VETASSESS
Australian Skilled Migration»VETASSESS
VETASSESS is the main skills assessing authority for professional (50-point) and associate professional (40-point) occupations for the purposes of General Skilled Migration (GSM) and Employer Nomination Scheme (ENS) applications.
From 1 January 2010, VETASSESS has changed their assessment criteria for all applicants. All applicants are required to:
- Hold a qualification which is assessed at the required educational level in a highly relevant field of study to the nominated occupation and
- Have at least one year of relevant work experience.
For recent graduates who have studied in Australia and who intend to apply for the Skilled Graduate subclass 485 visa there is a 2-stage process.
The first stage leads to a skills assessment which can only be used to support the 485 application. To be eligible applicants must:
- Have completed Australian studies within the previous 6 months and
- Hold a qualification which is highly relevant to the nominated occupation.
Once the applicant has at least 12 months of work experience in the nominated occupation, applicants would then apply for the second stage assessment which can then be used for permanent visa applications (ie General Skilled Migration and Employer Nomination Scheme).
Trade applicants obtain 60 points for their occupation and only need to complete a 1-year Certificate III and show 900 hours of work experience to qualify for skills assessment in their occupation. University graduates generally only obtain 50 points for their occupation, unless studying in a 60-point occupation such as IT, teaching or accounting.
The new VETASSESS assessment requirements require students to have 12 months of work experience in their occupation - this is very difficult to obtain whilst in Australia on a temporary visa.
Please contact us if you wish to discuss your case.
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