ICAA

updated on 03 Jan 2025

Description : 

CA ANZ is approved by the Department of Home Affairs to perform a full (permanent) skills assessment for Skilled Migration and a provisional skills assessment for recent graduates of Australian Education Institutions applying for a Temporary Graduate Visa – Subclass 485 – Graduate Work Stream.

The provisional skills assessment is only for international students who have recently completed an Australian qualification.

CA will assess your educational qualifications and skilled employment to determine if they meet the educational standards for the following occupations:

• Accountant (General) – ANZSCO 221111
• Management Accountant – ANZSCO 221112
• Finance Manager – ANZSCO 132211
• Taxation Accountant – ANZSCO 221113
• External Auditor – ANZSCO 221213
• Corporate Treasurer - ANZSCO 221212

CA endeavours to complete applications as soon as possible, however please refer to our approximate processing times. An urgent request may be considered. You must clearly explain your reason along with evidence to support your request.

Full (Permanent) Skills Assessment Criteria

If you are applying for a full (permanent) skills assessment, you will need:

• an Australian Bachelor degree or 12 unit accredited Australian Master degree OR an overseas qualification comparable to at least the level of an Australian Bachelor degree 
• to have successfully completed all mandatory competency areas that are relevant to your nominated occupation
• to provide evidence that you have met the English language proficiency requirement

English Language Requirement for Full Skills Assessment Criteria:

Exam Type	Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking
CAE	185	185	185	185
IELTS(Academic)	7	7	7	7
TOEFL iBT	24	24	27	23
PTE(Academic)	65	65	65	65

Provisional Skills Assessment Criteria

If you are applying for a provisional skills assessment, you will need:

• an Australian Bachelor degree or 12 unit accredited Australian Master degree in accounting or relevant field;
• to have successfully completed all mandatory competency areas that are relevant to your nominated occupation
• to provide evidence that you have met the English language proficiency requirement

English Language Requirement for Provisional Skills Assessment Criteria:

Exam Type	Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking
CAE	169	169	169	169
IELTS(Academic)	6	6	6	6
TOEFL iBT	12	13	21	18
PTE(Academic)	50	50	50	50

Competency Areas:

To meet the educational requirements for your nominated occupation your qualification will need to cover all mandatory competency areas as listed below.

Competency Areas	Accountant (General) 221111 Management Accountant 221112 Finance Manager 132211 Corporate Treasurer 221212	Taxation Accountant 221113	External Auditor 221213
Accounting Systems & Processes	Mandatory	Mandatory	Mandatory
Financial Accounting & Reporting*	Mandatory	Mandatory	Mandatory
Management Accounting	Mandatory	Mandatory	Mandatory
Finance	Mandatory	Mandatory	Mandatory
Audit & Assurance	Optional	Optional	Mandatory
Business Law**	Mandatory	Mandatory	Mandatory
Taxation Law	Optional	Mandatory***	Optional
Economics	Mandatory	Mandatory	Mandatory
Quantitative Methods	Mandatory	Mandatory	Mandatory

*Financial Accounting & Reporting includes both study in financial accounting and accounting theory.
**Business Law includes both study in Commercial law and Corporations law.
***Australian taxation law is compulsory only for Taxation Accountant occupation – local tax law is optional for all other codes.

Overseas qualifications

To assess the general education level of overseas tertiary qualifications, CA ANZ follows the guidelines of the Australian Government, Department of Education and Training (formerly AEI-NOOSR).

Fees and Processing times

Type	Fees	Processing Times
Qualifications only Standard	$560	10 Business days
Qualification only Express Exclusive to Migration Agents	$660	5 Business days
Combined assessment (qualification AND skilled employment)	$620	20 Business days
Skilled Employment only Standard You must have received a suitable qualifications assessment from CA ANZ before skilled employment can be assessed	$260	15 Business days
Skilled Employment only Express Exclusive to Migration Agents You must have received a suitable qualifications assessment from CA ANZ before skilled employment can be assessed	$360	10 Business days
Reviews (qualification OR skilled employment)	$180	10 Business days
Review (COMBINED qualification AND skilled employment)	$350	15 Business days
Administration Fee for Withdrawal request	$90	2 Business days

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 Contact Details:

Australia

1300 137 322

[phone] (outside of Australia)

6am-8pm (AEST)  

Monday - Friday (excl. Public Holidays)

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Victoria / Tasmania
T [phone]
F [phone]

Level 18 Bourke Place
600 Bourke Street
Melbourne
Vic 3000

Mailing Address:

GPO Box 9985
Melbourne Vic 3001