Hi all,
I hope you're having a great day! I couldn't find any posts that match my circumstances, so I'm posting my questions here (listed and numbered at the end).
I'm getting my documents together for a Skills Assessment from VETASSESS so I can submit an EOI but I'm stuck. I can't provide all of the payment evidence to support my work experience. I am also missing a Statement of Service letter for two of the jobs. I have plenty of other documentation to prove I worked there for the times stated.
For this situation, Section 7 of the Eligibility Criteria page on VETASSESS states that I can provide a Statutory Declaration or Affidavit:
https://www.vetassess.com.au/skills-assessment-for-migration/professional-occupations/eligibility-criteria#670
The website provides a template:
https://www.vetassess.com.au/Portals/0/Downloads/qualification_assessment/VETASSESS_StatutoryDeclaration_or_Affidavit_template.pdf
On the template it says to refer to an Australian Embassy. I did this and they were only willing to help if I could provide the correct, completed document. They won't advise me or take any responsibility if it's incorrectly filled out.
So my questions are these:
What's the difference between a Statutory Declaration and an Affidavit?
Which one should I provide for the Skills Assessment?
Where the template says:
(Provide any required information you are unable to supply through official documents such as, for example, a description of the tasks associated with a particular period of employment).
Do I list out all the documents I'm using to back my claims? And do I list them by file name as they are attachments?
Where the template says:
To support the claims made in this declaration, I have included the following documents: (list and attach the required evidence to support the statutory declaration or affidavit)
Do I simply list all of the required documents (e.g. passport photo, Statement of Service, payment evidence etc.)? And do I list them by file name as they are attachments?
Is anyone able to show me an example of what a correct and complete Statutory Declaration / Affidavit (whichever one I need) should look like? (Obviously changing any personal/sensitive information).
Thanks in advance for your help with this!
Jon