Am curious what happened here? Did you bring it up to the assessing body?

 

Hi. Yes I wrote to them and it was an error. I have to return the original assessment letter to CPA Aust before they will issue me a new letter.

 

hassle!!

 

Hi



Hi,
Hope you are doing great! I am new here on this forum(infact this is my first post). I am planning to apply academic+ experience assessement from CPA Australia. Have the following questions, it will be great help if you can offer anyhelp or guidance!

• Their site says Indian CAs need not submit syllabus. But do we have to submit “good standing certificate” as ICAA mentions or simple transcripts of certificates are enough?
• Shall we send transcripts in sealed cover as we receive it or we shall open them, get the copies notarized and then send?
• It will be great if you can explain what have you done for experience proof, if you have submitted self delclaraion..


Thanks in advance!

 

Hi,
Hope you are doing great! I am new here on this forum(infact this is my first post). I am planning to apply academic+ experience assessement from CPA Australia. Have the following questions, it will be great help if you can offer anyhelp or guidance!

• Their site says Indian CAs need not submit syllabus. But do we have to submit “good standing certificate” as ICAA mentions or simple transcripts of certificates are enough?
• Shall we send transcripts in sealed cover as we receive it or we shall open them, get the copies notarized and then send?
• It will be great if you can explain what have you done for experience proof, if you have submitted self delclaraion..


Thanks in advance!

Hi Trijunction,
Did you manage to find answers to below?
Please share the details or may be how you went ahead?

Thanks,

 

Hi. I am a CPA member but I still need to submit the following documents to get my skill assessed. The only difference is as a full member, the skill assessment is free. Otherwise, the fee is AUD475.

Documents submitted:
1) IELTS (academic module) with minimum of 7 in every section
2) Degree certificate and academic transcripts
3) Letter from university to confirm the course taken (optional)
4) Letter from current and past employers that confirm my work experience (if you want to get your work experience to be assessed by CPA Aust too). This is recommended as DIAC will also consider this in their assessment,
5) Application letter which can be downloaded or online submission

I have sent all certified true copies documents to my local CPA office which they subsequently forwarded it to CPA Australia office HQ.

Hope the above helps.

Assessment took about 1 months including the mailing time.

 

Hi. I am a CPA member but I still need to submit the following documents to get my skill assessed. The only difference is as a full member, the skill assessment is free. Otherwise, the fee is AUD475.

Documents submitted:
1) IELTS (academic module) with minimum of 7 in every section
2) Degree certificate and academic transcripts
3) Letter from university to confirm the course taken (optional)
4) Letter from current and past employers that confirm my work experience (if you want to get your work experience to be assessed by CPA Aust too). This is recommended as DIAC will also consider this in their assessment,
5) Application letter which can be downloaded or online submission

I have sent all certified true copies documents to my local CPA office which they subsequently forwarded it to CPA Australia office HQ.

Hope the above helps.

Assessment took about 1 months including the mailing time.

Hi thank you! which anzsco code you are tagged to?

 

I m chartered acc. Applied for 222311 on 15 jan 13 not received anythg yet worried

 

There is no 222311 in SOL-1. Did you mean 221113 (Taxation Accountant)?

Where did you get your skills assessment done? Did you go for assessment of your experience as well, and are you eligible for some points based on your experience? Other to me, getting score of 60 looks difficult.

 

immigration to Australia under sub class 189 as an Accountant

Dear Sir / Madam,

The details of my qualifications and certifications are,

• (B.Com) Bachelors of Commerce 2002
• (PFA) Public and Finance Accountant 2010
• (E- MBA Finance) Exe - Manager of Business administration 2010
• (CMA) Cost and Management Accountant 2012
• (M.Com) Master of Commerce (by HEC) 2012

Along with these qualifications, I have also more than 8 years full time paid job experience in the field of accounts, audit and finance since May 2005 to date.

• If I present my professional degree (CMA) for assessment, which was passed in 2012 then I finds my qualifications easily accessed by IPA/CPA/ICAA as comparable qualifications to graduation level or core knowledge areas as specified by DIAC.

Now, what will be the assessment of my professional experience or skills? Because it will remain only of 1 year and then I am out of immigration under this point system class (189) because the minimum criteria is a relevant experience of 3 or more years.

