Ranga Guruge

Hi again,

I am a planing to pursue an MS in IT from Feb 2003 and upon
finishing it, applying for PR as an "On shore student".

Under the New Guidelines coming to effect from Oct 1, 2002,
I would like to inquire whether *only* the Masters Degrees which are
listed in the web page "Accredited Tertiary courses"
[
http://www.acs.org.au/COURS20_2.htm
]
as accredited at "Professional Level",
are assessed suitable for migration
under clauses "2.1.4" and "2.1.5"

Could I also ask the minimum course duration of an MSc with a major in
IT which follows a degree level qualification with a major in IT to be assessed
suitable for migration under clause "2.1.5" ?

I have asked ACS this questions through email, but they seem
to send some "standard response" which does not have answers
to my questions.

Thank you for your help
Ranga

Jaj

I'm constantly amazed by people who are seemingly prepared to spend
thousands and thousands of dollars on studying in Australia, and yet
prefer to use newsgroups for advice rather than paying a migration
agent a few hundred dollars to check things out.

Jeremy

    >On 24 Sep 2002 01:02:01 -0700, [email protected] (Ranga Guruge) wrote:
    >Hi again,
    >I am a planing to pursue an MS in IT from Feb 2003 and upon
    >finishing it, applying for PR as an "On shore student".
    >Under the New Guidelines coming to effect from Oct 1, 2002,
    >I would like to inquire whether *only* the Masters Degrees which are
    >listed in the web page "Accredited Tertiary courses"
    >[ [url="http://www.acs.org.au/COURS20_2.htm"]http://www.acs.org.au/COURS20_2.htm[/u-
    >rl] ]
    >as accredited at "Professional Level",
    >are assessed suitable for migration
    >under clauses "2.1.4" and "2.1.5"
    >Could I also ask the minimum course duration of an MSc with a major in
    >IT which follows a degree level qualification with a major in IT to be assessed
    >suitable for migration under clause "2.1.5" ?
    >I have asked ACS this questions through email, but they seem
    >to send some "standard response" which does not have answers
    >to my questions.
    >Thank you for your help
    >Ranga

Tina

Hi Ranga,

it might help to reply to the mail from ACS, telling them exactly
that, that the standard response does not help you. They might forward
your question to someone who can answer it.

Tina

    > I have asked ACS this questions through email, but they seem
    > to send some "standard response" which does not have answers
    > to my questions.

Ranga Guruge

Hi All,
Hi Tina,

I did exactly that. But in vain. The ACS officier asked me to refer to
the 'standard response' he had sent !. Then I again politely asked him
if he would
let me know whom to ask my questions, if it did not lie within his
boundry, for which he hasn't yet replied. It has been about 10 days
since I had asked this.

The best person who could answer my question is the ACS, as it is they
who
set rules. However, if there are people here who got their MSc's
assessed
by the ACS and whose MSc's are not listed in the web page,
[ [url="http://www.acs.org.au/COURS20_2.htm"]http://www.acs.org.au/COURS20_2.htm[/u-
rl] ]
I appreciate their responses.

Thanks
Suranga

ptlabs

Has it ever crossed your mind to try to talk to a registered migration agent. Posting your questions here repeatedly without getting any answer obviously means that you're probably not going to get lucky here. Good luck trying anyway...

As Jeremy put it earlier, I too am amazed at how much you're willing to spend on your "education" (which in effect is really to secure that PR visa) while you stinge on even an initial consultation with a registered migration agent.

Peter