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Australian Computer Society Incorporated (ACS) skills assessment checklist

ACS is the authorised assessing authority that undertakes skill assessments for the purposes of skilled migration. Their role is to assess the skills and qualifications of ICT professionals who are considering migration to Australia to work in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector.

Below is the document checklist for their skills assessment.

NOTE

Please DO NOT submit the following:

  • Certified true copies of original document
  • Black and White scans (unless original document is issued in black and white)
  • Scans of photocopies
  • Low resolution scans

Document Checklist

1.

Identity Documents – 3 forms of identity are required.

  1. Passport – Applicant details page only, not full passport. Ensure that the name used in your application matches the name on your passport.
  2. Two (2) additional government issued identity documents from the country of birth or country of current residence, with at least one which bears the applicant’s photographs ( eg: National Identity Card and Birth Certificate)

2.

Employment Reference Letter (Service Letters)

All Employment References must be on a company letterhead and signed and dated by an authorised person from the organisation (digital signatures are acceptable [preferred] and must be verifiable) and all references must contain the following specific information from the employer.

  • Start and Finish Dates of Employment – these should be specific dates in a DD/MM/YYYY format. If your role is ‘current’ the employer reference should state, the start date and the finish date to state “CURRENT”.
  • Position title – i.e.: “Software Engineer”
  • Description of Duties Performed – Required to determine the relevance of the experience to the nominated occupation and should be unique for each employment episode.
  • Hours worked – Full time or Part time and actual hours worked per week
  • Country where Employment was undertaken.
  • Contact details of signatory i.e. phone number and official email address (no personal email addresses)

NOTE: If you had multiple roles with the same employer, please provide a breakdown of each role and the periods each role /designation /title that was held must be clearly listed in DD/MM/YYYY format and the separate duties performed in each role as well as the location each role was performed must be mentioned.

Please do not send employment contracts, offer letters, appointment letters or position descriptions as they are not assessable and unnecessary documents or supporting evidence will delay the processing of your application.

3.

Payment Evidence

Criteria

ACS requires sufficient evidence to verify your paid employment and that your pay is commensurate with the skill level for your position. Payment Evidence must include at least two different types of documentary evidence and both sources of evidence need to confirm payment at commencement and end (or most recent if still employed) for each employment episode being claimed in the application.

Cash payments will not be accepted as sufficient evidence of paid employment.

When providing two type of payment evidence, at least one type of evidence (from the list below) must be from a source other than the employer. Acceptable payment evidence includes:

  • Official government tax records or documents that may include payment summaries, group certificates (citing company and applicant name). Tax documents completed by the applicant are not accepted.
  • Payslips citing names of the applicant and employer,
  • Employment linked insurance/superannuation/provident fund documents citing the name of the applicant and employer,
  • Bank statements citing names of the applicant showing salary payments from employer.
4. Academic Certificates and Transcripts

1. Degree or Award Certificate
  • Title of Degree or Award
  • Name of University or Awarding Institution
  • Date the Degree or Award was completed – the qualification will be assessed as NOT suitable if there is no documented evidence that the degree has been completed and awarded.
2. Degree or Award Transcript
  • Unit or Subject Names and Grades or Marks Achieved (uploaded in chronological order)
  • If you have a Post Graduate degree, please provide documents for the undergraduate qualification.
  • For research degrees please provide the abstract of the thesis or research project. The abstract should be endorsed by the primary supervisor where possible.

5.

Resume and CV

6.

Appointing a Migration Lawyer – 956 Form – Will be sent in a separate email.

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