Not all lodged visa applications get granted. Do not think that if you have lodged and paid for the visa fees, you can get your visa application approved. Based on the Department of Home Affairs’ Student Visa Grant Rates report (source: https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/research-and-statistics/statistics/visa-statistics/study), 20% of student visa applications were refused this financial year (from June 2019 …
To most second language learners, getting on with spoken and written sentences is a struggle. Using a language we learn outside of our own home has its quirks. We are caught up between what we are taught at school and what we learn on our own through exposure to friends, social media, music, and real …
The Skilled Work Regional (Provisional, Subclass 491) visa was launched on the 16th of November 2019 and the Victorian state started accepting sponsorship applications for the it on the 18th of November 2019. What’s really exciting about this is that the Victorian state has opened up so much more roles for its 491 visa sponsorship …
Over 400 roles available on VIC state sponsorship for 491 visa Read More »
Many visa applicants fall prey to advisers whose sole purpose is to make the most revenue for each transaction, without regard for the applicants’ welfare. I came across many people who were given wrong advice and false hopes by their advisers; mostly students who are currently in Australia and some did not even have the …
Five signs that you are dealing with an unscrupulous adviser Read More »
There are many nurses who are thinking about migrating to Australia. These nurses might still be outside of Australia or might already be here in Australia and are working through their Permanent Residency pathways. For nurses, one of the criteria to be satisfied when applying for a PR visa (or work visa) is to have …
First: A few days ago a piece of news caused a stir in the Philippine academic community. An OECD report (https://www.oecd.org/) showed the results of a reading comprehension test given to a number of countries, including the Philippines. What got the debate going was the rather dismal performance of the Philippines in the said test, …
SECRETS OF LEARNING NEW LANGUAGES: NOTES FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE Read More »
Why are you writing an essay and for what? I tell a student that unlike writing for IELTS, PTE has two writing test types: summarizing information and essay. Let me discuss these as well as the different strategies to do them to your advantage. For summarizing written text, a PTE test-taker faces three challenges: …
If you want to demonstrate your English proficiency, why sit through a reading test? What does one stand to gain in proving his or her mastery of decoding meaning in a paragraph? There seems to be a presumption of intelligence if one is able to read well—and by well we mean read sharply. The notion …
The Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (RSMS) subclass 187 visa Direct Entry stream will no longer be available and new visas (subclass 491, 494, and 191 visas) will become accessible instead on the 16th of November 2019. My previous article talked about the 491 visa which replaces the 489 visa. See the Philippine Times August edition …
187 visa Direct Entry Stream to be discontinued in November 2019 Read More »
Sometime ago I had a student from Brazil. The thought of teaching someone who lived in that part the world excited me. I had never met a Brazilian person all my life until then; although I’m a big fan of Joao Gilberto and bossa nova. I knew little of Brazilian Portuguese (I still do) and …
CURIOUS CASE OF TEACHING SPOKEN ENGLISH TO A PORTUGUESE SPEAKER Read More »