How to apply for a skills assessment

Skills assessment application

Important:

1. If you have an existing account with CPA Australia (either have an expired skills assessment application or are a current member of CPA Australia):

• Applicants who have an expired  skills assessment application or are current members of CPA Australia must apply using their existing CPA Australia ID. Learn more about expired skills assessment applications in assessment validity. 
• If your initial skills assessment has expired, to apply for a new assessment, please click on the ‘Apply Now’ button on the ‘Begin your application’ tile below and log in to your existing CPA Australia account.  If you have forgotten your CPA Australia ID, please contact us.
• If your initial skills assessment is still valid and you would like to apply for additional services, such as applying for a new skills assessment (additional ANZSCO code), please apply by using your existing CPA Australia ID which was used to apply for your current skills assessment application.

2. If this is your first application with CPA Australia:

• Applicants can apply for a skills assessment by using the online application below.
• The account must be created using your own personal details, including email address.

Information for third parties and migration agents

Third parties and migration agents now have the ability to manage their client’s skills assessment application from their own CPA Australia account.

More information for third parties and migration agents

We will not accept an updated application for an already existing suitable and valid full skills assessment outcome. If your initial application has expired, you need to apply for a new application.

Important: For skills assessments (for additional ANZSCO codes), updates, subsequent skilled employment assessment, or appeal, you must use your existing CPA Australia account. Please log in with your existing CPA Australia ID, supplied during your initial application submission. Please do not create a new account.

Notice of upcoming changes to provisional assessment:
As per the Australian Government’s recently announced changes to the Temporary Graduate visa programs, intended to take effect from 1 July 2024, CPA Australia will cease providing provisional assessment services from 15 June 2024 onwards.
For more information about the Temporary Graduate visa requirement changes, please refer to the Department of Home Affairs website.

Please note, if duplicate accounts are identified, in certain instances we may merge the duplicates under a single account.

Assessment fees 

Fees will vary depending on your location. All payments made on and after 1 January 2024 will incur an additional 9% Singapore GST for applicants who are located in Singapore. For further information on Singapore fees, please refer to the Singapore Fees page.

Refunds

If the application is withdrawn prior to any work being done, an administration fee will apply. A refund of the assessment fee will not be issued if any preliminary work has commenced.
If you have applied for a Fast Track application, we aim to complete your application within the advertised processing time, but the Fast Track application period will only commence once we have received all the required documents and payment to satisfy the application requirements. If the processing time is outside the advertised timeframe, the difference between the fast track fee and the standard assessment fee may be refunded.

Processing times

See current processing times.

Disclaimer

These landing pages (including any third party landing pages referred to on this website), and any information CPA Australia Ltd (“CPA Australia”), its staff, contractors or agents (“Representatives”) may provide you (from time to time) throughout the skills assessment process is of a general nature only. Such information does not consider your personal objectives, situation or particular needs. CPA Australia and its Representatives will not provide you with specific information on the migration process, including (but not limited to) awards, visas or migration application process and cannot recommend any organisation or person to provide you with such information. Please ensure that you seek your own independent professional advice with respect to your personal needs.

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