Migration Skills Assessments

The Qualifications Only assessment serves to recognise a candidate’s degree.  The Department of Home Affairs may award points for a recognised degree. Only Skill Assessments Pathways can be used to Apply for a PR application as it includes relevant work experience. Qualification can be used for other type of work visa. We advise you to get in touch with the department of Home Affairs.

We are unable to provide you advice regarding your visa application, please refer all your visa-related queries to the Department of Home Affairs.

A certified copy of a document is a copy of an original document which is certified as a true copy by an authorised person.

Certification must appear on the front of each page of the submitted document. All documents uploaded as part of your online application must be in PDF format.

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

Please refer to the Department of Home Affairs website for certification standards and a full list of professionals who are authorised to certify documents.

We accept any of the tests currently accepted by the Department of Home Affairs.

You may do either one.  Most people provide the General test. Please see section 9 of the Migration Skills 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.

Please refer to section 4.9 on Migration Skills Assessment Policy for detailed requirements for reference letters.

No, you must have graduated from the applicable qualification.

There are no skills assessments for work experience only.  For each pathway, the qualification must first be assessed as suitable in order for any work experience to be assessed as suitable.

The qualification requirement in our Migration Skills 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 Migration Skills 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.

You may apply for a reassessment within 24 months of the date on your outcome letter. Please resubmit all documents with updated information based on your original Pathway. Include a completed application form and a copy of your current outcome letter.

If your application is complete and submitted within the 24-month period, only the reassessment fee applies. If documents are missing or submitted after the deadline, the full assessment fee will be charged.

We do not assess work experience separately. If you have already had your degree assessed, you will need to submit a new application.

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.

Overseas trained applicants must submit a Department of Home Affairs approved English Language Test with their application. Exceptions are listed in the Skilled Migration Policy (Section 9).

We do NOT accept combined test results from tests undertaken at different times.

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 a Migration Skills Application and provide all the supporting documents as requested. AIQS Membership is separate.

Please print your documents and have them certified by an authorised person. Once certified, you may scan and upload them as part of your submission.

Please note: We can only accept transcripts and testamurs that have been officially certified online by your university via My eQuals Australia.

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. 

The Policy clearly states that only the Australian degrees listed under the Accredited Program Guide are eligible for Qualifications & Pathway 1.  If you have graduated from an overseas degree, regardless of whether it is listed in the Accredited Course Guide, you must apply through Pathway 3 or 4. 

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

2 years from the date on your assessment letter. Any subsequent assessment letters will make the assessment letter null and void, and the validity period will reset from the date of the latest assessment letter.