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Ability77:
Good day everyone. Please i have a sincere questions to ask.
For someone going for visa subclass 186/190 and intends to move with a family of 3, am i going to pay for their visa applications too as stated on the immigration website.

Yes

SemperFid:
Any optometrist here pls? The kind of money we have ro pay for verification is making me depressed. Not like I doubt my competence but if I pay all that money and stories enter na to just pack de go village oo.

Pls any optometrist indicate let us reason.

That's the only option for optometrist. Just dive in and move fast

DevSecOps:
Okay. Thanks. It’s understood now. So I have to wait to meet all the necessary requirements before I apply.

Since IT is competitive, by the time I complete my master’s degree and gain either 2 or 4 years of additional work experience, I may no longer have an age advantage. How competitive is nursing, though? My wife is an undergraduate nursing student here and will be finishing her studies soon. She will be 27 by the time she graduates, including the required 2 years of work experience. Maybe she could be the principal applicant, and I could join her application.

Nursing is still competitive but the demand is higher than supply of nurses so you can always get a position, however if she's not studying in UK, Canada, US or Ireland, then she will need to still go throught the process of becoming registered in Australia before doing skilled migration.

DevSecOps:
Thanks so much for your detailed responses. I really appreciate. I think I need to get ACS assessment of my degree first. If it’s recognized , then I just need extra 1 year to get the required 2 years experience with Payment evidence. How competitive is my field tho? Any idea ? Cloud DevOps engineer / security engineer. Age is 29

Edited: also, can I upload my document to ACS for assessment to actually get ACS evaluation, even tho the work experience isn’t upto the expected number of years yet? I just want to hear from them directly if it’s recognized or not.

ACS does not do qualification assessment for non-australian qualification. So you cannot do degree first.
Assessment covers both qualification and experience (combined) and you must meet the requirements before submitting.
Any IT occupation in Australia is competitive at the moment.
you can submit, ACS will chop your money and slam you with a negative assessment if you applied without meeting their requirements.

malakiMal:
Hey guys,

Im currently in canada but and have applied for pr and awaiting my decision but I need a backup plan incase things go south. I have about a year left here.

My details:
high school in Nigeria
1 yr college study in top Nigeria pre university college
Undergraduate degree in comp sci in UK
Did NYSC
Post graduate diploma in web design and development in canada

I have 5 years of work experience in tech as a software engineer. 1 company in Nigeria and 3 companies in Canada. Im currently employed and make good money.

im 25 years of age, single, no kids.

What are my chances to get an Australian visa to live there? and which type of visa do you suggest I go for?

Their website is a bit confusing to me lol.

Thanks for answering!

You can assess an ACS occupation if you have at least 2 payment evidnece for each of the employer you worked with.
you only need to have a minimum of 2 years experience due to your qualifications from the UK and Canada.

Your chances are good (not great due to the competition) but you may be able/lucky to get 189, 190 or 491 due to age and your overall points.

DevSecOps:
Thanks for taking the time to read and comment on my story. I have two questions:
1. You mentioned needing two forms of payment evidence, are the payslips and a bank statement okay, or do I need separate evidence for each company I’ve worked for? Also, how far back should I provide statements and payslips—just one year, or the entire period of employment?

2. Studying in Australia is too expensive, so I’m considering a part-time Master’s in Vietnam. Would my Bachelor’s degree plus this new Master’s qualify for the application? And how is work experience calculated—if I get my Master’s in 2027 and have been employed at a tech company since 2024 (with payslips and statements), does my eligible work experience start before or only after completing the Master’s?

1. Payslip and bank statement are enough for ACS assessment. You will need to provide for each employer.
Bank statement - you will need to provide for ALL the years covering your salary payment.
Payslip - 4 per year (1 per quarter) will be good for each of the year
Must have 2 payment evidence for all the 6 years. (please count the dates (including dys/month) and ensure they are 6 or more years.

2. Your bachelors and masters in a related course will get the experience requirement reduced to 2 years (if the masters is considered AQF masters) or 2 or 4 years (if the Vietnam masters is considered AQF Bachelors or Graduate diploma)
Your previous experience will still count apart from the usual deduction of 2 or 4 depending on the AQF of the new masters.

stunnert:
Hello guys. I own a bouncers security start up here in naija but my aunt in Texas advised me to migrate to Australia.

Honestly I don't know a thing about moving to Australia. So pls guys how do I migrate to Australia as a professional bouncer and crowd control expert.

