Fast track your application in 10 business days
If you're in a hurry and would like to fast track your application, we offer a priority service where we will assess your application in 10 business days for an extra cost of $806. There is high demand for our Priority Processing service so applicants who can send us evidence of an urgent need receive priority for this service.
Priority Processing is available for General and Professional occupations.
Who can apply
When applying for Priority Processing, you must have sufficient supporting evidence, correct fee payment, proof of identity, qualification and employment claims ready to upload to the online form. The 10 business days will start after:
- We have confirmed your application meets the eligibility criteria for Priority Processing. This normally takes up to two business days.
- The fee has been paid and received.
Applicants eligible for Priority Processing
- New full skills assessment applications
- Positively assessed renewal applications
- Returning applicants for assessment under a new occupation
Applicants ineligible for Priority Processing
- Negatively assessed renewal applications
- Returning applicants with a negative outcome for previous full skills assessment are not eligible
- Applications for Review and Appeal
Urgent Needs Applications
There is high demand for Priority Processing so applicants who can send us evidence of an urgent need receive priority for this service.
What is an urgent need?
We accept these urgent reasons for Priority Processing:
- You have received an invitation from the Department of Home Affairs or an Australian state or territory government, which has an expiry date
- Your visa expires within eight weeks and you are unable to obtain another visa
- You are turning 33, 40 or 45 within eight weeks
- Your English test result (IELTS or PTE) expires within eight weeks
- Your Partner Skills Assessment or English test result expires within eight weeks.
Priority Processing if you do not have an urgent need
You can still apply for Priority Processing if you do not have an urgent need, and your request will go into a queue.
If a slot becomes available we will email you with a link to pay the additional Priority Processing fee. The payment link is open for 48 hours.
Your application will progress through the standard assessment process while you are in the queue.
- There is no current timeframe for applications in the queue and any slots that become available will be offered to applicants who have been waiting the longest
Make sure you monitor the email address you gave us to ensure you receive any notification and payment link.
How to Apply
Check Eligibility
Check your eligibility for Priority Processing.
Documents
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Important Requirements
There are some important requirements to know before you apply for Priority Processing:
- You need to submit all your documents and pay for Priority Processing at the time you apply. You will not be able to load more documents later because of the tight timeframe for this service.
- If we find the submitted documents are false, misleading or inconsistent with information previously submitted, or if we have to investigate if they are authentic, we may conduct additional checks. This is likely to delay the process beyond 10 business days.
- As part of determining your eligibility for Priority Processing, VETASSESS will need to determine if your qualifications are comparable to the Australian Qualifications Framework as outlined in the Australian Government’s published Country Education Profiles (CEPs). If further research is required to determine the comparability of your qualifications) against the Australian Qualifications Framework, your application will not be eligible for Priority Processing.
Before you apply
There are some important requirements to know before you apply for Priority Processing:
- Before we accept your application we will review if we can meet the deadline of 10 business days for assessment. If you meet the criteria for urgent need, it will take us around 2 business days for the review.
- If your application is accepted, we will send you a link for the extra payment. If you do not pay within 48 hours, your application will automatically be assessed under our normal processing times.
- You need to submit all your documents and pay at the time you apply. If we find the submitted documents are misleading, or if we have to investigate if they are authentic, we may conduct additional checks. This is likely to delay the process beyond 10 business days.
Once the assessment is made, you can download your assessment outcome letter within 48 hours.
There is an additional cost of $806, excluding GST, for this service. You must lodge your application online.
What does Priority Processing cost?
There is an additional cost of $806, excluding GST, for this service. You must lodge your application online.
Before applying, check the acceptable documents you will need and ensure you understand the application process.
Explore FAQs
We will not accept an application unless we are sure we can meet the 10-day timeline. We need up to two business days to review an application before we accept it for Priority Processing. We will email you once the review is completed, so you will know if your application is accepted.
If your application does not meet the eligibility criteria, or cannot be assessed within the timeframe, we will email you and refund the Priority Processing fee, less an administration fee of AUD $161. The fee will be refunded within four weeks of our notifying you. We will then process your application under our standard full Skills Assessment service.
You can ask us to convert your application to Priority Processing. We consider these requests on a case-by-case basis so please tell us why you want Priority Processing. You can email your request, with your evidence, to migrate@vetassess.com.au.
We will consider requests if:
- You have received an invitation from the Department of Home Affairs or a state or territory government that will expire by a set date
- Your visa expires in six weeks and you cannot obtain another visa
- You are turning 33, 40 or 45 in six weeks
- Your English Test Result (IELTS or PTE) expires in six weeks
- Your Partner Skills Assessment or English Test Result expires in six weeks.
Other requests may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
We cannot accept a request to change the occupation for this service because of the limited timeframe to deliver Priority Processing.
If we do not complete a Priority Processing application within 10 business days, we will refund the Priority Processing fee less a $161 AUD administration fee. A refund will not be made if documents submitted are identified as false, misleading, or inconsistent with information previously submitted, or if we need to investigate if they are authentic.
We will continue with the assessment for suitability against your selected occupation.
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You must apply for Priority Processing before placing your application.
Preparing your application
A VETASSESS Skills Assessment involves assessing both your qualifications and your employment experience. Your qualifications will be compared with the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) and your employment experience will be assessed to determine whether it is relevant and at an appropriate skill level.
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