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Required Supporting Documentation

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Thank you for your interest in IML National’s Migration Skills Assessment services. We accept online lodgements through our website for

• Migration Skills Assessments and
• Qualifications Assessments for Temporary Graduate (subclass 485) Visas
• Migration Skills Assessments – reviews
• Migration Skills Assessments – appeals
• Migration Skills Assessments – extensions

The documentation required is:

  1. Identity Documents

    Applicants must provide:
    • Current passport bio page
    • An Australian visa grant notification if currently residing in Australia

    And at least two of the following documents must be provided:
     • Birth Certificate
    • Driver’s license
    • Social Security card
    • National ID
    • Student identity card
    • Marriage certificate

    Please ensure that at least two of the documents provided contains a photo of you. *If there are variations of your name or you have had a name change, ensure you attach documentation verifying the change i.e. marriage certificate, statutory declaration, deed poll documentation.

  2. Qualification Evidence

    To assess if your qualifications are comparable to the Australian Qualifications Framework as outlined in the Australian Government’s published Country Educations Profiles (CEP), you are required to provide your Qualification Award certificate from an accredited institution and accompanied by the academic transcripts.

    Award Certificate is the official document confirming the completion of an award course of study.
    Academic Transcript is the official record from the institution outlining the course/ units of study, the durations of study and final grades.

  3. Employment Evidence

    Key employment documents which must be included are organisational charts, position descriptions for your roles, brief position descriptions for your subordinates and statements of employment. These key employment documents need to be provided for periods of employment that you are claiming meet IML’s assessment criteria. For earlier employment experience (up to 10 years in total) you can instead provide other evidence such as contracts of employment, letters of appointment and/or promotion and a resume. Any period of employment for which you do not provide key employment documents will not be assessed against IML’s criteria but will be considered as supporting employment history.

    a.) Organisation charts covering the past 10 years showing both upward and downward reporting relationships which MUST include:
    • The Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director
    • Your own position
    • All other positions reporting to the Chief Executive Officer or Managing Director
    • All positions reporting to you
    • All positions reporting to your direct subordinates.

    b.) Detailed position descriptions
    for your roles showing management responsibilities and accountabilities.

    c). Brief position descriptions
    of all subordinate managers who currently report to you, or who previously reported to you.

    d). Statements of Employment
    from current and previous employers.

    e). Other evidence of your employment
    may include contracts of employment, letters of appointment and/or promotion, bank statements showing the payment of salary, employment – linked insurance records, tax records, payslips, company reports and any other relevant documents.

    Iran Employment Experience
    Applicants who have worked or are currently working in Iran are required to provide a Notice of Establishment as a mandatory document. This document shall be provided for each employment position listed in your application and accompanied by an English translation.

    f). In the case of an owner/manager
    provide details of revenue and staffing levels for each year from the date of incorporation of your organisation. Documents should also include register of directors, shareholders, certificate of incorporation and any other relevant evidence.

    g). A resume/curriculum vitae
    is helpful but does not replace evidence from employers relating to experience.

    Please note, all applicants are required to provide supporting documentation relating to their career to date, including current employment. A review of the past ten years of your career history will be made.

  4. Migration Agent Authorisation Form

    If you are using a migration agent to help with your Migration Skills Assessment, please use IML’s Migration Agent Authorisation Form to inform IML about the appointment of a migration agent in relation to your application. Please ensure that you sign the form and attach it to your lodgement as supporting documentation.

Explanatory Notes

Completing the online form

Employment

Start with your current position. Please attach a cover letter explaining any breaks in employment if applicable. You should provide ten years of your work history to show the progression of your career.

Note: our assessment is based upon a review of the past 10 years. If you have had more than one position in the organisation, list each position separately.

Referees

The first referee should be your manager, either in your current position or previous position. If you are the most senior person in your organisation, a business associate would be appropriate. Please ensure that your referees are not related to you.

The email provided for referees must their official company email.

Scanning your documents

Documents must be a clear, high quality (300dpi or higher) colour scan taken from the original document and do not need to be certified by a justice of the peace or notary public. File types that we accept are: jpeg, bmp, gif, png, pdf, tif.

Please scan your documents into separate files as follows:

  • Identity documents
  • Employment documents – Position 1 (Organisation Chart, Positions Descriptions and Statement of Employment)
  • Employment documents – Position 2 (Organisation Chart, Positions Descriptions and Statement of Employment)
  • Employment documents – as above, continue for each position
  • Qualification documents
  • Other documents (contracts of employment, letters of appointment and/or promotion, bank statements showing the payment of salary, employment-linked insurance records, tax records, payslips, company reports and any other relevant documents)

Translating your documents

Any documents not in English must be translated by an NAATI accredited translator. Copies of documents in the original language must also be included.

Degree verification

If you obtained your academic qualifications from any of the following countries, please note our specific verification requirements. Please consider the additional time the verification process might take before lodging your application with IML.

Any direct correspondence to IML should be sent to:

Via email:
migration@managersandleaders.com.au

Via mail:
Migration Skills Assessment
Institute of Managers and Leaders
GPO Box 2229 Brisbane QLD 4000, Australia

  1. People’s Republic of China (PRC)

    All applicants with a degree from an institution in China require their degree award and transcripts verified through an official authorised Chinese qualification verification service, accompanied by an official English translation. If you have a diploma qualification that contributed to your bachelor’s degree, you must also provide the relevant verified and translated award and transcripts.

