murtza4u Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Hi Respectable seniors, I have 8 years of experience as a Software Engineer which was required to claim points to lodge my visa application. I have two employments, 1st from May 2005 to May 2008 and 2nd from May 2008 to July 2013. So I have more than 8 years of experience which I mentioned in my skill assessment application. I applied for Skill Assessment and got reply from ACS (Australian Computer Society). In response, ACS wrote the following regarding my employment. "The following employment after May 2007 is considered to equate to work at an appropriately skilled level and relevant to 261313 (Software Engineer) of the ANZSCO Code Dates: 05/05 - 05/08 (3yrs 0mths) Position : SOFTWARE ENGINEER Date: 05/08 - 07/13 (5yrs 2mths) SOFTWARE ENGINEER" 1. Now I wonder, can I claim points of 8 years of experience? or will it be rejected from DIAC? 2. Was this type of statement from ACS do not create problem for the applicant before? My consultant mentioning that DIAC recently started to consider this type of statement from ACS but before everybody were able to claim points for full employment period even after getting this type comments from ACS. Is it true? Is there any new rule introduced? Below is the screenshot of my skill assessment for employment section. Can anyone guide/help that what I have done wrong that ACS haven't considered my full employment period? Is there something I can do? I really appreciate your expert opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foo Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Out of interest, when did you submit your assessment, and when did you get a reply? ACS consider a bachelors degree and 2 years work experience to be a suitable skill level. Therefore, only after you have been working at the necessary skill level will be considered. And no, I don't think you can use 8 years with the DIAC. I believe you can only claim what ACS recognise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murtza4u Posted February 16, 2014 Author Share Posted February 16, 2014 @foo thanks for your reply. Was this type of statement from ACS do not create problem for the applicant before? My consultant mentioning that DIAC recently started to consider this type of statement from ACS but before everybody were able to claim points for full employment period even after getting this type comments from ACS. Is it true? Is there any new rule introduced? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foo Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I don't know. I'm just basing my reply on what I've read on the ACS website. if you're using a migration agent, I would hope that they are better informed than I or a public forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raul Senise Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 @foo thanks for your reply. Was this type of statement from ACS do not create problem for the applicant before? My consultant mentioning that DIAC recently started to consider this type of statement from ACS but before everybody were able to claim points for full employment period even after getting this type comments from ACS. Is it true? Is there any new rule introduced? Yes, the ACS changed to this type of assessment mid to late last year from memory. It has caused confusion as it clashes with ANZSCO which states that the Skills requirement for a Software Engineer is a Bachelor qualification or higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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