News & Updates

Skills Assessment webinar on trade occupation assessments – November 7

From November 20 application fees for professional and general occupation assessments will increase in line with movements in inflation.  

VETASSESS has won an Auscontact Excellence Award for Victoria and Tasmania for our outstanding customer experience. 

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).  

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

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). 

From April 23, VETASSESS will implement a number of changes to the trades skills assessment process. These changes will apply to new applications lodged from that date.

On April 23, VETASSESS will resume accepting new applications for three trade occupations.