Accountant

Brian83

There are several options available. http://www.naati.com.au/booklets.html

I'm not sure now whether it's just 10k, might be confused reading it last night. I will go through it again medyo di ko pa magets yung step-by-step process. hehe Will let you know 🙂

TasBurrfoot

@CPAGirl - all the best in whatever it is you are planning... 🙂

CPAGirl

thank you guys..

wynx

@CPAGirl of all the options that you've been checking, i hope you will soon decide which suits you best. gudluck 🙂

Brian83

Hi All,

I have a question, is the Visa Fee paid upon lodging the EOI or upon invitation?

In which case where in one criteria the case officer is not satisfied (e.g. skilled employment), Will the fee be forfieted or you can complete the requirements later on without additional payments (e.g. having positive ICAA assessment). Thanks.

wynx

@Brian83 if i may answer, the 3,060 AUD visa application is to be paid when you lodge your application upon receipt of your invitation to apply. 🙂

TasBurrfoot

@Brian83 - neither, you will pay upon lodgement of you visa application which is after you lodge eoi and after you get your invite...

thing is if the case officer is not satisfied with what you have claimed as per eoi and visa application (both should match) - high probability that they will reject your visa application and ma forfeit bayad mo.

Brian83

Thanks @Wnyx @Psychoboy In which case medyo malaki ang risk, how about later on you'll be able to satisfy the requirement, you'll pay another 3,060 AUD visa application?

TasBurrfoot

@Brian83 - panibagong bayad na naman yun Sir...

wynx

@Brian83 are you trying to say that once you received your invitation you will start your visa application and put it on hold until you satisfy all the requirements?

if im not mistaken, at EOI stage you should make sure that you have all the requirements needed because this will be the requirements that you will use when you lodge your application. Because you should make sure that the points you claimed on your EOI are supported with back up documents.

TasBurrfoot

@Brian83 - come to think of it parang mejo confused ka sa whole process - for cpaa, the flow usually is:

collate docs
take IELTS
secure skills assessment
lodge EOI
apply for visa
PCC
medicals
visa grant

let us know if you think otherwise as per what you know.

wynx

@psychoboy uu nga. medyo nalilito yata si @Brian83 sa whole process. mabuti you simplified it. 🙂

Brian83

@Wnyx the process is already clear to me 🙂, I just thought that Diac, just like the accounting bodies, (although they are different organizations with different functions) will allow us to complete our requirements without additional payment after the rejection, e.g. another accounting body will endorse our skills employment because we pass all necessary subjects with them. But unfortunately as @psychoboy said it panibagong bayad na naman.

Brian83

@Wnyx Btw, ICAA ka diba? so you paid AUD550 for both qualifications and skilled employment assessment? Medyo weird lg kasi i found out that you can pay AUD400 for qualifications and AUD400 for skilled employment if taken separately. If there's an option to get just the qualifications assessment then probably DIAC allows that and we'll leave it to them to assess the skilled employment. Although medyo divided ang opinion even among agents as @CPAgirl mentioned

wynx

@Brian83 yup, i availed for the "combo" assessment, both my skills and employment were assessed by ICAA and paid the amount you mentioned.

with regards to skilled employment of @CPAGirl, you may opt to take the risk of claiming additional points for this matter and hope that DIAC will consider it. But as what @psychoboy said, it's more possible that DIAC will take the side of assessing authorities (CPAA) taking into account that they have already given their opinion about this. And if this happen, well... you might end up being rejected.

TasBurrfoot

<blockquote rel="Brian83">@Wnyx the process is already clear to me 🙂, I just thought that Diac, just like the accounting bodies, (although they are different organizations with different functions) will allow us to complete our requirements without additional payment after the rejection, e.g. another accounting body will endorse our skills employment because we pass all necessary subjects with them. But unfortunately as @psychoboy said it panibagong bayad na naman. </blockquote>

Okey @Brian83 - naguguluhan kasi kami on what you meant with your query... 🙂

When you get a rejection, you will have the following options:

<blockquote><b>If your visa application is not approved, the department will send you a letter stating:

why the visa was not approved
your review rights, if any
a time frame for lodging an appeal, if applicable.</b></blockquote>

wynx

@Brian83

matanong ko lang, saan stage k na ba ng process? baka naman kasi masyado k nag aadvance sa mga procedure na dapat mo gawin kaya ka namimix up. hehehe 🙂

Bigfoot

@CPAGirl, ganito rin result ng CPAA assessment ko. I was told that I did not meet the requirements for Accounting Theory and Company Law. I have also lodged an appeal together with additional details of the subject outline and topics for all subjects related to Accounting Theory unfortunately the response was still the same.

I am currently preparing my documents that I will be sending to ICAA for assessment and hopefully the response is better than the result that I received from CPAA. If this shall fail, then another option is to submit an assessment as External Auditor instead of Accountant (General) in order to do away with the Accounting Theory bugger! 🙂

If all else fails, then try Canada by May 2013. 🙂)

CPAGirl

Hi Bigfoot.

I think that you can just reapply immediately to CPAA and change your nominated occcupation since you already have submitted the docs to them. My lacking subject was only Accounting Theory kaya i immediately took the exam nlang. After that I got a 12/12 assessment.

If it's any help, I spoke with many migration agents regarding the advice of CPAA concerning my employment. For most of them, they check on the quality of the employment references and render advice as to how many years can be claimed. I understand that their reckoning date is after finishing the accounting degree(should be comparable to an Au degree) and passing the CPA board exam and that eligibility depends on the full assessment of the experience.

Hope all goes well with your processing.

Filoz

@wynx

Question po. You had your assessment in ICAA right? And you did also the skilled employment assessment right? What documents did you submit to them? Did you include payslips?

Also would like to ask about the Overseas Accounting Body requirements in ICAA, is this applicable to Philippine CPAs?

Cheers!

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