sathyajithsr

Yeah. We'll see

I contacted Engineers Australia regarding this and their response was,

""It's an optional assessment. However if you wish to claim points for work experience it's advisable to do it."

why don't you too contact them and share the response dear friend?

Hi sathyajithsr,this is very similar circumstance as mine, in difference that my experience I am gaining here in AUS now. I am also interested in question that you asked so does immigration will approve experience if it is not assessed by EA. as Kate was on this topic while ago, not sure if she wold be able to give us an answer, but hopefully someone else will. Finger crossed!!

Hi Ashley,

My husband is a civil engineer and I did his application for skills assessment for Engineers' Australia. He got credit for all of his work experience and we later got the visa.

 

In order to avoid duplicating work, I did up references that complied with the DIAC requirements for work experience evidence. We then used those for our EA assessment, and could then reuse them when applying for the visa.

 

If you go to the DIAC website you will find information on what is required but this is essentially all you need to know in order to prepare the reference:

 

"Employment references must:

• be written on the official letterhead of the company or government department providing the

reference;

• The letterhead should indicate clearly the full address of the company and any telephone, fax

numbers, e-mail and website addresses;

• The name and position of the person authorised to sign the employment reference should be

typed or stamped below that person’s signature;

• The contact telephone number of the person writing the reference should be included in the

letter;

• The letter should indicate the exact period of employment (including whether permanent or

temporary, full or part-time), position(s) held, the 5 main duties undertaken and the salary

earned – positions should not be described by generic titles (eg. research officer, public

servant) but according to the nature of the duties undertaken (eg. research chemist, accounts

clerk); and

• A payslip from your current employment should also be included – this is especially

important from applicants working in government departments"

 

 

My husband claimed 10 years work experience (he had more but we couldn't be bothered to get the references!) so we prepared references exactly as described above for all of that time, then gave them to his immediate bosses in each employer to sign. DIAC and EA are not interested in getting some generic thing from HR or personnel - they want a reference signed by someone who worked with you directly. If you are later going to apply to EA to be registered on NPER you will need your direct boss to sign off on your CV too - in other words to write a letter saying to that the best of his/her knowledge information and belief what is set out in your CV is true and accurate. Your boss should then sign each page of your CV. I found it best to get all of this stuff up front as it made the visa process very easy - I uploaded everything we had submitted to EA to DIAC when applying for the visa and it was all accepted immediately without any queries being raised.

 

Hope that is some help to you Ashley!

 

Kate

HI Kate,

This reply is very much informative. I am in process to migrate to Australia.

I have got a positive outcome for my CDR. However I have never assessed my work experience at EA as I had not completed 3 years by the time I was submitting the CDR. Now I have completed 3years and planning to claim points for that. My agent says no need of assessing the work experience at EA and I can claim points by just updating it on my EOI. I am in a doubt about that. Is my agent correct?