Many companies offer CDR (Competency Demonstration Report) writing services for migrating to Australia. They promise to handle the assessment from start to finish. However, unfortunately, people come to us saying they paid a CDR migration company and received no response about delivery, quality, or other issues. They block candidates and don’t answer their phones. People ask us for a concession because of these mishaps with other companies. We feel bad for them. Prices at CDRAustralia.Org (also known as CDR Australia) are fixed, and you are responsible for checking and confirming the credibility of the services you choose before paying.
👉 Fake Profile Photo: Never trust CDR migration companies that publish writers’ images/photos on their own website; it’s the first sign of a fake company. As you know, having a third party write a CDR is unethical under the MSA (Migration Skills Assessment) booklet released by Engineers Australia (EA), and no expert in Australia will share their photo to support unethical practices. You can search the team members’ reality using Google Image Search.
👉 Payment Option: – Make only a half payment or partial payment upfront using the PayPal or Credit Card method only because if any scam company tries to scam you, you would be saved by the payment processing company instantly.
👉 Refund Policy: – Check if they have a crystal-clear refund policy page on their own company website. If they don’t offer refunds in case of rejection, don’t trust them; otherwise, they may experiment with your reports, refuse to refund you, and may even blackmail you.
👉 Final Payment: – Make the final payment only once you review the product/services received and you are happy with it.
👉 First-Party Reviews: – Read real reviews on third-party platforms like EngineersReviews.cu.ma, Reviews.io, or Google, and do not go ahead with their own website reviews. If 90% of reviews are good, you can proceed with that company. Also beware of paid or fake reviews.
We at CDR Australia have developed a comprehensive set of measures to avoid these scams and protect your hard-earned money and time for Australia migration.
1.) Deal on Social Media
Many candidates are cheated on social media with their skills assessment, like LinkedIn or Facebook. They discuss it on third-party websites without landing on the official sites. It’s a sign of scams. It’s better to get assessment report support directly from the official website from the start until you get a positive outcome.
2.) Ask for a sample CDR Report.
These CDR migration companies claim they have years of experience, but if you ask for a sample approved by the EA, they’ll make excuses about privacy and company policy. You can ask for the assessment date, which is listed in the top-left corner of the outcome letter. This date confirms the reports are recent and trustworthy.
3.) Ask for Reports by Maintaining Client Anonymity
Still, if they refuse to share the reports to protect the client’s privacy, you can ask for reports with the name and personal information hidden. If they still refuse, be wary of their support.
4.) Company Policy vs. Samples
Many websites support their CDR report guidance and review service with sample reports posted on their websites. If a company policy is not to share samples of work done with clients, how can they sell samples on their website? We never sell other clients’ CDRs but provide completely new CDRs based on the client’s actual work experience, which is mandatory by EA.
5.) Pseudo Samples
Some scammers claim that they only share the samples written by professional writers. However, since assessment reports are sensitive, confidentiality must be maintained, so these are not real reports. In fact, those companies are lying because they probably do not even have the original reports.
6.) After approval communication
Most scamming companies use fake email IDs and their own IDs to show correspondence with clients who got approval. In this case, you can ask for more email confirmations at different dates and times to confirm their work format.
7.) Cheap pricing
CDR preparation takes a lot of time and effort. It has some consequences. However, because these companies mainly focus on making money, they offer to deliver the work in 4 to 5 hours. This cannot be the case for genuine companies, which provide original reports.
8.) Testimonials
These companies force you to read client testimonials on their own website. However, testimonials on their own website are written by them, so they aren’t genuine. Use a third-party website to check real reviews before booking any services.