Austrilian Workers Visa Advice

[euroman007]

As everyone knows the Australian government makes the visa process preety tough. I am a westerner currently in BKK looking to settle/lead a better life in Australia and will like to reach out on this forum and see if anyone has any advice.

I have done most of my homework regarding the visa process by starting the process (if anyone is familiar with it) by going to the appropriate job society to receive my qualification code, but the ACS (Austrilian Computing Society) according to my profession will give me a code will take up to 4 months.

Some of my questions are:

1.Do anyone recommend a service to use if its worth the cost?

2.Direct Contact numbers of visa folks from the BKK embassy who can help me?

I think there are people out there who have gone through the process or know of folks who have and can give me some tips and tricks,

Any advice would be appricated.

-euroman007

[KamnanT]

It's been 20 years since I applied for my Permanent Residency in Australia, but I do remember that getting my qualifications and experience (also in IT) vetted by the industry body (it wasn't the ACS in those days) was one of the most time-consuming stages in the process.

If you are applying for entry as an skilled independent migrant (Subclass 175), pretty well all of the IT related occupations are on the Skilled Occupation List and get you the maximum 60 points in the points scheme. So it's well worth getting your qualifications accepted by the ACS.

I would really recommend against using immigration consultants unless your case has unusual aspects to it (criminal convictions, previous unsuccessful migration applications, deportation from Australia or another country). Despite their claims, they can't speed up the process for you and they may even cause difficulties for you by not accurately representing your case.

If you require clarification of requirements or procedures, you may be able to make an appointment to speak with someone in the Embassy. However, there is no one in the Embassy who can make the ACS return a result faster. 20 years ago, the whole process from start to finish took almost 10 months and I would be surprised if it were a lot shorter now. You will have to patient, but it will almost certainly be worth it.

[david96]

This DIAC website may answer many of your questions, follow the links.

http://www.immi.gov.au/visawizard/#vw=%23a_intro