Information for Skills Assessment Applicants

Steps for Submitting an ICT Skills Assessment Application

1. Before submitting a skills application, please ensure you have a thorough understanding of your personal visa requirements by discussing your options with the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) or a registered Migration Agent.

Please read the "Skills Assessment Guidelines for Applicants" to assist you in preparing your application. 

Please view the Latest News & Updates for important changes and current updates to Skills Assessments.

The following documents contain all the information required for submitting your application. For further information please see the FAQ's.

If you believe you meet the set criteria, please proceed to the next step.

 

2.  Apply Online -  Please click here for up coming changes to this process.

Once your Skills Application has been submitted, a Confirmation Email will be sent to your email address with your Application Number & Password and you will be able to check the progress of your application via the Application Status Update Page.

 

3. Please print - Sign & Date your Online Application Form and post to the ACS along with hard copies of all your documents submitted online:  Please click here for up coming changes to this process.

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Application Processing Time

Qualifications have varying subjects, choice of units and exemptions, making each individual assessment a unique mix of qualifications along with differing degrees of experience.

The ACS employs a thorough quality process in verifying qualifications with educational institutes and reference checking for skilled employment.  This is to substantiate documented evidence and can take a considerable amount of time to process.

All applications are processed as efficiently as possible depending on the quality of documentation and information provided by the applicant. 

The ACS adheres to a continuous improvement policy in creating more efficient processes to reduce processing timeframes.  The current application timeframe is approximately 12 weeks from the receipt of the physical documentation.

The skills assessment is a matter of assessing an applicant's specific qualifications and skilled employment experience against the nominated occupation ANZSCO code.  With a high number of qualifications and educational institutions around the world, this can prove to be a complex and lengthy process.

You can use your Application Number & Password to check the progress of your application via the Application Status Update Page.

 
ACS - ICT Skills Assessments

The Australian Computer Society is the gazetted authority within Australia to undertake the process of assessing qualifications and experience to support skilled migration.

The Department for Immigration & Citizenship determines the migration processes and through Skills Australia, the information and communications technology (ICT) occupations that are current to support the Australian economy.

To meet the requirements for a skills assessment in an occupation code, applicants must have relevant qualifications and/or experience in the relevant field. ACS currently assesses the following occupation codes to support information and communications (ICT) professionals migrate to Australia:

For general skilled migrants:

The current skilled occupation list (SOL: schedule 1) – applies to all new GSM applications, including applicants eligible for transitional arrangements if they prefer to use it.

261111 ICT BUSINESS ANALYST
261112 SYSTEMS ANALYST
261311 ANALYST PROGRAMMER
261312 DEVELOPER PROGRAMMER
261313 SOFTWARE ENGINEER
For those applicants who are coming under sponsorship arrangements, the following codes are assessed by ACS. In all cases, eligibility to apply for these codes depends on visa category and should be confirmed by the Department for Immigration & Citizenship before an assessment takes place, if required. This list includes the 5 occupation codes from the GSM list above:

135111 Chief Information Officer
261111 ICT Business Analyst
261112 Systems Analyst
261311 Analyst Programmer
261312 Developer Programmer
261313 Software Engineer
261314 Software Tester
261399 Software & Applications Programmer NEC
262111 Database Administrator
262112 ICT Security Specialist
263113 Network Analyst
263111 Computer Network and Systems Engineer
263112 Network Administrator
263213 ICT Systems Test Engineer
262113 Systems Administrator

This page was last updated on 15 March, 2012

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