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I received an email today about Australian Computer Society Skills Assessments and I wanted to share it, as follows:

Hi Liana

There's another issue that wasn't covered - it's not just about skill assessing authorities using a different basis for skill level, ACS also have decided they will ignore partial months. This impacts the many IT clients who do contract work and have many short periods of employment, and as a result their partial months at the start and end of each period are not considered. This can add up and make a difference when trying to meet the 3/5/8 years of experience to obtain points.

As an example 15/03/2013 to 15/05/2013 wouldn't be 2 months, it would be 1 month according to ACS. (The 1/2 month for March and May each would be discarded)

I do around 70 - 100 ACS skill assessments a year and while ACS have improved their communications significantly in the last few years (gone are the days where they refuse to communicate) there are still some remaining issues like this that need to be resolved.

I guess this shows us a little bit more detail about 'What PNG is getting out of this'.  I am not sure this really is a solution to the 'boat people' problem facing Australia since the Labor government came into power, but what it does do is give migrants and migration agents a little more of the nitty gritty on the 'arrangement'.  I still can't see PNG getting a whole lot of of this deal.   Will they be sending Women?  Children?  I don't think so.  

Anyway, the link to the new arrangement can be found below and is taken from the DIAC website:

https://www.immi.gov.au/visas/humanitarian/novisa/_doc/transfer-assessment-settlement-arrangements.pdf

There is a new occupations list for NSW:  http://www.business.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/25147/NSW-State-Occupation-List-06.08.2013.pdf

Under subclass 190 you can see a list of the occupations which have been suspended.  Migration Agents can find a full list of occupations on the above list.

For anyone who needs to give visa applicants and new migrants quick tips on translating Australian slang, here is a great starter. 

I have just come out of a meeting with Renee Zhao at PwC.  Migration Agents will soon be able to essentially plug the PwC 'statement of assets and liabilities position service' offered by PwC to their clients as an add-on service.  This ensures that all financials and statements, especially for clients from mainland China, have compiled their financial statements in such a way which will suit the DIAC and State Government requirements.  We are busy working on a total concept to ensure that migration agents can meet with their client and PwC together to ensure a 'total service' for the SIV visa applicants to Australia.

I see this as being quite an innovative step in complicated SIV financials world which includes things such as 'source of funds' and 'loans to business' etc.  The new concept being developed by Renee Zhao is going to revolutionise the migration advice profession and allow migration agents to increase their usual service offering to their clients with a powerful brand supporting the financial aspect of the subclass 188 visa applications.

We are finalising the offering to migration agents at the moment and will release it to the profession shortly.