2017 July

To continue to provide you with efficient and high-quality skills assessment services, there will be a modest increase to our skills assessments fees for General Professional Occupations from 1 August 2017. You can view updated fees in effect from 1 August 2017 Click Here   All applications received prior to 1 August 2017 will be

PRIORITY PROCESSING We are pleased to announce that in August, we are planning to launch our Priority Processing service. This new service will offer our applicants the option to fast-track their application for an additional fee. We understand that some applications need to be processed with urgency. Priority Processing will ensure that the application is

ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST RESULT All applicants applying to have their skills assessed by Engineers Australia are required to provide an evidence of their English language competency in their application unless they are eligible for an exemption. From 1 October 2017, if a suitable English Test result is not provided in the application at the time

17 JUL 2017 – 12:09 PM The government could let private companies perform visa-related works, including fraud detection, administering tests and recommending decisions on visa applications. Large parts of Australia’s visa processing systems could soon be privatised under the Department of Immigration and Border Protection to keep the cost of operations within the budget in

12 July, 2017 By Official BSMQ Engineering Technologist (233914) was taken off our Queensland Skilled Occupations Lists (QSOL) on 11 July 2017 – please note we will not be accepting any new EOIs under this occupation from the 12 July 2017 at this stage. We have received a very large number of EOIs for this occupation. We are