Juliah79

Good to know will keep hoping

Interesting yes that s good point. I'm coming up to 2 years PQE so hopefully if they do change it, it might work in my favour! For me personally I they do make some changes as i'm stuck on 60 pts

Hi, I just uploaded colour copies to the CPA and it was fine, no problems. I think they only need to be certified if you are posting them although it cant hurt to get them done I guess (if its easy for you to find someone).

Apologies if I have given incorrect info, the document looked official and was dated today, are you saying someone would have posted a fake SOL?! Why would someone even do that?!!!

Hi All, I have just seen on another forum that the new SOL is out for 16/17 and all of the accounting occupations are still listed so that's a relief! I don't think there was any info on the occupation ceiling number

Have you considered being the Primary applicant? I'm pretty sure Secondary Teachers are in demand and you might have a better chance of getting Visa more quickly? Then your wife could also get the 5 partner points.

1. Yes that right 8 month backlog. Zero chance with 60 points currently. I am waiting to see if DIBP bring in any changes to how they calculate points on 1st July. 2. It doesn't cost any extra to get your Employment assessed at the same time as you are getting your qualifications done (with CPA anyway). Only post degree level qualification employment will be assessed as skilled so it is definitely worth getting the assessing body to do this. I had this problem as have 6 years work experience but CPA only assessed 1.5 yrs as skilled at the appropriate level. I wouldn't risk not having the employment assessed just in case you over claim. 3. Yes NSW has Accountant on their list and you get 5 extra points on a 190 Visa, but they still have the same backlog as on a 189 Visa and tend to only invite people with either 70+5 or 65+5 and Superior English. 4. Accountants are flagged and have been for the last couple of years I believe. I am concerned they might be removed but its just a case of waiting to see what happens. Possibly they will just reduce the occupation ceiling again to less than 2015-16 level of 2600 accountants. But this is anyone's guess, I don't think we will know until 1st July

Sorry I cant help with the first question, but at the moment only 70 point accountants are being invited on the 189 visa and there is an 8 month backlog of 65 point accountants. So 60 pointers have a very low chance ( I guess I can say this as I am one of them!)

Congrats Penny

Oh wow fab! There for New Year, that will be a great start to 2017! I was hoping we would be over there by around then but time will tell! Cheers

Yeah costs seem high in Sydney, but im not sure how much higher than Perth is? We actually already had a rental lined up from a friend in Perth but will just have to see what happens I guess. Good luck with your adventure anyway! Any ideas when you are planning to travel?

Ah well that's gives me a little bit of hope for sure! As you say maybe it was just lucky timing as it seems to be harder and harder to get an invite now. But we shall see! Glad i'm not the only one Were you planning on going to Sydney anyway? I actually wanted to go to Perth but if it gets me a Visa ill go to NSW for the 2 yrs then think about the move over

That would be good news for me! l'll be interested to see what changes there are (if any) on July 1st. Although I will be on holiday so maybe I wont look haha! Did you get your NSW invite with 60+5? If so that gives me some hope! x

Thanks, but no it needs to be 3 years to get 5 points, so September 2017 for that approach to work! By which point if I haven't been invited I don't know what I will be doing haha

No Penny, no degree which is where I have came unstuck! Just a stupid HND Business and Finance. If I had done 1 more year of study to top it up it to a degree that would have made all the difference, but unfortunately 20 year old me was more interested in going to work in Crete for a year! Doh But hey, not to worry eh

Hi Everyone, Got my CPA assessment back today, it was positive and as suspected only post qual experience was counted so that gives me only 17 months so not enough for any points. So finally I have submitted my EOI with 60 points for 189 and 65 for 190 NSW. Soooo a v long wait for me I'm sure, if any chance at all! Settling in for a long wait. Good luck to everyone else applying! Julia

Hi Penny, Did you get the CPA assessment back through the post or by email?

I haven't heard anything from them at all so hoping they have everything as I should have heard before now? I did IELTS so maybe that's the difference. Hurry up CPA!

Hahahaha I know! Its only going to get worse. Maybe I need some form on tranquiliser meds lol! Gotta laugh I'm preparing for a year wait for an invite, just want the EOI in

I hope you are right! it is ten working days for me today and the wait is driving me mad!!! Praying I get it by Friday. I cant wait another weekend haha. This visa malarkey plays war with your nerves. And it doesn't help that i'm the least patient person in the world, hate things being out of my control

No I don't either! I think you can study them by distance learning. How many CIMA exams have you got left to do? I believe you can apply to one of the other accounting bodies with only part qual for your Skills assessment but it isn't guaranteed it would be positive. Its probably worth the money to give it a try? (It kind of depends how many other points you have, you need 70 really to get in fairly quickly and there is a huge backlog of 65 pointers to about October 15). For the Skills Assessment you have to sit the IELTS or PTE academic test first (£160) then its about £250 for the Skills assessment. You just have to gather all of your certificates and results, Letters from each previous employer with breakdown of your duties and IELTS results then send them off by email.

Hi Sarah, I've been told and read on lots of posts that only post full qualification experience counts on CIMA, I am waiting for my Skills Assessment back from CPA to find out for sure! I applied on the 7th April so should be another week or so to receive it. I qualified Sept 2014 so wont score any points for experience (boo). If you have a Finance degree you can ask them to assess that instead? Julia

Hi sns, I've just submitted my Skills Assessment to the CPA today. I chose them because of their MRA with CIMA so providing I am successful i'll also be able to apply for CPA membership. I know some migration agents advise people to go with ICAA for your skills assessment but im not sure why this is. I just looked at processing times and CPA seemed quicker and simpler to me. I applied under 221112 Management accountant, I don't think they split out the Accountant quota into the individual categories (but not sure). So now I have a 10 to 15 working days wait to see how many years experience I will end up with (if their website is accurate!). Anyway good luck with whichever you choose! I see you are North East UK, where are you? I'm in Newcastle

Thank you. I will look into getting the Advanced Diploma assessed as that is meant to the equivalent to a UK degree (QCF level 6), and the full CIMA equivalent to a UK Masters (QCF level 7) but I guess it just depends if this equates to the Australian system and rules. I know there is a huge backlog of accountants, and I don't mind waiting a year or more, my only worry is if they remove accountants from the SOL in July. I have looked at 190 but we really want to go to Perth and it looks like only NSW if offering SS without a job offer condition and I just don't fancy Sydney. But I think I will apply for it anyway just to see how I go. Thanks again for your reply!

Ah I don't have a degree, just an HND in Business and Finance. Poop! I think this might only leave me on 60 points then so no chance of getting an invite thanks for the advice