Firstly sorry for not being on the forum much. Stress got the better of me.
Stu and I submitted our EOI on 21st May and were selected out of the pool on the 23rd May.
A week later we got a call from our immi officer saying that we wont get an ITA as our IT qualifications weren't recognised and we werent in employment.
We stated we were both in employment. Our immi officer said that as our contracts end on the 29th June and even tho we've both been employed since Nov it doesnt prove that we are employable in the IT industry! We need to have a job or promise of a job and he'll consider giving us our ITA.
Well Stu talked to his boss and they've kindly extended his contract from Aug - October so he has IT work when he comes back. Because of this new contract and a glowing reference from his boss and his recruitment agent we have just got off the phone with immi and they said the ITA docs will be with us by the end of the week.
Phew what a relief, one step closer now
Now all we have to do when we're back in Edinburgh on our holidays is get all the refs and police checks etc so I dont think it's going to be a relaxing holiday for us. But at least we're headed in the right direction again.
It was a very stressful two weeks getting all this sorted as we started to panic and think what if they dont give us our ITA what will we do!!
Just thought I'd keep you posted with things our end.
Lets hope the next lot of updates about this are good ones as well
