manmeta:

You may exploit another discipline to get in as a PR if you think that discipline will get you here. You may thereafter sit for the exam and practise your Optometry. As Jenny said, for health practitioners, this is more or less like a licence to work.

Thanks for your input. Yes,as an Optometrist,one must not really be consulting only,there other areas you might work but the major thing is that if for instance i work as Sales representative in a Pharmaceutical company,then which organization will assess my document or if i work with NGO as director medical services?

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ferdimako:

Sometimes you get that automatics from SkillSelect. It looks you know one or two things going forward.

relax,jenny have cleared it,if i can pass the exam,am ok

jennykadry: Going through a professional body to have your skills assessed is skill select.......your skill was assessed before they offered you the exam, right?if yea, then that's skillselect. Specialist doctors go through skilled select to get their qualifications assessed, its part of skilled select.

Also, I don't think you get a PR immediately, you will get sponsored but not for PR but for a temporary visa that will lead you to a PR after I think 12 months of working in OZ. It's health professionals we are talking about and many UK trained nigeria and oyibo doctors did not come in with PR but skilled visa.

Your occupation is on the skiled list, so you are going to go to go through skillselect

ok,thanks

ferdimako:

Fulfill what they want,do IELTS, then go and belong to SkillSelect and wait to be invited.No other way!

If i can pass their board exam,i don't think i will go through skillselect.I will get Automatic employment and be sponsored immediately but the exam is the main thing which i can never write at this moment.Just want to know if i can use another occupational area to enter then take the exam inside Australia.

jennykadry: If you are in Africa why don't you write it in SA? Health practitioners have to meet the high standards here before they are allowed to practise here

jenny,i can never use that means to come over because it is expensive.It will cost me not less than 10k AUD and if you fail,your money is gone.It is never a good way for me at the moment.Am just looking for other means that i can use to apply instead of applying as an Optometrist.For instance,if am working with like NGO as one of the directors,can i use it as my occupation and apply for PR

Thank you for coming in Jenny,the exam have several locations in many countries such as South Africa,London,USA,Australia etc for the written part,then the oral and practical part will only take place in Australia.The exam is for registration as an Optometrist in Australia and it is very expensive.

I just jam this thread at the appointed time just that my case may be a great one and i am commending ll the contributors and educators here present.I have been trying to apply for PR to migrate to Australia for some years now but my professional body is the bone of contention.I am an Optometrist with 5 years working experience and wish to migrate to Australia,my assessment body which is my professional body in Australia mandated that you must pass their licencing exam before you will be allow to apply for PR.@jennny,all the indications shows that you will be in a better position to advice me on the best way to pursue this PR course.