QUOTE=woody1cruiserI have been studying and working full time for as long as I can remember to enable me to have the correct qualifications for a child-care co-ordinator. As my final exam results are due out, I contacted an agent that I have spoken to before and they are now saying that I will have to wait a further 6 - 12 months from receipt of my results before I can apply for the 139 visa.
Can anyone tell me if this is a new thing or if I have been misled. I have spoken to other agents in the past but am waiting for them to come back to me on this one.
Every time submitting my application is within sight, something puts a spanner in the works.
Debs
My wife has an NNEB and 10 years experience in the field of Child care and she is in her last few months of gaining her degree in early years.
We found a company in Adelaide to sponsor her under the RSMS visa, but the regional body would not approve the nomination because the job description was for a Team leader (level 5 in child care) and a level 6 for the ASCO.
What is required is a postion of Child care coordinator(ASCO level 1).
As my wife holds the postion of Child care coordinator here in England our agent in Adelaide and my wife sponsors contacted the Department of Education.
Thier response was brilliant, they said that the whole immigration system around child care workers was wrong and that they have found it hard to get people like my wife over there.
The result was that they wrote a supporting letter on behalf of the company and my wife to the Regional body in Adelaide............and we heard last week that they have now accepted the nomination as a Child care coordinator.
We are now awaiting the next stage of the RSMS.
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