sundaymorningstaple wrote:Rev, I don't like to be the one saying this, but ethnicity DOES impact on PEP applicants. The MOM knows that even though you might a been a high flyer earning 8K and above, you only need to earn 34K to keep it. So, it's like a five year visa before you have to get serious. So, I've been seeing alot of applicants who would have normally received one but have been rejected. Additionally, if you think your way is right, why is it that they no longer (for quite a few months now) automatically send a letter to new P! Visa holders inviting them to apply for PEP.......
Hmm, may be you are right about the PEP. My point was about the regular EP. Like in the OPs case, if she gets an employer willing to employ her, her having a PR or PEP, may help, but that doesn't mean that not having those will mean a big hurdle if the employer is really a reputed organization. As the salary range we are talking about here is 5k+. At that salary range getting an EP approved shouldn't be problem regardless of ethinicity. The OP is just crazy and trying to go out of the way to make sure his wife gets a job. My point is she will do fine if she is good enough and she wont, if she is not, regardless of whether she has PR or PEP.
My wife had like just 3 yrs experience in IT in India. When we came here in mid 2009 and recession was still on, it took her 5 months to find a job, but once she got a employer willing to employ her she got the LoC approved in couple of hours! and her salary was just 2.7k which was competing directly with the locals, yet she had no problems. Things might have got tougher now, but its not to an extent that it impacts people who are targeting salaries above 5k.
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