General Skilled Migration
The General Skilled Migration is designed for skilled professionals who want to live and work in Australia. It provides pathways to permanent residency or provisional residency leading to PR. Through this program, eligible applicants are selected based on their skills, qualifications, and experience. Our company supports applicants by guiding them through skills assessments, documentation, state/territory nominations, and visa applications.
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Permanent
Skilled independent visa(Subclass 189)
A permanent visa for skilled workers who are not sponsored. It allows you to live and work anywhere in Australia and apply for permanent residency independently.
- Points-tested stream
Points-Tested Stream is a permanent residency visa for skilled workers who are not sponsored by an employer, state or territory, or family member. This visa allows you to live and work anywhere in Australia.
Requirements
- Have an occupation on the relevant skilled occupation list.
- Have a suitable skills assessment for the occupation.
- Be invited to apply for this visa.
- Satisfy the points test.
With this visa you can
- Work and study anywhere in Australia.
- Sponsor eligible relatives for permanent residence.
- If eligible, become an Australian citizen.
- New Zealand stream
This visa lets eligible New Zealand citizens who have lived and worked in Australia and demonstrated commitment to the country, live and work permanently. It provides full work and residency rights along with access to healthcare and social benefits.
How long you can stay
This is a permanent visa. It lets you stay in Australia indefinitely. The visa has a travel component that expires 5 years after the date we grant you the visa.For information about citizenship see Become an Australian citizen (by conferral) Permanent residents or eligible New Zealand citizens.
With this visa you can
- Stay in Australia indefinitely
- Work and study in Australia
- Enrol in Australia's public health care scheme, Medicare
- Sponsor your relatives to come to Australia
- Travel to and from Australia for 5 years
- If eligible, become an Australian citizen
- Hong Kong stream
This visa lets eligible New Zealand citizens who have lived and worked in Australia and demonstrated commitment to the country, live and work permanently. It provides full work and residency rights along with access to healthcare and social benefits.
Requirements
- Have this level of English language.
- Meet the health requirement.
- Meet the character requirement
- Satisfy the points test.
With this visa you can
- Work and study anywhere in Australia.
- Sponsor eligible family members for permanent residence.
- If eligible, Become an Australian citizen.
Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190)
This visa allows skilled workers nominated by an Australian state or territory to live and work in Australia permanently. It grants full work and residency rights, with access to social security and healthcare benefits.This visa lets nominated skilled workers live and work in Australia as permanent residents.
Requirements
- Have an occupation on the relevant skilled list
- Have a suitable skills assessment for the occupation
- Be invited to apply for this visa.
- Satisfy the points test.
With this visa you can
- Work and study anywhere in Australia.
- Sponsor eligible relatives for permanent residence.
- If eligible, become an Australian citizen.
Skilled Work Regional Provisional visa(subclass 491)
A permanent visa for skilled workers who are not sponsored. It allows you to live and work anywhere in Australia and apply for permanent residency independently.
- Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa - Main applicant
This visa allows skilled workers who are nominated by an Australian state or territory government, or sponsored by an eligible relative, to live, work and study in designated regional areas of Australia for up to 5 years, with a pathway to permanent residency.
Requirements
- Be nominated to apply by a state or territory government agency, or an eligible relative must sponsor you.
- Have an occupation on a relevant skilled occupation list.
- Meet the skills requirement.
- Meet our health requirement.
- Have a suitable skills assessment for the occupation.
- Be invited to apply for this visa.
- Satisfy the points test.
With this visa you can
- Stay in Australia for 5 years.
- Live, work and study in a designated regional area of Australia.
- Travel to and from Australia as many times as you want, while the visa is valid
- Apply for permanent residence after 3 years from the time your visa is granted.
- Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa – Subsequent entrant
This temporary visa allows eligible family members of a Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa holder to join them and live, work, and study in designated regional areas of Australia.
Requirements
- Be a member of the family unit of a person who holds a subclass 491 visa on the basis of satisfying the primary criteria for the grant of that visa.
- Have this level of English language.
- Meet the health requirement.
- Meet the character requirement
- Satisfy the points test.
With this visa you can
- Work and study anywhere in Australia.
- Sponsor eligible family members for permanent residence.
- Travel to and from Australia as many times as you want, while the visa is valid.
Stay
Until the visa that your family member holds ends.
Processing times
For an indication of processing times for this visa, use the visa processing time guide tool.