Monday 29 January 2018

How Will Skilled Visas Be In The Future? What is the Time Taken to Receive an Invitation!

Skilled visas are those visas which provides a gateway to the skilled workers who are highly qualified to live and work in Australia provided your skills are in demand in the Australian country.
There are different categories of skilled visas through which a skilled worker can apply:


·      Skilled Independent visa subclass 189 allows the candidates who are highly skilled and qualified but do not have any nomination or sponsorship from the Australian employer to live and work in Australia on a permanent basis. 
      The candidate must score 60 points on Australia Point Calculator



To apply for this visa, the candidate nominated occupation should be listed on STSOL List 2018.
Australia state sponsor visa subclass 190 is a state nominated permanent visa which allows the candidates who are highly skilled and qualified to live and work in Australia on a permanent basis provided they are nominated by the state/territory.
To apply for this visa, the candidate nominated occupation should be listed on consolidated occupation list.


Australia skilled regional (provisional) subclass 489 visa is a 4 year provisional visa which requires the holders of this visa to live and work in a regional area to obtain permanent residence. It is a state sponsored visa.

To apply for this visa, the candidate nominated occupation should be listed on the relevant occupation list.

After deciding the relevant visa category, and getting a positive skill assessment the next step is to apply for Expression of Interest through skillselect.

The wait of getting an invitation to apply is the toughest time in whole application process. It’s like a whole puzzle is solved but not sure where to fit the last piece. Similarly, getting an invitation to apply is like a last piece which no one has the idea about. There are many factors which helps in deciding the processing time for the invitation to apply and they are:
  •         Occupation type
  •         Australia Immigration points
  •        Work experience as a skilled employer
  •          Immigration work load level
  •          Shortage of skill workers
  •         Number of applications received
  •         Total number of invitations being issued per program year

Every year Australia Immigration officers receives thousands of applications at regular intervals of time. The occupations like IT, Nurses, doctors which are in high demand in Australia are sent invitation to apply. However, a good score is required to speed up the invitation process.

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