roxy Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 Hi All, My partner and I have been in Perth for a few years. We have 2-3 years left on his current visa which is a Business Sponsorship 457.We're now expecting a baby girl in November and for the past few months we've been digging our way through collecting the necessary paperwork for this process. My partner is a Plumber by trade so we will be completing a skills assessment for him. So far we've done the IELTS test, All police checks, collected all previous work references and completed our medicals. I guess i'm just wondering if anyone would share their experience... we have a very good agent who's doing everything for us but i'm just curious as to personal experience. 1- Plumbing Assesment, has anyone undertaken this? Whats it like? My partner is a bit nervous as he has actually been working as a 'Roof Plumber' so hasn't used his trade since leaving the UK. 2- Processing times, we're waiting on a date for our assement...I guess thats the last 'big thing' How long did it take for your visa to be granted? I've read 5 weeks to even be allocated a case officer... we'll only have 60 points aswell. 3- Did any surprises come up? Requests for details/paperwork that you found tricky to track down? It took us a life time to get the work references, especially from people we haven't spoken to for nearly 10 years!! But hey we got them eventually! Looking forward to reading your replies Thanks, Roxy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekulwi Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 Hi Roxy, we had cases officer assigned within about a week, no surprises, no agent... Really CAN be done, whenever I had a query, spent time on PIO and quickly got the answers I needed. Visa has not yet been granted, but case offic has been in touch a lot... And we submitted last but of paperwork on Friday. Have a look on Pomsinoz... U will see that visas are mostly being processed quite quickly once all paperwork is submitted. Good luck to u! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roxy Posted July 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2013 Awesome! Thanks for ur reply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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