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TRA expired skills assessment outcome
Migration Alliance has received the following information from TRA:
From 1 July 2014, DIBP has introduced a requirement that skills assessments used to apply for certain skilled visas may not be older than three years from the date of issue. This is to ensure that the skills held by an applicant are still current at the time of visa application. TRA is seeking further information from DIBP on its policy amendment, which is reflected in Schedules 2 and 13 of the Migration Regulations 1994, including an estimate of the numbers of clients it anticipates will be affected by the change.
TRA is currently examining, as a priority, the implications of the policy for those with a skills assessment issued more than three years ago. This is a complex process. As you are aware, TRA has changed its programs over time to improve its assessment processes and evidence requirements to ensure it is assessing the skills of applicants against current industry standards (for example, in all our current programs, applicants need an AQF or comparable qualification at the required level in their occupation). Someone who met the criteria under an old program may not meet the criteria of the current program for a specified country and occupation.
TRA is unable simply to re-issue a skills assessment outcome letter with a revised date. To satisfy DIBP requirements, it must establish the currency of the skills held and as noted above, this can be more than just checking a person has recently worked in an occupation. TRA is currently looking at whether it can streamline processes for those with a TRA skills assessment that is no longer accepted by DIBP. When a policy response has been developed, this information will be posted on the TRA website. Until that time, visa applicants with a previous assessment that is no longer accepted by DIBP must apply for a new skills assessment under the program now applicable.
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Thursday, 31 July 2014I was told by an RTO that this will only effect applicants whose skill assessment is more than 3 years old from 1 July 2014 - meaning it will only effect applicants from 1 July 2017...... which I found strange, but they were adamant !
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Monday, 08 December 2014
I didnt got it ..what about tra skills assessment which is access in 2009 ..is this expiry or its only happen for new skills assesment from july 2014?
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Wednesday, 04 February 2015
@B Burns
No mate you misunderstood what he says.. 3 yrs old from 1july 14.. Which clearly means only people who had TRA from 2011 or 2012 are valid till date as they haven't yet finished 3 years. People who had from 2009 are all expired and had to get the new Skills assesments.. And for doing that you need to have minimum of 3 years of paid experience. Hope this helps. -
Tuesday, 07 February 2017
my CDR aproved on 24th May 2014. Pls let me know when my CDR will expire?
Thanks, -
Saturday, 17 June 2017
The last sentence of my TRA skill assessment was-
For the purposes of this skills assessment, TRA considers that the applicant was first able to commence work in
skilled employment in the nominated occupation from 28 February 2008.
What does it mean? They are calculating my experience from 28 Feb, 2008 to till now? -
Wednesday, 15 November 2017
I want to apply for Electrical linesworker 342211. my basic qualification is 3 year diploma in electrical engineering after 10th class, Work experience 14 years. TRA is asking for Certificate III ESI in Power system Transmission Overhead.
Does 3 year diploma qualifies for Certificate-III? -
Sunday, 02 June 2019
TRA can be renewed or not?
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I find this situation utterly ridiculous - someone who's been assessed as having the skills and qualificaitons required for a trade more than three years ago, does not necessarily mean that the skills and qualifications are no longer valid.
I am happy to be corrected here: if a person - citizen, permanent residenty or otherwise, IN ANY country in the world, has a trade qualification that is more than 3 years old or an assessment of a trade qualification which three years ago was deemed to be 'comparable' (if qualification was obtained overseas) or 'compliant with AQF Level III (for Australian-gained qualification), I cannot see how this comparability or compliance can lag behind, how skills can be lost and how assessments need to be renewed, just in case - in case for what? how many tradies do we have in Australia who have not worked for three-5 years in their trade but continue to be recognised? is there a system in Australia to assess australians on the 'currency' of their qualifications every three years? the short answer is 'NO', unless the trade changes, the qualificaiton requiremenst change - THAT's understandable and completely justified, as in the electrical trades, for example - but if a Cert III in commercial cookery has not changed, what will be achieved by having a person undergo another assessment if the last one was made more than 3 years ago, particularly if the person has worked in the industry recently? The point may very well be a fee to the Government, simply and clearly.
It's the same with IELTS - a person with a high scoring IELTS is UNLIKELY to go backwards in their English skills, unless they are older migrants who may be losing their second language skills due to the ageing process; However Australia does not accept migrants beyond age 50 so the likelyhood of this happening is remote...
I am all for asseements that are 10 years or older to be re-assessed IF the person has clearly not worked in the trade occupation or related occupation for THAT long, however, I can see another money making venture coming on for TRA and its minders with compliments of the Commonwealth Government - of which they are part, let's remember...
MA is in a great position to write to DIPB and all stakeholder to seek clarification and provide some direction, should its membership wish to, and I can't see why-ever not. At the end of it all, it is yet ANOTHER stumbling block on skilled visa pathways and clearly not good news for us in the Industry given that we are at the forefront of immigration advice provision.
Bea Leoncini