Hi there,
This is my first post in this forum. I am a software engineer with 5.5 years of experience, and my wife is a software test engineer with the same experience. We are planning to apply for a PR to move to australia.
I talked to a couple of consultancies in Bangalore who process australian PR, and they charge around 50 to 100k INR as consultation fees. Upon inquiring further, I understood that they do not do anything special for the fees they charge, just guide me through the process!
Here's what information that I've gathered so far.
Do I have a better chance if I go through an agent? If I decide to go ahead on my own with the application, can someone point me to links about the documents required? I could not find any thread dedicated to it here.
Thanks in advance.
This is my first post in this forum. I am a software engineer with 5.5 years of experience, and my wife is a software test engineer with the same experience. We are planning to apply for a PR to move to australia.
I talked to a couple of consultancies in Bangalore who process australian PR, and they charge around 50 to 100k INR as consultation fees. Upon inquiring further, I understood that they do not do anything special for the fees they charge, just guide me through the process!
Here's what information that I've gathered so far.
- Either me or my wife can become a primary applicant, since both of us qualify. I can apply for 189 visa, but my wife being a software test engineer, can apply only for 190 (state sponsored visa). So I am planning to be the primary applicant.
- The initial step is to get myself evaluated from ACS. Then comes EOI, DIAC application fees and medical/police verification.
Do I have a better chance if I go through an agent? If I decide to go ahead on my own with the application, can someone point me to links about the documents required? I could not find any thread dedicated to it here.
Thanks in advance.