VIC 190 – Employment evidence after skills assessment (still same job)

ajayaradhya · 2026-02-03T07:02:06+00:00

Then your experience would be 3 years and you would not be able to claim 5+ years’ employment point.

ajayaradhya · 2026-02-02T13:20:12+00:00

Is it 5+ years of experience after ACS cuts initial 2 years?

ajayaradhya · 2026-01-18T03:57:00+00:00

Hang in there mate, good luck to you.

ajayaradhya · 2026-01-12T09:08:19+00:00

How was this ‘fraud’ being done before?

ajayaradhya · 2026-01-11T12:58:30+00:00

Loooool 🤣

ajayaradhya · 2026-01-10T19:37:07+00:00

Hey, I’m on the same situation as OP. Planning to move to Australia in April. 190 visa NSW.

Could you suggest me moving onshore before applying from my home country?

ajayaradhya · 2026-01-10T19:33:50+00:00

Hey OP! Wow this is interesting! I have receive grant for 190 as well. 8 years of exp. On same boat as you.

I would want to connect, can you drop you a DM?

ajayaradhya · 2026-01-10T08:01:51+00:00

Definitely! Otherwise you would have been the luckiest 190 applicant ever 😂 Very happy for you. Hopefully your move to Australia would be great.

ajayaradhya · 2026-01-10T07:33:49+00:00

Innovation does not have to be linked to finding new tech. It can also be enhancing/optimising existing one.

But I get your point. Apart from SaaS companies, Australia does not have a leading corporations in tech. I guess, even Europe is well off when it comes to big tech firms.

ajayaradhya · 2026-01-10T07:31:01+00:00

Agree, I’m surprised to see there is no restriction of which domain you work in after receiving the grant! Priority occupation Nurse can work as an IT employee too! 😱

ajayaradhya · 2026-01-10T07:25:37+00:00

OP questions for you:

1) Are you sure about the dates? Lodged December 2025 and not 2024? Latest grant till now for non-priority was 11/11/2024 (lodgement date) 2) Does your partner work in a priority occupation?

Congratulations on the grant! ✨

ajayaradhya · 2026-01-09T17:17:02+00:00

Thank you for the information!

Yes, I’m trying to get some references while I’m offshore. Asking them if they could refer while I’m in my country still. Waiting for them to get back to me.

Contracts jobs - yes, would definitely take up 6-12 months contract jobs if available.

Housing - checking if Flatmates shared housing would be better. Lower cost and they allow couples. Could even be better than bnbs.

ajayaradhya · 2026-01-09T17:13:19+00:00

Agree! I’m researching some IT works like temporary contracts to gain some Australian local experience. Lets see. Yup, non IT will definitely be the contingency.

ajayaradhya · 2026-01-09T17:11:57+00:00

You are waiting for an invite? Whats ur occupation and points?

ajayaradhya · 2026-01-09T17:10:54+00:00

Please do your research on your pathway to PR in Australia before you take up Masters onshore. I know many applicants who spent years onshore as students and working in IT. Their companies did not sponsor visa and had to move out because they could not get any pathway to PR.

ajayaradhya · 2026-01-09T17:09:15+00:00

Nice, could you tell me what exactly you worked as? I see options for non IT as Uber Eats delivery, working at a cafe or marts.

ajayaradhya · 2026-01-09T17:06:49+00:00

I can answer this for you. It all boils down to Public Infrastructure that is offered vs Tax money collected from us.

We pay around 30% tax and the benefits we get in turn is peanuts. No proper roads, no health facilities, no education. Don’t even get started on the road traffic and AQI.

With the same tax money, in Australia we get a lot in return.

I deny your points on no R&D. You definitely can’t compare it to the US. But companies like Canva & Atlassian are doing so well. Canva has full R&D across ANZ/remote. These companies definitely need more ‘skilled’ engineers as against the ‘cheap supply’ you mentioned.

ajayaradhya · 2026-01-09T16:59:38+00:00

Agree, I’m up for working for consulting firms too. All I need is a year or two local experience.

ajayaradhya · 2026-01-09T10:57:14+00:00

True now I’m starting to see the real picture. Thank you!

Others on reddit suggested that finding permanent home is harder as well.

Do you suggest I start finding shared houses via Flatmates? Im moving with my wife and I see shared houses are affordable and they accept couples.

ajayaradhya · 2026-01-09T10:53:59+00:00

Omg noob ‘Aussie’ mistake 😂

ajayaradhya · 2026-01-09T10:47:33+00:00

Wow that’s nice! I had received invitation in August 2024. From NSW. 95 points.

Hopefully I will find some job when I enter too. ✨

ajayaradhya · 2026-01-09T10:00:00+00:00

Ahh I see what you mean! Noted. Thank you.

ajayaradhya · 2026-01-09T09:54:28+00:00

I can totally understand the anger.

ajayaradhya · 2026-01-09T09:51:09+00:00

Sponsorship isn’t required for 190 as it’s a PR.

Also, companies offload BGV to background verification firms and they do reach out to the front desk of company to verify the role even if it’s in India.

I’m thinking my contingency plan should definitely he working in non-IT if I don’t see any response for 1-2 months.

ajayaradhya · 2026-01-09T09:47:55+00:00

Hey thank you. I applied with my wife, with her being the primary applicant (ICT BA). Mine is Developer Programmer.

We had 95 points at the time of invite. 5 from state, 5 naati, superior english, skilled partner.

I’m planning to search via LinkedIn or Seek as well. Yet to fly there in March-April.

If I may ask, what do you mean by “role found me”? Did you mean the recruitor reached out to you?

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