I'm wanting to relocate from the UK to AUS. To do this I am going to be using the skilled independent visa but I need to get my work experience approved by the ACS.

My question is aimed at anyone that has used them for this service, but I really want to know how they go about confirming my employment. Unfortunately some of my old companies have either gone under or they simply removed my old department entirely. So whilst I still have a reference for my time, my references email address is going to be different of that from their old companies one. Is this a big deal?

I know this is a minor issue, I'm just concerned I'm going to spend all my time gathering everything and they'll reject it because my reference has a gmail account now instead of a company one. The last thing I want to do is waste my references time as well as my own time and money.

If anyone can shine some light on to how they go about confirming your employment, I'd appreciate it. I checked the website but all I could find were documents informing me of how they want me to send them the data / documents. Not what they'll do once they get it.

ACS do the skills assessment to, which requires a combination of qualification and experience to be deemed skilled. Only experience after the deeming date counts for points. Plenty of information on their website about requirements. References are not a minor issue - if you can't satisfy them you have the relevant experience you may not be deemed skilled, or may fall short on points. Check the guides available which will outline what you need to do.