News & Updates

We will be conducting scheduled maintenance on our systems on Friday September 13. 

Applicants may experience disruptions to our service between 6pm and 6:30pm Australian Eastern Standard time (AEST).

VETASSESS Head Office Public Holiday Closure – Friday, September 27

Our Melbourne head office will be closed on Friday, September 27 for a public holiday in Victoria. We will be back in the office on Monday, September 30. 

VETASSESS will hold Skills Assessment Webinars on Wednesday, September 25, with a focus on professional and general occupations, and a live Q&A session.

VETASSESS now offers skills assessments for 692 occupations in regional Australia under the Designated Area Migration Agreement (DAMA) program. 

VETASSESS will hold Skills Assessment Webinars on Wednesday, July 31, with a focus on trade occupations, and a live Q&A session.

On July 15, VETASSESS will resume accepting new applications for two trade occupations: 

Electrician (General), ANZSCO Code 341111    

Metal Machinist (First Class), ANZSCO Code 323214 

VETASSESS has updated its skills assessment criteria for the ANZSCO occupation of Mathematician following discussions with the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI).  

VETASSESS and the Australian Marketing Institute (AMI) have launched five digital badges to recognise the skills of marketing professionals. 

The Department of Home Affairs is updating the Temporary Graduate 485 visa.

Dr Mamta Chauhan will become Interim Executive Director of VETASSESS on July 1, following the retirement of Rob Thomason. 

Our next skills assessment webinars will be held on June 26 and will focus on professional occupations. These 45-minute webinars are designed to provide applicants, potential applicants, and migration agents and lawyers, with information and updates on appl

On June 12, VETASSESS will resume accepting new applications for the occupations of Chef and Fitter (General).