News & Updates

The focus on skilled migration and education and training will continue in 2023, as the nation looks for solutions to its persistent labour shortages.

Applicants are expected to provide all the documents required at the time they submit their application.

Our VETASSESS Skills Assessment Experts answer questions about Priority Processing, self-employment and employment experience.

Apiarists and beekeepers who need a skills assessment for Australian migration purposes will no longer require a bachelor-level degree to satisfy the criteria.

Australia's migrant population has played an important part in the nation’s growth and prosperity, particularly following the shift in recent decades to prioritise global talent.

The VETASSESS submission to the Productivity Commission inquiry into a more productive labour market – October 2022.

All new and pending applicants in the occupations of Carpenter, Joiner, and Carpenter and Joiner who successfully complete a skills assessment under Pathway 1 will now receive the most up-to-date qualification: 

The Building Designers Association of Australia (BDAA) has endorsed VETASSESS assessment criteria for people seeking a skills assessment for migration to Australia as:

In this blog, our VETASSESS Skills Assessment Experts answer some of the most common questions that we receive via webinars, social media and emails.

2024 Update: This program has now closed.

VETASSESS is contacting successful applicants who could qualify for a free employability assessment and a referral to subsidised training to help them gain employment at their skill level.

VETASSESS and the Indian Government are exploring opportunities to train Indian students and workers to fill skills gaps in Australia, following discussions in India last month.

VETASSESS is resuming practical assessments in India for electricians.