FAQs

A Skilled Migration Assessment is a service performed by AIQS on behalf of the Australian Government and is not connected to AIQS membership in any way.

Membership is joining AIQS and you receive the benefits whereas a Skilled Migration Assessment doesn’t entitle you to become a member of AIQS.

Supervision means the application is under direct and continual supervision by a supervisor within the organisation.

An approved supervisor is defined as the following;

• A Voting member (Associate, Member or Fellow) in good standing

OR

• A Voting member of a recognised institute of quantity surveying who holds a membership equivalent of at least AIQS Member grade and experience level, and is in good standing

AND

• There is no conflict of interest between the supervisor and the applicant.

Member Advantage is currently only providing benefits from businesses in Australia.  They do not have any offerings from international businesses and hence why we can only provide benefits for members who are Australian-based.  

The previous Pathway 1 requirements is now equivalent to a 'Qualifications Only' Assessment.  You may be eligible to apply for a reassessement under this particular assessment type.

If you now hold a minimum of one year of relevant work experience, you will need to submit for a new application under the new Pathway 1 requirements.

Original documents are not accepted with your application for skilled migration assessment.  Documents submitted are not returned to the applicant.  Please provide certified copies of your documents.  

When submitting your documents by email, please scan the certified copies and attach them as a PDF file to your email.

A certified copy of a document is a copy of an original document which is certified as a true copy by an authorised person.  Authorised people include:  Justices of the Peace (JP's), legal practitioners and Police Officers.

Documents must be certified as required by the Department of Home Affairs. Please see these standards as well as a full list of professionals who are authorised to certify documents on their website.

In instances where the applicant lives overseas, documents may be certified by a citizen of the applicant's country of residence who is employed in one of the occupational groups listed on the Department of Home Affairs website. Please note that the certification should appear on the front page of the document (not the reverse side of the document).

Certification should appear on each page of the submitted document.

Please ensure that your certified documents are dated no older than 12 months from the date of submission.

You may do either one.  Most people provide the General test. Please see section 9 of the Skilled Migration Assessment Policy for alternative tests as benchmarked against IELTS test scores.
 

Please refer to the Australian Passport Office website for passport photo guidelines. We request that the passport photo you provide by email to us has been taken no later than 4 weeks prior to your submission.

Click here to view an example of how to submit your passport photo.

No, you must have graduated from the applicable qualification. 
 

The qualification requirement in our Skilled Migration Assessment Policy states that applicants must have a degree in "Quantity Surveying or Construction Management and Economics".  The interpretation of "Quantity Surveying" is defined in Section 2 of our Skilled Migration Assessment Policy. “Allied Professions” are defined in Section 11.  Therefore, applicants with degrees in allied disciplines may be considered for a skills assessment but it is not a guarantee.

Any other engineering degrees such as general engineering, mechanical, electrical or software are not considered as allied disciplines.

Whilst the relevant Government department involves us in the consultation phase, we find out at the same time as the public whether Quantity Surveying remains on the list.  Unfortunately, we cannot foresee what will happen with the list in 6-12 months' time.

Only work experience post obtaining a recognised degree may potentially be recognised.  If your first degree is not recognised then only the years of work experience after achieving your masters degree may potentially be recognised. 

As detailed in the Skilled Migration Assessment Policy an appropriate supervisor (not a professional or HR Manager) must meet one of the following criteria:

• a direct supervisor who is practicing and qualified as a Quantity Surveyor and has studied and graduated from a minimum of  three years full time in Quantity Surveying or an allied discipline
• a direct supervisor who is a practising Quantity Surveyor recognised as a financial Voting member of AIQS or is a member equivalent to a financial Voting member of a body formally recognised by AIQS.

If you are a current member of AIQS or a recognised Association, this is helpful with the overall assessment of your application. You may also be eligible to apply through Pathway 4 if you have a minimum of 12 months of work experience post obtaining your membership qualification.  However, you will still need to fill out an application form for skilled migration and provide all the supporting documents as requested. Skilled Migration is assessed separately from membership.

Student Members of the AIQS are required to pay the full assessment fee. If you have successfully completed an AIQS accredited degree, you are eligible to transfer your membership from Student to Graduate grade. To transfer your membership to Graduate grade, please complete the Graduate application form. 

Please refer all your points and visa-related enquiries to either a migration agent or to the Department of Home Affairs.

AIQS will not provide a printed certificate for attending CPD courses. However, you will be allocated CPD points for attending eligible AIQS-based live events which will count towards your annual CPD requirements. You must upload your attendance onto your CPD Diary via your Member Portal.

All AIQS events require pre-payment for registration and entry. In accordance with the AIQS Financial Management Policy and to ensure transparency, cash transactions not accepted.
You can register online on your mobile device at the door.

Each event registration link is available on the event information page. You will need to be logged into your account or create a new account to register for events.

Not all events are eligible for CPD points. Any event hosted by AIQS that is eligible for CPD, will be noted as such in the event listing on our website.

If you miss the live session, a copy of the recording will be emailed to you within 48 hours of the session taking place.

The recording will be emailed to you within 48 hours of the session taking place.

To earn the allocated CPD points for an academy topic, you must successfully pass the Q&A quiz at the conclusion of the topic. Once this is achieved, a certificate of completion will be emailed to you. AIQS members will have their CPD points automatically updated in their online CPD diary.

You need to be logged into the AIQS Academy with your member account details in order to activate the member price.

The number of CPD points required to obtain per annum (1 July to 30 June) varies per membership grade. Please email membership@aiqs.com.au if you are unsure.