Saturday, December 3, 2011

VI - Application – Instructions

July 13, 2009, money was sent thru telegraphic transfer from ANZ Bank for the upfront fee, the receipt was sent immediately after clearing and the Guidelines for Batch 1 and 2 was sent immediately after that – it was overwhelming! It was a long list and before the Batch 1 and 2 requirements are what he calls “Important Instruction” which generated a lot of questions and email sent back and forth because of the following:()

    1. You and your wife and dependent children live together presently in PNG (Papua New Guinea).
    2. All your dependent children are below 16 years old
    3. You have no children under 18 years old who are not living with you and who are not going to be included in your application.
    4. You have no other dependents, whether living or not with you.
    5. Your occupation has not changed since the last resume you sent to me which was the basis of my assessment and proposal, and thence these guidelines.
    6. You and your wire and dependent child are all are in good health and are unaware of any major medical concern.
    7. You and your wife have no past disclosable criminal records or civil liabilities
    8. You and your wife will be able to obtain your NBI clearances from the Philippines and Police clearances from PNG (n.b. I will provide instructions later)
    9. You and your wife and children have only lived in the Philippines and PNG and no other country during the last 10 years.

The queries I had were a bit sensitive issues and cannot be listed herein. If you think the list means nothing and that there are no issues that may hinder you from continuing, then congratulations. Actually, I never felt the bad temper that my friend told me about the agent as he answered everything I asked promptly.
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V - Start of Application - Fees

Receiving the result of the assessment, attached to it is the proposal from Bert’s company, The Migration Specialist, is the fees that will be incurred should processed commence. It was quite a lot (based from some migration forums) but out motivation to migrate is bigger so I paid the initial fee. My agent also had my trust when he listed the reasons why my fellow applicants did not make it and why I passed which is very consistent and means that he will not accept applicants and take their fees should they stand no or small chance of making it.()

Fees back in 2009 are the following (to be sent to agent):
    1. Professional Fee – Upfront fee of A$2,000
    2. When the skills assessment result is positive - A$ 750
    3. 1st Stage - Skill Assessment - A$450.00
    4. 2nd stage - Application With ASPC - A$2,525

Other fees (applicant’s responsibilities):
    1. IELTS
    2. Medicals Examination

In the first stage, Assessment with Engineers Australia was emphasized together with the need for IELTS (which I already have passed before entering this process) and also later needed for spouse, if any. December 2011, I have checked and the current score/band needed for applicants is down to 6.0 only (previously 7.0) for all areas and same 4.5 band/score for spouse.

In some forums, people and even agent are surprised to hear that there is an upfront fee. One should make sure that he is ready to undergo the process as part of the guideline for termination of the service will mean he/she will pay the agent A$300 per hour of service rendered.

The family is included in the application whether they are coming or not. If they are coming, Bert said, they should be there before a timeline that will be given by Australia immigration. Otherwise, they have to undergo the same process all over again. Sounded good – payment sent!
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