The above comment is also incorrect. With a UK accounting qualification (eg ACCA, ACA, CIMA) you do not need a degree to secure a positive assessment from the ICAA as an Accountant.
And:
- you are not required to have a degree to obtain a general skilled visa
- there is no point looking at skilled migration points calculators if you cannot secure a migration skills assessment classification from the relevant assessing body
Please try not to give false hopes - and ensure advice is accurate.
Best regards.
'With a UK accounting qualification (eg ACCA, ACA, CIMA) you do not need a degree to secure a positive assessment from the ICAA as an Accountant. '
That statement may be correct regarding getting classified by the assessing body but in order to obtain sufficient points to qualify for a skilled visa you may still need a degree if you are above a certain age. Merely being a qualified accountant (ACCA,ACA,CIMA) does not guarantee you being awarded a visa not withstanding the health/police checks.
The point I was making is that it isn't clear cut.
Again, I don't follow your posting, so can you clarify please - what points are you suggesting are available for having a degree?
Are you referring to claiming points on the basis of having an Australian qualification?
Best regards.
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Registered Migration Agent Number 0102534 and Chartered Accountant (England & Wales, and Australia)
Offices in the UK and in Australia
When I applied for my 175 visa (as an accountant) you received points for your education/qualifications, using your qualifications in your employment for last X years (experience), age & ability to speak english.
You received less points if you didn't have a degree than if you did (60 vs 40 I think?).
I had to supply all the transcripts of my degree course to ensure that I qualified for the points. If it was merely on the ACCA qualification they would not have asked for them. I don't recall whether I sent the transcripts to the CPA or immi.
Accountant wasn't on the MODL list in 2003 and so at my age 30-34 I didn't qualify without having a degree.
If this has changed since 2003 I apolgise for misleading people. Perhaps I'm just getting old and confused!
When I applied for my 175 visa (as an accountant) you received points for your education/qualifications, using your qualifications in your employment for last X years (experience), age & ability to speak english.
You received less points if you didn't have a degree than if you did (60 vs 40 I think?).
I had to supply all the transcripts of my degree course to ensure that I qualified for the points. If it was merely on the ACCA qualification they would not have asked for them. I don't recall whether I sent the transcripts to the CPA or immi.
Accountant wasn't on the MODL list in 2003 and so at my age 30-34 I didn't qualify without having a degree.
If this has changed since 2003 I apolgise for misleading people. Perhaps I'm just getting old and confused!
- You would have applied for a subclass 136 visa in 2003. Subclass 175 replaced it from 01/09/2007.
- Unless your application was a unique case, or the DIAC case officer was not experienced, I think it improbable you would have received less points simply for not having a degree under subclass 136. Rather, I can only think this was an issue of claiming points for Specified Work Experience, and the case officer being concerned you were not working in a "skilled" capacity.
Best regards.
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Registered Migration Agent Number 0102534 and Chartered Accountant (England & Wales, and Australia)
Offices in the UK and in Australia
I never had direct contact with a case officer regarding my application requesting additional information only to say that they'd received it.
I applied to the accounting body to get qualifications approved including transcripts. Received clearance and then sent my application into immi with everything else.
The next thing I heard was that I was approved and that I should arrange a medical.
If I remember correctly there were two accounting bodies in Australia that you applied to get your qualifications approved. One suggested if you had a degree & other if you didn't.
Perhaps the distinction was to ensure the body with the most experience in your circumstance vetted your application rather than the number of points?
'With a UK accounting qualification (eg ACCA, ACA, CIMA) you do not need a degree to secure a positive assessment from the ICAA as an Accountant. '
That statement may be correct regarding getting classified by the assessing body but in order to obtain sufficient points to qualify for a skilled visa you may still need a degree if you are above a certain age. Merely being a qualified accountant (ACCA,ACA,CIMA) does not guarantee you being awarded a visa not withstanding the health/police checks.
The point I was making is that it isn't clear cut.
Hello,
I was wondering if anyone knew if having an ACAA/CIMA qualification from the UK at the very least, would lead to some university credit for an Australian degree?
Worst case scenario, one could always finish a degree before migrating, and I wondered if having a UK Certification would knock some time off a degree?
With a UK professional qualification such as the ones you mention you can reasonably anticipate a positive migration skills assessment.
Are you looking to study in Australia as a UK qualified accountant?
Best regards.
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Managing Director, Go Matilda, http://www.gomatilda.com
Registered Migration Agent Number 0102534 and Chartered Accountant (England & Wales, and Australia)
Offices in the UK and in Australia
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Managing Director, Go Matilda, http://www.gomatilda.com
Registered Migration Agent Number 0102534 and Chartered Accountant (England & Wales, and Australia)
Offices in the UK and in Australia
Yes Alan, I am wondering if by being a uk qualified accountant, can I still study to become a chartered accountant in Australia?
Will my qualifications give me some credits for an Australian degree?
When I got my skills assessed by accounting body in Oz (positive outcome) I was informed that I could become a member of the Oz institute and be able to practice as an accountant if I passed exams in Oz law & Oz tax within 5 years of the assessment (I am ACCA member & have a degree).
I have no desire to go into practice so I never took the exams or applied to become a member.
I believe that there are two accounting bodies in Oz that relate to ACCA one focussed towards degree graduates and the other to non degree graduates (certainly that was the way the skill assessments were presented). I would have thought that if you wanted to become a practicing accountant in Oz after you got your visa then it wouldn't be a problem with the later body. I think (it was 5 years ago!) that the CPA is the non degree body, maybe someone can confirm this.
