Skills Assessments

• Skills assessments are issued by relevant skills assessing authorities. A skill assessing authority is an organisation that checks that your skills meet the standards they set to work in a relevant occupation.
• The combined list of eligible skilled occupations sets out all relevant occupations under 4 occupation lists. Most occupations in each list have their own skills assessing authority. 
• We at IME Advisors ensure that you obtain a skill assessment which is issued by the relevant assessing authority. Each assessing authority has its own assessment procedures, timeframes and charges.
• Obtaining a suitable skills assessment is mandatory for some visa subclasses (and streams) and may be requested for others. Professionals at IME Advisors can help you determine if you need to submit a skills assessment and when you need to obtain it.

You might need a skills assessment if you apply for the following visas and streams:

1. General Skilled Migration (GSM) visas

• Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) — Points tested stream
• Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190)
• Skilled Regional (provisional) visa (subclass 489) — Invited Pathway
• Skilled Work Regional (provisional) visa (subclass 491)

2. Employer Sponsored Visas
3. Temporary Skill Shortage Visa (TSS)
4. Temporary Graduate Visa (Subclass 485) – Graduate Work Stream

We at IME Advisors specialize in dealing with the following skills assessing authorities:

• AACA – Architects Accreditation Council of Australia, Inc
• AASW – Australian Association of Social Workers
• ACS – Australian Computer Society
• AIM – Australian Institute of Management
• AIMS – Australian Institute of Medical Scientists
• AITSL – Australian Institute of Teaching and School Leadership
• AIQS – Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors
• AIWCW – Australian Institute of Welfare and Community Workers
• ANCI – Australian Nursing Council Incorporated
• APEC – Australian Pharmacy Examining Council Inc
• ASCPA – Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants
• CPA Australia – Chartered Professional Accounting Australia
• EA – Engineers Australia
• ICAA – Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia
• IPA – Institute of Public Accountants
• ISA – Institution of Surveyors, Australia
• TRA – Trades Recognition Australia
• VETASSESS – Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services