woody1974

just trying to get all my job experience together at the moment but its taking sometime. going round the bend looking at the bloody screen but its all goin to be worth it in the end i hope!!!!!

wmoore

Stick at it Woody. It will be worth it. It took me just about a month to write my RPL skills assessment for the ACS. I got it posted away 2 weeks ago and now I'm just waiting, waiting, waiting, wai

MJHuk22

Hi
Just completed of my husbands work expereince details and sending them to agent tomorrow. Hope everything there is what is needed. Where do you hope to head to?

woody1974

sounds like iam not the only one goin through it tryin to all the old companies to agree to the references is a nightmare glad i only work at three places. but on the other question
got a few places in mind at the moment sydney, perth or melbourne. bit of a wide spectrum but when it gets closer will narrow it down to a 1000 square miles.

MJHuk22

Woody
We're hoping to go to Adelaide. Husband got sister and brother there. Can't wait to get TRA then hopefully visa will be the easy part!!?? Good Luck and stick with it.
Regards
Mandy

woody1974

cheers mandy hope all goes well speak to you soon, goin through the tra myself

Dreamaway 10

TRA does take time .Word of advice go into as much detail as possible as this is what they require,even if you think it is ridiculous.Good Luck .
Fingers crossed for tomorow that our main application has arrived in Adelaide.

MJHuk22

Will keep fingers crossed for you dreamaway. I probably read more on here than I post does make compulsive reading and nice to read at what point people are at. I think we have gone into lots of detail but hopefully agent will advise otherwise. Keep us posted. Mandy

woody1974

lucky devil wish i was that far down the road gotta get mine sorted quick as i drop 5 points in the middle of august. agent sent me some samples of tra experience reports just done 6 pages on my 4 year apprenticeship already, but like you say i suppose every little bit helps in the long run

Dreamaway 10

Do you guys all have enough points as it will be 120 for skilled independent from the 14th April.Do any of you need to lodge the bond?

woody1974

got 120 at the moment but turn 30 in august so everything is close, may have to put some money up to qualify after the dreaded day.:scared: :scared:

Dreamaway 10

You should be okay.Just get your TRA done a.s.a.p as it can take up to 6 months now.
If you pay extra you can have it fast tracked.We did and It still took 8 weeks but I reckon it was worth it as we were only just in time to get the main application in,although still do not know as yet.
You have your age on your side. How many points do you lose when you turn 30 then?

MJHuk22

We are going for skilled desiganted area sponsored. Sure we get 120 anyway but as sponsored do points still get taken into account. So confusing all this!

woody1974

you lose 5 points when the big 30 comes

Dreamaway 10

No hope for us so we have to cough up the cash not for sometime though thank god.
Good Luck with your applications guys.All the best
Dreamaway