FAQ

Skilled visa is for professionals (someone who have at least a Bachelor’s qualification) and we expect that our beloved professionals from our country would be wise enough to understand that any professional advice cannot be free as there is no free lunch. ‘Time is money’, hence no professional consultant will give their time to provide free professional advice whether it’s a doctor or a lawyer unless they are providing advice on a non‑commercial or non‑profit basis. We are registered as a for-profit consultant and have registered our business in that setting.

Australian immigration is a privilege and it costs money to receive professional advice with a for-profit consultant as well as to pay the fees to various entities in Australia (including Skill Assessment Fee, State Sponsorship fee and Visa fees).

‘Why other agents are providing a free evaluation of your case’ is explained in another faq and we would like you to read all faqs in detail as we have spent considerable time into writing answers to those questions for the benefit of all our professional clients.

Back to the question, if we can evaluate your case for free. We are professional migration agents (Registered Migration Agents of Australia, MARN: 1804599) and if you think that we should evaluate your skilled migration case for free, so that you can then decide whether to pursue your case or not, then, we would like to share some statistics with you. We get around 30 CVs per day to evaluate for FREE. Each CV takes around 45 minutes to 1 hour to evaluate. We need at least another 1 hour to write that advice and then, another 1 hour to explain that evaluation to you. Just to count 1 hour, for now, this means we need 30 hours to evaluate CVs for free in a 24-hour time. Since we only have 1 registered migration agent of Australia at CareersGiant, we would like to invite you to help us out in the following way by becoming a Registered Migration Agent yourself by following the below steps, so that we can refer you all our prospective clients who need a FREE evaluation of their case.

In order to become a Registered Migration Agent of Australia, you can follow all the details here:

https://www.mara.gov.au/steps-to-register/before-you-apply

which have been summarised below:

1. You will have to study and pass a 1-year full-time qualification named Graduate Diploma in Australian Migration Law and Practice course which will cost $22,000+ for 1 year. Please note, that you will study as an international student (assuming you are not a permanent resident or Australian citizen). We are listing a few universities which offer this course.

 

https://www.acu.edu.au/study-at-acu/find-a-course/law-and-criminology/law/graduate-diploma-in-australian-migration-law-and-practice

https://www.griffith.edu.au/study/degrees/graduate-diploma-of-australian-migration-law-and-practice-4190#fees

https://www.uts.edu.au/study/find-a-course/graduate-diploma-migration-law-and-practice

 

2. Pass the Capstone assessment which will cost: $2,690.

https://legaltrainingaustralia.com/capstone

3. Pass the IELTS (Academic) exam or equivalent with 7 bands (which will cost around $295+)

4. Apply for a Registration, which will cost: $1,760

https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2017C00550

 

5. Other Costs:

• a national police check: $40
• a professional library subscription: $740+
• professional indemnity insurance: $250+
• continuing professional development requirements: –

 

Total cost: $22,000 + $2,690 + $295+  $1,760 + $40 + $740 + $250 =   $27,775 (around Rs. 40+ lacs, assuming $1 = Rs. 145, as of Sep 2022).

Once the above is achieved, please open up your own office, have a reception to take calls and get 10+ years of experience (like we have) in the Australia immigration field and get some success stories like we have mentioned on our website and we will then share our prospective clients to you, so that you can evaluate their CVs for free.

We hope the above is a fair explanation to your question “if we can evaluate your CV for free”.

Please note: Don’t forget to read other faqs as we have taken out considerable time to write them.

The first thing to check about any consultant if they are providing free evaluation is whether they are ‘Registered Migration Agents of Australia’ or not.

You can easily check whether someone is a ‘Registered Migration agent’ by going on the following link and type their Last name.

https://portal.mara.gov.au/search-the-register-of-migration-agents/

Our migration agent’s last name is Saleem and you can check on this link.

If your agent does not have their name mentioned in the above link, then, this means they are not qualified, and have not done the professional course, nor are registered. Or they would have been registered at some point in time, but would have been banned to practice due to some reason.

The second thing to check is that if they are providing advice on a non‑commercial or non‑profit basis. If they are providing that sort of service, then, that’s fine. But, we cannot compare it with them as we are for-profit.

Finally, if you can find a registered migration agent who is providing a free evaluation and have success stories like us and are in the industry for 10+ years, then, it will be your choice as a client to get a free initial evaluation from them. Make sure you get the advice letter in writing like we prepare the Letter of Advice as mentioned as a sample in the last FAQ. But, you are welcome to take 2^nd opinion from us as well (if you wish).

Please note: Don’t forget to read other faqs as we have taken out considerable time to write them.

Skilled visa is points-test based immigration and points-test is the foundation of the skilled immigration program.

The higher the points a person has, the more likely his/her chances of getting the immigration. If you calculate your own points, prepare your own case and submit it to the immigration authorities yourself, you MUST be able to justify your claimed points. And points can only be justified, once you have paid the entire immigration fees.

