I have two qualifications, a Masters and Bachelor degree, but only my Masters degree is on the skills assessment result letter. Do I need a Recognition Letter?
DIAC award points for only the highest educational qualifications attained by the applicant. DIAC require the ACS to assess whether the Australian and Overseas educational qualification is comparable to the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) and if it is closely related to the nominated ANZSCO code.
Australian educational qualifications are assessed by the ACS according to the:
- ICT content
- Relevance to the nominated ANZSCO code.
Overseas educational qualifications are assessed by the ACS according to the:
- Comparability to the Australian Qualifications Framework
- ICT content
- Relevance to the nominated ANZSCO code.
With regards to the Educational Qualification, the ACS result letter will state:
- The Highest Educational Qualification attained by the applicant
- Comparability to the Australian Qualifications Framework
- Relevance to the nominated ANZSCO code.
Examples:
1. An applicant has an Australian Masters degree and an overseas Bachelors degree.
- If the Australian Masters degree meets the requirements, this will be the only qualification reported as comparable to an AQF Masters degree.
- If the requirements are met by a combination of both degrees, the highest comparable degree will be the only qualification report in the result letter.
2. An applicant has an overseas Masters degree and an overseas Bachelors degree.
- If the overseas Masters degree meets the requirements, this will be the only qualification reported as comparable to an AQF Masters degree.
- If the requirements are met by a combination of both degrees, the highest comparable degree will be the only qualification report in the result letter.
3. An applicant has an overseas Masters degree.
- If the overseas Masters degree meets the AQF requirements, this will be the only qualification reported as comparable to an AQF Masters degree.
- If the overseas Masters degree does not meet the AQF requirement but meets an AQF Bachelors requirement, the overseas Masters degree will be comparable to an AQF Bachelors degree and will be report as such.
Please Note:
- Applicants are free to request a recognition letter for each individual educational qualification but please check DIAC requirements before applying as the skills assessment in most cases contains all the required information.
- The ACS does not determine how many points are awarded. The immigration guidelines are subject to change, please contact DIAC for further information.
Please refer to the following links from DIAC. If your answer is not contained within this DIAC information, please contact us at: assessment@acs.org.au
http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/general-skilled-migration/pdf/points-test.pdf
http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/general-skilled-migration/175/eligibility-qualification-aust.htm