ScottishSteve

Looking for some help here guys.

Feeling a bit down about this just now but I've been assessed by Engineers Australia and was awarded Engineer Technologist in Electrical Engineering. A 60 pointer so I thought, great, that should do it, but my agent has told me that the place I want to go (Melbourne) is not looking for my occupation so I would have to look for an employer to sponsor. I feel I've wasted my time using an agent and getting assessed as I don't feel any futher forward than I was 8 months ago.http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...milies/sad.gif
Is it an advantage being assessed? Can this help get an employer interested? and is there any good agencies that deal in this situation? The agent said that they would deal with the paperwork but the hard bit is getting a job offer.

It took for every to get everything together for the assessment so I hope my effort is not wasted

Dorothy

Do you not qualify for the visa on the strength of points alone? If you have a 60 point occupation it's a possibility that you could reach the 120 mark on your own without sponsorship.

ScottishSteve

Beause it's not in the Demand list I'm short, even if I take the english test.

Dorothy

How about state sponsorship? Are you on any of the states' lists? I know it's difficult to get an employer sponsor, so 176 might be another option.

Good luck with your application either way.

ScottishSteve

Looked a the state sponsor list but the only one I could get was for Queensland and that was only for particular postcodes (mostly in the middle of nowhere). I wanted to go to Melbourne but the only option at the min is a sponsor.