GENERAL SKILLED MIGRATION
Australia's General
Skilled Migration Program is designed to attract people who have
skills in particular occupations that are required in Australia. These
occupations are listed on Australia's Skilled Occupation List (SOL).
If you want to apply to
live permanently in Australia under one of the General Skilled
Migration visa categories you will need to meet all of the following
basic requirements:
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- you must be under 45
years of age at the time you apply (unless you have been invited to
apply for a General Skilled Migration visa)
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- your occupation
must be listed on the Skilled Occupation List (SOL)
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- an organisation in
Australia, known as the relevant assessing authority, must assess
your skills as being suitable for this occupation
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- you must have a
high level of English
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- you must have
recent skilled work experience or have recently completed an
Australian qualification as the result of two years full-time study
in Australia.
Lodging
an application in Australia
To lodge a General Skilled
Migration application and be granted your visa while you are in
Australia, you must meet all of the following requirements. You must:
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- have completed an
Australian qualification, which is a degree, diploma or trade
qualification, while in Australia as a result of at least two years
full-time study in a course on the Commonwealth Register of
Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students (CRICOS)
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- apply within 6
months of completing this qualification — noting that your date of
completion is the date that you meet all academic requirements for
this qualification, not the date your qualification is
conferred/graduation
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have held a Student
visa within 6 months of lodging your application – however ELICOS,
government sponsored, AusAid and Defence Sector Students cannot
apply
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- currently hold a
substantive visa - that is, not a bridging visa - unless that
bridging visa is associated with an application for a Graduate
Skilled Temporary (subclass 497) visa
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- not have had a
visa application refused or cancelled since last entering Australia
unless you were subsequently granted another substantive visa
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- not have any
conditions on your current visa that prevent you from making a
further application to remain in Australia (conditions 8503 or 8535
are examples)
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- not have been
unlawful at any time since entering Australia on your student visa
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- be in Australia at
the time your visa is granted
Skilled Occupation
List
To lodge a General Skilled
Migration application, you must nominate an occupation on the Skilled
Occupation List. Each occupation on the Skilled Occupation List has a
points value. The Skilled Occupation List details:
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- all eligible skilled
occupations for migration to Australia
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- the number of
points awarded for each skilled occupation
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- the name and
address of the Australian organisation approved to assess a person's
skills and/or qualifications for migration purposes for each
occupation.
Lodging
an application from outside Australia
If you are living outside
Australia and if you apply for one of these visas and your application
is approved, you must be outside of Australia for your visa to be
granted.
People temporarily in
Australia studying, working or visiting, may also be eligible to
apply. However:
When you must apply
from outside Australia
If any of the following
applies to you, you must be outside Australia when
you lodge your General Skilled Migration visa application:
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- you have had a visa
application refused or cancelled since last entering Australia and
you were not subsquently granted another a substantive visa
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- you have either
condition 8503 or 8535, or another condition, on your current visa
that prevents you from making a further application to remain in
Australia.
New
Zealand Citizens
As a New Zealand citizen
you only need to apply for a permanent visa if you wish to:
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- access certain social
security payments; and/or
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- obtain Australian
citizenship; and/or
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- sponsor family
members for permanent residence;
AND
you arrived in Australia
on or after 27 February 2001 and you:
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- do not hold a
certificate issued under the Social Security Act 1991, stating that
you were residing in Australia on a particular date; or
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- were not in
Australia on 26 February 2001 as a Special Category visa (subclass
444) holder; or
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- were outside
Australia on 26 February 2001 and you have not spent at least 12
months in Australia as the holder of a Special Category visa
(subclass 444) visa in the 2 years immediately before that date.
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