There is a hope if,

• I use my academic qualification (Bachelor in commerce – B.Com) and 2 year Post graduate certificate in Cost and Management Accounting from ICMAP (Foundation & Professional Level) as additional qualifications, which was passed in 2008 then I can find myself in this game. Then my professional experience will also be considered more than 5 years.

The details of my passed subjects are,

Bachelors of Commerce – (B.Com)
University of the Punjab (Recognized by HEC - higher education commission of Pakistan)
2 year Graduation (2000 - 2002):

1. Principal of Accounting
2. Banking, Currency and Finance
3. Business Mathematics and Statistics
4. Economics
5. Business Taxation
6. Business Law
7. Fundamentals of Cost Accounting
8. Advanced Accounting
9. Auditing

Cost and Management Accountant (CMA - ICMAP)
Institute of Cost and Management Accounts of Pakistan (ICMAP) – recognized by HEC.
2 year Post Graduation (2003 - 2008):

1. Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
2. Business Economics
3. Business Laws
4. Financial Accounting
5. Management Information Systems
6. Industrial and Commercial Laws
7. Fundamentals of Cost and Management Accounting
8. Business Mathematics and Statistics
9. Introduction to Information Technology
10. Business Taxation
11. Cost and Management Accounting – Performance appraisal
12. Advanced Financial Accounting & Analysis
13. Corporate Laws & Secretarial Practices

I look forward for your kind consideration, cooperation and recommendations.

Thanks in advance.

Kaleem
(CMA, PFA, E-MBA, B.Com)
Sky ID: kaleemullah_acma

 

Dear Sir / Madam,

The details of my qualifications and certifications are,

• (B.Com) Bachelors of Commerce 2002
• (PFA) Public and Finance Accountant 2010
• (E- MBA Finance) Exe - Manager of Business administration 2010
• (CMA) Cost and Management Accountant 2012
• (M.Com) Master of Commerce (by HEC) 2012

Along with these qualifications, I have also more than 8 years full time paid job experience in the field of accounts, audit and finance since May 2005 to date.

• If I present my professional degree (CMA) for assessment, which was passed in 2012 then I finds my qualifications easily accessed by IPA/CPA/ICAA as comparable qualifications to graduation level or core knowledge areas as specified by DIAC.

Now, what will be the assessment of my professional experience or skills? Because it will remain only of 1 year and then I am out of immigration under this point system class (189) because the minimum criteria is a relevant experience of 3 or more years.

There is a hope if,

• I use my academic qualification (Bachelor in commerce – B.Com) and 2 year Post graduate certificate in Cost and Management Accounting from ICMAP (Foundation & Professional Level) as additional qualifications, which was passed in 2008 then I can find myself in this game. Then my professional experience will also be considered more than 5 years.

The details of my passed subjects are,

Bachelors of Commerce – (B.Com)
University of the Punjab (Recognized by HEC - higher education commission of Pakistan)
2 year Graduation (2000 - 2002):

1. Principal of Accounting
2. Banking, Currency and Finance
3. Business Mathematics and Statistics
4. Economics
5. Business Taxation
6. Business Law
7. Fundamentals of Cost Accounting
8. Advanced Accounting
9. Auditing

Cost and Management Accountant (CMA - ICMAP)
Institute of Cost and Management Accounts of Pakistan (ICMAP) – recognized by HEC.
2 year Post Graduation (2003 - 2008):

1. Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
2. Business Economics
3. Business Laws
4. Financial Accounting
5. Management Information Systems
6. Industrial and Commercial Laws
7. Fundamentals of Cost and Management Accounting
8. Business Mathematics and Statistics
9. Introduction to Information Technology
10. Business Taxation
11. Cost and Management Accounting – Performance appraisal
12. Advanced Financial Accounting & Analysis
13. Corporate Laws & Secretarial Practices

I look forward for your kind consideration, cooperation and recommendations.

Thanks in advance.

Kaleem
(CMA, PFA, E-MBA, B.Com)
Sky ID: kaleemullah_acma

Dear Kaleem,

Your CMA membership is recognized as equivalent to Australian Bachelor and post membership relevant experience is recognized by ICAA. I assume other bodies have the same criteria.
If you want to claim the points for experience, you need to show continued experience after gaining membership, however, if you do not claim points for experience, you will still get positive qualification assessment and are able to apply (if you meet 60 points criteria).

