Inspired by NSW 190

first-round invitations this financial year

This financial year,NSWset most occupation scores and work requirements at ceiling level — yet some clientsfound an alternative path to meeting the 190 requirements.

In the first round of NSW 190 invitations issued this financial year, one of our clients receivedarchitect draftspersonan invitation, while applicants with even higher scoresarchitecturein the same period did not.

This client had studiedarchitectureand held a skills assessment in architecture — but because NSW’s score and work requirements for architecture remained persistently high, the client came to us for advice.

Based on our assessment,they also met the requirements for an Architect Draftsperson skills assessment.We advised the client not to put all their eggs in one basket — an additional skills assessment means an additional opportunity,and within three months of helping the client obtain an Architect Draftsperson skills assessment, they have now received a NSW 190 pre-invitation.

Same occupation category

 — different requirements and opportunities

skills assessment?

A skills assessment is the gateway to skilled migration and employer-sponsored migration in Australia. It is conducted by a skills assessing authority designated by the Department of Home Affairs, evaluating an applicant’s qualifications and work experience

support more than one skills assessment?

When processing an application, skills assessing authorities typically evaluate

the relevance of qualifications, length of employment, work duties, and employer company structureand other factors to determine whether the applicant meets the requirements for that occupation.Using the same qualifications to apply through different skills assessing authorities — where the requirements for both assessments are simultaneously met — it is possible to obtain skills assessments for two occupations.

The most common cases are:

accountants who also obtain an audit assessment, or some IT-related fields where applicants can obtain multiple skills assessments through ACS.Now that other common fields have become increasingly competitive,

other well-established combinations with many successful cases include:Engineering students,

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