#Points-based system

[manzanamarim]

So I have been reading svsss here is my first contribution to this fandom

[visa4you1]

If you’re considering applying for Permanent Residency (PR) in Australia, you’re embarking on an exciting journey that offers numerous benefits, including access to Australia’s world-class healthcare, education, and job opportunities. However, the Australian government has set specific eligibility criteria, and one crucial aspect is calculating your PR points accurately. These points determine your eligibility and play a significant role in the immigration process.

In this comprehensive guide, we’ll walk you through the process of calculating your Australia PR points, step by step. We’ll also highlight the importance of consulting a visa consultant to ensure you navigate this complex journey successfully.

Understanding the Australia PR Points System:

The Australian government employs a points-based system to assess the eligibility of skilled workers who want to apply for PR. To qualify, you need to accumulate a minimum number of points based on various factors, such as age, education, work experience, English language proficiency, and more.

Key Factors Contributing to PR Points:

I. Age: The younger you are, the more points you can claim, with the maximum points typically awarded to applicants between 25 and 32 years.

II. English Language Proficiency: Proficiency in English, demonstrated through standardized tests like IELTS, can significantly boost your points.

III. Skilled Employment: The number of years you’ve spent working in your nominated occupation can earn you additional points.

IV. Education: Higher educational qualifications, such as a Master’s or Ph.D., can contribute to your points.

V. Australian Study: Completing at least two years of study in Australia can earn you extra points.

VI. Regional Study: Studying in regional areas of Australia can also provide you with additional points.

VII. Nomination by a State or Territory: If a state or territory in Australia nominates you, you can claim extra points.

VIII. Partner Skills: If your partner meets certain criteria related to age, English proficiency, and skills, you can earn points.

IX. Professional Year: Completing a Professional Year program in Australia can add points to your score.

Step-by-Step Guide to Calculating Your PR Points:

Let’s delve into a step-by-step process for calculating your Australia PR points.

A. Determine Your Eligibility — Before diving into point calculations, ensure you meet the basic eligibility requirements for the specific visa subclass you’re applying for. Typically, you’ll need to have the appropriate skills and qualifications in a nominated occupation listed on the relevant skills list.

B. Assess Your Age — Determine your age at the time of application and allocate points accordingly. Remember that maximum points are typically awarded to applicants between 25 and 32 years.

C. Evaluate Your English Language Proficiency — Take an English language proficiency test, such as IELTS or PTE, and determine the points you can claim based on your scores. Different bands correspond to different point values.

D. Assess Your Skilled Employment — Calculate the number of years you’ve spent working in your nominated occupation. More years equate to more points.

E. Evaluate Your Education — Consider your highest educational qualification. Degrees, diplomas, and trade qualifications can all contribute to your points total.

F. Factor in Australian Study — If you’ve completed at least two years of study in Australia, you can claim additional points.

G. Account for Regional Study — Studying in regional areas can earn you extra points, so check if your study location qualifies.

H. Consider Nomination by a State or Territory — If you’ve received a nomination from an Australian state or territory, you can claim these valuable points.

I. Include Partner Skills — If applicable, consider your partner’s skills and their ability to contribute points to your application.

J. Account for Professional Year — If you’ve completed a Professional Year program, allocate the points accordingly.

K. Calculate Your Total Points — Sum up the points from each category to determine your total PR points.

The Role of a Visa Consultant:

Navigating the Australian PR points system and the overall immigration process can be daunting. This is where a visa consultant plays a pivotal role. Visa consultants are experienced professionals helping applicants successfully secure their visas. Here’s how they can assist you:

1) Assessment: Visa consultants assess your eligibility and guide you on the most suitable visa subclass.

2) Documentation: They assist in gathering and preparing the necessary documents, ensuring your application is complete and accurate.

3) Point Calculation: Consultants calculate your PR points accurately, maximizing your chances of meeting the required threshold.

4) State Nomination: If applicable, they help you secure state or territory nominations, increasing your points.

5) Skill Assessment: Consultants guide you through the skill assessment process, a crucial step for many visa subclasses.

6) Application Lodgement: They handle the application submission, ensuring it complies with all regulations and deadlines.

7) Updates and Communication: Consultants keep you informed about your application’s progress and communicate with immigration authorities on your behalf.

8) Visa Interview Preparation: If an interview is required, they help you prepare for it.

In conclusion, calculating your Australia PR points is a pivotal step in your immigration journey. Accurate point calculation is essential for securing an invitation to apply for PR. However, the immigration process can be complex, and the rules may change. This is why it’s highly recommended to seek the assistance of a visa consultant who can provide expert guidance and support throughout your PR application process, increasing your chances of success. So, if you’re considering Australia as your future home, start by calculating your PR points and considering the invaluable assistance of a visa consultant to help you realize your dream of Australian Permanent Residency.

