Pranvayu wrote:Hiya,

I'm planning on applying for Skilled Migration Subclass 176. What's the normal time for the following:

Assessment
Sponsorship
PR - Visa?

My agent is saying max 1 year but wanted to get inputs from actual applicants.

Assessment - 4 months
sponsorship - ?
PR - Visa 2-2.5 years

Oh no! But why it took 2 years? Exactly my question to the case officer but haven't heard back yet. If I should have received a +ve ACS assessment before application lodgement, then such a technical detail should have been covered while the application was being filed rather than wait for 2 years f...

After more than 2 years of long wait, I received a denial from my case officer. The reason cited is "....while you have a favorable ACS assessment, the assessment date is Dec 2008 and application lodgement date is Sep 2008 . According to rules, skills assessment must be done before lodging appl...

nokia33 wrote:were you in CSL when you lodged the application ?

I submitted my app online in Mar 2009 and got +ve ACS assessment in June 2009 for Information technology (java specialist), which I immediately couriered over. Since then, no word.

Hi all, I had submitted GSM application subclass 176 in March 2009 for my family (wife + kids): * I have MS from a premier US University * I got 140 points (I am in the IT sector and my occupation is both in SOL and MODL) * I got 7.5 and my wife got 8.0 in IELTS * All documents have been submitted a...

Thanks everyone for your replies. I am very soon going to start migration process under GSMP. Though with the current global financial crisis, I don't know what impact it will have on my application. I'll try anyway and, wish me luck!

Hi, I am thinking of migrating to Australia with my family and found that under GSMP I am eligible for both SIM (Skilled Independent Migration; subclass 175) and SAS (Skilled Sponsored Australian Sponsored; subclass 176). I got about 135 points when I did a self assessment. Now I am not so sure if I...

I am from India and am considering migrating to Australia with my family - my parents, wife and kids . My parents are dependent on me and I have to take them along. I have already done a cursory self-assessment and I scored about 140 points (120 points is the cut-off for my profession type). I have ...