Overseas and Australian Skilled Employment – Points

You will be awarded points for employment in a skilled occupation, gained over the past ten years either in Australia or overseas. To claim points for skilled employment, the experience that you claim must be in your nominated occupation, or in a closely related occupation. You can claim points for both Australian skilled employment and overseas skilled employment and this may be from a combination of both Australian and overseas employment experience provided it was undertaken in the last 10 years.

The maximum number of points that can be awarded for Australian or overseas employment experience or combinations of both is 20 points.

Points awarded

Overseas skilled employment in your nominated occupation or a closely related occupation.

Points	Length of employment
5	Three years
10	Five years
15	Eight years

Australian skilled employment in your nominated occupation or a closely related occupation

Points	Length of employment
5	One year
10	Three years
15	Five years
20	Eight years

Your relevant Assessing Authority which undertook your skills assessment may also provide an opinion on your skilled employment experience. The department will consider the Assessing Authority’s opinion when awarding points.
See: Australian Skills Recognition Information (ASRI)

Note: For the purpose of awarding points, the Department of Immigration and Citizenship considers skilled employment in the nominated occupation or a closely related occupation to be at least 20 hours every week. In determining whether your skilled employment is closely related to their nominated occupation, the department will take into consideration the occupations within one unit group classified under Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO).

Before lodging an application, please read all related requirements.

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