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Skill Assessment

If you’re considering applying for skilled migration, employer-sponsored Visa, or a Subclass 485 – Graduate Stream visa, you must have a positive skills assessment.

A skills assessment will assess your qualification and employment by a relevant authority and determine whether you have the skills necessary to perform your nominated occupation.

Visas that require a Skills Assessment​

Subclass 485

Temporary Graduate Visa

Graduate Work Stream

This visa stream requires a skills assessment of an occupation on the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL).

Subclass 189

Skilled – Independent visa

Points Stream

This Visa is an independent, skill-based, point tested invited pathway for highly skilled applicants to live and work permanently in Australia.

Subclass 190

Skilled – Nominated Visa

Subclass 190 is a state or territory sponsored, points-tested permanent visa pathway for highly skilled overseas applicants to settle in Australia.

Subclass 482

Medium Term Stream

Subclass 482 visa is a temporary work visa that allows visa holders in occupations considered ‘high value’ to the economy in the medium to long-term period to live in Australia while working full-time for the sponsoring employer.

Subclass 491

Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa

Subclass 491 is a provisional state/ territory or family-sponsored visa pathway for overseas workers to live, work and study in Australia for up to five years.

Subclass 494

Skilled Employer Sponsored (Regional) visa

The Subclass 494 visa enables regional employers to sponsor eligible applicants to live and work in designated regional areas of Australia for up to five years.

Subclass 186

Direct Entry Stream

This Visa enables skilled workers to be sponsored by an eligible employer to live permanently in Australia.

Common Skill Assessment Bodies

IT

Nurses

Engineers

Social Workers

Trade

Accountants

Law

Doctors

Architects

Physiotherapy

Dentistry

Managers

Psychology

Pharmacists

Common Reasons why Skills Assessment fails

FAQs

Yes, skills assessments are usually only valid three years from the original issue date for skilled migration. It may be valid for a shorter or a more extended period, depending on your requirement.

This depends on the skills assessment. Generally, this could take up to an average of 6 weeks.

Yes. In some cases, applicants can fit into one or more occupations, and in this case, you can apply for multiple skills assessments. Alternatively, if your occupation has multiple skills assessment providers (for example, accountants), and your skills assessment fails with one provider, you can always apply with another provider.

Yes, you may be able to still get a positive skills assessment without a formal qualification through Recognition of Prior Learning (‘RPL’). RPL acknowledges that individuals can acquire skills through informal learning and work experience and awards qualifications after assessing their work experience. However, this may not always be possible for all skills assessment bodies.

Many skills assessment bodies can fast-track your application for an additional fee

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