welcome

[philb]

hi all

quite new to this,

hoping to move this year from West Yorkshire. Will be working as carpenter in construction industry, any advice on work, housing, places to live, schools etc, will be great.


hoping to log our SS by end of Feb just need to pass the IELTS test on 21st Jan, failed 1st test by 0.5 so not very happy but will try again,

any one know how long SS will take,

thanks Phil

[ladyarkles]

Hi Phil,
welcome to PIA.

You may find this forum of use to you: Adelaide Migration Issues
There is a lengthy discussion on State Sponsorship in there.

~ Rachel

[trevorpayne]

Hi Phill .
Where abouts are you from in West Yorks ,we moved here 4 months ago from tropical Bradford.
I didnt think you had to pass the IELTS test for building trades things must have changed.
They say the building work has cooled off but I still see new houses going up and most are timber framed ,so you are possibly in the best trade.
Good luck with your test.
All the best Trev.

[ian mc]

Building trade doing it hard over here just now there are some houses giong up but nothing compared to what was going up A guy posted on here that he was a carpenter and had went for a job and there were 70 people going for it they were only looking for 3 people. Same with bricklayers over 100 going for one job someone was telling me.

[philb]

hi trev
were from sunny Morley in Leeds, Bradford is just up the road, go there every week with my daughter for her ice skating lessons,
how are you finding it after the four months you have been there,

[philb]

hi rachel,
thanks for that.

[philb]

hi
just like over here then,

thanks phil.

[Leeds1877]

Hi and welcome,

We are almost ready to submit for SS, the forms already completed and are just waiting for copy of completed skills cert before submitting.

Have checked SA website and it states that if you hold a uk passport then ou don't need an Ielts unless occupation requires score of 7 or more.

A carpenter/joiner only needs 6.5 overall score so check it out as you may be waiting and paying out unnecessarily.

Good luck and keep us updated of your progress.

[philb]

hi
i need 65 points and currently have 60 need the 10 points from the IELTS test to get me the 65 points required.

phil

[Leeds1877]

Ah gotcha- good luck. Am sure ha ou will get it this time xx