All you need to know on Australia Immigration Programs

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Skilled Independent Visa

Subclass 189

Australian Immigration

The Skilled Independent Visa Subclass 189 is an Australian visa that permits skilled people to live and work in Australia permanently. This visa is based on points, which means that applicants are evaluated based on a variety of factors, such as their age, qualifications, job experience, English language proficiency, and other criteria. Applicants must submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) using the SkillSelect system and get an invitation to apply for the visa in order to be eligible for this visa.

Skilled Work Regional

Visa Subclass 491

Australian Immigration

The subclass 491 visa regime was introduced starting 16th November 2019. This Skilled work regional provisional Subclass 491 visa enables the qualified and eligible migration aspirants and their families to settle and work in regional areas of Australia. The initial validity of this visa is for 5 years and the holders are eligible for a pathway to permanent residency via the Subclass 191 Visa starting September 2022. For this visa subclass, the sponsorship can come from the regional state or territorial government or eligible relative settled in regional Australia.

Skilled Independent Visa

Subclass 186

Australian Immigration

Australia’s Employer Nominated Scheme, known as the 186 visa, opens doors for Skilled Workers from around the globe to establish permanent roots down under. If you are a skilled professional with valuable skills that Australian businesses are eager for; this pathway can turn your working arrangement into a long-term direct PR Visa status. This visa can be applied for in both non-regional and regional areas in Australia. There are two streams in the 186 Employer Nominated sponsorship visa which are as follows:

  1. Temporary Residence Transition stream is for overseas applicants who have been with the same employer on a 482/457 visa for 3 years or 2 years if their 457 was applied for prior to 18th April 2017;
  2. Direct Entry stream is where an overseas applicant is required to have a skills assessment in an occupation on the Medium- and Long-Term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL) and have 3 a minimum of 3 years’ post qualification experience in this occupation, which could have been anywhere in the world.
Skilled Work Regional

Visa Subclass 482

Australian Immigration

One of the very significant Australian skilled visas is the Temporary Skilled Shortage visa subclass 482, abbreviated as TSS visa. This program is exclusively based on securing a Work permit for those skilled individuals who get sponsored by an eligible employer in Australia. But there is a condition for the employer and that is that he or she should be unable to find suitable talent for the particular job they are offering in Australia.

The TSS visa allows its holder to come, live, and work in Australia temporarily and this Visa comprises of a Short-Term stream of up to 2 years (unless international trade obligations apply), and a Medium-Term stream of up to 4 years.

The Short-term stream is designed for Australian businesses to fill gaps in their businesses with foreign workers where they are experiencing skills shortages on a temporary basis, and where a suitably skilled Australian worker cannot be sourced.

The Medium-term stream will allow Australian employers to source foreign workers to address shortages in a narrower range of highly skilled and high-value need occupations, where a suitably skilled Australian worker cannot be sourced.

PROCESSING TIME FOR AN AUSTRALIA 482 SUBCLASS TR VISA WILL BE AROUND 6-8 MONTHS.

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