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AustraliaHow long is the 189 EOI wait at 85 points right now?
I lodged an EOI for Skilled Independent 189 in March with 85 points, ANZSCO 261313 (Software Engineer). Still nothing. Everything I read online is from two years ago and the numbers do not match what people are saying in the Facebook groups. If you got an invite this year at 85 or 90 points, roughly how long did you wait after lodging? I am 33, so age points start dropping in a year and a half and I am trying to work out whether to sit PTE again for the extra 10.
CanadaExpress Entry CRS 478, is a provincial nomination realistic?
CRS 478. Recent draws have been well above that for general category, so I am looking at PNP. I am a civil engineer, 5 years experience, CLB 9, single. Which provinces are actually worth applying to for someone with no Canadian connection at all? Everything I read says Ontario, but Ontario streams seem to want a job offer. Has anyone here got a nomination without ever having been to Canada?
United KingdomDoes my employer have to be on the sponsor register before I apply?
I have a verbal offer from a small company in Leeds, about 30 staff. They have never hired from outside the UK and they are asking me how it works, which is not reassuring. As I understand it they need a sponsor licence first, then they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship, then I apply. Is that right, and roughly how long does the licence itself take? They are asking whether I can start in six weeks and I do not want to promise something that is not possible.
United Arab EmiratesCan I switch employers inside the first year on a UAE work permit?
Asking anonymously because my current employer would not be happy to see this. I have been here seven months. Another company wants to hire me. My employer is telling me there is a ban if I leave before two years and that they will not give a NOC. My understanding is that the rules changed and the automatic labour ban is gone, but I cannot tell what still applies to a limited contract. Has anyone actually moved companies inside the first year recently?
GermanyOpportunity Card points: does an NVQ level 5 count as a qualification?
I have an NVQ level 5 in automobile technology from Sri Lanka plus six years of workshop experience, no degree. The Opportunity Card asks for a recognised qualification before you can even start counting points. Does a Sri Lankan NVQ 5 get recognised, and is anybody here through on a vocational qualification rather than a degree? I have looked at ANABIN and I cannot find our NVQ system listed at all, which is what worries me.