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Thanks everyone for your advice. I will check with CPA as to when I meet the 9 courses and therefore the date from which they should be considering my employment as skilled. If I don't get anywhere, then I will retake EILTS (General) to achieve band 8 in all components in order to meet points requirement. Will the case officer not get confused if he sees my skills assessed and there being an EILTS Acedemic score 7 and then a subsequent EILTS General score 8. - will I need to explain in a letter when i do submit my paperwork?

I am considering redoing EILTS. But why 'general' isn't it supposed to be 'acedemic' for 189 visa? The skills assessment letter has my EILTS results and format written on it. If I redo general and submit to CPA then won't meet criteria for 189.

Thanks for advice. I did ring CPA - Accounting assessment body who advised that it does expire after 2 years. (I am guessing expiry of the assessment is regulating body dependent). The expiry of IELTS after 3 years is helpful. My sister is an Australian resident and therefore can sponsor me for the 5 points if required under a sponsored visa. To be honest I have not researched other visa alternatives to the 189 as I would like to get PR through 189. (If I can meet the requirement and settle in any part of Australia).

Hi, Prior to planning to apply for the 189 visa I self tested myself against the points test requirement and met the min score of 60 as below. Age - 28yrs - 30 Points Lang - 7 EILTS - 10 Points Skilled Emplo - 4yrs at least - 5 Points Education - Degree & ACCA - 15 Points 60 Points I therefore went ahead and completed the EILTS with a score >7 in all components and got positively skills assessed as a 'General Accountant'. Both my university degree and ACCA qualifications were assessed as being equivalent to an Australian bachelors degree. However, upon receiving my skills assessment outcome letter I noticed that the years of skilled employment has been taken into account from the date of having completed my ACCA Accounting qualification. This has thrown me off as I have been working in the accounting industry for 7 years post graduating from university and was expecting to get at the very least 5 points for being in skilled employment for a min of 3 years. Only 1 year and 3 months of skilled employment has been recognized, meaning that I still have another 1 year and 9 months worth of skilled experience to achieve. To make matters worse the EILTS and Skills assessment expires after 2 years and therefore I would need to start all over again it seems. I understand that the information from the assessing authority regarding skilled employment is only advice, but I am worried that if I go ahead and submit an EOI and then lodge the application this may be a problem resulting in a waste of money and further time should I not be successful. Any advice would be very useful? An option I am considering. - As the assessing authority (CPA) provide 1 amendment to the skills assessment result free of charge, I was hoping to redo the EILTS test and score 8 in all components in order to get 20 points. This will enable me to meet the min score of 60. Any advice on the option I'm considering? Many Thanks S