PW1

What if you dont get it back within the 3 month period? It takes 3 months to get an assessment with postage time on top.

Regards,
P.

umair

Tats Great
Seems like VIC is ready to give you sponsorship that is why they are keeping your case open for 3 months. Go ahead for acs assessment

Thanks.

BEuser

In that case I will apply for 175 coz my occupation 261313 is also on schedule 3 of SOL. Actually I got Tier 1 Visa for the UK also, so if the whole Oz PR process gets delayed then I will explore the UK option.

But, I feel that if I apply now and my ACS is delayed then I can tell Victoria SS that I applied in time. Dont know for sure but I think they will consider my case. Uncertainty prevails .. but that's the best shot I guess ??

Any comments are welcome. Thankyou

musicalfever4

Don't worry, I was in the same trouble as I needed 2 weeks to get my papers together (also needed PCC, then get it translated). After more than 2 weeks I got a LETTER (postal!!!) from the assessing body, asking me to pay. After payment I got a mail saying that it would take from that point on 6 to 10 weeks to get a result. 10 weeks would have thrown me out of the 3 month and since there was also Christmas in between I informed VIC that I might not get the assessment done in that time frame and one day later I got a mail saying that they had updated my file and gave me more time. Luckily the assessing body didn't need the 10 weeks, so that I received the sponsorship even before Christmas and just 2 or 3 days after submitting the assessment.

BEuser

Btw, does any one has any idea that after lodging 176 how much time would it take for it to get processed? (That is after we get Vic SS and lodge 176 then approximately when will we get the visa stamped)

reactivator

Don't you mean 176? If you apply for 175 and then get SS, you can change to 176 afaik but I think uoi will not get priority processing associated with 176 from the outset.

n_g

Thank you...Here are my details..ACS applied(Developer Programmer - Java) - 16th Oct 2010,Positive Assessment - 6th Jan 2011,Vic SS applied - 6th Dec 2010,Vic accepted - 12th April 2011..176 submitted just Today - 20th April 2011!!!!! And the wait begins....

Regards,
Nitin

Hafiz Shahzad Hameed

Dear All,

Today I've received email containing the following text from Victoria SS.

"We request that you provide a personal email address. This cannot be related to work or study."


I'm wondering why they have asked me about my personal email today while I'm communicating with them since 4th January, 2011 with my official email ID?

2nd question is that I'm unaware of my case officer so far. All the email communication is with the following signature

Skilled and Business Migration Program
Workforce Victoria
Department of Business and Innovation
Level 20, 80 Collins Street, Melbourne, 3000
www.liveinvictoria.vic.gov.au |
T: 03 9938 0556 | F: 03 9938 0561 | [email protected]


Is this the same procedure with all you guys or some case officer is assigned to each Applicant?

awan

Ya, its their pattern

n_g

1)Probably they are looking for a personal email id and they realised that a little late ;P
2)Case officers are assigned when you lodge a VISA application with DIAC.For SS purposes communication comes with a generic signature.Even I also got communication from the same signature.

BR
Nitin

Hafiz Shahzad Hameed

But my question is why they need the personal email ID?

n_g

Hmm...Hope somebody else at BE could explain that...

BR
Nitin

n_g

Curiosity

armandra

Probably because someone at Vic Skilled and Business Migration really liked your profile and want to be personal, may be.

Jokes apart, I guess the reason must be that study or work email IDs are temporary, right? Means, once you get outta uni or quit the organisation, you'll no longer have that particular ID (which most likely would be the case if they do approve your SS and you move to Australia).

Vic Skilled and Business Migration keeps track of the SS applicants for the first 2 years of your arrival in Australia, that makes having a personal email ID indispensable since email ID would be the only means of communication. Simple.

P.S: Stop worrying about all these trivial things and just send your personal email ID (or create one if you don't have it already) soon.


armandra!

Hafiz Shahzad Hameed

Thanks armandra for clearing the point but in case study or work email accounts get deleted (e.g. some applicant quit organization), it will not effect Vic Skilled and Business Migration to keeps track of any application. The only effect will be on the applicants that they will loose their communication records with Vic. but Vic will have all that records.

Still I'm curious. Anyhow I'll send my personal email ID.