SKILLED MIGRATION:
SKILLED GRADUATE (SUBCLASS 485)
The Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485) lets you live, study and work in Australia temporarily after you have finished your studies. This visa has two streams:
• Graduate Work stream – for international students with an eligible qualification who graduate with skills and qualifications that relate to an occupation on the Skilled Occupation List (SOL). A visa in this stream is granted for 18 months from the date of grant.
• Post-Study Work stream – for international students who graduate with a higher education degree from an Australian education provider, regardless of their field of study. This stream is only available to students who applied for, and were granted, their first student visa to Australia on or after 5 November 2011. A visa in this stream can be granted for up to four years from the date the visa is granted, depending on the visa applicant’s qualification.
SKILLED RECOGNISED GRADUATE (SUBCLASS 476)
The Skilled — Recognised Graduate visa (subclass 476) allows recent engineering graduates of eligible universities to gain up to 18 months of skilled work experience in occupations. It is a temporary visa. You may be inside or outside Australia when you apply for this visa however you must be outside of Australia when the visa is decided, unless you are a New Zealand citizen who holds a Special Category visa (subclass 444). A New Zealand citizen who holds a Special Category visa (subclass 444) can be in or outside Australia when the visa is decided.
SKILLED REGIONAL (RESIDENCE) (SUBCLASS 887)
The Skilled Regional visa (subclass 887) is for people who have an eligible visa and have lived for at least two years and worked for at least one year in a specified regional area. You must be in Australia when you apply for this visa and when the visa is granted. The eligible visa can be Skilled Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 489), Skilled Independent Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 495), Skilled Designated Area Sponsored (Provisional) visa (subclass 496), Skilled Regional Sponsored visa (subclass 475 or 487) or Bridging visa A or Bridging visa B after applying for a subclass 495, 487 or 489 visa
SKILLED INDEPENDENT (SUBCLASS 189)
The Skilled-Independent visa (subclass 189) is a permanent residence visa for points-tested skilled workers who want to work and live in Australia.To be able to apply for this visa you need to submit an expression of interest and then be invited through Skill Select to apply. To be eligible for an invitation, you must also have nominated an occupation that is on the relevant skilled occupation list, obtained a suitable skills assessment for that occupation, not yet turned 50 years of age, achieved the score specified in your letter of invitation based on the factors in the points test, hold at least competent English. You can be in or outside Australia when you apply and when the visa is granted.
SKILLED NOMINATED (SUBCLASS 190)
The Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) is a permanent residence visa for points-test skilled workers who want to work and live in Australia after being nominated by an Australian state or territory government agency. To receive an invitation you must have nominated an occupation that is on the relevant skilled occupation list, obtained a suitable skills assessment for that occupation, not yet turned 50 years of age, achieved the score specified in your letter of invitation based on the factors in the points test, hold at least competent English and been nominated by an Australian state or territory government agency.
SKILLED REGIONAL SPONSORED (SUBCLASS 489)
The Skilled-Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 489) is for skilled workers and their families to live, work and study in specified regional areas in Australia for four years. There are two pathways for this visa: the Invited Pathway and the Extended Stay Pathway (you must hold a provisional visa in subclass 475, 487, 495 or 496).For family members who are included in your visa application (in either visa pathways), they must be a family member of someone who already holds this visa (subclass 489) or a provisional visa in subclass 475, 487, 495 or 496.