Australian academic qualifications are not a "passport" for skilled immigrants

1. Having an Australian academic qualification does not have an absolute advantage

According to the new regulations, if the applicant has an Australian academic qualification, he or she will receive 5 extra points. This may not be a bad thing for applicants who are currently studying for academic qualifications in Australia and want to immigrate to Australia, but it is worth noting that there are "misunderstandings" here, or in other words, having Australian academic qualifications is not good for some applicants. It may be a good thing for people, but it may be a disadvantage for some applicants. The current immigration policy emphasizes skills, age, English proficiency, etc. when reviewing skilled immigrants; the immigration policy to be implemented will also emphasize these factors. , and it should be said that it is even worse; since the applicant's vocational skill level directly affects the re-employment issue after immigrating to Australia, the Australian government plans to transfer the authority to assess vocational skills to Australia, and let various professional departments review it. At the same time, for the issue of working hours in ordinary occupations, the original 6 months of working hours in two years can be considered, and the change will be changed to 12 months of working hours in the next 18 months. Some occupations even require working 24 months out of 36 months.

Therefore, for applicants with Australian academic qualifications, since it takes at least 12 months to obtain an Australian higher education qualification, they will receive the 5 additional points in the new regulations, but they will lose it at the same time. The working hours of the assessment of occupational skill scores will not lead to the ideal skill score; in short, there will be many occupations with scores between 50 and 60 points, and these occupations should be in the 70-point range using the current policy evaluation; It can be seen that vocational skill scores will generally drop by 10-20 points; in fact, the most critical part is the working time and minimum academic requirements, that is, if the applicant leaves the job for more than the time specified in the new regulations, the applicant As a result, you may lose the qualification to obtain skilled immigration to Australia. At the same time, if the applicant's occupation only requires a bachelor's degree, having an Australian bachelor's or master's degree will only lead to overqualification and underutilization.

2. High education does not mean success in skilled immigration to Australia

Some applicants think that since Australia attaches great importance to skilled immigrants, the Australian government must favor applicants with high education, especially is for those applicants with a graduate degree. We do not rule out that higher education will have a certain positive impact on the careers of some applicants. In particular, some careers require applicants to have a graduate degree in addition to a bachelor's degree in order to meet the immigration law requirements. However, most professional assessments only require applicants to have a bachelor's degree and work experience related to the bachelor's degree. This is why high academic qualifications do not equal success for skilled immigrants to Australia. The Australian government often relies on ASCO when assessing applicants' vocational skills, and most vocational assessments on ASCO require applicants to have a bachelor's degree, which means that most vocational assessments are based on work experience related to a bachelor's degree. In this case, an advanced degree will not be helpful in an applicant’s immigration application.

Of course, it is not ruled out that higher academic qualifications will increase the chances of success for some applicants’ immigration applications during certain occupational assessment processes. This is mainly directly related to the applicant’s occupational positioning.

3. Opportunity cannot wait

Considering all factors, some applicants may think, "I will wait until I get my Australian academic qualifications and then use my Chinese work experience to apply. Possibly?" The answer is "Yes." But don’t ignore an objective factor, which is the requirement of working hours. In the past, if the applicant had 6 months of work experience between 2 years and 6 months, and met other conditions, there was still a great hope of obtaining immigration. To successfully apply, under the new regulations, the applicant must have worked for at least 12 months in the past 18 months to obtain satisfactory vocational skill scores, and some occupations even require applicants to have worked in the past 36 months. There are 24 months of working time; therefore, in this case, the applicant has to make his own decisions and find his own position. If the applicant chooses to use Chinese work experience, whether he can ensure the timeliness of the work experience, because Working hours directly affect the number of professional skill points.

4. Conclusion

Having an Australian degree is not a protector for immigration. Especially for most career owners, the current policy may also be the best opportunity for some applicants. If you grasp it now, you can grasp the future.

Of course, it is not ruled out that Australian academic qualifications can assist certain occupations and the immigration applications of some applicants. That is, Australian academic qualifications can to some extent make up for the deficiencies of certain applicants in certain fields.