Visaexpert, Saki is right as far as IELTS is concerned. But i doubt 4-6 months time even if you have high priority because of your employer as your skill assessment in first phase can take around 1-3 months (in case of a friend of mine it took 3 months) and its after that your real immigration process starts with DIAC. Last year it used to take around 8-12 months depending on your priority (i.e if you have employer or state sponsorship or your are on MODL) and 12-16 months if you are on SOL (not on priority). Of course there some ppl are lucky and get immigration in 6 months but this is not what happens generally. As MODL was revoked in Feb 2010 nobody can say for sure how long DIAC will take for applicants that fall on new occupation list.saki said:Time 2 yrs unless you have employer who can sponser you that will put you on a fast track ( 4-6 months )
If you get 6 in each band in Ielts you willl get 15 points and for General Skilled you need minimum atleast 6 in each band of IELTS.
If you get 7 in each band you will get 25 points.
Regards
Saki
You can have your self assessed on workpermit.com chances are that points will remain the same but as there isnt MODL anymore so I am not sure how many points would one get if he is in the new SOL list. Maybe someone else can share some insight on this.
Let me know if there is something else you want to know.