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Pleased for you benj1980, i know its been tough for you to get the aitsl. Well done x

Vetassess have said my pgce isn't degree level or higher therefore my employment also cannot be assessed suitable. But the australian qualification scales state that it is!

I have used an agent because aitsl turned me down because i did a SCITT PGCE, as i am an assistant head teacher, regional education manager fitted. My cv and references matched the anzsco requirements but vetassess do not accept my qualifications or employment as being relevant. So even with an agent it seems hopeless

Despite all but 1 member of my family living in oz, an undergraduate degree, a post grad cert and a masters degree and 10 years experience I cant get a positive assessment. If i could afford the 85k tuition fees id do a phd in Oz just to get there! Vetasses say a post grad cert is not the equivalent of a bachelor degree and my experience that i matched to the anz code isnt relevant. Dont know what to do. Very upset.....

I you could post when you hear that would be great, good luck x

I have tried searching to see if there is a delay but can't find any information on delays or not

I submitted on 23rd September, the wait is driving me nuts!

When I did mine, I used a lot of listening practice exercises which were on youtube, i got 9's in all but reading which was 8.5. Practice is the key, good luck to your husband

Hi, wondering if someone could give me advice. I am 11 weeks into waiting for my skill assessment outcome. I am using an agent. Do i wait for him to contact me? Do agents get updates or do they have to log in? I don't want to keep emailing him if he gets the updates anyway but if he has to log in should i email to ask him to do so?

Thats brilliant! You must be over the moon. I've decided to go another route as a regional education manager, waiting for vetassess now.

Thanks Sammy1 & Rachel, my course was accredited and awarded by the University, lectures were at University (1 all day sessions & 2 x afternoons into evenings) and I had 3 school placements where I did team teaching, observations and teaching all supervised by a qualified teacher totally over 45 days. All of this was in the transcript from the training provider but this was not on University headed paper and the letter said 'base school' and when I rang, AITSL said that to them that means I was employed. I will continue to pester the Uni!

thankyou Rachel, this gives me some hope! I have now emailed Uni with your suggestions.

My lectures were at Uni, assessed by Uni & supervised teaching practice in 3 schools for 1 academic year. I have emailed Uni to ask for a new letter & transcript. The problem is my Uni no longer exists & I am dealing with the one that swallowed it up. This means that not everything from 11 years ago is still available in the original format. I explained this to AITSL but they are adamant that regardless I need to provide this extra information.

Thank you for saying this James, I am feeling down as it is & the negative sounding comment from Quoll is not helping. I am after useful advise!

I rang last night and they basically said they surmised it was employment based because the letter from uni said I was at a 'base school'. They said that there is no other option for me unless I get another letter from Uni which has deifferent wording but even then they may not accept it based on what they already have. Does anyone know of other routes to a visa to teach that doesn't require AITSL? i was wondering about nomination by private schools.