SKILLED WORKER VISAS

The Skilled Migration Visa is for people who have professional or trade skills and would like to live and work in Australia. The skills migration visa is a points based visa with a requirement of at lease 60 points. The higher the number of points you receive the better the chance of being granted the visa. The skilled visa is the most popular visa to migrate to Australia, however also the competitive due to the restrictions on the number of visas that the Australian government grants for this visa class each year.

SKILLED INDEPENDENT PERMANENT SUBCLASS 189

This visa is a permanent visa and does not require sponsorship from an employer, relative or the government. The points test threshold for this visa is 60 points.

SKILLED NOMINATED PERMANENT VISA SUBCLASS 190

This visa is a permanent visa and requires sponsorship by a state or territory government. The points test threshold for this visa is 60 points.

Skilled Work Regional Visa- 491 Visa

The 491 visa enables skilled workers and families to live, work and study in designated regional areas of Australia for a period of 5 years. Visa applicants will be able to transition to Permanent Residency visa after three years once certain criteria's are met.

Temporary Work Visa (Subclass 485)

This is a temporary work visa which lets you live and work in Australia for about 2 years. It is only granted if the applicant has completed 2 years or more of studies in Australia.

Skilled Regional Subclass 191

The Skilled Regional visa - 191 is the second stage visa giving permanent residence to holders of Skilled Regional Provisional visas.

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