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DIAC points calculation for work experience - Will it be for till date experience ?

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#1 ·
I applied for my ACS assessment last year(Aug'10) with a reference letter from my employer(dated Feb'10) and got the assessment stating "6.5 years of experience(as on Feb'10)".

Now If I apply for 176 VISA, I am not sure whether DIAC will consider my experience as 8 years (since I am continuing in the same company under same designation) or only as 6.5 years (since thats what is mentioned in ACS assessment letter).
If DIAC considers only 6.5 years of experience, then I will get only 10 points(instead of 15 points for 8 yrs experience) and I will lose my eligibility itself(total point becomes 60 instead of 65). I am very much confused now.

Recently I got state sponsorship from SA and I have to apply for 176 within one month. It seems, I have to re-apply for a fresh assessment to get my experience alone updated in ACS assessment and that too it will take another 3 months. By that time my state sponsorship will get expired :-(

Can someone guide me on how DIAC will calculate the points for overseas work experience in this case? Will they primarily consider only the experience that is specified in ACS assessment or they will consider till date experience ?
If someone has any idea on this, please guide me
 
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#2 ·
DIAC CONSIDERS what is in ACS aseessment....if it is 6.5 ..they will consider 6.5 ,,ACS is like heart of your entire process..Its a difficult situation in your case..

My suggestion is apply for ACS now..and on the day before it get expired that is on 29th day apply for p.r...anyway nowadays to assign a case officer it is taking 2 to 3 months..

By the time case officer is assigned to your application i am sure you will have your acs ....
 
#3 ·
Hi Buddy,

I am exactly in the same situation as you were earlier. I want to know what you actually did in this scenario. Did you again apply for ACS OR DIAC calculated no. of years itself based on your current experience apart from ACS?

Please reply.
 
#4 ·
Work experience calculation

Exactly same situation. Work experience at the time of applying ACS was 7 years. It will be 8 years very soon.

My agent persists saying that if I have not changed the organization since then and if the experience is above 8 years at the time of applying EOI, then 8 years will be considered by DIAC and not 7 years specified in ACS.

Stumped by the contradiction, wondering if I can find some documentation around this. Help!
 
#33 ·
Exactly same situation. Work experience at the time of applying ACS was 7 years. It will be 8 years very soon.

My agent persists saying that if I have not changed the organization since then and if the experience is above 8 years at the time of applying EOI, then 8 years will be considered by DIAC and not 7 years specified in ACS.

Stumped by the contradiction, wondering if I can find some documentation around this. Help!
Hi eatalot,
In the same situation. I received my assessment ACS in Sept 2013. I am continuing with the same company since then.

By now, you would have received your PR. How did you go ahead?

Please reply.

I would appreciate if any one could share first hand experience in similar case.

Thanks.
 
#6 ·
No worries. Your experience post ACS will be considered and you can claim points provided if you are on same job as when you applied for ACS.
 
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#12 ·
Today i have asked ACS to address my below queries, if anybody have any idea please reply:

my ACS assessment was received on 3-aug-2011, which is now expired and I am about to launch a re-validation request. My questions are as follows:

1. while re-validating, does ACS going to consider the new rule of deducting experience in case of relevant/irrelevant B.SC. degree?or previous rule will be applied in my re-validation case as I have completed my validation back in 3-aug-2011 according to previous rule?
2. after re-validation, can I claim points in DIAC (points for 8 years of experience) for my additional experience of 3.5 years upon submitting the correct papers of my additional employment experience in the relevant job which is gained after validating the ACS?

note that i have changed my employer but my current job is in the same occupation category.
 
#13 ·
I had similar case and had letter dated June 2011. I applied for re-validation in April 2013. Results are as follows:

1. You cannot submit ANY additional documents to ACS for re-validation application.
2. If you want to include till date experience, you need to file NEW application.
3. You will get re-validation letter in new format (with skilled date == deducted experience)

If you get something else from ACS please let me know as well.

Thanks.
 
#14 ·
If I am not wrong....I think it will be mentioned in the former ACS letter that you cannot apply for review/ revalidate/ appeal for the assessment after 60 days..
 