Regards,

 

HI kaleemullah,

Just to keep you posted that it's not mandatory (no minimum criteria) to have three years post qualified experience...unless you want to claim work experience points...then as you say you can get your other qualifications assessed. However, you can get the whole visa process without having post qualifying experience points, as long as you can make up the 60 points.

 

I am very thankful for your cooperation and reply; yes I will try positively from any assessing authority for criteria evaluation of qualifications or core knowledge areas.

On the other hand I think I must go for a consultant. Unfortunately in Pakistan I did not find any reliable consultant in my case.

Will u please guide me and provide me contact of any other senior member or consultant, which will easily familiar in my case?

Please also confirm me,

1. What kind of IELTS Test is required? i.e. (Academic / General)
2. Is it compulsory that IELTS Test must be passed with 7 bands in all, before applying for assessment of qualification?

Once again I am very grateful for your time and consideration.

Best regards,

Kaleem

 

i would suggest you to redirect your query to Assessing authority e.g. CPA or ICAA or IPA. they prove to be really helpful.

As far Ielts is concerned, 7+ in each band in Academic module is a necessary evil to get through your assessment for your qualification group.

 

HI Kaleem,

I am not very familiar with Pakistani agents...I am from SL and I did the application by myself.. If your situation/point claims are straightforward you can do it by yourself too. To answer your questions:

1) Academic IELTS
2) Yes, you need to get 7 in each band for the assessment (the assessing authority website will confirm this

 

Hi VVV,

What is your opnion, if i go to VETASSES for assessment and i choose occupation "Internal Auditor"?

Still IELTS 7 in each band required before assessment.

Thanks

 

Hi yes, agree with Trijunction.

I am not sure about the Internal Auditor requirements or assessment. You will have to check with the assessing authority regarding the required IELTS and so on.

Good Luck.

 

Hi People..

I am an Indian Chartered Accountant and had taken Australian Associate CPA under the Mutual Recognition Agreement between the ICAI & CPA Australia.

I assume that skill assessment for me would be free since I am already a paid member for this year.

Could anybody confirm this?

Thanks for your replies

Regards
HR

 

Yes it is free for you..

 

For internal Auditor, the relevant authority is VETASSESS and there is no formal english language requirement BD You can have your qualification being assessed without taking IELTS. but still IELTS would be needed for immigration purposes.

 

Dear All

I am writing for my cousin.
He did B.Com in 2006. This is 2 year degree.
His first question is that is it equivalent to bachelor degree? (According to DIAC)

He started Job in 2006 as an accountant and till now he is working on same department as associate consultant.

He started MBA in Finance in 2009 in evening program, and finish in 2013.
Does he need to mention MBA, as Bachelor and Master have same point and I doubt if they start calculating his experience after MBA then he have 0 year of experience.

Please guide me how I can make my case.

regards
Taha

 

02 years bachelors is not equal to australian graduation.. your MBA will be considered equal to Australian graduation and your expereince will be counted after MBA..

 

Hi Friends,

I am at initial stage of applying for PR. I am CA with 8 years of experience in bank for credit assessment of SME profile customers, with loan ticket size upto 100 crore. I have few doubts before moving ahead for skill assessment.

1. Under which code my experience will be considered for 189 visa. As my experience does not match with accountant/management accountant/taxation accountant.

2. Whether my experience will be considered by banking companies in Aus without having knowledge of local company and taxation law.

3. Will doing CPA will improve chance of getting job in Aus.

Pls help

 

Hi
I had the same prob. I work in the Banking industry whilst my qualifications are ACMA, CPA and uk degree in business and management. I did not claim points for work experience. We received our PR visa in november, hoping to move to Sydney in May

 

Hi Colombos,

Even though experience is not claimed, but we need to choose any SOL. Which one should be selected.
And without claiming points for experience, how would experience can be claimed for getting job there.

 

If you are not claiming points for work experience u can apply under accountant. When u are in Australia they dont anyway care for foreign experience. When you go there whatever your previous experience u will be considered zero experience. Anyway u will have to start from scratch. So you can find a job as an accountant or banker. Only thing is try an get an Australian qualification such as the CPA

 

hey guys,

all the info you guys shared so far has helped me a lot,

i m holding a bachelor's of commerce degree from india. and i have been working at a chartered accountant's firm from last 5 years .... is it enough to get positive skill assessment from CPA for 189 visa ?

