Australia -Key Updates to Migration Skills Assessment Guidelines of TRA

The Trades Recognition Australia (TRA) has announced key changes to its Migration Skills Assessment (MSA) program guidelines. These new instructions will reflect changes made to employment requirements for all new MSA applications lodged from 4 October 2022.

If you want to apply for a MSA after 4 October 2022, you require meeting the program requirements as set out in the new Migration Skills Assessment Applicant Guidelines (August 2022). However, the candidates with existing MSA program applications presently anticipating an outcome will have no impact of these changes.

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What is TRA (Trades Recognition Australia)?

The TRA (Trades Recognition Australia) is a skills assessment service for individuals with trade skills obtained abroad or in Australia for the purpose of migration. It offer skills assessment programs as per the occupation,
country origin, where an applicant have studied and the type of visa s/he require. Here are the key programs TRA offers:

• Job Ready Program (JRP): The JRP is a job-based skills assessment program. It is for foreign student graduates with an Australian education.
• Temporary Skills Shortage (TSS) Skills Assessment: This program is for candidates who require a skills assessment for their temporary skills shortage (subclass 482) visa application to DHA (Department of Home Affairs), Australia. The TSS result confirms whether an applicant has the skills and experience for a required level in the nominated occupation to work in Australia.
• Offshore Skills Assessment Program (OSAP): This program is for the candidates who require a skills assessment for their skilled migration visa application to the DHA. The OSAP report confirms if an applicant has skills and experience for the required level.
• Skills Assessment Opportunities for Migrants (SAOM) Incentive: Incentive 2 - SAOM Incentive is for migrants staying in Australia. Migrants on permanent, family, partner, humanitarian or refugee visas can be eligible.
• Migration Points Advice (MPA) Program: It is for candidates with a successful Trades Recognition Australia (TRA) skills assessment result who wish to apply to the DHA for a points-tested, independent skilled migration visa. 

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To know more and apply for skilled visa in Australia this year, i.e. Subclass 189/190/491 visa, you may contact Visas Avenue Australia migration expert on Toll-Free No. 78-18-000-777 or you can drop us an e-mail at info@visasavenue.com.

- Rajneesh Kumar