/fB5fE/using-phrasing
www.englishlistening.com