Fast track your application in 10 business days
If you're in a hurry and would like to fast track your application, we offer a priority service where we will assess your application in 10 business days for an extra cost of $806.
Priority Processing is available for General and Professional occupations.
Who can apply
When applying for Priority Processing, you must have sufficient supporting evidence, correct fee payment, proof of identity, qualification and employment claims ready to upload to the online form. The 10 business days will start after:
- We have confirmed your application meets the eligibility criteria for Priority Processing. This normally takes up to two business days. You will receive an email from us once your application is Approved for Priority Processing.
- The fee has been paid and received.
Applicants eligible for Priority Processing
- New full skills assessment applications
- Positively assessed renewal applications
- Returning applicants for assessment under a change of occupation
Applicants ineligible for Priority Processing
- Negatively assessed renewal applications
- Returning applicants with a negative outcome for previous full skills assessment are not eligible
- Applications for Review and Appeal
How to Apply
Check Eligibility
Check your eligibility for Priority Processing.
Documents
Gather required documents for application.
Apply
Apply online here. You will have the option to select Priority Processing for your application.
Before you apply
There are some important requirements to know before you apply for Priority Processing:
- You need to submit all your documents and pay for both a standard assessment fee and a Priority Processing fee at the time you apply. You will not be able to load more documents later because of the tight timeframe for Priority Processing.
- Before we accept your application for Priority Processing, we will review if we can meet the deadline of 10 business days for assessment. If you meet the criteria for Priority Processing, it will take us around 2 business days for the review. Once this is approved, you will receive an acceptance email from us.
- If we find the submitted documents are misleading, or if we have to investigate if they are authentic, we may conduct additional checks. This is likely to delay the process beyond 10 days.
- If your application is assessed as not suitable for Priority Processing, VETASSESS will refund the Priority Processing Fee within 3 weeks of notification of non-eligibility. Your application will proceed through the standard process for a full skills assessment.
Once the assessment is made, you can download your assessment outcome letter within 48 hours.
There is an additional cost of $806, excluding GST, for this service. You must lodge your application online.
What does Priority Processing cost?
There is an additional cost of $806, excluding GST, for this service.
Before applying, check the documents you will need and ensure you understand the application process.
Explore FAQs
We will not accept an application unless we are sure we can meet the 10-day timeline. We need up to two business days to review an application before we accept it for Priority Processing. We will email you once the review is completed, so you will know if your application is accepted.
If your application does not meet the eligibility criteria, or cannot be assessed within the timeframe, we will email you and refund the Priority Processing fee, less an administration fee of AUD $167. The fee will be refunded within four weeks of our notifying you. We will then process your application under our standard full Skills Assessment service.
You can ask us to convert your application to Priority Processing if you meet the eligibility criteria. You can email your request to migrate@vetassess.com.au.
We cannot accept a request to change the occupation for this service because of the limited timeframe to deliver Priority Processing.
We will continue with the assessment for suitability against your selected occupation.
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You must apply for Priority Processing before placing your application.
Preparing your application
A VETASSESS Skills Assessment involves assessing both your qualifications and your employment experience. Your qualifications will be compared with the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) and your employment experience will be assessed to determine whether it is relevant and at an appropriate skill level.
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