Originally published at https://medium.com on September 28, 2023.

[bearplants]

idk who needs to hear this, but it isn't really anyone's fault specifically for the lack of alloaro inclusion in wider aro spaces

sincerely,

an aroallo tired of seeing borederline (if not outright) acephobic shit in the aroallo/alloaro tags

[tokiwarcube]

I always wondered what the boys would think if their s/o was in a band (the genre is up to you) and they have the same position in the band as the boys. This has been a thought that won’t leave me alone, help me!!

P.s I love your writings for these 5 silly men !! :)

Aww, thank you so much!! I absolutely fell in love with this prompt -- and I had an absolute blast writing it! Now I will Also be thinking about this forever, haha. Enjoy! <3

(Implied NS/FW warning for Pickles' section!)

Nathan Explosion

My simple, multi-platinum krillionaire rockstar — for as much as he daydreams about what life would have been like if he got to live like a regular jack-off, it’s just not the path for him. So dating another famous lead vocalist? Right up his alley.

He actually likes it more than he thought — it’s nice to bounce lyrics off of you, and vice versa. Toying with pitch, cadence, and intonation, all the different vocal techniques without judgement of sounding silly… Your halls are always alive with the sound of music… even if the subject is about death and murder, it’s its own form of magic.

But singing at home and singing in concert are two very, very different beasts. He wasn’t prepared for how intense you could be on stage, with the band to back you up. Your confidence as you stride, growling so mean he can feel it in his blood before perking back up to bounce away? All of your little stunts? Half of him is taking notes for their next show, and half of him is utterly starstruck. Your eyes dart over to him every now and again, smiling when you notice his wide eyes. His breath hitches when you throw a little wave to him in response, and he can’t help the breathless “holy shit” that falls from his lips.

You’re not as popular as Dethklok, but you couldn’t tell that from inside the venue walls — with how easily you command the crowd, he’s certain you were a siren in a past life. Or now. You could tell everyone in this room to jump off a bridge, and they would, he’s certain of it.

That would make a good song, actually…

Pickles the Drummer

Pickles has a pretty sizable repertoire of instrument proficiency — bass, guitar, keys… a brief stint with an alto sax, as a bit… and currently, drums. He’s got a soft spot in his heart for all of it, each instrument representing a specific era of his life, but he’s found himself enjoying the drums the most. It’s strong, supportive — every song needs a beat! It takes a specific personality to play drums well, and it’s one that he both embodies within himself, and covets when in others.

This is all to say — he finds it very hot that you play drums.

And as a man who appreciates a nice set of legs, he very much likes the effects drumming has on your calves. Your calves might be sore after a long practice session, but that’s nothing compared to the bites he’ll leave later in the night.

He also loves to watch you play — sweat rolling down the column of your throat as you raise your hands above your head for another well-timed strike, lost in the rhythm… Woof.

You’ve kind of gotta beat him back with a stick while on tour if you ever want to go out for drinks after a show — if he had it his way, he’d be spending the post-concert glow in the hotel, letting you know just how much he liked your performance.

Skwisgaar Skwigelf

Anyone looking in would assume this would be a point of competition, but he actually really loves having someone he can talk technical with! Despite being in Dethklok, he doesn’t really get to talk guitar often — Toki, Murderface, and Pickles can play, sure, but the former two don’t give a fuck about technique, and Pickles just doesn’t care about it enough to chat about it outside of the studio.

He loves hearing about all of the little musical decisions you’ve contributed to in each song — don’t think he didn’t catch the time signature change there. Just a single bar, why? Or this section here, that was a reprise of the first song in the album — how are they connected? He catches all the little details, and he wants to know all about them. In this same vein, he’s also great to bounce ideas off of when you’re in a rut… but be careful! His ideas are damn-good, and at this rate, he might just need a spot in the writer’s credits.

It’s very fun to just sit down and jam with him, passing the melody back and forth as your improvised tune grows. He calls it practice — and in a sense, it is — but really, he just likes playing with you.

He pushes to have your tours alternate with Dethklok’s so he can be at all of your shows, and vice versa — you have his full attention during your solos, and he’s not above slapping the boys to get them to shuts up so he can hear you in all of your glory.

He’s pretty stationary on stage — such is the downside of working with a bunch of uncoordinated dumbasses. (He is not exempt from this.) But if you have the agility and focus to bounce around on stage while playing? Oh, he didn’t think he could fall in love any further. He didn’t think he was capable of being starstruck, but you’ve proven him wrong tenfold. He’ll happily brave a couple thousand rabid fans for the pit experience — sorry to all the people stuck behind his towering self, but being backstage is nothing compared to barrier. The flashing lights, choking fog and towering flames only make you look more beautiful than ever, and he can’t help but reach out to you when you waggle your fingers at the crowd.

