Skilled Migrant Professionals February 2015 | Page 33
Migration
My two boys are settled in
their school life and enjoy
playing soccer and cricket.
They love watching
Australian Rules Football
and support the
Fremantle
Dockers
story
sure you have the requisite English language
skills for reading, writing and speaking the
country’s official language.
You need a score of at least five in all the
four modules of reading, writing, listening and
speaking in the International English Language
Testing System (ielts.org) to qualify for a temporary employer-sponsored, skilled work visa. A
score of at least six in all four modules will give
you zero points, a score of at least seven will
give you 10 points and a score of at least eight will give you the highest 20 points for English towards skilled migration. For those interested in skilled migration to Australia, I suggest you go through Fact
Sheet 24 – Overview of Skilled Migration to Australia which can be
found on the immi.gov.au website.
You will need internationally-recognised skills that will meet the
Australian skills assessment to be eligible for skills migration to Australia. For details of eligible occupations and the skills assessment bodies please see the government’s immigration website: immi.gov.au.
You could consider studying in world-class vocational and tertiary
education institutions in Australia. According to studyinaustralia.gov.
au, Australia has the third highest number of international students
studying in its universities and vocational education institutions in the
world. I would suggest students considering further studies options
in Australia should base it on progressing their career pathway and
not occupations on the skilled occupations lists. This is because the
Department of Immigration and Border Protection add and remove
occupations from the skilled occupation lists based on the skill shortages in the Australian economy.
The Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency flags occupations which may be removed from the skilled occupation list. Thi ́