Bonjour a tous,
First of all Aya, I can’t answer your question because I don’t understand what chauffeur poids lourds means, is it some kind of driver of heavy goods or something like that ?
If someone else can help with the translation, I will be more than happy to answer.
Sophie, you asked a few questions that require personal advise which relates specifically to your case.
This forum is for more general issues and with your permission, I will answer those that other readers can benefit from.
As to those that I haven’t answered, you are most welcome to contact me on my email and we will be happy to provide you with more advise through a detailed assessment of your case.
Engineers only require the General IELTS.
As to your question about a TFN or ABN – and whether it impacts your chances in getting a permanent visa in Australia – first of all I assume that you do have a TFN as you have been working in Australia since August.
There is no benefit to having an ABN on top of the TFN, for your work experience to be recognized, it will have to be paid work experience in one of the occupations on the SOL that you are skilled enough to perform..
As to costs – even if you don’t use any agent it is unrealistic to pay only 2000$ in order to complete the process on your own.
The governmental fees and fees paid to the skills assessment body are about 2500$AUD (1990$ paid to DIMA and 495$ paid to the IEA)
and you also need to do the IELTS which is about 240$ and medical tests that cost about 350$ so overall you are looking at about 3000$ AUD without taking into consideration translations of documents.
Agents fees vary of course and can range between 4000-8000$AUD as far as I know- it depends on the agent’s expertise and experience and of course the competitiveness in the market.
As to processing times, you need to take into account processing time for the skills assessment which is pretty quick with the IEA and then processing time of DIMA when the application is lodged which is 50 weeks unless occupation is on the MODL list which gives it priority and can get the application processed in 6-8 months.
I hope that was of assistance to you.
Best wishes,
Mira
Mira Flomin
Registered Migration Agent (0210295)
info@synch1.com
http://www.synch1.com
P.O.Box 1750
Byron Bay
NSW 2481
Australia
