Priority 3 (now Priority 4) Applicants club

[vss]

Originally Posted by hahamed

That's correct, DIAC processes about 1k Priority affected application per week and last year in closing months they received about 5k application (if i remember correctly). This year rush didnt seem to be that bad - infact both PG3 SS & PG4 Indy seemed to be lower than expected that made some PG5 happy.

Hopefully most allocation will be done before 1st SKILLSELECT Invitation in August. And I guess PG5 is put back on hold again until higher PG allocations are done.

It seems no one has definite answers but most of us thinking very positive about the process, indeed it is going to be a positive result. Lets hope for the best

[twister292]

Originally Posted by cy71_shyam

Hey all those who applied for 175 and waiting for CO allocation..

Client Service Charter

IT SAYS :::

Applications with nominated occupations on the Skilled Occupation List Schedule 1.
See: Skilled Occupation List ( 37KB PDF file)

Order of processing will be:

applications lodged from 1 July 2012 through SkillSelect
applications within this priority for other GSM subclasses (subclass 175, 176, 475, 487, 885 and 886 applications).



This clearly means that Skill select will be faster ... and 175 might get further delayed.

This is what it states.. Your comments please.

Man this is depressing.!!!!!

If you have a CO it wont matter.

Moreover, SkillSelect will only issue invitations starting Aug, so there's at least till september till those applicants move into the application stage...

[brajeshdave]

Hi Guys,

Just wanted to update that I finally arrived in Sydney (after finding a job). My signature is not updated at the bottom. My arrival date was 7th June 2012. It took me 6-7 months to find a job here (because I was not in Australia). Everybody here thinks that I am lucky to find job without arriving.

I must warn the new applicants: start saving money for your arrival as some of you might have to spend 2-3 months to get jobs. The place is very expensive. You may want to arrive alone for the first time and get your family here only after securing job.

But I have started getting some social benefits (Child care and medicare). The benefits are fabulous. I got my son vaccinated for pneumococcal vaccine. I didn't have to pay anything. The same vaccine costs about 5000/- Indian rupees. My son goes to a day care now and the fees is partially (abt 40%) paid by government. So it great to be here in long term. Just plan the short term carefully after your visas are approved. In my opinion you will need about AUD 10000 for initial movement (considering you are coming alone for job search).

Hope you all find "Australian Dream" a reality!

Cheers,
Brajesh

[brajeshdave]

signature update.

[melbourne]

Originally Posted by brajeshdave

Hi Guys,

Just wanted to update that I finally arrived in Sydney (after finding a job). My signature is not updated at the bottom. My arrival date was 7th June 2012. It took me 6-7 months to find a job here (because I was not in Australia). Everybody here thinks that I am lucky to find job without arriving.

I must warn the new applicants: start saving money for your arrival as some of you might have to spend 2-3 months to get jobs. The place is very expensive. You may want to arrive alone for the first time and get your family here only after securing job.

But I have started getting some social benefits (Child care and medicare). The benefits are fabulous. I got my son vaccinated for pneumococcal vaccine. I didn't have to pay anything. The same vaccine costs about 5000/- Indian rupees. My son goes to a day care now and the fees is partially (abt 40%) paid by government. So it great to be here in long term. Just plan the short term carefully after your visas are approved. In my opinion you will need about AUD 10000 for initial movement (considering you are coming alone for job search).

Hope you all find "Australian Dream" a reality!

Cheers,
Brajesh

Thanks for this post.
I am planning to move there early next year so finding this 10K thing interesting.
What all have you considered for saying that one must have $10K?

-Melbourne

[brajeshdave]

IELTS --> Sept'10 {L:8.5 R:7.5 W:7.5 S:7.5}
ACS --> Dec'10 {ANZCO 261313}
175 Visa Application --> 31st Jan 2011 {Paper}
CO Allocation --> {27 Sept 2011}
Visa Approved --> {28 Oct 2011}
Arrived --> {7 June 2012}

[Sanjukta]

Originally Posted by brajeshdave

Hi Guys,

Just wanted to update that I finally arrived in Sydney (after finding a job). My signature is not updated at the bottom. My arrival date was 7th June 2012. It took me 6-7 months to find a job here (because I was not in Australia). Everybody here thinks that I am lucky to find job without arriving.

I must warn the new applicants: start saving money for your arrival as some of you might have to spend 2-3 months to get jobs. The place is very expensive. You may want to arrive alone for the first time and get your family here only after securing job.

But I have started getting some social benefits (Child care and medicare). The benefits are fabulous. I got my son vaccinated for pneumococcal vaccine. I didn't have to pay anything. The same vaccine costs about 5000/- Indian rupees. My son goes to a day care now and the fees is partially (abt 40%) paid by government. So it great to be here in long term. Just plan the short term carefully after your visas are approved. In my opinion you will need about AUD 10000 for initial movement (considering you are coming alone for job search).

Hope you all find "Australian Dream" a reality!

Cheers,
Brajesh

Hi

Congratulation on the job and on settling down. Could you please share with us your experience on finding a job form offshore? What is your occupation, did you get the job through a recruitment consultant or on your own? etc...It will help a lot of us here who are also trying to get a job from offshore.

Thanks in advance...

[brajeshdave]

Originally Posted by Sanjukta

Hi

Congratulation on the job and on settling down. Could you please share with us your experience on finding a job form offshore? What is your occupation, did you get the job through a recruitment consultant or on your own? etc...It will help a lot of us here who are also trying to get a job from offshore.

Thanks in advance...

Thanks Sanjukta. You have asked a very good question. The recruitment consultants will not help at all if you are overseas. I tried calling them sometimes but they don't want to take any risks. So I started my search online (linkedin). I contacted the hiring manager directly and sent my CV. The hiring manager contacted me back after 4 months (when he had vacancy). Few interviews were arranged on skype and phone. And I am finally here. Good thing is they paid for relocation. No wonder I am into software field.

[Sanjukta]

Originally Posted by brajeshdave

Thanks Sanjukta. You have asked a very good question. The recruitment consultants will not help at all if you are overseas. I tried calling them sometimes but they don't want to take any risks. So I started my search online (linkedin). I contacted the hiring manager directly and sent my CV. The hiring manager contacted me back after 4 months (when he had vacancy). Few interviews were arranged on skype and phone. And I am finally here. Good thing is they paid for relocation. No wonder I am into software field.

Well Done!! It's always nice to hear such successful stories...Good luck with your job & have a great future. Thanks for responding.

[datagirl]

Originally Posted by brajeshdave

Hi Guys,

Just wanted to update that I finally arrived in Sydney (after finding a job). My signature is not updated at the bottom. My arrival date was 7th June 2012. It took me 6-7 months to find a job here (because I was not in Australia). Everybody here thinks that I am lucky to find job without arriving.

I must warn the new applicants: start saving money for your arrival as some of you might have to spend 2-3 months to get jobs. The place is very expensive. You may want to arrive alone for the first time and get your family here only after securing job.

But I have started getting some social benefits (Child care and medicare). The benefits are fabulous. I got my son vaccinated for pneumococcal vaccine. I didn't have to pay anything. The same vaccine costs about 5000/- Indian rupees. My son goes to a day care now and the fees is partially (abt 40%) paid by government. So it great to be here in long term. Just plan the short term carefully after your visas are approved. In my opinion you will need about AUD 10000 for initial movement (considering you are coming alone for job search).

Hope you all find "Australian Dream" a reality!

Cheers,
Brajesh

Congrats Brajesh