PROFESSIONAL YEAR PROGRAMS
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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.
This instrument is short and sweet. It officially tells the Immigration Department which two postgraduate work-experience courses count as a "professional year" for visa points.
The approved programs are:
Why it matters: If you complete one of these programs, you can claim extra points (usually 5) toward your skilled migration visa application. This document simply updates the official list, scrapping the previous version from February 2008.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Migration Regulations 1994 - Specification of Professional Year Programs - IMMI 08/011.
I, CHRIS EVANS, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under subregulation 2.26AA(6) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):
REVOKE instrument number IMMI 08/002 signed on 14 February 2008; AND
SPECIFY the following Professional Year Programs as courses for the purposes of the definition of “professional year” in subregulation 2.26AA(6) of the Regulations:
Professional Year Program provided by the Australian Computer Society which is available to IT graduates;
Professional Year Program provided by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, CPA Australia and the National Institute of Accountants which is available to accounting graduates.
This Instrument, IMMI 08/011, commences on the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
Date 1 April 2008
CHRIS EVANS
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
[NOTE Subregulation 2.26AA(6) provides that, in Schedule 6B, “professional year” means a course specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for this definition.]
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I, CHRIS EVANS, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, acting under subregulation 2.26AA(6) of the Migration Regulations 1994 (‘the Regulations’):
REVOKE instrument number IMMI 08/002 signed on 14 February 2008; AND
SPECIFY the following Professional Year Programs as courses for the purposes of the definition of “professional year” in subregulation 2.26AA(6) of the Regulations:
Professional Year Program provided by the Australian Computer Society which is available to IT graduates;
Professional Year Program provided by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, CPA Australia and the National Institute of Accountants which is available to accounting graduates.
This Instrument, IMMI 08/011, commences on the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
Date 1 April 2008
CHRIS EVANS
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship
[NOTE Subregulation 2.26AA(6) provides that, in Schedule 6B, “professional year” means a course specified by the Minister in an instrument in writing for this definition.]