sherry9oct

I just got positive assessment for 263311 Telecommunications engineer.Now what should be my next step.
My points are like
60 points for Telecommunications engineer
30 points for Age
15 point for English (IELTS)
10 points for Experience
5 points for Urdu language
My total points are 120. For Urdu i have to give a test which is not available in my country and without these points i cant apply. So i am left with State sponsorship. State sponsor will require at lest 2 years of experience and i better be currently working in my field in which i have received positive assessment. But i recently changed my job to SAP which comes under ACS. If i apply to ACS they will require 4 years of experience which i don't have at the moment.i have 6 months of SAP experience.
What should i do?
1. Should i apply for Urdu test and go abroad for it?
2. Should i apply for state sponsorship keeping in mind the problems?
(Giving IELTS again and scoring 7 is not an option for me)

acotiga

The Academic Courses were not done in Urdu? If yes you just have to provide evidence for this. I went to the faculty and asked them to issue such a paper.

sherry9oct

I have studied Urdu in my school and college for almost 12 years but i have heard that Immigration authorities will require me to show some nati test(if i am not wrong) to show that i know Urdu. I think some paper from school and college will not work if i am not wrong.
Will they accept the letters from school and college?

acotiga

Nope. You must show that you have ACADEMIC studies in that language.

Here is the passage reffering to that in Booklet 6:

To receive these points, you must include with your application a copy of your degree, academic
transcript, and a letter from the university stating the language in which your course was
conducted, or evidence of your NAATI accreditation.

sherry9oct

But i have studied Urdu in school and college not in university.So my letter will be from school or college not from university.Will letter from school and college work?

acotiga

No. This is DIAC's way of saying that everyone is equal but those with academic background are more equal than the rest.

xqzmp

You are right. your college degree is not enough. find some more information about NATI test (may be some example from internet) it wont be simple.

abeersalik

sherry, studying Urdu as a subject and studying your entire engineering course in Urdu are two different things. You won't get points for studying Urdu as a subject.

Regards

gillgee

dears

As per my knowledge,URDU points are allocated to All pakistanis if they have studied URDU in school and college levels as is the case in Pakistan Urdu is compulsory subject.

For proof,You me send a PLE to DIAC or My online documents staus shows MET for Designated Area Language.
You can also confirm from an expert agent.
One of my friend also got community language points for URDU for his PR case.Now he is in Australia on PR.

Cheers

525252

I think that you have to pass the nati test or should have studied in urdu at gtraduate level

rackspace

going with URDU points is not safe at all.
try achieving 7 in each IELTS module to get 25 points in language.

sherry9oct

@@gillgee
Are u sure about it because i am also Pakistani and i have studied Urdu from metric to Fsc all the way but haven't studied Urdu in university(non of the subjects were in urdu).