stephen284362

Hey all

(APOLOGIES IN ADVANCE, I STARTED THIS THREAD UNDER ACCOUNTANCY, BUT THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE IT HERE TOO AS IT AFFECTS MY CURRENT APPLICATION!!)

For those of you who are ACCA qualified, had your skills assessed by ICAA and are applying through the 175 visa, can you confirm how many points you were allocated for your qualification. According to the SOL (Skilled Occupation List), I would have thought that you would receive the full 60 points, however my CO appears to have only allocated 50.
Has anyone else had this issue?
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE let me have your thoughts!!

This may have been answered previously, but I have been unable to find it in any posts.

Thanks a million

Stephen

Sue McK

Hi Stephen,
I have just had an email from someone, in a similar situation, (unless it was form your OH) I would suggest contacting an agent, and asking there advice, because with the reduction i would assume you will not have enough for the visa you applied for.
regards
sue

stephen284362

Hi Sue

I think it was my OH, as she had a lot of excellent advice from you in the past.
With the reduction , I am 15 points short so a bit worried but trying not to panic just yet!

Many thanks

Stephen

Veronika

Stephen has your CO explained why she has only allocated the 50 points?
What occupation did you apply under?
What did your ACCA assessment say?

Feel free to pm me if you like.

JAJ

With an ICAA assessment in Accountant (2211-11) it should definitely be 60 points. Plus MODL, if you are eligible.

If case officer has only given 50 points then that is a mistake, most likely.

lilsweets

Hey JAJ,

Just a quick question-How do you know that you are eligble for MODL points? I presumed I was entitled to 15 points based on a positive assessment from National Institute of Accountants and I have 12 months valid experience in the past 4 four years. The work experience wasn't assessed by NIA, just my degree. There seems to be a bit of confusion surrounding this in the past few days, I thought that as long as you had a positive assessment under ASCO code 2211-11 then that would be sufficient.

Sorry, a lot of waffle there but am stressing

JAJ

I said "if eligible".


The skill assessment only gets you the 60 points. Prior to Sept 2007, it was enough for an automatic extra 15 MODL points.

However, now the DIAC case officer will assess work experience before deciding if MODL points should also be awarded.

lilsweets

Thanks for that JAJ I was concerned that it would be impossible for me to claim MODL points based on the fact that my work experience did not form part of my skills assessment.

Thanks again,
L

RedT

Just wanted to thank everyone for their input! (I'm Stephen's OH!)

Veronika, we have mailed the CO to see where the deduction is so if it isn't a mistake Stephen will PM you, thanks so much for the offer.

Off now for a weekend of stewing and waiting for a reply!!

Tx

stephen284362

Well said, my lovely wife!!

RedT

Thank you dear husband. Now go home and order some pizza!!

lilsweets

Stephen & RedT,

Hope it works out for you both, should help you get throught the weekend!

Keep us updated,
L

Sue McK

Hi Therese,
good luck, you can ask anytime you like, we have all been through the ups and downs and no how heart stopping emails can be, enjoy the pizza i have just order ours as well, relax and enjoy the weekend.
Sue

devonshiredumpling

I'm ACCA qualified and having my skills assessed by CPA (I also have a degree) I thought you'd automatically get 60 points

Please keep us updated, don't fancy waiting 12 months to find out I don't have enough points

stephen284362

Will do. Waiting for my CO to confirm who she has allocated my points before getting to worried, but will keep everyone up to date on my progress.
Thanks to all advice so far.

Stephen