J&S

Hi All,

Just wanted to share our good news. We had a letter waiting
for us when we got home from work tonight to say hubby's skills
assessment has been approved. What a huuuugggge relief!!

And the good
news is that it only took 24 days (21 days if you count it to the day
the Agent sent us the confirmation letter!).

Cant quite believe it yet.
Got some hard thinking to do now though as our Agent wants us to decide
which state to apply to for STNI - anyone got any comments? SA or Vic -
you decide!???

J&S

Rob Morton-Jone

Congratulations!

That is good news.

Rob

Originally posted
by j&s
    > Hi All,
    >
    > Just wanted to share our good news. We had a
letter waiting for us when we got home from work tonight to say hubby's
skills assessment has been approved. What a huuuugggge relief!!
    >
And the good news is that it only took 24 days (21 days if you count it
to the day the Agent sent us the confirmation letter!).
    >
    > Cant quite
believe it yet. Got some hard thinking to do now though as our Agent
wants us to decide which state to apply to for STNI - anyone got any
comments? SA or Vic - you decide!???
    >
J&S

Way86

Originally posted by j&s
    > Hi All,
    >
    > Just wanted to
share our good news. We had a letter waiting for us when we got home
from work tonight to say hubby's skills assessment has been approved.
What a huuuugggge relief!!
    >
    > And the good news is that it only took
24 days (21 days if you count it to the day the Agent sent us the
confirmation letter!).
    >
    > Cant quite believe it yet. Got some hard
thinking to do now though as our Agent wants us to decide which state to
apply to for STNI - anyone got any comments? SA or Vic - you decide!???

    >
    > J&S


hi
great news what is your hubbys trade only i
sent mine off to the agents 2 weeks ago im having to go throu tra
(brickleyer) so ive just begun the wait hope everyhing goes well for
you
good luck
way86

J&S

Thanks for positive comments peeps.

Rob, sorry to see your assessment
is causing problems. Keep your chin up - as my nan used to say, if its
worth having sometimes you have to fight for it. (No fists though -
just determination eh?!)

Way86, hiya! Hubby is an Electrical Engineer
which should have been (and as it turned out) quite straightforward. We
were worried though as he has a dual degree (electrical and electronic)
and our Agent was worried this may be a problem - glad it turned out not
to be!

So thats the first hurdle - I can see lots more in the
distance!!


J&S

Amendoza

Originally posted by j&s
    > Hi All,
    >
    > Just wanted to
share our good news. We had a letter waiting for us when we got home
from work tonight to say hubby's skills assessment has been approved.
What a huuuugggge relief!!
    >
    > And the good news is that it only took
24 days (21 days if you count it to the day the Agent sent us the
confirmation letter!).
    >
    > Cant quite believe it yet. Got some hard
thinking to do now though as our Agent wants us to decide which state to
apply to for STNI - anyone got any comments? SA or Vic - you decide!???

    >
    > J&S

j&s,

Congratulations! Give yourself a nice toast!
You made it halfway through and that's good enough reason to be in a
good mood!

Good luck on your application.

Cheers!
Hannah

Gravyman

Hi J&S

Good to hear.

We are awaiting our TRA assessment. Hoping to
recieve it this month. It'll be 3 months at the end of July.
Our agent
has said it should be with us very soon. I certainly hope so.
As soon
as it comes we hope to apply for SIR in SA.

Was yours a TRA
assessment?


Graham

J&S

Originally posted by Gravyman
    > Hi J&S
    >
    > Good to hear.

    >
    > We are awaiting our TRA assessment. Hoping to recieve it this
month. It'll be 3 months at the end of July.
    > Our agent has said it
should be with us very soon. I certainly hope so.
    > As soon as it comes
we hope to apply for SIR in SA.
    >
    > Was yours a TRA assessment?
    >

Graham

J&S

    >
    >
    > Was yours a TRA assessment?
    >
    >

Hi Gravyman
    >

No, we had to apply to IEAust (Institute of Engineers, Australia)!
    >

Where abouts in SA are you hoping to settle? We really fancy
    > Adelaide but as yet havent been there - have you? If so, what did you
    > like about the place. We have booked to go over Xmas hols and will
    > spend 5 nights in Adelaide over New Year - cant wait - all veerrrrrrry
    > excited!!


John & Sue

J&S

Ohhhh - dont know what happened there!! - 3 replies.


John & Sue

Gravyman

Hi John & Sue

I guess we'll be heading for Adelaide if we're lucky
enough to get through everything.
I have been to Oz before but can't
remember much about it as I was very young. My parents emigrated when I
was 1 year old as £10 poms but came back 3 years later after my father
had died.

We lived in Melbourne but as I said before I can't really
remember much about.

We were hoping to apply as skilled indie but
missed out when the points went up. We would have gone out there to have
a reccie but if everything goes OK and we get the SIR we could be out
there in the new year which means the money could be better spent when
we get there.

Graham