General Skills Migration (GSM) skills assessment received within 60 days upon invitation will be accepted

The Department of Home Affairs (DoHA) has announced on its website that it will accept skills assessments issued by relevant skills assessing authorities within 60 days upon invitation to apply for any General Skills Migration (GSM) visas. This is due to the Thapa v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2021] FCCA 686 ruling.

This means that applicants must have a suitable skills assessment for their nominated occupation for the following GSM visas:

Due to the Thapa decision, the following skills assessment validity periods are as follows:

If no validity period is shown on a skills assessment, the assessment is valid for three (3) years from the issuance date.
If the validity period shown on a skills assessment is less than three (3) years, the assessment is valid for the period stated on the assessment.
If the validity period shown on a skills assessment is more than three (3) years, the assessment is valid for three (3) years from the date of assessment.

Applicants may arrange their skills assessment before submitting an intent to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) in SkillSelect.

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