shah Posted May 6, 2013 Report Share Posted May 6, 2013 Dear Forum Members Wanted to have your say about what happened to me. I am currently living in Bunbury, Regional Western Australia on a 475 visa since November 2012. However, to this date I managed to get two jobs both of which were in regional areas and unfortunately, at the very end stages of signing contract one company hired an indigenous Australian (which is understandable) while the other company cancelled the position saying that they had closed operation in north and were in no position to take me on board. Since then I have got no interview call from any organization. I am a Civil Engineer with a diverse 4 years experience of Project Engineering and Contracts Administration. I am working as Permanent Part time in one of the stores but thats not something I am here for. Having said that I realized that 475 is itself is a big problem in getting a professional job as most employers tend to hire Permanent Residents and Citizen to ensure social security is used as less as it can be otherwise government can be burdened(Just my opinion). So I decided to apply for a PR and lodged my EOI for 189 and 190(Western Australia) and subsequently applied for WA state sponsorship 190. I was not expecting anything but a 190 nomination however, yesterday I was checking my mail and I saw that I got an invite for 189 independent skilled class visa which was a shock for me as it was no where near in my mind that I will be getting an invite. So I am lodging my application in next couple of days however, I wanted to know if any of you have experienced the same as I did like lodging an EOI and getting an invite in a weeks time? How long it will take to get a visa grant if I submit my documents as I have all the documents and fee ready and applying would be a click away. Please advise and share your experiences and give advise/opinion...Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs&MrW Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 Hi ShahJust wondering how is your visa going? Have you been granted your visa?We have applied for a s190 as well, but we are in limbo at the moment as we don't know if they will grant our visa now or wait until July.Hope things are going well. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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