Skills Assessments

Once we have selected your skilled occupation from the relevant visa occupation list, and the skills assessing authority for that occupation has been identified from that list, we will conduct a pre‑assessment of your eligibility for a positive skills assessment. This requires us to review your personal information and documents so that we can determine whether or not the skills assessment that you wish to lodge is likely to be successful.

Should our pre-assessment conclude that your skills assessment application is likely to be successful, and should you wish us to prepare this application on your behalf, we will provide you with a full list of the information and documents that you need to supply in support of your application.

Once you have provided the necessary details and documents, along with the required assessment fee, we will lodge your application with the skills assessing authority. We will also follow up the application with the assessing authority as required, and respond to requests for information and documents, if needed.

The time that it takes the skills assessing authority to process your application is dependent upon its processing time service standards, and may also vary due to a number of other factors, including the complexity of your case, perceived risk factors and processing priorities. Please contact us for current information regarding likely processing timeframes for this type of application.

As part of its due diligence when processing your application, the skills assessing authority may undertake extensive checks of your work experience and qualifications, including conducting internet and social media searches and/or directly contacting you, education providers and employers (past and present), by email or telephone, regarding information supplied in your application. All social media information, contact persons and details must be current and relevant persons made aware that they may be contacted for this purpose.

The skills assessing authority is able to take into consideration any publicly available, relevant information that it accesses on the Internet, or from third party sources, when making a decision regarding your skills assessment application. This includes any information that directly contradicts details that you have supplied in your application, for example regarding your qualifications or work history.