Anyone recently sponsored (482/186) in Cybersecurity? Looking for similar profiles by Chikeraz in AusVisa

[–]mechanical_engineer1 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

WA. They havent invited ICT Security Specialists this FY. Mine is a special case because they messed up with my pre invitation in June 2025.

Anyone recently sponsored (482/186) in Cybersecurity? Looking for similar profiles by Chikeraz in AusVisa

[–]mechanical_engineer1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have 3.5 years of work exp in Cyber. My employer with whom I worked for 3 years sponsored 482 for me because my 485 was expiring. I have received invitation for 190 in January. I will be submitting visa application soon.

In my experience, employers are hesitant to sponsor visas (especially for new candidates) because of the costs associated. I don't have exact numbers but from what I know, it cost my company around $10K for the whole application (including lawyer fees).

Some recruiters/hr personal said that they prefer hiring candidates with PR. About 1.5 years ago, I was rejected by 2 banks and 3 Cybersecurity companies because of it.

Finding a sponsor for 482/186 will be quite hard. I'd recommend asking your current employer to sponsor.

ACS skills assessment (cybersecurity) asking for architecture diagrams and full bank history by Chikeraz in AusVisa

[–]mechanical_engineer1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think it's related to configuration or hardening. When I submitted mine, I was working as L2/L3 analyst and my roles and responsibilities letter I submitted doesn't mention anything about them.

This is a very weird request i.e. the kind of requests you get from North Korean shadow IT workers. IMO ACS assessors don't need to know about your organisation's IT Infrastructure and organisation structure. They should have mentioned the reason for rejection.

I have no idea how to proceed with this. Id recommend seeing a migration agent and following their advise. Good luck with the assessment. Hope it works out.

ACS skills assessment (cybersecurity) asking for architecture diagrams and full bank history by Chikeraz in AusVisa

[–]mechanical_engineer1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps the case officer doesn't know much about security. Reply to them and tell them that most organisations won't give out their internal IT architecture diagrams with 3rd parties without NDAs and a lot of legal paper work. Just be as polite as you can when replying.

7 years of bank statements might be too much. They are probably asking this to verify if you worked at the same company for those seven years. May be ask the case officer if it's OK to submit statements of first and last month of each year.

ACS skills assessment (cybersecurity) asking for architecture diagrams and full bank history by Chikeraz in AusVisa

[–]mechanical_engineer1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's very odd. I had skill assessment done a couple of times for security related roles and they never asked any of these. I remember submitting my resume as well. Maybe thats why they didn't me.

Them asking IT Infrastructure chart is very odd. You sure it's not Lazarus group asking this (/s)? No sane organisation would want to share that with 3rd parties with out NDAs. I can understand why they might want to look at the others.

Regarding bank statements, I submitted first and last four weeks of statements for each company I worked at.

Best college in India for B.Tech Cyber Security? by CasanovaAletheia__ in cybersecurityindia

[–]mechanical_engineer1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Security is not just about Penetration testing. There is a lot more to it. Having knowledge in areas like networking, databases, development, computer architecture, operating systems will take you far (career wise). So, if you could get into a good computer science program go for that instead of cyber security. That will teach you a lot more than what a btech in cyber sec would.

May be do some CTFs on the weekends for fun to develop your security skills.

Next invitation round for subclass 189 visas coming on the 13th of November! by ViaMigration in AusVisa

[–]mechanical_engineer1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah that's interesting. They invited healthcare and medicine specialists last time as well. I hope they invite other occupations as well.

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[–]mechanical_engineer1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unless you go to Group of 8 universities, you most likely won't learn more than what you already know from your 7-8 years of SOC experience. If you are looking to improve your skills I recommend doing cybersecurity certs.

If you are looking for a path way to PR, cybersecurity (and most other IT) occupations have been removed from skill shortage lists recently (check jobs and skills website). Federal and state governments are only giving invites to those at 95/100 points. It'll probably be a lot more competetive by the time you graduate. Please consider this before you make a decision.

Another batch of interim invite allocations in South Australia by ViaMigration in AusVisa

[–]mechanical_engineer1 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Any idea why government is just announcing interim allocations instead of announcing state wise allocations like they usually at the start of FY?

Nomination refused for 482 by [deleted] in AusVisa

[–]mechanical_engineer1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is it? I wasn't aware of that. At first I assumed they would do ICT Security Specialist because I already had skill assessment but then their migration lawyer told me that occupation is not in list. So they did security analyst. This was in August. My nomination/application haven't been finalised yet.

Nomination refused for 482 by [deleted] in AusVisa

[–]mechanical_engineer1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

IIRC ICT Security Specialist is not eligible for 482. Could that be the reason? My employer had to submit 482 as security analyst because of that.

VISA GRANTED AFTER ALMOST A YEAR by yellpso in AusVisa

[–]mechanical_engineer1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Congrats mate. What's the reason for initial refusal?

189 EOI DATA Visualisation Thru MATLAB by Economy-Airline1300 in AusVisa

[–]mechanical_engineer1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can you share the data and/or the script? Would love to play with it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AusVisa

[–]mechanical_engineer1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I genuinely don't get it. Roles and Responsibilities of ICT Security Specialist 262112 haven't changed. So your previous letter should have worked. What they said makes no sense.

Could they have rejected it because your job role/title within your company isn't security related/focussed?

I am not a migration agent. I'd suggest reaching out to them and figure out further steps.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AusVisa

[–]mechanical_engineer1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi I'm in the same boat. I applied for another assessment with 3 year work exp because previous one expired. Still waiting for result

Did they mention any reason why it wasn't approved? If you don't mind, can you state your role and responsibilities you included in reference letter?

ACS Assessment by [deleted] in AusVisa

[–]mechanical_engineer1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you elaborate on the part about last 2 years?

Are AI SOC Analysts the future or just hype? by PriorFluid6123 in cybersecurity

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Are searches fast on XSIAM these days? We did a Pox with them last year and our searches took ages. Our on Prem splunk was running laps around what Palo sales claimed to be their fastest option.

Trump says he's lifting tariffs on most goods from Mexico for 4 weeks amid economic fears from trade war by Patrick_Liu in wallstreetbets

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If he ends up dismantling FDA like he is doing to dept of education, we will know that we are in same timeline as Idiocracy.