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breadtom:
What kind of visa did u travel with?

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Xzandy:
Going well Teamie.....I feel so heavy these days and I am so looking forward to offloading.
Take care

As in...counting down now. Hang in there sis

Xzandy:
@teewhysafe

I greet o....been a while Teamie, how is waddling going?

Teamie... the ministry is moving to the permanent site o. I am still trying not to waddle yet How is it going?

After 4 months since arrival, I think I can share something reasonable now
* Your departure experience from Nigerian Airport?
We left Nigeria on the 20th of April, 2018. Our departure experience was not worth remembering at all. This was not interesting one bit. We got delayed at Nigerian airport due to the fact that my husband's old passport number was what was showing on their system. We even opened VEVO and showed those illiterates the grant showing the new passport number (meanwhile the old passport number is boldly printed on the new passport too) still they no budge. They delayed us for over 3 hours until they were making the final boarding call before we were allowed to board. Village people 0-1

* Stopover experience? When you landed at the airport?
We flew with Emirates courtesy of IOM. Flight ticket cost us about 840k for myself and Hubby. Had 2 stop-overs. 1 at Dubai for about 3 hours. IOM guide was waiting with our names. She took us to the departure gate for Melbourne and we just dozed on the lounge chairs until we boarded. We stopped over for about 30-45mins at Singapore also. We left Naija around 6:30pm on Friday and arrived Melbourne around 7am on Sunday morning

* What are the immigration rules to follow?
Followed all the ones I read on this forum. That's all. Blended and dried our food-stuff, packed within the luggage limits and all. And ensured we declared all our items on the sheet given. It was a breeze in breeze out at Melbourne airport. Within 3 minutes of collecting our luggages, we were outside the airport. We were like shooo, is that all?

* How did you carry all that cash with you?
All that cash ke? lol. We had only $100 pere on us when we entered the country which we exchanged at naija airport @290 to $1.

* Can you open bank account while still in Naija?
I am aware you can but we did ours the next day after arrival.

* Which State/suburb did you settle in and why?
We settled in Victoria/St Albans on arrival because we had family there already. Accommodation was sorted and the area was nice and central for us initially so it was a good place to start hustling.

* Driving in Australia? How long can you use your Naija driving license before you get Aussie license?
Not sure how long but my hubby started driving immediately we landed. I forgot my drivers licence and it was a helpful lady on this thread aussy4lyf that helped send it 3 months after we landed. We immediately started the conversion process which is in 4 stages. Hubby is on the final stage now (drive test) while I am on the 3rd (hazard test).

* Where you live and why you like it or don't like it? Tips on choosing the right neighbourhood, mortgage plans, proximity to work etc.

Still in Victoria now. Living in Noble Park. Choice of this neighbourhood was due to proximity to our new jobs. Suburb is cool, close to basic necessities.. train station, supermarkets etc. Mortgage plans will start when we get our footing and scale through 6months probation for confirmation of employment.

* How easy was it to settle in, with your kids? How did you go about finding the right schools for them? What is their school system like for toddlers (age 5 and below)?
N/A (yet)
* Can a mother combine work and taking care of the kids?
I hope so
* What culture shock have you experienced?
So many. In short let me say I am now born again. no be life we dey live for naija.

* Tips on how to cloth and cope with the cold weather
Everything na packaging here. Once you wear the right attires, headwarmers, proper shoes and all, you will be fine. For the beds, we make use of bed heaters which warms up the bed/duvets so u don't have to put on the heater overnight. Its not so bad anymore. I guess you also get used to the temperature after a while. it was war when we first landed.

* Are there Nigerian food/restaurants etc? Are they very expensive?
Yeah. There are in melbourne. Nula (Fatimah) is the popular african store and Adonai foods (restaurant in the city). There are 2 African stores too in Noble park but they are more Sudanese than nigerian. Food is veeery expensive jare and over-priced and still their menu is limited. My birthday was a few days ago and i searched for amala and ewedu to no avail

* Can one start a business (exportation, consultancy) in Australia?
No idea. Business no dey my blood.