Personally offended if you don’t throw him at least one pick on tour. He does not care that he is 1.) Dating you, and 2.) Has limitless access to your stash. It’s the principle.

You wear each other’s picks on necklaces <3

Toki Wartooth

You play rhythm too? Wowee! You’re so good, though — how are you not playing solos?

He is completely gobsmacked by the fact that not only are you not the lead guitarist, but that you don’t care to be, either. I mean, he has Skwisgaar to compete against — and as loathe as he is to say it, it’s a pretty fucking high bar to surpass. But you? You could easily play lead! You just don’t want to? What?

He doesn’t really get it, but he writes it off as just you being humble. Beyond that, your similarity doesn’t really play too big of a role in your shared lives! But when concert season rolls around, he’s insistent about hanging out at barrier, just so he can see what it’s like to be at one of your shows. And then, then, that’s when he gets it.

You never seem to stand still, bouncing this way and that, playing in ways he never even thought possible. You don’t need to play solos to wow the crowd — hell, he’s been practically raised by the most popular band in the world, but with you in front of him now, he feels like just another one of your adoring fans itching at the chance to even be seen. Nobody cheers louder than Toki, and he’s insistent on going to each and every one of your shows.

After show from here on out he’ll interlock hands with you, congratulating you on yet another show well-done. He traces the callouses on your fingertips, heart swelling with giddiness at dating such a badass guitarist.

William Murderface

Finally, someone else who appreciates a good bass line. A band is nothing without the bass, especially metal, and it’s nice to talk to someone else who understands that. Especially after being AJFA’d out off all their most recent albums.

Playing bass is a very thankless job — you have to support the entire band, giving them structure and direction without any of the thanks that the rhythm guitar or the drums get. The most, and I mean the most that he gets, is a solo at the end of the show. Which is fun, but you know… it’s very much a job that you take because you love the big picture, not the details.

That’s his point of view, anyways. Because the second he sees you in-show, his whole world gets flipped on his head.

You have a very confident poise on stage — unshakeable, much like the deep notes that you pluck from the instrument. And yet, you command attention from the crowd effortlessly. It’s like you were made for this — all long strides and sneaky smiles as you move around on stage. And despite the eccentricity of your fellow bandmates — a very energetic show, he’s noticed — you still draw a sizable amount of attention from the packed arena, and man does he wish he was in the pit right now so he could get that sly little smile head-on. And huh, maybe bass can be fun, after all.

He loves to brag about you, and will do so at any opportunity.

After seeing your prowess on stage, he starts practicing a bit outside of concert season… and then more, and more, until he finally feels ready enough to fight to get the bass turned up in the next Dethalbum. Thanksch, babe.

[can-of-slorgs]

The other researchers are also here! (magical edition!)

[reksink]

Strangely Cladded Wizards

[imageingrunge]

I think omeluum exists in the game to show players that there are good mindflayers but I kinda hate the “omeluum good so emperor bad” comparisons people have. It lacks nuance like? “Well Om tried to find an alternative to brains and tries to cure you meanwhile emps is pro MF powers AND enthralled stelmane” okay and? Om worked with a lich for years, still eats ppls brains in the same morally ambiguous way as emps. As far as I’m concerned they both believe we’re gonna become MF at some point the emperor is just much more practical about it

[uncanny-tranny]

My biggest pieces of advice to people who want to get into fitness would be generally:

1. Fitness shouldn't be used to punish yourself

2. Setting goals that prioritizes your body's abilities over aesthetics can be more helpful (e.g., my main goals for fitness are to improve my cardiovascular system, which I find has been more helpful than "get buff" as a goal)

3. There is no such thing as "wrong" fitness, so long as your body is safe. If you're disabled, for instance, your fitness will likely look different than an able-bodied person's, and that is not a bad thing. Do what your body is able to do and what is most enjoyable

4. If you are fat, you might not lose weight by being physically active. You may gain weight if you are gaining muscle, and that's okay. Additionally, you don't have to make your fitness goal "losing weight." Your goals don't even have to involve your weight because that isn't the end all be all of fitness. Fitness doesn't exist to solely make you lose weight

5. It's okay to adapt fitness routines in accordance with what your body can currently do - no shame is needed, also!

[oflgtfol]

i have like a severe interest in archaeoastronomy and firsthand observations of the night sky and the techniques that humans have been using to observe for like utter millennia. and so this had led me to a weird position where even among my fellow astronomy people i'm like, too knowledgeable about certain aspects of it such that none of them know wtf i'm talking about. like yeah my one coworker will make a metaphor and say that something is like an oscilloscope, and we all nod our heads and agree because we all know what an oscilloscope is and have done experiments using one. but if i mention like, the nebra sky disc. i'm the only one who gets it

[musical-chick-13]

I haven't seen this take a WHOLE lot, but I have seen it enough to get. Frustrated. About it.