 

here are the list of subjects covered during my bachelor's
1. corporate accounting
2. cost accounting
3 income tax
4 money and financial system
5 business communication
6 (optional subject ) accounting and finance.
7 statistics
8 auditing
9 business environment
10 management accounting
11 business regulatory framework
12 financial accounting
13 business economics
14 company law
15 principles of business management.
16 fundamentals of enterpreneurship.

these are 16 subjects covered under my 3 years course.

 

i am posting this query for my friend.

Is IELTS required for CPA/IPA if he is just going for Qualifications assessment.
Please advice

 

Query on CPA Assessment :

Cleared CPA Foundation - one paper - Accounting theory - so, if my friend applies for skilled assessment , will they consider the experience post CPA Foundation or even prior years of experience. please advice

 

post accounting theory module was completed

 

Question on English proficiency requirement for skills assessment by CPA:

Does anybody know if TOEFL score will be accepted by CPA for English proficiency from November 2014?

 

you can ask this question from CPA directly.. as they have not published anything on their web...
mais.assessment@cpaaustralia.com.au

 

Hi All!
Pls advise will it be enough to provide assessment center with 5 years experience confirmation?
Or it must be all where I worked for the last 10 years?
Thanks.

 

it depends on how much points you want to claim for your experience?
if you wish to claim points for ten years then go ahead. but plz remember that points will only be awarded for skilled employment over the past ten years.

 

Is it possible to get positive assessment for qualification if you dont have any work experience?

 

it depends, if work experience is mandatory for gaining membership of professional body of accountants, then without completing this component successful assessment might not be possible.

But if possess a degree without any mandatory work experience requirement and you are sure that you have covered all mandatory knowledge areas. then yes you can

 

Hi guys,
Could you please guide me how to claim partner skills.my wife is graduated from accounting in Egypt and has no practical experience. What is the required document to get her skills assessed and at which assessing authority should apply.i would appreciate if you provide me full details. Thanks

 

What ANZSCO code do you want to apply for?

I'm assuming Accountant (221111). In that case, she needs an IELTS score of Band 7 or higher, and needs to collate the academic trascripts (marksheets) of her degree. Before you submit, it makes sense to check if that particular degree from that particular University has had positive assessment in the past. You can check with various immigrant groups or with the University itself, if they are aware of past students getting positive assessments. You also need to vet the University syllabus to see of the required 'Core Knowledge Areas' (9 out of 12 including the 4 mandatory knowledge areas) are covered.

The assessing authority will be CPA, IPA or ICAA. I've read a few times that IPA gives more favorable assessments than the others for this ANZSCO

 

Hi,

My spouse has done B.com (3 Years Course) in computing and M.com (2 Years Course) in taxation.

B.com Subjects:

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE,
OSMANIA UNIVERSITY, HYDERABAD.
STRUCTURE OF B.COM (COMPUTER APPLICATIONS) DEGREE COURSE
(w.e.f. ACADEMIC YEAR 2009-’10)

FIRST YEAR

101 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
102 BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS
103 BUSINESS ORGANISATION & MANAGEMENT
104 FUNDAMENTALS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
105 FUNDAMENTALS OF “C”

SECOND YEAR

201 ADVANCED ACCOUNTING
202 BUSINESS STATISTICS
203 FINANCIAL SERVICES –BANKING & INSURANCE
204 TAXATION
205 RELATIONAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (RDBMS)

THIRD YEAR

301 CORPORATE ACCOUNTING
302 E-COMMERCE
303 BUSINESS LAW
304 AUDITING
305 ELECTIVE: PAPER – I
306 ELECTIVE: PAPER – II
307 WEB PROGRAMMING

M.com Subjects (Taxation):

Sem-1:
Managerial accounting
Managerial economics
Principles of marketing
Financial management
Organisation theory and behaviour

Sem-2:
Adv. Managerial accounting
Business environment and policy
Marketing management
Investment management
Human resource management

Sem-3:
Research meth and stat. Analysis
Cost accounting and contrll
Direct taxes 1
Indirect taxes
Information technology + lab

Sem-4:
Quantitative techniques for business decisions
E.commerce
Tax planning
E.commerce lab
Project report evaluation and viva voce

And spouse is having 4 years of experience (After B.com) in India as a Financial Analyst.

I would like to know with which code [Accountant (General)- 221111 or Management Accountant-221112 or Taxation Accountant- 221113], spouse should apply to CPA to get positive assessment for education/qualification as well as work experience?

Your help and guidance is highly appreciated.

 

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