Trades Recognition Australia skills assessment fees: LIN 23/002

The Migration (Fees for assessment of qualifications and experience) Instrument (LIN 23/002) 2023 was signed on 21 March 2023 by the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, under subregulation 5.40(1) of the Migration Regulations 1994. It commenced the day after registration and has been in force since 23 March 2023. It repealed the previous fee instrument, LIN 21/023.

Trades Recognition Australia (TRA) assesses trade skills gained overseas or in Australia for visa applications that require an assessment of a person’s qualifications or experience. The explanatory statement describes TRA as a cost recovered service delivery unit within the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations, which is why its fees are set by this instrument.

Assessment fees

Section 5 sets the fee for each kind of TRA assessment.

Migration Skills Assessment and Job Ready Program fees (section 5, items 1 to 6)

Assessment	Fee
Migration Skills Assessment	$795
Migration Points Advice (based on a satisfactory Migration Skills Assessment outcome)	$450
Job Ready Program Provisional Skills Assessment	$130
Job Ready Program Employment Assessment	$490
Job Ready Program Workplace Assessment	$2,845
Job Ready Program Final Assessment	$75

TSS and Offshore Skills Assessment Program fees (section 5, items 7 to 22)

Assessment	TSS program	Offshore program
Documentary Evidence Assessment	$1,120	$1,120
Documentary Evidence – Reassessment	$450	$450
Technical Interview – Pathway 1	$2,000	$2,000
Technical Interview – Pathway 1 – Reassessment	$1,000	$1,000
Technical Interview – Pathway 2	$900	$900
Technical Interview – Pathway 2 – Reassessment	$450	$450
Practical Assessment	$2,200	$2,200
Practical Assessment – Reassessment	$1,100	$1,100

Internal review fees

Section 6 sets the fee for an internal review of a TRA assessment.

Internal review fees (section 6)

Assessment reviewed	Fee
Migration Skills Assessment	$610
Migration Points Advice	$375
Job Ready Program Provisional Skills Assessment	$130
TSS or Offshore Skills Assessment Program – Documentary Evidence Assessment	$700
TSS or Offshore Skills Assessment Program – Technical Interview	$700
TSS or Offshore Skills Assessment Program – Practical Assessment	$700

What changed in 2023

The explanatory statement lists the fees that moved from the amounts in LIN 21/023:

• Migration Skills Assessment: up to $795 from $720;
• Migration Points Advice: up to $450 from $410;
• Job Ready Program Provisional Skills Assessment: down to $130 from $200;
• Job Ready Program Employment Assessment: up to $490 from $450;
• Job Ready Program Workplace Assessment: up to $2,845 from $2,540;
• Job Ready Program Final Assessment: up to $75 from $65;
• TSS and Offshore Documentary Evidence Assessment: down to $1,120 from $1,280;
• internal review of a Migration Skills Assessment: down to $610 from $645;
• internal review of Migration Points Advice: up to $375 from $350; and
• internal review of a Provisional Skills Assessment: down to $130 from $200.

An application for an assessment or an internal review made before 23 March 2023 is charged the fee in LIN 21/023 (section 4(2)). Section 4(1) kept the old Workplace Assessment fee for a Job Ready Program applicant who met the dates set out in that provision, with payment made on or before 30 September 2023.