So for anyone who doesn't get it: no, symptoms of mental illness are not, in every case, majorly or solely the result of Dealing With Capitalism. Sometimes, they can be! Sometimes the symptoms are situational, and those situations are heavily related to how much capitalism sucks! But many times they are not. I am sorry, but mental illness and trauma and neurodivergence are still going to exist even if capitalism completely goes away. We still have a responsibility to treat the people affected by and experiencing these things with compassion and understanding. We still have to. You know. Acknowledge that their life experience is going to be a lot different than many other's is.

[forever-carlyle]

because with swtor like, there are some interesting and well written plots, but the light side point system makes some astounding, bafflingly bad choices. like what do you MEAN the "light sided" sith warrior is like. trying to reform the sith empire from within. but like secretly! she's still following orders and everything. oh yeah she's fulfilling imperial objectives and killing people and subjugating planets n stuff yeah.

but like.... get this... sometimes............

she doesn't torture people!!!

she's practically a saint in swtor logic!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[crystalistrappedintheinternet]

adding tme to my bio bc while on one hand announcing my birth sex makes me dysphoric on the other hand. some of you are misogynists

[goldensunset]

amazes me that people can remember information about routes in pokémon games. like ‘i loooove route 217 ❤️’ ‘route 209 has such a banger theme!!!’ ‘have you made it to route 225?’ ‘you can find this rare pokémon on route 210!’ bestie those are numbers. those are just numbers to me how do you remember which area is which. i think i have a general idea of most of them but i still have to look them up every time i need to refer to them in conversation

[majorshatterandhare]

Today I, an aromantic, was getting ready to attend a wedding… with Stranger on repeat.

[nerdyqueerandjewish]

I have an interview at 10 for the senior level of my current job so send me good vibes!! I know I’m more than qualified - I just have to be able to speak words and endure the social horror of the interview process

🧿

[tame-a-messenger]

It might be because I’m a Starkid/TCB fan and they do kickstarters all the time (side note: there’s actually one going on right now that is on its last day so go back tinlightenment bc Chanse Arasha and Angela are gonna be in one of the projects so if you want to see them in more stuff go back it ANYWAYS back to the purpose of this post sorry lmao) but I don’t understand why they don’t just do a kickstarter for smosh summer games or anything else they want to do that’s too expensive for them to be able to just do. I mean I KNOW that if they do a kickstarter they’d be able to raise so much money. TCB has raised $200,000 in two weeks already and Smosh has a wayyyy bigger fan base who would probably be willing to fund bigger projects especially if there’s other little rewards for backing like most kickstarters have. I feel like they don’t have an excuse not to do bigger projects when they could easily kickstart stuff and make a shit ton of money. This fan base is loyal and clearly has money they are willing to give so why not take advantage of that so you can make big projects everyone can enjoy?

THIS IS WHAT I’VE BEEN SAYING

WTF

ARE

THEY 

DOING.

They have the reach, they have the opportunity, YET THEY COMPLAIN ABOUT “We thought we might not be able to keep Smosh afloat” “we didn’t know where Smosh was going” “It’s really expensive” LOSER MENTALITY!!!! YOU HAVE A HUGE FUCKING COMMUNITY WILLING TO HELP WITH MONEY OR OTHERWISE. USE IT. lame excuse. 

We have PROVEN time and time again that we’ll give them money to do cool shit, idk why they refuse to catch on… (they literally were making $262 a minute on the last fundraising livestream, they KNOW we will donate money) especially if they advertise it! and give incentives! LIKE THE DOG CONE THING THEYVE BEEN DOING! (I fucking LOVE ANGELA! she knows how this SHIT WORKS. And she always is so so so appreciative of any/all the money donated !!!<3) like I get it if they give us a days notice (like they have in the past) they aren’t going to get as much as they could.… this is giving me a headache how BAD THEY FUMBLE SIMPLE SHIT LIKE THIS, there HAS to be a reason they are so fucking bad at this stuff!

Let me in there!! I don’t know anything about running a company, but SURELY I could do better than whatever tf they’ve been doing!

Please if you take anything from this, BE HARSH ON SMOSH about why they don’t do community fundraisers for stuff!! it does not. make. any. sense. why they wouldn’t.