* How much does your family survive on in a month?
Well, for now, looking at bills-rent,groceries,power etc, i will say on the average for us a minimum of $2000 monthly (minimum being the operative word o )
* And any other ...
Well, i would just add PATIENCE & PERSEVERANCE while job hunting particularly for professional jobs. Getting a casual job might be quite easy but landing one in your career path can be daunting due to lack of local experience. Oh boy, we got so many reject mails (over 200,getting like 2-3 reject mails everyday for close to 4months) it became a normal thing. The casual job helped in sustenance while searching anyways so it was a good thing. Also learn how to repackage and sell yourself at jobs even if u have no experience. It helped me. When i realised my career path was a long thing, i changed Cv to Customer care/Receptionist/Administrator sharp sharp and i landed a role within a month. So please, try anything, pray hard and don't limit yourself.

To all my grant hopefuls, wishing you speedy favorable responses. God bless!

Rach90:
Is it different from AQF bachelor degree?

Yeah. its a lower degree and if your occupation requires a Bachelor equivalent, assessment will be negative. Masters from this school in a 4 years course can help you have a positive assessment or 5 years course in this institution

temmyg:
BA,BA,BA.

To the glory of God I welcome my Precious baby girl on Tuesday 14th August by 4.10pm weighing 4kg via VD without tears after 5hrs of Labour.I'm a silent team August group member,I pray there shall be no loss& everyone will carry their bundle of Joy in Jesus Name.Amen

BS Later.

Congrats Momma. Thank God for the victory.. God bless and keep your LO

In other news, aboniki and ori is doing a good job for my back ache. Hubby does the massage every night before we sleep and it is such a big relief. 25 weeks gone... 15 weeks to go. I can't wait....

Phlunter01:
So, I am here to look for trouble today....

Oya all our elder brothers and sisters from the other thread that did not come here to give us gist, no be so oh.

You people kuku know yourselves, don't you know that those gists are motivational for some of us

@jamson @funkyjo @cuteannie ati bee bee lo

Sorry I will soon go and fetch all you people's names from Part 1 where we created the list

Lol. Story is still loading. I been dey type for 2 months now

November mummies. Where una dey na. Seems like I go port go December oh.... na kuku 2 days difference

Desiny:
I know it's funny @teewhysafe but what to do my broda?

Oga, Bellong has answered you. Its either of 2 ways, PR or student visa....

Surulady:
went for the scan “threatened Abortion “was advised to evacuate ASAP�� done already only Yod knows better this is the second time��..Thank you all

I am so sorry about the loss maam. May God compensate you in double fold. Please take heart. My condolences

Desiny:
yes sir Bellong oppression unemployment terrorism corruption and political abuse and violence everywhere in my country nobody knows what to expect 2019 elections so I'm looking for a possible way to out please advice me

I actually laughed out loud upon reading. Very funny!

toyinana:


Thanks for taking out time from your busy schedules to pay attention to my worries.

I took out time to read up requirements for marketing specialist under vetasses but the more I looked the less I saw, I got more confused as I was referred to the Australia home affairs site where a table was displayed with caveat caption. I really didn't understand the whole thing, I wish I can post pix of what I meant probably you would have been of great help.

Marketing specialist is eligible for 190 & 489. The caveats only applies if you are applying for Visa 186 (Employer nominated) and 482 visa only.(Temporary skill shortage). I got this from Vetassess: Marketing Specialist (ANZSCO Code 225113).

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

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

This means you can nominate Marketing specialist bearing in mind that 3years out of your 8years experience will be deducted in lieu of Qualification.

So read up on the ANSZCO description for Marketing specialist and ensure you have enough supporting evidence from Employer to back up your claims

mamajaz:
Well done sis. Thanks for taking time out of your tight schedules to give back to the community. I've been having issue with certifying some stuffs. Not sure again, but I think I learnt from the first forum that when your documents are in coloured forms no certification is needed. Is this so, or I just misunderstood the info shared then?
Second concern is to all Vetasses successfuls, does Vetasses consider part time works for positive skill assessment?

You are our mama na . As long as the documents are coloured and not black & white, you do not need to certify them
VETASESS considers full time only. Its part of the requirements to be shown on the Reference letter

jazinogold:
Thanks for the response...actually, I learnt vetassess will message my school to verify the transcript result sent, and school will require a fee before verification on result.

We didnt experience this neither have i read it here so no idea abt it

toyinana:
Thank you so much, have been anxiously waiting for a response.

Okey, now what do you feel I can now apply for?

Having a vast experience in marketing but no academic back up for it, do you think I can apply for a marketing specialist?

Experience in marketing is over 8 years.

Meanwhile I have a company registration which outsource cleaning personnel to banking industry, can this be of help in any way?

