louisec

Hi everyone this is my first time on this site my name is louise my partner and i have two boys and starting the process of trying to get a skills visa I'm not sure what to expect any advice

Clippy

Hello Louise

Welcome to the site

What skills are you going on? Have you started your skills assessment? Where are you hoping to head to?

louisec

hi there my partner is a welder and fitter i haven't started the skills assessment yet I'm hoping to move to the gold coast where are you from?

Jaycee1

Hi Louise
Welcome to BE. There are a few welders/fitters that have been on recently, if you use the 'search' button along the top in yellowish colour and type in welder you can look at previous threads and they might help answer some questions you have.
Hope it helps,
J x

Clippy

I'm from Birmingham Where are you from?

Are you using an agent?

louisec

I'm from northern Ireland i haven't got one yet i spent most of weekend looking for info on internet. haven't a clue where to start?

louisec

thanks j i'll give it a go

Clippy

I didn't use an agent, but it really depends on how straightforward your case is and how much you like paperwork

Plenty of good agents reccommended on here if you choose that route. You'll get lots of help and advice off people on this site too - I wouldn't have been able to do it myself without the help from here!

Oh and here's the best place to start http://www.dimia.gov.au/skilled/

louisec

thanks for help how long can the whole process take

Clippy

It really depends, It took us 8 months to get our stuff together to do our skills assessment and then just a couple of weeks to pass it, took us a couple of weeks to submit our visa. Then who knows lol, between 6 and 12 months if your occupation is on the MODL list (Migration Occupants in Demand).

If you go to that link I showed you, you need to download Booklet 6 - and read it - it's a really long document but it's got lots of important info and will help you understand it a bit more

louisec

printing that out now will that tell me if we are in the skills assessment range!

Clippy

Sorry Louise, I'm not 100% sure what you mean here?

louisec

thanks for help i only looked over bits so far it's helped a lot. did you get your visa? if so when u moving

Clippy

No we haven't got our visa yet, we submitted in July so it'll be quite a few months yet before we hear anything

louisec

what part are you hoping to move to