Hi,

I am a finalist CIMA management accountant and have been told contrary information by all agencys I have spoken to (of which I have tried many).

I was told you must have completed all exams and be a full member of a recognised accounting body. Hence I'm having to annoyingly wait until I can apply end of this year should I pass even though I've been working as an accountant for 2.5 years.

Matt

If you want to get credit for a professional qualification, you need to be a full member.

If you've got a degree, then you may have other options for skill assessment.

However, even with a skill assessment, you will need to be careful about your pre-professional qualification work experience as DIAC may not be convinced it's at a "skilled" level. Get professional advice from an experienced agent.

Little short on cash , so trying to avoid the agent route. I was hoping to see if somebody else on this forum had gone thru the same experience.

Thanks, good tip. Did you by any chance had those syallbi notarized? or is there no need for it.

The syllabus was the one thing I didn't need to get notarised, just the member certificate, academic transcript and member of good standing letter.

I got assessed by CPA (positive).
I hadn't the syllabus for the year I studied, so I sent the syllabus available at the university and I sent a statutory declaration stating that the syllabus for the exact year of study was not available and that the one I sent was the syllabus of the year 19.. and I indicated in the syllabus the differences.
PM me if you want more details.

I sent the skill assessment without any help of an agent.

Sophie

Hi All,

I am a FCCA from Ireland and starting my skills assessment with ICAA. Then onto the 175 visa

I have a couple of queries, if anybody knows the answers please let me know.

1) My letter of good standing: Is it a certified or original document that I post to ICAA. The ICAA say certified on their pre apps skill document, but I've seen mention of posting the original to them in some forums.

2) Also do I need the letter after skill assessment is completed i.e for DIAC

3) Will a certified copy of my Fellowship certificate suffice for the Membership certificate?

I have my exams transcript and cv so no need to worry there.

I contacted ICAA with the above questions a few weeks back but all I got in response was the requirements to apply for membership of CA

Thanks, Keith

Certified copy.

You need to send everything you sent to the ICAA to DIMA (or at least did when I applied which was for a 136 visa, I don't know if anything has changed)

Not 100% sure but I would have thought it would be OK given that you can't be a fellow if you are not a member!

Might be worth another email to the ICAA, I found them very helpful.

What happened to your membership certificate? There are problems with pre-qualification work experience not being accepted by DIAC, so you want your skill assessment to be based on the date you were admitted to ACCA in the first place.


If you obtained exemptions, you may also want to send some evidence of previous qualification.

Hi Keith
The letter of good standing needs to be the original copy, i sent a certified copy, and was requested to send the original.
cheers
Sue

Hi,

Thanks for the advice.

I still have my membership cert, it was granted in June 2002 after I got my letters (3 yrs exp, 2 of which was after completion of finals) but I became a Fellow in June 2007(after 5 yrs of membership).

I assume the Fellowship certificate would meet requirements. I can always sent copies of both. Both are mentioned on my letter of good standing.

Ok.. original letter of good standing goes with skill assessment (to be safe), in general how many certified copies of documentation should one get? Is 3-4 a safe bet?

I am planning to use the web for my 175 visa application, which allows for coloured scanning and reduces certification costs. But for now one step at a time.

Keith

Personally I would get more than one copy - if I had done that I wouldn't have lost a month while Royal Mail lost my orginal skills assessment so had to go back to the Notary etc. Which is another point, don't use International signed for - sometimes it does what it says on the tin, other time slike mine it takes 6 weeks to arrive!

I sent a notarised copy of my letter of good standing, and NIA accepted that, don't know if ICAA or the other one (sorry long week, can't remember the other org) do.

I read on CPAA website that I don't need to bother with all the course syallabi and all if i'm a member of AICPA (US CPA). But they don't mention if I have to be a full member or just an assoicate member. The difference is significant since to be a full AICPA member, I also need to fullfil the work experience requirements. So anybody has any idea what level of membership is need for positive skills assessment?

There is no such thing as an "associate" member of AICPA, at least not in the professional context.

Are you a CPA under the laws of at least one of the 55 jurisdictions in the United States and its territories?

CPA Australia say:
http://www.cpaaustralia.com.au/cps/r...4_ENA_HTML.htm

If you have a recognised Bachelor degree in any discipline and completed the examinations or professional programs of the following accounting bodies, you may receive a successful assessment for immigration purposes:

* The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK (ACCA)
* The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, UK (CIMA)
* The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, UK (CIPFA)
* The Institute of Chartered Accountants India (ICAI)
* Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
* The Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales
* The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland
* The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland
* The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA)
* le Conseil Supérieur de l'Ordre des Experts-Comptables (France)
* Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (previously known as Hong Kong Society of Accountants)
* American Institute of CPAs