Australia Immigration
Australian Immigration – Skilled Visas
- Skilled Independent Visa (subclass 189)
- Skilled Nominated Visa (subclass 190)
- Regional Provisional Visa (subclass 489)
Minimum Requirements
Occupation
There are two list of occupations & your occupation must be in any of the given two list to qualify
- Medium & Long term strategic skills shortage list
- Short Term Skilled Occupation List
Language Ability
You must take an approved language test i.e. IELTS, Or PTE (Academic) or TOEFL ibt and meet the minimum requirement of competent english
| Test Options | Reading | Listening | Speaking | Writing |
| IELTS | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| PTE (Academic) | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| TOEFL (ibt) | 13 | 12 | 18 | 21 |
Age
Your age must be below 45 years old before you are invited to apply for the Visa, which means it is advisable to start your Australian Immigration process before you turn 44 years’ old to grab the last chance
Eligibility Requirement
You must be able to meet the points score eligibility at the time you are invited to apply for the visa. The minimum points requirement is 60.
You can meet the points with or without the help of state nomination or regional sponsored nomination. The state nomination visa which are subclass 190 Visa can award 5 additional points to the applicant if needed. The Regional Sponsored Visa can award 10 additional points to the applicant.
Steps in the Australian Immigration Process
First Step- Skills Assessment: You must have a skills assessment that shows you have the skills and qualifications to work in your nominated occupation. The assessment can be done by the assessing authority which is relevant to your nominated occupation. Before you proceed you may need to make sure that you qualify to apply for skills assessment. There are close to 39 assessing authorities who performs the assessment & each one have its own unique complex requirements, which sometimes analyze by the authority on case by case basis too. So, it’s very crucial to meet the minimum requirements of assessing authority & then present the case to specialist officer in a best possible manner showcasing your exceptional skills & proving the same with the documentation.
Below are some examples & the minimum requirements of assessing authority for the below nominated occupations.
Accountants:
The minimum education requirement is Bachelor’s degree comparable to Australian standard, there are 8 mandatory subjects, the core competency areas, which must be covered in your curriculum. If applicant have started the professional education like ACCA (UK), CIMA (UK), ICAS (Srilanka) which isn’t completed yet then partial mandatory subjects can be considered if studied in professional education, & professional education must be started after completion of Bachelor’s degree to consider the core competency areas studied in Professional Education. The 8 Core competency areas includes – Accounting Systems and Processes, Financial Accounting and Reporting, Management Accounting, Finance & Financial Management, Business Law (corporate law), Economics, Quantitative Methods.
Contrary to it, if you have started your professional education (ex: ICAI, ACCA, CIMA, ICAS, ICAP) which is incomplete & later you have done the Bachelor’s degree which covers only 6 competency areas & the remaining 2 competency areas was covered in your professional education which was started before the Bachelor’s degree & is still incomplete.
This will not be accepted by the assessing authority & the outcome is unlikely to come positive.
Though, Work Experience is not required to be assessed positively but if you would like to gain points for employment then your position-
- as a book keeper, clerical or accounting clerk will not be assessed positively
- in a business, that has the annual turnover of less than 1 Million Aud will not be assessed positively
- in a business of fewer than 5 employees will may not be assessed positively.
Sales and Marketing Manager
You must be reporting directly to the Owner of business, Head of Department, CEO, Or Managing Director. The organization chart is vital, which must show that you have 3 or 4 direct reportees who are also at managerial level. You must have Senior functional management position over a continuous period of at least 3 years, to be assessed positively, the size of the organization will influence the assessment
Other Conditions – The applicant’s salary must be greater than 65000 Aud $ and,
The Turnover of the company must be more than 1,000,000 Aud $
It’s important to present the case to the specialist officer covering the maximum possible requirements, to convince the officer that you have what it takes to be a Senior Manager.
Second step- Lodging the EOI:
The second most crucial step, this is the immigration application which awards you the points post completion of your application. You must not claim more points which is difficult to prove at later stage or after ITA & would result in refusal of Visa.
Final Step- Invitation to Apply for Visa (ITA):
You must be invited by the Immigration authorities to apply for the Visa, you will have 60 days to gather the documents which includes but not limited to – Medical Report, Character Certificate from Police, Evidence of Spouse English language competency (Functional English), evidence of common-law partner relationship if not married & other requisite documents in support of your application. Pay the required fees, respond to the Immigration queries & wait for the outcome.
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