And how fair are my chances of making it over there ?

Pls I'll appreciate all your opinions and insights and even the most little of information you have, kindly drop it here. Thanks

Unfortunately, bouncer or crowd control is not considered a skilled occupation for any of the skilled visa.

DevSecOps:
Hello everyone,

I’ve been following this page anonymously for some time and just decided to join to share my challenge.

Too Long? Please Read

I graduated with a Computer Science degree from a university in Benin Republic in 2019. That same year, I began my National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), which I completed in 2020.

Before graduating, I had co-founded two tech companies in Nigeria and had been working on them since 2018—one as a tech outsourcing firm and the other as a product-based company. As self-funded startups, we prioritized paying our employees and covering operational expenses rather than paying ourselves regular salaries. Two years later, we dissolved our office space and transitioned to remote work.

My degree program in Benin Republic was a three-year university program. After graduating, I moved to Vietnam in 2022, where I worked as an English teacher while still maintaining the tech products and services I had previously built. Additionally, I handled tech-related roles at the same English center where I worked. However, my contract letter only states “English Teacher” with no mention of my IT-related responsibilities. I am unsure whether they would be willing to update my job description if I request it.

In 2024, I joined one of the biggest IT firms in Vietnam as a Cloud/DevOps Engineer, where I have now worked for about a year.

In the past, I attempted to apply for Master’s programs, but my applications were rejected due to my three-year degree from Benin Republic. When I consulted an immigration agent, they informed me that my degree would not be considered valid for assessment and suggested that I would need at least six years of work experience to compensate for the degree requirement.

Challenges I’m Facing
1. Work experience with my co-founded companies in Nigeria: Since I was a co-founder, I do not have payslips or bank statements showing regular salaries, as we prioritized company growth over personal compensation until we eventually could not sustain the company.
2. Work experience with my first employer in Vietnam (English Center): While I can provide payslips and bank statements proving my employment, my contract only states “English Teacher”, despite my involvement in IT-related work for the company.

Key Questions
• Can I claim work experience from both the companies I co-founded in Nigeria and the English teaching center in Vietnam, even though I lack formal salary records and my contract letter from Vietnam doesn’t mention my tech role?
• If I can claim these experiences, that would complete the required six years of work experience, but how do I address the issue of missing payslips, bank statements, and inaccurate job descriptions?
• For my current IT job (1 year), I have proper payslips, bank statements, and a job description that align with my role.

Additional Information
• Age: 29
• Marital Status: Married (no children)
• Wife: Undergraduate, also living in Vietnam
• Current Tech Role: Cloud/DevOps Engineer
• Previous Tech Experience In Addition To The Afformentioned: Worked as a Security Analyst for four months in a top MSSP in Lagos in 2022, before moving to Vietnam.

I’d really appreciate advice from experienced professionals who have navigated similar challenges. Any guidance would be invaluable.

1. No. ACS requires 6 years experience in your case which you must also provide at least 2 payment evidence which you don't have
2. Sadly, ACS will not assess you without all the requirements being met.
In your case, you ae better of on a study visa to Australia to upgrade your qualification or take a part time masters in Vietnam.

HOMOTOYOSI10:
I looking to get assessed as a welfare worker, I have a background in social work, but the assessment fee for social work is quite steep. The downside to the other occupation is that I would be unable to apply for the skilled independent visa.

You should be able to add the NYSC expereince as long as you have documents to prove the period. Also, yourr point will continue to increase as long as you are in that employment

HOMOTOYOSI10:
Good afternoon Tunlex, thank you for the work you do here. I'm planning on rewriting my IELTS in March has you've previously suggested, however I have a question on Work experience. I graduated from the University in 2019, but I started working at my current organization in December 2020, which means I've spent about 4 years and 1 month with them. Prior to that I served at the Neuropsychiatric hospital for one year between late 2019 and 2020, so I would like to know if my NYSC experience can count towards work experience, so I can get the points for 5 years. I'll also like to know how to evidence this.
Thanks for your time.

Depending on the occupation you are assessing. Which occupation?

joefab:
Good afternoon guys, I have a Higher national diploma in electrical engineering with 9 years experience, do I stand a chance of getting a positive assessment from engineer Australia.

For which occupation as you assessing with EA?
Not as Electrical Engineer though as that's a level 1 occupation and requires a Bachelor's degree.

blackbriar:
You need to make photocopies of your certificates.
Then take the original and photocopies of your certificates to a court, federal, state or magistrate.

