old.sparkles

I thought the same thing VS but OP does say earlier up the thread that he has sat IELTS already, and is only 31 currently. I get a rough total of the same - 30 for age, 20 for English (assuming all 8.0's or better), 15 for experience, 10 for qualification recognised by assessing body (hopefully) and then 5 or 10 points for sponsorship which SA say can be included in reaching the 80 points required.

Moomin23

Exactly that, I got 20 points for getting 8.5 on IELTS, plus diploma and experience and also age etc, I could possibly have 5 more if the missus has a job on the CSOL list too but I'm not including thag at the moment

old.sparkles

Well that would be enough for state sponsored to South Australia but as mentioned before - we do have the highest unemployment for mainland Australia. I think it took me just under 5 months to get my first job here although I work in a licensed occupation, so something to consider.

Moomin23

Ah well see mate, I'll await my vetasses and see what happens, part of the conditions are proving u have funds for minimum three months, but let's just see anyway I can't do anything about my job or experience

old.sparkles

No, but one thing to be aware of is that once you have a visa, you do not have to work in the occupation you used to get the visa.

Some jobs here - https://apply.sa.gov.au/jobs/Pages/JobsSA.aspx and check SEEK or similar for a general idea of what jobs are around.

Moomin23

This guy for real...lol

spouse of scouse

Spammers try it on all the time Moomin, best to just ignore them. There's an exclamation mark at the bottom left of each post (next to the karma button), if you click on that you can report the post as spam and the mods will get rid of it and the poster as well