Dorsetbrit Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 My wifes a chartered accountant and has been for 5 years but we were told before we send of for a skills assessment she needed to join the ICAEW membership, this took a lot of work going back through all her training records as well as references from employers etc but she got the membership and all was good but now we've been told they might not accept her experience as qualified because she didn't have the membership from the beginning! This felt a massive blow as its took many months just to get this far, we want to go for a 190 state sponsored for New South Wales as the 189 needs 80 points which is impossible. We are now terrified our dreams of a new life in OZ might be over before we've even applied. Has anyone been in this position or knows of any one else thats gone through this? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Tor Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 What Accountancy qualification does your wife have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorsetbrit Posted March 3, 2019 Author Share Posted March 3, 2019 She’s a chartered accountant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Tor Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 I meant as in what accountancy qualification does she have? ACA / ACCA ? Sounds like they won't accept her as chartered unless she is ICAEW or equivalent from the moment she began practising as a CA. Perhaps do some research and speak to a migration agent, I'm sure there must be some way to transfer her relevant experience across. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorsetbrit Posted March 3, 2019 Author Share Posted March 3, 2019 She’s a ACA chartered and qualified since dec 2012, she didn’t need to join ICAW as she went to work in industry but trained 5 years in practice for a large accountant firm. Our migration agents said it would be best to join ICAW to help, this took a lot of work to do as she had to go back with 5 years of paper work and prof of training etc just to get it but that case through and now we’re ready to send everything for our skills test but they then turned around and said they may not take your work experience because she wasn’t a ICAW member for that time. But we should send it any way. There was no need for her to join at the time and it’s very expensive so why would you bother? I’m hoping this is not true and they accept she has been qualified for several years and all is good but we will just have to see and maybe challenge if it’s not good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britgirl29 Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 Which accountancy industry body did she do her exams with? Maybe they do a conversion program to the ICAEW? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorsetbrit Posted March 3, 2019 Author Share Posted March 3, 2019 ICAW was who she did the exams with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britgirl29 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 I imagine their issue is if she didn't need ICAEW membership to do her job then was her role really a chartered accountant role. For most people (myself included) even working in industry it was a requirement of my role that I had to be an ICAEW member. Have you spoken to the Chartered Accountants of Australia and NZ? They do the assessment so may be able to give you advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorsetbrit Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 I guess we have no choice but get assessed and see what the outcome is and keep everything crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Did she become a member when she first qualified? The big accountancy firms generally pay for the first year's membership into the ICAEW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorsetbrit Posted March 9, 2019 Author Share Posted March 9, 2019 She left the big company once qualified and didn’t need it when she became a finance manager. We sent the skills assessment of now and they have come back 1 day later with complete full marks!! We were expecting a 4-8 week wait not one day. They accepted all her work experience and didn’t matter she wasn’t a member. This is huge news and a big relief. We can submit our EOI right away and see what the next stage has to throw at us. [emoji846][emoji846] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 (edited) That's brilliant news. Good luck for the rest of your application Edited March 9, 2019 by Archimedes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nayel Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 Could someone here clear my confusion. I know that work as Finance manager counts towards accountant work experience. What I want to know is that is the vice versa true too. Like will my work as accountant be counted in my assessment for finance manager? I have a total of 9 years experience out of which 5 as financial analyst/accountant and 4 as Finance manager. Any help is appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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