#15 ·
I have positive skill assessment by ACS which is done on 12th april 2013. When I submit, I had only 2 years and 11 month only and they have assessed that period. But now I have over 3.5 years experiences. My problem is can I claim 5 point for skill select or should I do re-assessment from ACS?

Please advise me, because I desperately want that 5 points to apply visa. I have all documents for prove my work experiences.
 
#21 ·
I have positive skill assessment by ACS which is done on 12th april 2013. When I submit, I had only 2 years and 11 month only and they have assessed that period. But now I have over 3.5 years experiences. My problem is can I claim 5 point for skill select or should I do re-assessment from ACS?

Please advise me, because I desperately want that 5 points to apply visa. I have all documents for prove my work experiences.
Dear ccham,

I'm exactly in the same situation. I would like to know what did you decide and ended up? Please reply.

Regards,
Sakthi
 
#17 ·
Hi Awesome,
You mean we could cliam full experiences even including those periods before the ACS mentioned date? Sounds awesome...
 
#19 ·
Relevant experience commencement as per new ACS format

Dear All,

I had have completed my ACS assessment and the first four years of my experience has been deducted. The results letter states

'The following employment after Aug 2010 is considered to equate to work at an appropirately skilled level and relevant to 261313 of the ANZSCO Code.'


So does my relevant experience start from Aug 2010 or from Sep 2010 as per the above description.

I need this so that I can know if I complete three years of relevant expereince in the next 2 days or do I have to wait another month for the 3years of experience to complete.

Please advice!
 
#20 ·
'The following employment after Aug 2010 is considered to equate to work at an appropirately skilled level and relevant to 261313 of the ANZSCO Code.'


So does my relevant experience start from Aug 2010 or from Sep 2010 as per the above description.

I need this so that I can know if I complete three years of relevant expereince in the next 2 days or do I have to wait another month for the 3years of experience to complete.

Please advice!
Hi ashik,
I have a very similar situation. Could you please share your decision on this?
 
#22 ·
Hi, just a quick question.
I believe you know
Engineers Australia recognised me an Australian work experience from January to December ( 12 months), they don't put dates.
But actually I worked from 15 January to 31 December.
How will DIAC look after this, exact dates or by months?
Than you very much
 
#30 ·
Hi,

NO.

DIAC consideres experience till the date of the latest reference letter you submit (given that the post experience after the skills assessment is relevant to the nominated occupation). But please note that the ACS skills assessment expired in 2 years… so if it is expired at the time you get the invitation it's will not going to work)

In my case I had only 7 yrs and 8 months of experience stated in my skills letter from ACS. I provided a reference letter from my current company to acquired the additional 4 months and I was able to claim 8 years of experience.

IELTS results received and updated the EOI - 15th Dec 2013
(L-7.5,R-8,W-7,S-7, Overall-7.5)
Invitation received - 16th Dec 2013
Fee paid - 9th Jan 2014
Medical Test - 12th Jan 2014
Visa Granted - 11th Feb 2014

All the best!
 
#31 ·
Hi,

I'm facing same situation.Currently I have total 3.2 yrs of experience but of 2 different companies , recently my ACS has been asssessed and they have considered only 2.4 yrs of one company and the other one was not considered due to insufficient details. So do I get 5 points for the experience?Does DIAC consider my whole experience or else they look at what is there in the ACS letter....Im totally confused.. I kindly request you to let me know what has happened in your case...Thanks for help.
 
#35 ·
Hi All,

I need one clarification on how DIAC calculates the work experience.

I have been working with the same company from 27th July 2010 and my ACS says experience after July 2012 is to be considered.
Now, DIAC will calculate July 2012 till June 2015 as 3 years?
or 27 July 2012 till 27 July 2015 as 3 years?

Basically, they calculate monthly or with exact dates?


Thanks in advance.
 
#36 ·
It's calculated yearly and it takes days into consideration, if you want to experiment just create a dummy EOI with dates you want to check and then see how much points you get and then remove the EOI off from the system.

In my case this happened :
for starting date 1-7-2010 to end date 1-6-2013 it takes as less than 3 years, but for end date 31-6-2013 it takes as 3 years.
 
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