Failure to justify your points will result in a loss of thousands of dollars of visa fees as mentioned above.

Hence, it is always advisable to get your points calculated by a REGISTERED MIGRATION AGENT OF AUSTRALIA.

 

Please note: Don’t forget to read other faqs as we have taken out considerable time to write them.

There will always be a chance that the points calculated by you will be different to the points calculated by a registered migration agent. The reason for the difference between your points calculation and our points calculation is simple: We know the exact intricacies/complexities as to where points can be gained or reduced.

For example:

When giving yourself points for Education, you cannot just give yourself 15 points because B.Com (2 yr) and any other Bachelors (which is 3 or 4 years) is not the same. You will have to get country education profile for your country in order to find out whether your qualification and the quality of the institution from which you have studied is actually equal to Bachelors.

https://internationaleducation.gov.au/services-and-resources/services-for-organisations/Pages/Services-for-organisations.aspx

Similarly, for employment, you just cannot give yourself the points based on your total number of years of employment. For example: If you are  computer science-related graduate and if you have 5 years of experience and you claim 10 points, this can be incorrect because The Australian Computer Society does not calculate the full experience after your qualification.

The above 2 examples are just the tip of the ice-berg.

Other things to consider are: What is the time when your age gets locked. Because, unless your age gets locked, you have a chance of getting reduced points score because your age changes each passing day.

However, it’s good for you to calculate your own points to have a ROUGH IDEA of your likely chance of immigration.

Please note: Don’t forget to read other faqs as we have taken out considerable time to write them.

We make a ‘Letter of Advice’ in writing by receiving all your documents. Sample Letter of Advice can be downloaded here: <Sample Letter of Advice>

This Letter of Advice will be made by a Registered Migration Agent of Australia (MARN: 1804599). Always consult with a Registered Migration Agent of Australia who is qualified and has a license to give immigration advice.

For Skilled visas, the Letter of Advice will include:

1. All possible Skilled Immigration Options for Australia.
2. Which occupation will be the closest for your case based on your education and employment.
3. What are your chances of skilled immigration based on your total points.
4. How much approximate time (in months) it will take for the entire Skilled Immigration process to take place.
5. Your Skilled Immigration points and how to increase those points.
6. The possible States/Territories that can sponsor your occupation ( for e.g: New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, etc.).
7. Past records as to which States/Territories have sponsored the occupation which you fall under.
8. The total cost of skilled immigration with an exact breakdown of consultation fees and charges for Australia as an installment plan.
9. Consist of 4-5 pages.
10. 1 hour of discussion on the Letter of Advice.

For other visas, the Letter of Advice will include from above: Point # 3, 4, 8, 9 and 10 based on that specific type of visa.

Please note: Don’t forget to read other faqs as we have taken out considerable time to write them.

Please email us on info@CareersGiant.com that you are willing to take our services of ‘Letter of Advice’, which will cost A$450 (excluding Business visas – please contact us for a Business visa Letter of Advice). The Letter of Advice Services includes a Letter of Advice +1 hour of discussion on that Letter of Advice. Please do not ask for any discounts at this stage as we will adjust this fee in our future installments as mentioned below. Sample Letter of Advice can be downloaded here: <Sample Letter of Advice>

 

Alternatively, if you do not need things in writing and wish to discuss your case in a single session (45 minutes to 1 hour), then, it will cost A$195 (excluding Business visas). No discounts available.

 

If you think the initial consultation is high and should be FREE, please read our first FAQ on top of this page.

 

The Process: For Letter of Advice in writing, include the following information in that email:

Your full name, Home Address and Mobile# and Type of visa you wish us to prepare the letter of advice (skilled visa, student visa, child visa, partner visa, visitor visa, employer sponsored visa or any other visa).

Please note: The above consultation fee is to prepare ‘Letter of Advice’ by evaluating ONE primary/main applicant only. If you are husband and wife and both are qualified and can become primary applicants for Skilled visas and you wish us to evaluate both cases to decide who can best become the primary applicant/main applicant, then, you will have to pay the above fee for each case to be evaluated. We will then create two ‘Letter of Advice’, one for each applicant.

The Process – Once you send us the email:

1. We will send you an invoice for payment [including our company account details]
2. Once you pay the invoice, we send you the list of documents (you can pay via credit card/debit card as well – credit card/debit card surcharge apply).
3. Then, once you have sent us all the list of documents, it will take us 7 to 10 working days to make the Letter of Advice (or more depending upon the complexity of your case).
4. Once you get the letter of advice, you can make notes/questions and we can then discuss it in detail at a mutual time for 1 hour.

The above amount gets adjusted into our future consultation fee in 2 installments if your case is strong and we both (you and agent) are happy to go ahead with the case. If the case is weak and we do not move forward, then, this amount is non-refundable. At least by spending this small amount, you will know whether your case is weak or in case you are not eligible for Australian immigration.

Please note: Don’t forget to read other faqs as we have taken out considerable time to write them.