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Honestly, it seems like with employed workers everything is more or less clear. So, what is about professionals who work independently? Take your pens for notes, let’s go deeper!
The most important and first aspect you have to clarify is whether your experience is official or not. What evidence from an independent third party can you provide?
If your work is official, whether it is a work contract or a fixed-term contract, if you have payment receipts from your clients or you can provide bank statements, then this professional activity can be considered for migration purposes as proven work experience.
Thus, you will need to provide evidence of your employment in accordance with the occupation requirements (they will be different for different occupations, you can find them in ANZSCO and on the skills assessor websites), as well as proof of your “official” professional activities by legal and / or financial documents.
If the candidate was employed in the job and was not registered anywhere, then this work experience unfortunately does not exist for Australian skilled or some employer-sponsored visas.
However, reference letters and recommendations for the candidate’s resume may be sufficient, if the candidate is applying for sponsored visa SC482 (short term) or training visa SC407. So if the officer will be satisfied with these documents, there are all chances to use the “gray” work experience.
The same unverified work experience can also be used by a potential students in GTE to justify their intentions to study in Australia.
Please be aware that just one type of document is enough for most of assessors to prove your official work experience. However, this “simplified” package of evidence may not be enough for the Department.
It is important to understand that skills assessor just indicate “recommended” years of experience in skills assessment certificate, but the final number of years (for a point test, for example) is always on the Department officer when he is processing the visa application
You can ask me questions at any time.
Just email me at office@yuliamoiseeva.com.au and describe your migration issues!
Yulia Moiseeva & Associates was established in 2010 to assist people to change their life to a better one, to relocate and settle in Australia stress-free. We develop an immigration strategy and provide the most successful results.
Yulia Moiseeva Principal and Senior Registered Migration Agent MARN 1066715.
Olga Grinevetskaya Senior Registered Migration Agent MARN 1807885.