Changes to the Skilled Migrant Category: List of Qualifications Exempt from Assessment

Friday, 23 October 2009

On 30 November 2009 the List of qualifications exempt from assessment (Appendix 5) will be updated for the following countries.

• Australia
• India
• Israel
• Iran
• Japan
• Romania
• Singapore
• South Pacific countries (Fiji, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and the Marshall Islands)
• Switzerland
• Thailand, and
• Zimbabwe (changes also made to the Zimbabwe list of qualifications recognised as an exception (Appendix 13)).

The changes include:

 

• addition and removal of qualifications.
• changes to the level of qualifications.
• addition and removal of institutions.
• inclusion of effective dates.

 

Details of the upcoming changes are available in the Amendment Circular below to enable people:

 

• intending to express interest under the SMC, or
• who have already submitted an Expression of Interest (EOI), or
• invited to apply for residence

 

to make an informed decision on their EOI and/or subsequent residence application.

 

For full details see Amendment Circular 2009-13 PDF [379KB].