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IELTS for re-registration update
The following information is available on ComLaw re IELTS for repeat registration from 1 Jan 2014:
http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2013L01858
I will be meeting with Senator Cash at 10am to discuss this, amongst other things.
Agents, please URGENTLY provide your comments to this blog so that I can take the feedback to the meeting.
To me it seems like the addition is that lawyers don't need to do the test.
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Thursday, 31 October 2013Even though English is not my native language, I have no difficulty in searching legal provisions. I conduct every matter with attention to details to ensure the best interests of clients. My meticulous and hard work has provided me with a number of very loyal clients all of which have received outstanding results. If I fail the test, I have to do it again, and pay again. The IELTS centres have earned so much from non-English speakers, they need money, or the government need money? I have been doing well for so many years, now I have the risk of losing the job? I have paid the tuition fees for the initial registration, also the re-registrations cost me so much every year, now I have to prepare for IELTS, and worry about losing job, paying off the morgage....Jegus...Why was my first registration approved?
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Thursday, 31 October 2013
why was my initial registration approved?
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Thursday, 31 October 2013
Let's just have an awkward thought here. What will happen if they manage to decimate us? Or even more, halve us? Or yet even more, we all 4000+ of us will be just gone fishing for 2-3 months and let DIBP to deal with the clients directly? What a delightful mess would that be! I for one wouldn't miss it for a dime to see them realizing our worth in a hard way. By the way, sincere apologies for my horrendously awful English, I'm off to study, I have an IELTS test to pass...
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Thursday, 31 October 2013
When I registered as a Migration Agent, I already have completed Grad Certificate of Migration law, it shows that I have met the requirement and MARA already recognized it, why did they change requirement? It is totally unfair.
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Thursday, 31 October 2013
This new controversial requirements introduced by unreliable labour government should be abolished by the new government. It must show that the coalition government is more reliable than labour government.
Liana, can you please leave feedback after your meeting with Senator? -
Thursday, 31 October 2013
YES!!! I agree with the above comments.
This is ABSOLUTELY discriminatory requirement targeting a certain background agents.
I do not, cannot understand why it is required to migration agents who have been already practicing for ages and completed migration law and practice course successfully.
This instrument should be fully revoked -
Thursday, 31 October 2013
It is totally unfair for migration agents between 2004-2010 to sit IELTS for re-registration. We passed the Migration Law and have been scrutinized when we registered our license. I have operated the business since 2008 and paid all the GST and tax to the government. I should spent more time concentrating on the business and make bigger contribution to the government as well instead of spending the time and effort in preparing for IELTS. This requirement just creates the opportunity for the IELTS organization to make more money and nothing else. Should Migration Agent need to sit for IELTS, all the other professional including taxation agent, real estate agent, conveyancer, etc, need to sit IELTS as well.
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Thursday, 31 October 2013
I am a registered migration agent practicing for 7 years in Australia. I cleared the last MAPKE examination in English, completed my postgraduate studies in English, have completed all my schooling in English, my first language has been English and have been successfully working in the industry for the past 7 years dealing with English speaking DIBP, Skills assessment authorities, State Migration centers, MRT and my English speaking clients. In fact, erstwhile MARA and also OMARA found me to be a proper and fit person to practice as a migration agent,not once but 7 times in the past. For the record, there have been no complaints about my English Language ability.
Despite this, I am required to sit the IELTS test to prove my English Language Ability.
I believe the requirement is discriminatory and unfair for reasons which have already been discussed in this forum and previously voiced by many agents.
My question to the Minister is what is the basis of the discrimination? Is there any study to support the presumed equivalence of the English Language ability of those 'privileged 'exempt' agents to the prescribed IELTS score requirement of overall 7 and minimum 6.5 on each of the components? OR is it only the inherent bias?
I am happy to take the test if the requirement is applied to one and all OR I should be given a sound reason for the discrimination. -
Thursday, 31 October 2013
It is really unfair that after 5 years they just thing to impose something and its done. It should be at the time of start . It means that you are always in uncertainty that anything can happened to you any time any new legislation can have impact upon you. Even in DIAC there is transitional period and we do not valuable for that as well. MARA does not understand that how much labor we have to spend to establish this business. It is really a matter of depression when I thing that might be my registration will be at risk.
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Thursday, 31 October 2013
What are the chances of a challenge to this absurd policy in courts? I think this must be challenged for the sake of respect for all RMAs who have diligently performed their duties as per the Code of Conduct with high success rates.
For RMAs who were found to be dodgy, I am sure IELTS was NOT the reason they were dodgy
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Thursday, 31 October 2013
I do not believe IELTS test has anything to do with our profession. If you look on its module and checking criteria, it is not based on realistic.
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Thursday, 31 October 2013
I also believe that this law is total racial discrimination against few people of Australia. When we have successfully cleared the course provided by Australian university why do they believe that we do not have the competency to read the law and interpret. Does this mean Australian universities do not follow the quality guidelines? Does it mean Australian university education is substandard? After getting successful visas for so many clients in Australia and Overseas , why do they want to test us in english? Is IELTS a competent authority above Australian universities to decide our ability in understanding law of Australia? How can they decide this? When need IELTS to interpret Australian law then their should be a mandatory requirement for all the case officers in DIBP to take this test to handle the immigration and visa cases and issues.
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Thursday, 31 October 2013
I have just arrived home from Canberra where I met with Senator Michaelia Cash and the Migration Agents Section Assist Secretary and Director re IELTS. I need to have something to eat and then I will come on here and post my report. I fought hard for agents today and have put in a strong case against the IELTS. Holly Byrne (Board of MA) joined me at the DIBP meeting in Belconnen.
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Monday, 09 December 2013
Why is it so hard for an American migrate to Australia? Moving to Australia is my dream.
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I'm not a native English speaker, but I have been doing well as a Registered Migration Agent since 2007. I'm living on this job. For IELTS test, it requires not only the English level, but also the test skills. I don't have the time on practising the IELTS test skills, and it costs money as well. If my English is not good enough, my first registration as a Migration Agent should not be approved. If I fail the next re-registration because of IELTS, I will be unemployed. So what I have been doing for those years, this job has no future?! Why have I been paying the registration fees so much for so many years?