The photocopies will be stamped with "certified true copy" on all pages.

you dont need any of these for this process.

dest4real:
Okay sir. Please what do they mean by certified copy? Do I need to take my transcript and certificate to court to swear an affidavit? Or the stamp on my transcripts from my Universities will be enough please?

Thank you sir.

You need to relax...I did not mention anything about certified copy in my message. I said transcipt copy which is a copy of your transcript.
you dont need to certify documents for australian process except the assessing body specifically requires it; of which Vetassess does not.

milliondollarma:
My ppl, please I need your advice. I planned moving to Australia with my family of 4(Me,my wife and two kids). I am a Mech Engr (age - 37) while my wife(age - 28) just finished internship as a pharmacist. My years of experience is in electrical not mechanical. How best should I go about this frds?.

Tricky!
you have two options:
1. Get a skills assessment and select Electrical however your CDRs need to be detailed and reflect electrical and you have to provide employment documents as an Electrical engineer. It's a 50-50 chance that the assessor will accept due to your qualification OR
2. Get a skills assessment as a Mechanical Engineer and claim no experience point.

Your spouse can start the APharmC assessment and write KAPS afterwards.

dest4real:
Now you got me confused sir. "If that's not possible, you can send it to VITASSESS".

Are you saying DHA may refer me back to VITASSESS for assessment if they so desire?

My second statement was based on your last question on transcript.
if you dont have your transcript copy, your school can send it to Vetassess

Codedboy95:
Hello House,

I'm a software engineer with over 5 years of professional experience, but my university degree is in an unrelated field. I do have a diploma in computer networking. I've heard that ACS can give a positive skills assessment based on substantial work experience even without a computer science degree, as the experience can substitute for formal education.

Has anyone here gone through ACS assessment with a similar background? I'd appreciate hearing about your experience and outcome

You need at least 6 years experience to go through Recognition of Prior Learning (that's the substitute for no formal computer education)

id4sho:
2. if you worked and lived in Lagos, then it should be from LIRS. Other states in Nigeria have their own respective Internal revenue service.
Who is going to pay this tax? Individual or company/employer?🙏

If you are an employee - your employer is expected to pay your taxes
if you are self employed - you are expected to pay your own taxes

dest4real:
Thanks for your response. I'm thinking of not including my PhD for VITASSESS assessment because I fear it might delay the assessment process. Now, if I don't include my PhD for assessment, my point on the assessment result from VITASSESS won't be up to 85 points.

Are you confirming that since the requirements for Biotechnologist only requires level 7 qualification, Visa Subclass 189 will allow me include my PhD during EOI application submission without assessing the said PhD with VITASSESS?

Again, during EOI application, is there a place where I'll be asked if I've completed skill set assessment? If so, what do I fill there please since my PhD wasn't assessed by VITASSESS please?

Another question is; how do I submit my transcript to VITASSESS? Do I need to tell my previously attended Universities to send directly to VITASSESS or I only need to upload a copy on the application portal?

Thanks you sir.

you can add Phd to EOI if it wasnt assessed.
You can upload your transcripts to the portal, if that's not possible, you can send it to Vetassess.

sos123:
Hi guys i'm trying to fill in my EOI application. my masters was assessed as a bachelors degree, do I input bachelors degree or do i input a masters under education

Bachelors pls

MJJ:
Hi everyone.
Please is there a way to contact my Engineers Australia assessor? I was required to submit some extra documents, but due to bad network I couldn't do so before the deadline, any idea how I can proceed with this?
Can one appeal a negative outcome on this grounds?

Bad network? how bad was the network cause they usually give between 14-28 days?
Why didnt you call them on their line? Check their contact us page.

dest4real:
Thank you for your response. I've a BSc (Unilorin), MSc. (FUNAAB) and a PhD from Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB) with about 8+years of experience. English is Proficient and age is 30.

Do I need to submit all of these transcripts or only transcript of highest qualification is required please?

Again, I don't intend to include my PhD because it was obtained in 2024 and since my MSc was obtained in 2015 and I commenced work in 2016, it'll give me at least 8 years of experience till date. My question is; for Biotechnologist, can I include my PhD qualification during EOI and claim points for it without assessment?

For clarity, if I include my PhD which was obtained in year 2024, how many years of work experience will VITASSESS record for me? Please note that I commenced work as a Biotechnologist in 2016 after obtaining my MSc. in 2015.

