Long post alert.

So our journey started January Last year.

PTE =20 points (January 2017)
ACS =( Feb 2017) 10 years experience reduced to 4.
Experience= 5Pts
Education 10pts.
Age =25.
Total =60 pts

Applied for EOI on 04/03/2107 with 60pts (189).
65 points nsw. (190). (Vic was closed)

Of course our point was low and 263111 had already reached its ceiling.
However, we were hoping for two things.
Getting called in July 2017, when the new list is out, based on we'd have been on the queue for over three months and an increase in our point in Oct (work anniversary).

The first didn't happen..the second did.
Still no ITA.

Then I sent @alphadoor an email sometime in Sept..or maybe he sent me an email. Can't really recall.

And he explained how to go about correcting the "injustice" of ACS reducing 11years to 5 years.
(Took a lot of convincing and another of my Husband's colleague getting his Aussie Grant for my husband to agree to accessment again. He was already fed up with the whole process. )

Another ACS assesment in October 2017.
November 2017- Acs assessment report came out. (Took about 8 weeks. Compared to the 10 days it took in January. That's when I knew, Buhari don dey chase everyone comot).
Report =9yrs plus experience given. Hallelujah!

Submitted another EOI in Nov 17 with Vic and updated the other one for NSW and 189.
Profile now became -70 points total. 75 for 190.

Age -25
English -20
Education -10
Experience -15.

02 Jan- Victoria invitation to apply for state nomination.
03 Jan-applied.
29Jan -Victoria rejection of state nomination.

02 Feb -NSW invitation to apply for state nomination.
06 Feb -applied.
26th March - ITA
Hallelujah.

I was going to wait till Grant to share this but I don't know who the information here might help.
Lack of proper information from scratch is what caused us to have gotten the first assessment wrong, paying another 500 aud for assessment and being delayed this long. However, I'm a strong believer in God's timing is never wrong.

I can't thank @Alphadoor enough.
I can only pay it forward from time to time by responding to questions here.
Thank you @bellong for this thread.
Also to everyone who have responded to my plenty questions here when I just joined the thread, thank you.

Keep us in your prayers and I'm praying everyone who is waiting for good news too will share there's soon.
Grant fall on us soon. Amen..

bblayer:
@ Alphadoor: Persistence pays- congratulations


@All-Happy Easter

Someone should please assist with my request:

I have read most of the pages but unable to clear my doubts concerning my profile below,

Bricklayer and Masonry - Federal Trade Test -Certificate 2013
Work experience - 2007-Date
Bsc Entrepreneurial Mgt -NOUN - 2016
Job experience is Zero

IELTS- SRWL-7,7.5,7,7
Age - 36

Anyone who has successfully assessed with VETASSESS using Certificate 3 should assist.

Thank you

I don't think anyone has, that's why you haven't gotten a response.
The best way to get a response to your question is via Vetassess themselves.

Alphadoor:
"A picture is worth a thousand words"

I'll like to appreciate all my cheerleaders in no particular order

@azy123 @toslad @afosahid @misoke @bellong @Michaelamo @spyroxy1 @spyroxy @trastar @mamajazz @tuteso

If i didn't mention your name, its too much joy, vex if u like, i like you like that . just kidding

Chai...4th pain me like say Na me do the exam..
Just one point.
Praise God. Jesu ti gba ogo.

Michaelamo:



Hahahahaha, I think that's for student visa.

Then he shouldn't be advertising his market her Biko.
Make e no cause Hbp for person Abeg.

ireayomide2015:
Statement of purpose

So at what point in this PR journey will one ve writing an SOP and where did you get the information on that statistics?

ireayomide2015:
Based on statistics 55-60% refused visa because of poor sop. Check my signature if need sop writer

What is SOP?

teewhysafe:
Finally, its our turn to testify.

Received Grants for myself and Hubby by 12:39am, 1st March, 2018.

Timeline below:

Conceived Plan to relocate: September, 2016,
Assessment for Agricultural Scientist: Nov 2016
First PTE: 86, 86, 87, 76; December, 2016
Second PTE: 90, 90, 90, 78 January, 2017
Negative Outcome: January 2017
Reassessment for Agricultural Consultant: Feb, 2017
Positive assessment; March, 2017
Third PTE: 80, 77, 76, 74; March 2017
Fourth PTE: 90, 86, 77, 72; April, 2017
IELTS: 8.5, 8.5, 7.5, 7; April, 2017
Fifth PTE: Cant even remember the scores ; May, 2017
Sixth PTE: Finally 20 points; June, 2017
ITA: Sep, 2017
CO Contact: November, 2017 requesting for police certificate for damaged passport and proof of relationship with spouse
Grant: 1st March, 2018


cc: Bellong, Phlunter, Mamajaz

Wow! Congratulations!
Your middle name should be "persistence"

Quick one, the proof of relationship, does this mean marriage certificate or they require more things?. Also do u have ur husband's last name on your passport?

justwise:


He was not banned by spambot, i banned him for breaking rule 6 and 18

Where can I see these rules?