    For verification of higher education degrees (i.e. Bachelor, Master and Doctoral degree certificates), please contact China Academic Degrees and Graduate Education Development Center (CDGDC).

    For non-accredited degrees, VETASSESS can provide this service.

    All verification reports must be sent directly to IML from the verification body and must include a copy of the documents that have been verified.

  2. Europe

    Please supply Diploma Supplements as part of your supporting documents. These are issued by educational institutions from European countries who are participating in the Bologna Process. A Diploma Supplement will be accepted in lieu of an award certificate and transcript if it includes all the necessary information.

  3. Nigeria

    A verified copy of the award certificate and full academic transcript must be sent in a sealed envelope from the awarding body directly to IML.

  4. Pakistan

    An attested HEC (Higher Education Commission Pakistan) copy of the award certificate and full academic transcript must be provided. If the HEC sends you the attested document directly, you can scan and upload high quality colour copies of the HEC attested educational documents (front and back side) when applying with IML online. IML can only accept documents that carry a HEC stamp and signature.
  5. Lebanon

    Please supply evidence of approval by the Equivalence Committee of the Ministry of Education and Higher Education this evidence confirming equivalency to a qualification awarded by a Lebanese university.

Employment Evidence

Statement of employment

A statement of employment is a written statement by your employer confirming your employment on official letterhead. Official letterhead should include the organisation’s full address details, telephone, email and website addresses. The letter must be signed by your direct supervisor or the manager of human resources.

The statement of employment must include the following: 

  • The company letterhead
  • Your full name
  • The working hours per week
  • Your official position title (s) held at the organisation
  • The exact period of your employment in each position held
  • Description of your main duties for each position held
  • The salary earned
  • Official contact details and signature of the person writing the statement of employment

Organisation charts and position descriptions

Organisation charts and position descriptions must be an original company document on company letterhead which is verified and personally signed by the applicant’s immediate superior at work or by the company’s CEO. A company seal by itself is not sufficient. The position title and name of the person verifying the documents must be included and must be readable. The letterhead must include the company logo, business address, postal address, email and website address.

If applicants are unable to obtain official verification of documents from their place of employment IML will accept recreated documents. However, they MUST be submitted with a signed and witnessed statutory declaration stating that the information provided is true and correct. The reason for recreation must be genuine, for example, the company may have ceased operations or may have refused to supply an original organisation chart to the applicant.

For applicants who are able to sign the statutory declaration in Australia, refer to www.ag.gov.au/statdec for further details. If an applicant is outside Australia, the statutory declaration should be a legal document used in that country to make a legal declaration and signed by a person in that country with the legal authority to sign such a declaration.

If you are unable to provided documents which have been verified by the company then you will need to provide additional evidence to support your application such as contracts of employment, letters of appointment and/or promotion, bank statements showing the payment of salary, employment-linked insurance records, tax records.

All supporting documentation MUST match the information provided on the application form. This includes, but is not limited to, position titles, organisation names, and the number of subordinate managers directly reporting to you. Any discrepancies between the application form and the accompanying documents may lead to the application being declined.

Appendix 1: Application for Migration Skills Assessment Checklist

  • Identity Documents:
    • Passport
    • Birth Certificate
    • At least one other official photo bearing document
    • Other documentation to support a name change (i.e. marriage certificate, statutory declaration, deed poll documentation)
  • Organisation charts covering the past 10 years
  • Detailed position descriptions
  • Brief position descriptions of all subordinate managers who currently report to you
  • Statements of Employment
  • Academic certificates/testamurs and transcripts
  • Other evidence of your employment
    • Contracts of employment
    • Letters of appointment and/or promotion
    • Bank statements showing the payment of salary
    • Employment – lined insurance records
    • Tax records
    • Company reports 
  • Resume/curriculum vitae  

Appendix 2: Qualifications Assessment for Temporary Graduate (subclass 485) Visa Checklist

  • Identity Documents:
    • Passport
    • Birth Certificate
    • At least one other official photo bearing document
    • Other documentation to support a name change (i.e. marriage certificate, statutory declaration, deed poll documentation
  • Academic certificates/testamurs and transcripts  

Appendix 3: Migration Skills Assessment – Review Checklist

  • Identity Documents:
    • Passport
    • Birth Certificate
    • At least one other official photo bearing document
    • Other documentation to support a name change (i.e. marriage certificate, statutory declaration, deed poll documentation
  • Any other evidence you would like to provide to support your review application

Appendix 4: Migration Skills Assessment – Appeal Checklist

  • Identity Documents:
    • Passport
    • Birth Certificate
    • At least one other official photo bearing document
    • Other documentation to support a name change (i.e. marriage certificate, statutory declaration, deed poll documentation
  • Any other evidence you would like to provide to support your appeal application

Appendix 5: Migration Skills Assessment – Extension Checklist

  • Identity Documents:
    • Passport
    • Birth Certificate
    • At least one other official photo bearing document
    • Other documentation to support a name change (i.e. marriage certificate, statutory declaration, deed poll documentation