"Relate" education in the view of Australian Immigration?
I'm 35 yo of age, so I can't afford the time to make trial and error in my decision. Currently just finish Master of Professional Accounting in Australia and been told that I need to do another one year "Related" education here to get "temporary resident" here in Australia. I'm from Indonesia, and planned to get temporary residential here or if I could I want to be a citizen. The problem is the only master I want to do is Master of International Commercial and Trade law. I don't know if that is "related" or not to my master of accounting in the view of immigration assessmentt. If that consider does not relate, I will waste 1 year and money. If that the case, does not relate, I might as well do it in UK, a bit cheaper and more prestigious ( Australian, no offence please) Please give me advice.. Thank you
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You can only apply for a temporary Graduate visa if your occupation is on the SOL that is current at the time and the occupation you nominate must also be relevant to your skills and qualifications. The reason I say this is that 'related' in the educational sense for the purpose of determining whether you have met the 2 year Australian Study requirement, will depend to a large extent on your nominated occupation and without knowing that, it's impossible to say with any certainty. 'Related' means that the subject matter and the skills gained from your qualifications can be applied at the level you achieved them in your nominated skilled occupation. I believe that the course would be considered 'closely related' if you nominate Accountant or Management Accountant but not if you intend nominating anything else on the SOL. As you say though, it would be a waste of time and money if DIAC don't accept it as 'related' and it will be well worth taking professional advice for a reliable and experienced RMA - it won't cost much to get an answer to that specific question.
