A BRIEF PRESENTATION ABOUT AUSTRALIA PR

• Do you need to stay in Australia to get its Permanent Residence(Green Card)?

• Answer is NO • Is it easy to get a PR?• By the end of this presentation you will know.

Go through the below brief presentation • It depends on you and your occupation

demand in Australia

A BRIEF PRESENTATION ABOUT AUSTRALIA PR

• Do you need an Agent to apply for PR?• Answer is again NOBut to launch sound application you need to do

more research if you don’t engage an agent

This presentation was made by an Australian PR, not by any Agency. If you think it will be useful to your friends you may share it

What are all the tasks to get PR1. Write IELTS (you can start with second point as well)2. Evaluate your certificates by concerned body in Australia

(called skills assessment)3. Express your interest for PR to Australian Immigration4. Get the state sponsorship from any one state in Australia5. If you are invited by Australian government for PR, then

submit your application 6. Once case officer is assigned to your file, you will be notified 7. If your file is OK, Case officer will request for Medical and

police clearance certificates, then produce them 8. If everything is good you will get your PR

(Successes rate is very high 90+ %)9. Not over; you need to visit Australia to validate your PR

All the processing can be done by online

Why you need to apply for Australia PR

• You may be comfortable with your position now. But things will change with time

• It is always good to have more options with you.• As an employee, if you have more option, your pay can be

increased • Your employer also knows that if he doesn’t pay, you will

leave • Remember it is capitalist world. Only one formula

Demand and supply• If you have demand you will get a lot otherwise not• So create demand for you

Positive Points• Better employment opportunities• Higher pay for certain professions• Work/ life balance• Free medical, schooling• All Your family members will become PR, it allows your spouse

to work in Australia • If you do not have kids yet, you can plan in Australia, so that

they will become Australian citizens• If all goes good, you can become a citizen of Australia. • (Which will allow you to travel 160+ countries without visa)

Negative Points

• Higher taxes• Cost of living (it depends on country you are

currently in)• But it won’t increase drastically in future since

big country with least population• Job opportunities are good for particular

occupations only• So conclusion is, if your occupation has demand

in Australia, then you can plan for PR

Now coming to money • How much does it cost and when to pay•  IELTS: 320 S$ • Attestation charges: 100 S$ (~)• Migration Skills Assessment (620+250) AUD=1000 SGD• State sponsorship (200AUD) =235 SGD• Application fee: 3521 AUD =4100 SGD• So, for single applicant (5755+ others) = at least 6000 SGD• You don’t need to have all the money in hand to start process,

the major payment (4100 SGD) is at the time of application, which is at least 4 to 5 months after you started the process

• (If you want to include your spouse or kids, It will cost 1760 AUD per applicant if aged 18+ ,880 AUD for applicant less than or 18)

Detail Steps involved in Getting a PR

First step is, Are you eligible for PR?• To check it out, you need to know how many points you will get • Google it or follow the bellow suggested link for your score• https://www.acacia-au.com/skilled-migration-points-test.php• There are only few variables in your score• If you get better IELTS score then, you can increase your points• (Six in all 4 tests- no pints, 7 in all -10 points, 8 in all -20 points)• If your spouse can get IELTS score (4.5 in all) your score will

increase by 5 points• If you got state sponsorship then you will get 5 points more• If you got sixty (60) points, then you are eligible for PR

Are you eligible for PR

Another check for getting PR is • Is your occupation listed in the occupation

demand list ?• Follow the below link to check, don’t worry,. It will be there • http://www.migration.wa.gov.au/skilledmigrati

on/Pages/Occupationsindemand.aspx• (it will also tells you, who is your skills

assessment authority )

Migration skills assessmentSecond step is getting your education

qualifications approved by the concerned body• For Engineers it is Engineers Australia • For computer science graduates, it is ACS• Others please follow the above link• In fact, it is the toughest part in the whole

process. (Discussed in the last slides, don’t want to confuse you now)

Expression of Interest (EOI)for the PR

• Third Step is expression of interest for the PR• Follow the below link to express your interest https://www.immi.gov.au/skills/skillselect/• (Record the unique EOI identification number,

when you are doing it)• Then with the EOI identification number you

can apply for state sponsorship

State sponsorship• Is it necessary to have sponsorship?• Yes, even though you have enough points, go for it• If you are sponsored, then you don’t have to worry about

available quota and PR processing is faster• Find out, which state in Australia has more demand for your

occupation and where you wanted to go, when you got your PR

• Apply to the same state• It will take at least 2 weeks for processing but may be longer

Applying for PR

• Once you got your sponsorship letter, wait until you receive the invitation for PR from immigration

• It will take 2 to 4 weeks (~) from the date of your EOI

• Fill up the application forms, prepare any other documents as necessary, like travel details

• Apply for the PR online, so it is the time you need to make your application payment of (3521 AUD) (you have to make payment online)

Then what's next

• Just relax, until a case officer is assigned to review your application

• He will request if any required documents are missing • Once he is satisfied, then he will issue reference letter

for medical test • Proceed for medical tests and police clearance certificate • Your medical results will be uploaded by the medical

centre automatically• If there is no problem with the medicals and police

clearance • Then you will get your PR (Visa Grant Notice)

Last Step

• The last step is to visit Australia with in a year from your medical examination date.

•  That’s all

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Migration Skills Assessment

There are few steps• Getting IELTS results, (you don’t have to score high for this, just 6 is

enough for skills migration) • Collecting transcripts from your university or notarizing photo copies of

your certificates • Preparing competency demonstration reports( it is not required if your

Bachelor degree is from well known universities Like IITs, NTU and NUS• Preparing “Continuing Professional Development” and CV• Getting employment letters from your previous employers and current

employer. • Regular experience letters are not sufficient, it shall include your

responsibilities, number of working hours, etc. )• You need to produce these letters from your employers, for the years you

are going to clime the points. Don’t worry manage it some how•  (Please find more details form the assessing authority booklet) • Once all the documents are ready , then apply for education evaluation

Migration Sills Assessment• Note: You don’t have to wait for your IELTS results

to apply for skills assessment, • you can apply first and they will wait for your results

before giving you the assessment report.• Since your application will be in queue, I

recommend you to do it first or parallel • (Follow the below link if you are an engineer for

migration skills assessment •

http://www.engineersaustralia.org.au/about-us/migration-skills-assessment)

• Others please Google

How to know your profession has Demand or not

• Call your friends, relatives and some social networking

• The best way is look for job sites like www.seek.com.au – to find jobs related to you

• Third by calling recruitment agents, Generally you can find their numbers in job sites or

by LinkedIn

Good Luck