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Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Mar 27th 2009, 7:16 am
Replies: 13
Views: 846
Posted By paultaking

Re: I'm a newbie! A few questions - hope you can help!

1) For my ACS references, my HR department were happy for me to write all the techie information myself. I just forwarded it to them, and they added all the other stuff (hours worked, salary, etc..)...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Mar 19th 2009, 9:54 am
Replies: 2
Views: 364
Posted By paultaking

Re: Help! online 175 question about previous visas held??

Assuming you went out on a standard ETA visa, I don't think it matters. On my online 175 application, I just listed the type of visa as 'Tourist', and left the number blank.
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Mar 10th 2009, 5:49 am
Replies: 1,346
Views: 96,796
Posted By paultaking

Re: JUNE 2008 Applicants

It's a 175 MODL visa - timeline:

Applied online 18/06/2008
Case officer requested medicals/police checks 24/11/2008
Medicals done 01/12/2008
Medicals shown as 'received' on 30/01/2009
Medicals...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Mar 10th 2009, 5:39 am
Replies: 1,346
Views: 96,796
Posted By paultaking

Re: JUNE 2008 Applicants

Must be a good day for June applicants - my visa came through this morning as well!

A big thank you to everyone on BE for all the useful information on this site!

Paul

:thumbsup:
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Mar 6th 2009, 6:24 am
Replies: 7
Views: 635
Posted By paultaking

Re: Which way to Jump?

The advantage of getting sponsored is that it's the quickest way to make the move. The disadvantage is that if you lose your job, you've only got a short time to find another one (I think it's 28...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Feb 25th 2009, 9:18 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 3,171
Posted By paultaking

Re: CSLers Spamming ASPC

Thanks for the reply Pollyana. I'm applying for a 175 visa (occupation in IT with MODL) and got assigned a CO at the end of November last year.

I'm still confused as to whether I need to contact...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Feb 25th 2009, 12:57 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 3,171
Posted By paultaking

Re: CSLers Spamming ASPC

Do people who already have a case officer still need to contact them to let them know about the CSL, or is it just people who aren't yet assigned?
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Jan 23rd 2009, 11:27 am
Replies: 10
Views: 760
Posted By paultaking

Re: 175 online help!!!

Sorry - I probably wasn't clear - you don't need to wait for the email before uploading documents (after I applied, I had to wait for around half a day before I could upload documents. But that might...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Jan 23rd 2009, 5:48 am
Replies: 10
Views: 760
Posted By paultaking

Re: 175 online help!!!

1. As long as you account for the last 10 years, that should be fine. (I applied in June 2008, and just entered "1st Jan 1998")

2. I would just enter the date that you submit your application -...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Jan 23rd 2009, 5:30 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,057
Posted By paultaking

Re: Police Checks UK

According to the information that ACPO provide, the standard service takes up to 10 days, and the premium service takes 2 days. I used the premium service for mine, and received the certificate...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Jan 16th 2009, 7:55 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 522
Posted By paultaking

Re: Documents still showing as "Required" after attaching the documents

Yes, that should be OK - it makes sense to put related documents together in a single PDF (for example, as proof of work experience, I scanned several payslips into a single PDF)
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Jan 16th 2009, 7:35 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 522
Posted By paultaking

Re: Documents still showing as "Required" after attaching the documents

It's nothing to worry about - the status won't change until a Case Officer is assigned to your application, and starts processing it.

I attached my documents online last June, and the status...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Sep 25th 2008, 8:18 am
Replies: 0
Views: 395
Posted By paultaking

New job - notify DIAC?

I was made redundant a couple of weeks before I applied for my visa (175) - wasn't really expecting to work again until I get out to Oz, but another job suddenly materialized!

Given that the...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Sep 11th 2008, 6:37 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 964
Posted By paultaking

Re: ACS Assessment Questions

A reference from just your current employer should be sufficient - the ACS says that employer references should cover at least the last 4-6 years of your full-time employment.

My HR reference...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Sep 11th 2008, 10:58 am
Replies: 11
Views: 964
Posted By paultaking

Re: ACS Assessment Questions

Hi Manumani

Your questions look perfectly reasonable to me - I don't think they're too long! I'll have a stab at answering them..

Questions 1-3:
I think you should choose an ASCO code that...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Sep 11th 2008, 12:13 am
Replies: 26
Views: 6,023
Posted By paultaking

Re: ACS Skills Assessment

It's difficult to judge whether you'll pass the assessment without knowing full details of your qualifications and employment history (and whether you're applying under Group A or B, etc..)

But...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Sep 9th 2008, 7:13 pm
Replies: 26
Views: 6,023
Posted By paultaking

Re: ACS Skills Assessment

The ACS assessment should take 10-12 weeks, plus you've got to allow a couple of weeks for the results to reach you after they've posted them.

When did your status change to 'Case Finalized'? If...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Aug 30th 2008, 9:48 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 509
Posted By paultaking

Re: Where to upload documents?

This is the link I used (although it took about a day between me submitting the visa application before the upload page started to work!)
...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Aug 20th 2008, 12:39 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,321
Posted By paultaking

Re: Are there immi website problems? (Access Denied)

Yep - it's doing the same thing to me, so I guess it must be a problem at their end!
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Aug 14th 2008, 1:27 am
Replies: 2
Views: 502
Posted By paultaking

Re: Processing times????

As I understand it, the dates reflect the last position in the queue. So, even if they've issued hundreds of visas to people who applied in February, if someone who applied in November is still...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Aug 13th 2008, 5:51 am
Replies: 5
Views: 842
Posted By paultaking

Re: ACS Reference Letter

The ACS are quite strict about requiring references from your employer (on company letterhead).

References from clients will probably help your case, but might not be enough on their own.

Could...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Aug 12th 2008, 2:36 am
Replies: 1
Views: 568
Posted By paultaking

Re: Confirmation e-mail and medical checks

Yes - that's just the standard confirmation message. It'll list the medicals and police checks as being required, but you don't need to do these until requested. Just make sure you've uploaded the...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Aug 11th 2008, 4:43 am
Replies: 6
Views: 932
Posted By paultaking

Re: MODL

Yes - you need 4 years experience to pass the skills assessment. But only 12 months in a particular specialisation to get additional MODL points.
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Jul 28th 2008, 10:27 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,213
Posted By paultaking

Re: ACS Hints and Tips

Total time was about 10 weeks (sent off the application on April 7th, and received the results letter on June 17th).

Allowing for postage times, that means the ACS took about 8 weeks to do the...
Forum: Immigration, Visas & Citizenship (Australia)
Jul 28th 2008, 9:54 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 1,213
Posted By paultaking

Re: ACS Hints and Tips

You'll need to get all your photocopies certified (when you do the actual visa application online, you can upload colour copies without having them certified. But for the ACS skills assessment,...
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