DIOVINI:
pls somebody should help me out. I want to start the process.

Did you read any information on the EA website at all?

sisit:
Hello House,

I am finding it difficult to know which occupation I could be classified with under veritass. I work in a bank as a relationship manager/ marketer. Would appreciate if anyone could be of help

Customer service manager

mumzt:
Good afternoon house, so a few days ago, I was playing around state nominations and filled EOI for state nominations, I just assumed it takes a while to come through. I filled for victoria.

Got an email this morning for victoria nominations . We've been give 7 days to submit result of the EA assessment, which we don't have yet. We did priority assessment and today makes the 15th working day after submission. So almost certain we can't meet up with the 7 days to submit assessment report.

I hope this hasn't jeopardised anything. Though the email says if we don't submit in 7 days we'll need to put in another application.

Just a bit nervous.

I've heard people doing this but I actually didn't believe it. EOI is a serious part of the process, why would you play around with it? Nobody can say for sure whether this will affect your future EOI.
I know the only reason why it's sweet to "play around" with EOI Na cos e free. If its 200aud now..everyone will let it be until you have all you need.

FabulousAutos:


Still waiting for responses

You need to actually state what u do in the oil and gas sector for anyone to be able to give a reasonable response.
You can also look through the LISTs to see if occupation is close to what you do.

temi2008:
For CANADA, I I know ECA like WES evaluate Educational qualifications. What about Australia?
Which ECA is in charge?

Different bodies assess different occupations.
Charges differ as well. Unlike what you have with Canada.

mumzt:

I
He assessed with EA.

OK. EA won't assess him as an engineering manager.
AIM assesses Managers.
So if he wants to be assessed as that, he will have to assess with AIM.
That's the body the original poster assessed with.
Good luck

mumzt:


Wow. Interesting. I hope my husband gets engineering manager too o. He's been in managerial position for almost 10 years.

Please did you apply for engineering manager specifically?

Dear lord I pray for this blessing too. Amen

If I'm not mistaking, you apply for that with AIM. Is that the same body he assessed with or with EA?

aaffluent:
Please what are the least competitive to nominate for that would be good for 189 or 190 ?

HND Business Admin and Management 2008 10 Points
Age 25 Points
Experience 15points
English at least 10 points

Please house, I need suggestions

It's more about the occupation being nominated really. Not all occupations are available on both list.

aaffluent:
Please house, what are the best to nominate for that won't be too competitive ?

BSc Economics
MSc Economics

Career: About 10yrs experience as Lecturer and Supervision Position in the institution
Age: 45

Also have BSc in Business Admin.

I would really appreciate your replies.

You have already reached the age limit.
If you have a partner who is younger, maybe they can apply.

Pinoralia:


Good care has to be taken. do you have the paperworks to support the claim:
-pension contributions statement.
-salary acct statement
-tax clearance...

Payslip, job offer letter, ID card has no hold at all coz they are easy to "dagbo".

Open up here. what and what do you have for real?
Let s see a way out and the best approach to it.

LMAO @ "open up here"

Tojued:


Thanks for taking time to respond. I found the association, there's also an institute. I'll contact them both this week.

The whole thing has been giving me headache. I'd already settled for social professional nec with NT nomination, but vetassess wahala and POF will make this social work route easier.

In the interim I think I will start applying for transcript and register for ielts.

Please I heard UNIBEN is now doing online transcript, even saw a website to that effect. Had anybody used this option before?

Abeg make nobody refer me back to read thread, I'm already at page 110 abeg eye dey turn me.

Thanks to anyone who has info on oyr contact for UNIBEN transcript.

I wish u good luck. Please let me know how it goes as my brother also studied sociology and he intends applying later in the year.
Thanks.

crownnygold:
Unilorin offers social works as a course o first set in their finals now

"First set".
My point exactly. It isn't a common course in Nigeria.