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I really can't advise on the best occupation. As for Marketing specialist. Confirm first if its on the list. Then visit the Assessing body. Read up on the requirements/condition for the positive assessment of the occupation. This will advise you of your eligibility. I really do not see how your company registration can help you becos its also not related to Marketing.

SilaV:
Good job you guys are doing in the house, here. Please,I am having a question concerning the information concerning Partner Skills. Does it mean that all the listed conditions under it must be fulfilled before one can get the 5 points under this category.

Yes. All conditions fulfilled.

jazinogold:
cost of sending transcript to vetassess? n how much to verify the result wen vetassess contact my school

We spent 20k in 2016 to send to Vetassess from Minna. Not sure of rate now and its also dependent on courier used.
I dont understand your second question.

Send a PM. I will share my experience soon hopefully. Still settling down after 3 months

Bambizzle4k4556:
wow. how do i contact u ?

This is only a rough estimate pls largely dependent on Assessing body & Conversion rate. U can just budget the following. U might spend less than or a little more for 1 applicant
Assessment: 300,000
English test: 70,000
Visa:1,000,000
Medicals: 50,000
PCC: 5000
Miscellaneous: 100,000 (rewriting english or processing transcripts, scanning etc

So roughly, less than 1,500,000 if all goes well.

Spygadgets19:
Hello everyone, pls can I get a rough estimate of PR? What are the cost implications? Can someone outline them for me here. Thanks

From a fellow biochemist, its unfortunate Biochemistry is no longer on the list. It was eligible about 2 years ago for 190 only sponsored by SA but no more. Any occupation you nominate will require at least a qualification in a relevant field or 5years in lieu of experience. Not sure this even applies to all occupations

toyinana:
Hello house, I really need your assistance, I studied Biochemistry for my 1st degree and public health in nutrition for my 2nd degree, I wish to apply for this Australia permanent visa stuff, am now and I need people in my line who are ahead of me and can advise me on which profession/assessing body that can be of immense advantage, meanwhile vast of my experience is in marketing, health care assistance and outsourcing.

I will be grateful to have a coach who. I can look up to from this forum.

Yeah. She must have competent English before you can claim partner points. A minimum of 6.0 in IELTS or 50 in PTE. And that is even after she has done her assessment and her occupation is on the same list as yours.

Emybanks77:
Hello guys, please I want to lodge for Eoi my wife is suppose to give me 5 point , but must she have 6 in all band in her English score? Because she has 5.5 in reading and listening while others are above 6.

Bambizzle4k4556:
please who is in melbourne?

thank you

Hallo. Reporting from Melbourne. Whats up?

PlanofGod:
Age: (25 points)
Education: (20 points)(ANZSCO
Code) - 133111 - Construction Project Manager
IELTS: L8.0, S7.5, W7.5, R7.5 (10 points??)/I could put in for PTE to get 20 points if necessary.
Work: 3yrs+ (5 Points)

My main question is that I have a 5yr degree, MSc both in Estate Management, and a PhD in Construction and Project Mgt all earned in Nigeria Universities.

Please, with 70/65 points what are my chances of getting a direct ITA (subclass 190) for construction project manager?

Also, how can I avoid having 1 year deducted from years of experience?

Finally, if all of the above fails, please from your experience which subclass 189 do you recommend that is straightforward and fast, and can accommodate my profile with the following points: 55 points or 65 points (assuming I lost 1 year from vetassess assessment).

Thank you for your help in advance.

Hi, For starters, I don not see a way to avoid the compulsory 1 year deduction from your years of experience as you must have at least 1 year post qualification to be assessed. Also, how relevant is Estate management to Construction Project supervisor.??. General management degrees without underpinning or related studies in construction/civil engineering or building would not usually be positively assessed for this occupation according to VETASSESS.
Also, Since its a visa 190, you cant get a direct ITA. You will need to be nominated by States in demand for your occupation.
You stand a fair chance if you are able to get maximum points with English and even after VETASESS deducts their one year only from your 3yrs+ experience,as long as you are still employed in this occupation, you can reclaim your 5 points after some extra months.

Other occupations I know Estate mgt can nominate is Valuer (not sure if its still on the list) This is really not my forte

Hopefully more experienced folks can weigh in and advise you accordingly.

VannywealthDesi:
Last week of July's roll call(though our roll calls have been few and far between).


