Pollyana

Try reading THIS sticky thread, especially Post 3

The Pilates Practice

I've tried searching around for this info but some of it is perhaps out of date so I thought I'd post...

This questions pertains to the GSM category of visa...

My (Dutch) 36 year old partner is a programmer/developer in IT with an Masters in Programming and 12+ years experience and fluent English language skills. I am an native English speaker, aged 37 with fluent other European language skills, and we have 2 young children who are bilingual native English speakers.

Assuming we so well with the health, language and skills checks/evaluations, how long would an independent offshore skilled migration application take to be processed under the current 'rules' and/or skills list.

I have become confused somewhere around the skills select thingy and am no longer sure what is being 'fasttracked' if any or which scenarios take longer. We plan on moving to Sydney so perhaps skill select won't apply anyway.

Thanks so much for taking the time with my question.

Pollyana

If you are going for skilled independent, you will need to go through Skillselect, for a 189

Its a very new sysetem, only introduced in July, so timelines can't really be predicted.

Bermudashorts

In red.

angus13

Hello to all and Merry Christmas
I have a very important question
Does anyone knows what is the time period that is needed for the DIAC of Australia to inform someone if he/she is eligible to proceed in the visa after he/she has send the online application for the expression of interest(EOI)? I mean whats the usual time for DIAC to reply either positive or negative(to proceed further with the viza) to someone after he has made this online application of interest?please its very urgent

Thanks

Pollyana

Why is it urgent?

angus13

because i am currently 32 and I want just a few months to jump to 33 and i dont want to lose these extra five points on the point score, please its urgent can you inform me please, i have tried several times to call to DIAC without success,please its urgent thanks

Pollyana

The system was only launched in July so it is far too early to say whether there is going to be a 'normal' time period. You just have to submit the EOI and wait.

If something is that urgent in future you might better paying an agent, people on here are amateur volunteers and aren't around all the time.

angus13

yes i understand that , just wondering if someone has any recently example to tell me about the time period that he or she was waiting for the EOI application, thats all, i didnt want to be misunderstood, I just wanted an answer if that is possible from someone

Pollyana

If you browse the posts on here you will see some people have posted how long it took for them. You need to remember though that every application is different and what applies to one will not necessarily apply to another.

angus13

very thanks for the quick replies\Unfortunately I have read some articles but still couldnt find any relevant reply to my answer
if it happnes to cross any kind of reply that matches to the time of assessment please I would be very grateful if you could forward me this link
thanks again

luqmans65

hi, i have some questions about EOI. please guide me for this.
1. Is it free to submit an EOI or some fee apply to it.
2. In how much time you get a reply for your EOI.
3. Does it require a descriptive statements?

thank you.

Pollyana

Read http://www.immi.gov.au/skills/skillselect/

old.sparkles

Hi Angus - have a look here

http://www.immi.gov.au/skills/skillselect/

You can see that invitations are made twice a month, and the reports will tell you the date that the last person invited added / updated their EOI. The more points you have the better the chance of invitation - how many points do you have?

luqmans65

yes i got it, but i cannot find whether i would have to pay some fee when submitting an EOI or not.