p77

Dear all,

Australia is very good place to live and work, that is what I heard from my friends, so I'm also planning to move to Australia on Skilled independent visa.

Below is my detail,

Post-graduate degree (non-IT) 1997
MCSE 1999
IT Work experience 06/1997- 07/2003 (6 years)

and my skill is listed in MODL list.

1. Which assessment should I go for?
2. Any impact of deeming date on my experience?
3. Could not be able to collect reference letter from one of my old employer,

a.can I get the reference letter from my x-colleague on company letter head? If so do we need to specify his contact no on the reference letter explicitly as letter head contain only company’s number?

b.Second option, reference letter from client where I worked during that period, will it be valid?


Thanks.

p77

Hi,

Please advice on above queries.

Thanks in advance.

rapitts

a bit cheeky arent we !!!

I hear at the moment the ACS are accepting MCSE as Group B. So I think you need 4 years experience along with that.

If you are getting a reference from a x-colleague , make sure he puts his position and contact number, along with your detailed job description.

rarejunk_in

hey,

The ACS guidelines says

"GROUP B - Experience Criteria

Applicants in Group B must have at least six (6) equivalent years of full-time relevant IT professional experience prior to the date of their application for PASA."

Ronnie - pls note that under Group B , one requires 6 years of work experience. PLs dont misguide!!!

Raejunk

southerner

P77,
I wondered when you would say "please". Its absence in your first note really struck me.

Hope somebody can help you.

Regards

Dylan

1. You can try the ASC of course, but one of my friends was assessed by the IEAust (have a look at Engineer, not elsewhere specializations - in SOL)... He works as a programmer however his diploma states that he's a physicist. I cannot say sth about your MCSE, but I'm afraid you will have to take the RPL...

3. a) - yes, but the letterhead of the reference should be from the company your x-colleague's working for at this moment.

p77

Thank you all for your reply.....

Can anybody throw some light on q. 2 and q. 3b?

Best regards,

Dylan

Yes.

May

    > 2. Any impact of deeming date on my experience?
looks like you have enough experience (6 years), but you should make
yourself clear that those experience are relevant to IT exclusively.


    > 3. Could not be able to collect reference letter from one of my
    > old employer,
    > a.can I get the reference letter from my x-colleague on company
    > letter head? If so do we need to specify his contact no on the
    > reference letter explicitly as letter head contain only
    > company’s number?
reference from colleague is fine as long as he agree to, and can prove
himself.


    > b.Second option, reference letter from client where I worked during
    > that period, will it be valid?
dont think this would be acceptable

p77

Which documents are required to prove himself?

Thanks.

lynnj

If you're finding it this hard perhaps you should vonsider using an agent, even just for the skills assessment. It means you dont have to ask advise of others who may not be in the best position to advise you. Whilst everyone here is very helpful , what guarantee do you have that the info they are giving you is up to date?

Lynn

Guys i'm not suggesting that you are giving out duff info, far from it, but i think if someone has to repeatedly ask questions they should be using an agent!

p77

Thanks Lynn.

I'm not asking repeatedly questions. Do I?
I only want to know that apart from the reference letter from my x-colleague, which document needs to prove him?

Best regards.

lynnj

I'm only making a suggestion that might make life a bit easier for you, its a slow and painful process you dont want to mess it up! The choise is yours

Good Luck
Lynn