Your experience will start counting from your Msc date if your Msc was at least 18-24 months.
You will need to provide all the transcripts.
Adding your Phd will not reduce your years of experience because Biotechnologist is a level 1 occupation and only requires an AQF 7 which your masters should meet (AQF .
You can add the Phd to your EOI without assessing it.

dest4real:
Good day house. I'm currently on 85 points (Using the PR subclass 189 calculator). I want to use VITASSESS for my assessment as a Biotechnologist. My questions are as follows;

1. For evidence of payment of salary, how many Months of bank statement do I have to submit,and from what duration please?

2. For tax clearance, which is the most acceptable please (Only that issued by the Lagos State Government)?

3. For visa subclass 189, what is the application duration (Visa processing time) after receiving ITA?

Thanks.

What's the breakdown of the 85 points?
Also how many years of experience do you have and do you have both bachelors and masters? if you have both, which university(ies)?
Biotechnologist occupation is a level 1 occupation.
1. For Vetassess, the last 12 months is fine. For DHA, you will need to provide for the entire period of employment
2. if you worked and lived in Lagos, then it should be from LIRS. Other states in Nigeria have their own respective Internal revenue service.
3. 90% of applications are completed in 4 months as at now. That can reduce or go up as well.

Emeth:
Hello everyone,
I am considering applying for Sub class 189 visa. I am an Electrical Engineering graduate and i kindly request for answers to the following questions, please:
1. Is it advisable for me to go for the Electrical Engineering Technician MSA under TRA.
2. Will my student's copy of transcript be accepted.
3. I scored 8, 8, 8, 7.5 (overall 8.0) in my ielts. how many points will that fetch me?

Thank you

SIncerely, the data keeps changing.
if you have a chance of getting up to 80/85 for 189, you can go for Electrical engineer.
EE has gotten 189 over EET in this financial year.
The rest has been answered

Emeth:
Hello everone, happy New year to us all. Please i want to know if the TRA Employer template is meant to be hand-filled or should it be typed?
Thanks alot.

Typing it iis better and makes your work legible and fit into the space provided.

Firebox:
Hello @everyone, i need your guidance.

Assessment :Vetassess Positive
occupation: Architecture draftsperson
Approved overseas experience: 5.89years
Education: Architecture (degree)
current location: Regional, Victoria
studying: construction management (in-view-june 2025)
Age:31
ielts: 7.5,7.0,7.0,6.5 (overall 7.0)
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spouse age: 30
spouse assessment: nill
spouse english test: nill
spouse location: australia

current point for

190: 60
491: 70

please i need your guidiance on where to target my EOI, how to apply based on the fact that i am onshore student visa, in australia.

You can only express interest to the state you reside.
WA allows interstate applicants too.
just those 2.
Also your point is low. You both should be writing English test

MJJ:
For Engineers Australia assessment, what can I use as tax payment proof? I have used tax certificate downloaded from my page on Lagos Inland Revenue but my assessor is still requesting for proof.
For pension contributions, I used statement downloaded from my pension body but my assessor is still requesting for pension proof.
For reference letter, must it be exactly 5 duties? I included 6

Reference letter must be a minimum of 5. you cannot have anything less than that
get an actual statement from your pension company
get the lagos tax card alongside your tax statement

JackTheReaper:
Positive assessment alert. VETASSESS for Information and Organisational professional nec (224999)

Congrats

HOMOTOYOSI10:
Good evening everyone.
Is there any social worker here who has gone through the AASW skill assessment process who can share their experience on how it works?
I currently hold a Bachelor's degree in Social Work from University of Ilorin, and I'm in the middle of my masters programme in Social Work, in Hungary. I wrote an academic IELTS with an overall score of 7.5, however, I had 6.5 in writing.
I currently have 4+ years of social work experience and I'd be happy if anyone can advise me on the subclass route I should explore.
Cc: tunlex01 bellong

All the details are here
https://www.aasw.asn.au/education-employment/migration-eligibility-assessment/
Click International Qualification recognition

ganie:
Truly, i am the owner. Which visa class is it?

190 or 491

ChinemeremFidel:
I plan on doing Bachelor degree over there..

okay, best of luck then

Okoyedavid3:
Pls can some tell me if it's possible to move with my family to Australia using the VISA 190,189 or 491.

yes, you can

ChinemeremFidel:
Hello please I really would need your help in guidance on how to move to Australia, just an insight on what to do,,that's all I need please

What do you and your spouse (if engaged/married) do for work?