Understanding the ACS Result Letter

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Example ACS Result Letter
27 May 2014
Our Reference: 876543
Mr Bob Applicant
189 Skill Street
VISAVILLE NSW 2014.
Dear Mr Applicant,
Thank you for your ICT skills assessment which was received by the Australian Computer Society on 26
March 2014.
Your skills have been assessed to be suitable for migration under 135199 (ICT Managers nec) of the
ANZSCO Code.
Your qualification has been assessed as follows:
Your Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from University of Sydney completed May 2006
has been assessed as comparable to an AQF Bachelor Degree with a major in computing
The following employment after February 2010 is considered to equate to work at an appropriately
skilled level and relevant to 135199 (ICT Managers nec) of the ANZSCO Code.
Dates:
Position:
Employer:
Country:
01/08 - 04/09 (1yrs 3mths)
Software Engineer
IBM
CHINA
Dates:
Position:
Employer:
Country:
04/09 - 12/09 (0yrs 8mths)
Software Engineer
Microsoft
INDIA
Dates:
Position:
Employer:
Country:
01/10 - 05/12 (2yrs 4mths)
Software Engineer
Accenture
AUSTRALIA
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The following employment has been assessed as not suitable.
Dates:
Position:
Employer:
Country:
01/08 - 04/09 (0yrs 0mths)
Software Engineer - Concurrent Employment
Accenture
CHINA
Dates:
Position:
Employer:
Country:
08/06 - 11/07 (0yrs 0mths)
Software Developer - Not Closely Related to the Nominated ANZSCO
The Agency LLC
USA
Dates:
Position:
Employer:
Country:
07/12 - 11/13 (0yrs 0mths)
Senior Software Engineer - Not Assessable due to Insufficient Documentation
Samsung
USA
Please note that the Department of Immigration and Border Protection reserves the right to undertake
further investigation regarding your skilled employment experience.
While the ACS is authorised to assess ICT skills assessments, the final decision in awarding points
remains with the Department of Immigration and Border Protection.
This assessment is based upon the documents provided. By issuing this letter or otherwise, the ACS
makes no representation regarding:
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The authenticity of documentation provided or the veracity of content.
The suitability of the applicant for migration or employment.
This assessment is valid for a period of 24 months from the date of this letter.
The ACS thanks you for your application and looks forward to assisting you with your future as an ICT
Professional.
Yours sincerely,
Andrew Johnson
Chief Operations Officer.
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Understanding ACS Result Letters
ACS result letters are issued on the completion of an ACS skills assessment as a secure PDF file via email.
The result letter can be submitted as evidence of a skills assessment to the Department of Immigration
and Boarder Protection for migration purposes.
In some cases, individual result letters may not include work experience or qualifications, depending on
the type of application submitted. For example: The Temporary Graduate – 485 skills assessment only
reports on the Australian Qualification.
Applicants can be assessed under different ANZSCO codes and receive multiple valid result letters, but
can only have one skills application in progress at any one time.
To be assessed under a different ANZSCO code after the completion of a current assessment, please
refer to the Review application type in the Skills Assessment Guidelines.
Section 1
Section 1 states the suitability outcome under the ANZSCO code chosen by the applicant.
Section 2
Section 2 will list only the suitable ICT qualifications assessed, the date completed and the AQF
comparability.
Qualifications assessed as “Insufficient in ICT Content”, “Not Recognised” or “Not an ICT qualification”
are not listed in the result letter.
At least 65% of the ICT content must be relevant to the ANZSCO code for a qualification to be
considered closely related.
Qualifications assessed as Not Recognised in Australia are assessed in accordance with the Australian
Qualifications Framework and the Country Education Profiles.
The result letter will not state if the qualification is closely related or not. This can be determined by the
skill date in the Summary of Criteria by the number of years of relevant experience required.
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Section 3
The result letter will state the “Skill Level Requirement Met Date” which is determined by the ACS
suitability criteria.
All relevant work experience completed after the “Skill Level Requirement Met Date” will be
considered “Skilled Employment” and eligible for points under the skilled migration points test.
The work experience required to meet the suitability criteria is NOT included as “Skilled Employment”
and is NOT eligible for points under the skilled migration points test.
The ACS assessment process seeks to find the earliest “Skill Level Requirement Met Date” possible for
each assessment.
Section 4
All work experience assessed at an ICT professional level and relevant to the ANZSCO code will be noted
in Section 4, but only work experience completed after the “Skill Level Requirement Met Date” can be
considered “Skilled Employment” and eligible for points under the skilled migration points test.
Employment dates can only be calculated until the date of submission. The “To Date” will be taken from
the date in the employment documentation or the submission date of the application – whichever
comes first.
The duration of employment is calculated on a month to month basis and not on individual days.
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Section 5
Work experience assessed as unsuitable will be listed in Section 5 and will state the reason not
considered as skilled employment.
Common scenarios for unsuitable work experience:
 The employment period is concurrent with another employment period. Only one period of
employment can be accepted at any one time. (Concurrent Employment)
 Based on the information provided in the documentation, the duties have been assessed as not
closely related to the nominated occupation. This means less than 65% of the duties are not
relevant to the nominated occupation. (Not Closely Related to the Nominated ANZSCO)
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The employment documentation is insufficient and does not meet the ACS requirements as per
the Skills Assessment Guidelines. (Not Assessable due to Insufficient Documentation)
Changes to a result letter cannot be made after an application is finalized and a result letter issued.
Applicants that require additional qualifications or employment episodes to be re-assessed and included
in the assessment result are required to submit a Review application as described in the Skills
Assessment Guidelines.
Applicants who wish to dispute the outcome of the assessment result are required to submit a Review
or Appeal application as described in the Skills Assessment Guidelines.
For more information, please email the case officer that issued the result letter or the ACS on
[email protected].
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