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Brilliant_Rock
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I'm not really a regular poster, especially in recent years. Life, work, kids, doing my masters... I've been kept pretty busy. But I still check in from time to time, and am always delighted when I see my favourite PSers are still around.
I don't know if anyone around still remembers me, but I live in South Africa. It's beautiful and it will always hold a special place in my heart, but it's time to move on. My husband and I have signed a contract with a migration agent and have submitted an application for my husband's qualifications and employment history to be assessed by VETASSESS with a view to moving to Australia.
Unfortunately, what my husband actually does is not on the skills shortage list. So we are having him assessed as a research and development manager. This does form part of his role, but it is not his primary focus. It is a bit of a stretch. We are confident that his PhD will be positively assessed but there is some uncertainty about his nominated occupation. We need a positive assessment to apply.
In order to get enough points to apply for a nomination, we need him to get pretty much full marks for his English language test (scheduled for 23 October). My husband speaks English perfectly but he is a scientist not a language person, and even English teachers sometimes experience difficulty with the test. Further, his mother was Dutch, his father is Afrikaans, and until he started his postgrad, his education was primarily in Afrikaans. So again, this will not be easy.
And finally, my husband turns 45 in May next year, so we need to submit an "expression of interest" to Australia by the end of this year and hope we are issued an invitation to apply before he turns 45, as that is their cutoff.
Not asking for much are we?
So here I am. Reaching out to my PS friends and requesting some dust, if you have any to spare?
Has anyone here been through this process? What was your experience like? Do you have any words of wisdom to share?
I don't know if anyone around still remembers me, but I live in South Africa. It's beautiful and it will always hold a special place in my heart, but it's time to move on. My husband and I have signed a contract with a migration agent and have submitted an application for my husband's qualifications and employment history to be assessed by VETASSESS with a view to moving to Australia.
Unfortunately, what my husband actually does is not on the skills shortage list. So we are having him assessed as a research and development manager. This does form part of his role, but it is not his primary focus. It is a bit of a stretch. We are confident that his PhD will be positively assessed but there is some uncertainty about his nominated occupation. We need a positive assessment to apply.
In order to get enough points to apply for a nomination, we need him to get pretty much full marks for his English language test (scheduled for 23 October). My husband speaks English perfectly but he is a scientist not a language person, and even English teachers sometimes experience difficulty with the test. Further, his mother was Dutch, his father is Afrikaans, and until he started his postgrad, his education was primarily in Afrikaans. So again, this will not be easy.
And finally, my husband turns 45 in May next year, so we need to submit an "expression of interest" to Australia by the end of this year and hope we are issued an invitation to apply before he turns 45, as that is their cutoff.
Not asking for much are we?
So here I am. Reaching out to my PS friends and requesting some dust, if you have any to spare?
Has anyone here been through this process? What was your experience like? Do you have any words of wisdom to share?
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