Dustin C wrote:
> Thanks for your reply DM
>
> I am still plugging away at the degree, doing 1 unit per period whilst
> working full time, so yes it will get finished but will take a while.....

Advice is to finish the bloody thing as soon as possible.

> The majority of my experience is relevant, and the skill set required for
> the role I believe is relatively hard to find. However I have not had any
> luck getting info from immigration (via attorney)
> stating what is relevant experience, and if I resubmit after I have 120
> months experience whether it will be rejected or not. From what you said
> Declan about the people that work there, it seems I will never get that
> info....

I applied for an engineer visa (using change of status from shugaku)
for a new employee in late March. 3 months later still waiting for a
reply. Over 10 years IT experience including prominent Swiss banks (all
well documented), language at strong pass for JLPT2 etc. It is a luck
dip at times.