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Post by blahblahblah on Nov 28, 2012 7:41:50 GMT 7
If you are expecting the assessor to lob softball questions up for you to knock out of the park you may be in for a nasty surprise. They are not in the business of helping people get on the DSP, and they aren't even in the business of getting to the truth.
Be prepared, know the rules and state your case.
Good luck.
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Post by Banjo on Nov 28, 2012 8:00:35 GMT 7
Welcome to the forum. I think that the people here are well aware that the softball questions from Centrelink are few and far between. Good advice though.
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Post by aussierick on Nov 28, 2012 9:05:02 GMT 7
The JCA is done now, I got asked the questions that I had expected thanks to you guys. And the questions specifically related to table 11 as what I was warned of buy you guys, now all I can do is wait and see.
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Post by blahblahblah on Nov 28, 2012 9:12:26 GMT 7
Thanks, good to be here, learned a lot.
You're right of course. I was attempting to point out to aussierick that questions are unlikely to be based off the impairment tables, which appears to be his belief. I should have elaborated.
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Post by blahblahblah on Nov 28, 2012 9:18:55 GMT 7
As usual, a penny short and a day late...
Nice of them to base their questions off the tables, I was never so lucky, and had to answer questions that weren't asked.
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Post by Banjo on Nov 28, 2012 9:25:10 GMT 7
Some of our members have endured full on residency investigations from Centrelink Investigations... these wannabe detectives have mastered the trick question, "where do you normally live in the Philippines during your visits? "... of course, any answer is an admittance you "live" there.
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Post by aussierick on Nov 28, 2012 9:41:02 GMT 7
I was lucky the assessor stuck to the question relating to Table 11. And I stuck to only answering the questions she asked and not volunteered information. It's a cat and mouse game.
She even asked about balance and tinnitus. which was what I had expected.
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Post by Banjo on Nov 28, 2012 11:17:12 GMT 7
I've found the assessors to be relatively uninvolved, they just do their job, even one from a private firm gave me a fair report once. I've heard of Centrelink bias of course but it's the people behind the counter you normally get this from.
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Post by aussierick on Nov 28, 2012 11:40:36 GMT 7
The lady I saw today, has already done a JCA which was needed at the time just to change from CRS Australia to Nova Employment, so she already knew most of my story anyway. But I guess she had to follow the guidelines set but the new tables etc.
Like I said she asked the questions that I expected her to ask, and there was no questions on residence etc.
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Post by Banjo on Nov 28, 2012 11:53:42 GMT 7
When you apply for the DSP the decision on residency would be the first one made, there would be no assessment if the applicant failed the residency requirement. An assessor would not consider this an issue.
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Post by aussierick on Nov 28, 2012 13:26:58 GMT 7
well fingers crossed I will have my application for DSP approved, so now it's a waiting game.
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Post by Banjo on Nov 28, 2012 13:46:24 GMT 7
Good luck with that.
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Post by aussierick on Nov 28, 2012 14:21:53 GMT 7
I'm told I should know in about 6 weeks. Why it should take that long I have no idea.
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Post by baranghope on Nov 28, 2012 14:22:11 GMT 7
Glad I could be of help Aussierick with my advice before your JCA about the Impairment Table related questions, and the attitude you should take.
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Post by aussierick on Nov 29, 2012 9:18:51 GMT 7
I know this is not necessarily a stupid question, but maybe difficult one to answer. So Here goes, once the DSP application is in and the JCA is done. what happens from that point?
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