How's the journey going? Just 15-19wks left. God we're grateful.

Please let's encourage one another. We don't have to wait for the general roll call before asking after each others well being. May God bless us all.



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aussy4life:
I sent you a mail since morning no response

uote author=teewhysafe post=69679241]OOhkay. Mail address is temitayo_ajisafe@yahoo.com
Thanks

No vex please. Your morning na our own evening and vice-versa. I have chatted you up on WhatsApp. Kindly reply

Misoke:
Hello fam!Golden mail landed at about 1:19am today.just had to soak it all in first before coming here.lol

So i will keep it simple as those following the thread know what's up:

Application lodged on 30th of Nov '17
CO contact on the 1st of June '18
Employment verification on the 13th of June
GRANT: 25th of july
IED: 11th Nov ' 18

It was a long wait..at a point I hibernated and kind of moved on with other areas of my life.hehehe

Thanks @bellong for creating this thread...U are the real mvp..always ready to answer questions and advise
@Alphadoor and @zoew....awon goons mi....I can't shout oh.....to everyone here thank you!....for those waiting for ITA , GRANT LETTER or even to perfect thier English scores ...hang on!

It will end in praise

Onto the next level!

Big congrats. Thank God thread is coming alive with Grant news again. Phlunter, na your testimony I dey wait oh

OOhkay. Mail address is temitayo_ajisafe@yahoo.com
Thanks

Olvic:
@teewhysafe thanks so much for taking out time to help
below are my anticipated points


Age - 25points
Qualification -15points
english 20points(PTE) im really optimistic
work experience 15points
it seems to me, getting positive accessment from vetassess is the highest montain on this journey to PR i believe with God and the imput of you my ogas it will be a walkover.

Okay. How did you arrive at 15 point for Experience. Hope you have also deducted the compulsory 1 year VETASESS removes from total years of experience (that's even assuming they really like you ).
Yeah a positive assessment from VETASESS is key to the whole process. Try packaging your application with a well detailed job description of an Agricultural consultant. Tips can be gotten from the Anszco code description.
Also attach as much evidence as possible from your employers.

In this case, you are submitting for 2 employers right? Employment letter, Confirmation, Reference letter etc. should be on company letter head please. As Bellong advised, submitting the company's registration & other evidence that it truly exist helps to ascertain the believability of the company since there is no website and also ensure your referees are well prepared to vouch for you in-case of verification.

Do you at least have a payslip/pension document you can submit or even a bank statement that shows inflow from these companies? It helps if some of the documents provided are externally generated e.g. bank statement, pension/tax documents.

If not, still try generating payslips and getting the right stamps/signatures for it.

Hope this helps.

aussy4life:
Thank you alot for your reply.

I cant remember the email i used anyway i have sent you a mail.

I thought your in Sydney as am heading to a region in Queensland.

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Hi. As long as they are dry and well labelled, should not be an issue. I carried groundnuts. Not sure about bitter kola.
I need help with bringing a licence from Nigeria please. Do you mind replying my mail please or sending me one... Pleaaaaasssseeeeee

Hello, I already sent you a mail I'm in Melbourne. I heard its quite easy to forward via post. I will pay the courier bill please

aussy4life:
Guys please i dried ugu leaf, bitter leaf, scent leaf and other edible leafs you can think of .i packed them well on zip locks with labels hope it wont be an issue.

Please my igbo brethren what is the English name for OSU that white stuff we grind with egusi couldn't find the name on Google and am coming along with those.

Also can i carry groundnuts and small bitter kola?

Thanks all as am porting this sunday

Hi. As long as they are dry and well labelled, should not be an issue. I carried groundnuts. Not sure about bitter kola.
I need help with bringing a licence from Nigeria please. Do you mind replying my mail please or sending me one... Pleaaaaasssseeeeee

Olvic:
ok, thanks so much, the farm is registered with the CAC, but which other document would they require then as im not the owner just an employee

to maximize the the 15 points from VETASSESS ON AGRICULTURAL CONSULTANT
i have B.A Agricultural Extension & Rural Development
(Second Class Lower Division) from UI 2008 5 years course
2008 to 2009 NYSC

2009-2016 worked in a farm with just business name registration with CAC( no website)
2016till date another farm though bigger registered as a farm with CAC (no website too)
pls what are my chances im shotting for the maximum point. @ bellong. thanks

How many points are you on now. Age, Qualification, English & Work experience?