Ar. Sehmi

On 11/12/2011 at 04:44, lebourvellec said:

How old are you and your girlfriend? If you are 30 or under, the best place that you can should start with would be a WHV, you can work for 1 employer for upto 6 months, you would be able to see a bit of Australia and find out which city you like etc, if you were working for an employer who is willing to sponsor you could get sponsored for 457 visa from your WHV.

 

Alternitively you could apply for jobs here and try to get out to AUstralia on Employer Sponsored visa (most likely 457), or apply for GSM visa - 175 or 176SS (depending on number of points you have 175 visa may be best for you, as gives you the flexibility to work anywhere in Australia, but it does take alot longer to process, 176SS visa is sponsored by the state that you agree to live and work in for 2 years, this is processed alot faster but it does not have the flexibility of the 175). You need to pass the points test for GSM visas - http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/general-skilled-migration/pdf/points-fact.pdf If you go down the GSM route you will probably have to do the IELTS test.

 

But as it has been sugessted speaking to RMA - that can go through your options for you, regarding visas - points, work experiance.

 

As for bank accounts, they can be easily set up once your get to Australia - you can shop around for the best deal (banks not free in AUs - some charge for withdrawels, account keeping fees etc). Mobiles - easy to get pay as you go deal to start, you can get some good deals (vodafone for example - top up $29 get $150 worth of credit).

 

As got the other things dont worry until you get your visas sorted, but generally wages are quite good in Australia, but cost of living is more than UK.

Hello, I really need some help with the Stage 1 Cover Letter of AACA, as the information available for the overseas qualification assessment is very limited

On 06/08/2013 at 15:24, clairebear82 said:

Thanks Graham, that's really helpful

 

Its so confusing, was debating using an agent, but I thought this would all be pretty simple!! No idea why a membership certificate won't suffice, surely they deal with ACCA requests all the time so they know what it involves?!! Pretty ridiculous!

 

Sounds like I need to raid the dusty box of random old docs - knew I kept these mountains of paperwork for a reason! That would be great, thank you! Will pm my email address

 

I remember the optional papers well - I foolishly opted to take advanced financial management and advanced tax? Goodness knows what I was thinking! Never again!!

Hello, I really need some help with the Stage 1 Cover Letter of AACA, as the information available for the overseas qualification assessment is very limited

On 06/08/2013 at 11:40, grahamffc said:

They probably want to check that you have covered the knowledge areas as outlined on the following link...

 

http://www.charteredaccountants.com.au/The-Institute/Migration-assessment/Recognised-accounting-qualifications

 

I had to submit a fair bit as I have not yet finished my ACCA (the two damn impossible optional exams remaining!) so was applying on the basis of my Accountancy degree. It's totally ridiculous that you should have submit anything more than your membership certificate as ACCA is a vastly superior qualification to either ICAA or CPA, both of which have a mammoth total of five exams and pass rates not below 70%.

 

You should be able to obtain a transcript of your results from ACCA - this is available on the ACCA website but would probably be better if it could be obtained on some sort of ACCA headed paper or transcript.

 

A record of experience is required not to prove you skills, but your years of relevant experience. From memory, I think it has to be five years, including at least 12 months of the last two years.

 

I went through an agent (Go Matilda) as like you I had no idea what to send and what not to send. It was a very time consuming process to put everything together, especially as I had to contact a couple of old bosses to write references on their employers headed paper, and one of my lecturers from university to state that my degree covered all of the knowledge areas on the above link. I also provided four payslips for each of the last eight years as evidence that I had indeed worked where I had claimed to work. That might not have been essential but the agent said that enclosing 32 payslips and P60's would do no harm.

 

If you want to PM me your email I think I have a copy of everything that I sent. I went through CPA but am sure they are much the same.

On 21/10/2016 at 04:35, ayalamaa said:

Hi Alnaibii!

 

I find all your comments very valuable. I am a fresh architect applying for the skilled visa. I needed help in writing the cover letter for the application ( to prove equivelance in the course material). Any advice ? sample? anything that could help?

 

Thank you in advance!

On 06/08/2013 at 11:40, grahamffc said:

They probably want to check that you have covered the knowledge areas as outlined on the following link...

 

http://www.charteredaccountants.com.au/The-Institute/Migration-assessment/Recognised-accounting-qualifications

 

I had to submit a fair bit as I have not yet finished my ACCA (the two damn impossible optional exams remaining!) so was applying on the basis of my Accountancy degree. It's totally ridiculous that you should have submit anything more than your membership certificate as ACCA is a vastly superior qualification to either ICAA or CPA, both of which have a mammoth total of five exams and pass rates not below 70%.

 

You should be able to obtain a transcript of your results from ACCA - this is available on the ACCA website but would probably be better if it could be obtained on some sort of ACCA headed paper or transcript.

 

A record of experience is required not to prove you skills, but your years of relevant experience. From memory, I think it has to be five years, including at least 12 months of the last two years.

 

I went through an agent (Go Matilda) as like you I had no idea what to send and what not to send. It was a very time consuming process to put everything together, especially as I had to contact a couple of old bosses to write references on their employers headed paper, and one of my lecturers from university to state that my degree covered all of the knowledge areas on the above link. I also provided four payslips for each of the last eight years as evidence that I had indeed worked where I had claimed to work. That might not have been essential but the agent said that enclosing 32 payslips and P60's would do no harm.

 

If you want to PM me your email I think I have a copy of everything that I sent. I went through CPA but am sure they are much the same.

Hello, I really need some help with the Stage 1 Cover Letter of AACA, as the information available for the overseas qualification assessment is very limited

On 26/05/2015 at 00:21, Ajv said:

 

Hi

u been posted quite long ago however if u havnt got ur answer yet

the 3 year degree in architecture is just associate degree of architecture so

can't call urself an architect n not able to apply under skill migration in Australia

however u can apply as a Architectural drafts person if it in sol if not than only option is sponsorship

Hello, I really need some help with the Stage 1 Cover Letter of AACA, as the information available for the overseas qualification assessment is very limited

On 10/08/2016 at 13:06, ricco56 said:

 

Yours is an interesting situation. The skills assessment authority for Architects (AACA) is best placed to make the judgment as to whether (and when) the qualification meets the requirement to be considered equivalent to an accredited Australian qualification.

 

It would be worth doing some research on their website at http://www.aaca.org.au/overseas-qualifications-assessment/ before you invest in lodging a formal assessment application. Note that currently in Australia trained architects enter the profession with a MArch which is the culmination of 10 semesters (5 years) of full time study.

 

If you go ahead with an assessment, and AACA accepts the Bachelor degree, but make a judgment that it wasn't completed until Sept 2016, then this has implications for the points awarded under the general points test for General Skilled Migration visas.

 

Also note that currently Queensland have suspended the processing of offshore application for state nominated visas (eg 190 visa). See http://migration.qld.gov.au/

Hello,  information available for the overseas qualification assessment is very limited and for that concern I really need some help with the Stage 1 Cover Letter of AACA.

Can anyone provide me with cover letter for first stage assessment of AACA. it will be highly appreciated. please do needful or mail me at ar.manmeetsehmi@gmail.com