There's this clause on AASW "The AASW can only assess your qualification/s as eligible if you have been specifically trained in social work and you are eligible for membership or registration in your country of training (where such a body exists)".
This was in response to the question about related courses like sociology and co..

I also saw that there's a social worker association in Nigeria. Even though the website looks tacky as anything, you might want to contact them and see if they have any information.
You never know.

Tojued:


What of someone who studied sociology buy has more than five years experience as a social worker? Is there any hope for positive assessment from aasw?

This whole thing is quite tough for social science folks sha.

I believe the person will get positive assessment.
There's no social worker course in Nigeria really..the closest is Sociology..so package well and it should fly..

Apparently AASW is even saying they are now able to access people with qualifications lower than a degree.
This is good news for those of you who studied 4 years social work related courses in a tier 2 university.

KetchyMaryann:



@traster, 5 years , federal university of Technology Owerri, IMO state , Nigeria, 3 years working experience, Thank you.

OK great.

Check the website and see their requirements.
There are other related occupations as well but it seems social worker is the only one on the 189 list.
Guess you will have to write your job description to match closely with the JD of a social worker.
Good luck.

Femicrux:
Pls, I just started following this thread. I need clarity on some issues. At what stage of the application does the approx. $3500 visa fee come into play? Is that after you are certain your PR has been awarded? Also how is this different to the $500 application fee?

You pay visa fee after you have assessed your degree and education and it's positive for the occupation you are nominating and you have been invited to apply for visa.

500 aud is for accessment of your IT degree.
If your degree is not IT related, assessment fee might be more or the same. This fee is determined by the body assessing your degree.

KetchyMaryann:
Good afternoon All, my name is Maryann, I am a graduate of Public Health, I am an Environmental health officer. I need help ooo, I saw the occupation as health promotion Officer which only one state nominated. I want to apply for Social Work as my occupation since it is similar, please if anyone is familiar with the requirements of the assessing body assessing social worker and if it is the right path I am about heading towards, thank you.

You. Need to have a degree equivalent to Australia's BSc to get positive assessment as social worker.
That means, a 4 year course with Tier one university or a 5 year course with Tier 2 university.
(It's always easier if you tell us which school you graduated from, how many years course of study and how long you have been working)..

ZoeW:

And indeed I was next!
Visa granted 9 February 2018!!!
Too excited to post my timelines!!!

Oh wow.
Congratulations. Please post your TL

....

bellong:
@Mumzt,

If you got 8 in each band, there is no point rewriting the IELTS. The academic module can also be used.

Oh my! I hope she hasn't gone to pay for another IELTS ohh. E go pain me. (On her behalf)

Azy123:

@Trastar , I miss that line where he said he has 4 yours experience only, now I see it. I agree with you this is the tricky part. But his B.sc point is 15 points (BSc. from OAU) same as his masters.

@Tolutheo, I assume you will use pre-qualification experience together with your BSc. and RPL so that your experience immediately after your B.Sc can count towards your experience point.

If all 4 years experience were acquired after Masters then you can use your masters only and still get the same point.

I didn't even realize his BSc will be 15 points.
However, RPL means more years will be deducted right? Doesn't he need 6-8 years of experience for RPL?
Safest and easiest move will still be his masters.

Azy123:
TRed as done justice to your question.

But note that it is not just to have a positive assessment but also to maximise your point that count

Do you have up to 8 years experience after your Masters? so that you can claim 15 points. If you do then you can use your masters

Else

Use your Bsc cert with an RPL.

Do you have any other IT cert?

The earlier the certificate the better because your skill level met date will be from the date you obtain the certificate if the acquired experience is sufficient.

cc: alphadoor

This is tricky.
If he has two years before the masters, means he will claim points for 4 years experience gotten after masters and claim 15 points for education..
His BSc will only get him 10 points and he stated he has just 4 years experience.

Tolutheo:


Thanks boss. This is really helpful. The masters seems valid for the occupation I am nominating. Please I will also like to ask if the years of experience I have before obtaining my masters will count.

Years of experience obtained before your masters will count. However, not more than two years will count it your case.

Cubedidi:
Hi.
I have located my occupation ... Good point but I have a problem finding a state nominating my occupation. The requirement for those that nominate it is that I need an employment offer.

Another thing is that the occupation is on supplementary skilled list. Can anyone shed more light on this

And how do you go about getting an employment offer . ?

Any help ?

What occupation is that?
There's really no shedding to be done on the light of getting a job all the way from Nigeria except you are exceptionally qualified and very few people are available to take up the job in Australia.
Basically, look at another option.