How to apply for a Foreign Graduate Assessment

Contact details including name, date of birth and residential address will be required. Note: employers address not to be provided, suburb/city cannot be a capital city unless you live in the capital.

If you change your name and it differs from that on your documentation (transcript, ID etc.) and you wish to be admitted in your new name, a certified copy of either your marriage certificate or your change of name certificate is to be uploaded in the online portal.

Supplementary collection of personal information such as ancestry and languages spoken are optional questions listed in the online portal. 

If you have made application for assessment of your foreign qualifications with any other Australian admitting authority, you will need to list the jurisdiction/s.

Applications made through this portal include assessments from Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania.  You will be asked to indicate which state you are making an application to for your assessment.

You can seek to make an application for an assessment of your foreign academic and/or practical legal training.

Additional academic studies may be required before applying for admission as a lawyer in Victoria.  You will be asked to provide information on the type of foreign degree obtained, the name of the academic instruction, the country of study and study dates.  You must upload a certified copy of your academic law transcript and degree certificate or equivalent.  A certified copy can also be notarised or attested.  Noncertified copies will not be accepted. It is not necessary to upload a course syllabus.

Additional practical legal training may be required before applying for admission as a lawyer in Victoria.  You will be asked to provide information on any practical legal training qualifications, course name and dates studied.  You must upload a certified copy of your practical legal training completion certificate or equivalent.  A certified copy can also be notarised or attested.  Noncertified copies will not be accepted. It is not necessary to upload a course syllabus.

If there is anything further that you would like to bring to the attention of VLAB that may assist in your application, you may set out details and upload supporting documents.  Duplicate copies of documents already provided throughout your application are not required and will not be considered.  Documents such as academic or practical legal training records or information that is otherwise not relevant will be discarded and will delay your assessment processing time.

Applicant consent is required for all applications made via the online portal.  You will be asked to attest to VLAB sharing information or making enquiries from third persons for the purpose of applying for admission.  This can include health information and identification verification.

If you do not agree to consent, an application cannot be completed, and you must make contact with VLAB.

Once you have made consent, you are required to go to the last page of your application and pay fees whereby a new tab will open to allow payment through the Service Victoria portal.  If you do not pay the fee, your application will not be assessed.

Payment for your assessment is to be made via the Service Victoria link below. Payment can be made by either Visa, Mastercard or PayPal.  Fees for assessment of your foreign qualifications are as follows:

Academic Assessment only $320

Practical legal training assessment only $320

Academic and practical legal training assessment $640

Once you have paid your fees, hit the finalise and submit button.  An assessment letter will be emailed to you as soon as your application is finalised.  Please only send emails enquiring as to the status of your application after 6 weeks of submission and not prior.