VETASSESS Skill Assessment of Skills for Migration Application Process

 

VETASSESS skill assessment has become a well-known platform, which allows Australian immigration aspirants to show their eligibility in a chosen occupation. All they have to do is to choose an occupation and show their competency to be assessed by VETASSESS. If you are one of such aspirants, then read this blog. Here, we will familiarize you with the application process for skills assessment for migration. 

 

Application process: 

 

VETASSESS skill assessment involves evaluating your qualifications and employment taking into account the suitability of your nominated occupation. Qualification assessment includes evaluating the educational level comparability of your qualifications on the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) and determining the relevancy of your qualification for the occupation you nominated. 

Employment evaluation involves determining if your work experience (gained within Australia or overseas) is at an appropriate skill level and related to your nominated occupation. 

A positive evaluation of both employment and qualifications is necessary for a successful skills assessment for migration. 

 

Skilled occupations lists: 

 

Occupations may be eliminated from either the Short-term Skilled Occupation List (STSOL), the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL), and the Regional Occupation List also called ROL at any time without any notice given by the government of Australia. 

It is your responsibility to make sure that your proposed occupation is eligible at eh date when you submit your application to the authority, VETASSESS. 

 

Steps to register a skills assessment application: 

 

The application process for VETASSESS Skill Assessment of General Professional Occupation involves the below-given steps: 

1. Pick an occupation against which you want to be assessed and select the visa purpose for which the skills assessment is needed. For information on the occupations available for Australian migration and different visa types, go through www.homeaffairs.gov.auTo get more information regarding the ANZSCO description of your picked occupation, you need to log on to http://www.abs.gov.au and put in the ANZSCO code for your chosen occupation. 
2. If VETASSESS is the evaluation authority for your selected occupation, you need to nominate an occupation for detailed information on VETASSESS assessment criteria for your selected occupation. In summary, the VETASSESS skills assessment pays heed to the relevancy of qualifications and employment to the chosen occupation. The qualification assessment evaluates the general educational level of the qualification in Australian terms and the relevance of the main study area. Only a qualification assessment is necessary for a 485 visa. An evaluation of both employment and qualifications is necessary for PR. 
3. Log on to Apply or continue the assessment 
4. Click on Apply or Track Application and fill up the online application form. If applying online, you need to upload high-quality color scans of the necessary documents. Keep in mind that if you wish to get your application processed under Priority Processing, you have to select this option on your application when you submit it. 
5. Your application will be put before an assessment officer and if there are extra documents needed, then you will be given information online. 
6. On the completion of your skills assessment application, you can view and download your skills assessment outcome letter from the online portal. An outcome hardcopy will be not posted to you unless otherwise shown in the postage payment section of the application.