Friday, October 23, 2009

On 30 November 2009 the List of qualifications exempt from assessment (Appendix 5) will be updated for the following countries.
•    Australia
•    India
•    Israel
•    Iran
•    Japan
•    Romania
•    Singapore
•    South Pacific countries (Fiji, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and the Marshall Islands)
•    Switzerland
•    Thailand, and
•    Zimbabwe (changes also made to the Zimbabwe list of qualifications recognised as an exception (Appendix 13)).

The changes include:

•    addition and removal of qualifications.
•    changes to the level of qualifications.
•    addition and removal of institutions.
•    inclusion of effective dates.

Details of the upcoming changes are available in the Amendment Circular below to enable people:

•    intending to express interest under the SMC, or
•    who have already submitted an Expression of Interest (EOI), or
•    invited to apply for residence

to make an informed decision on their EOI and/or subsequent residence application.