Skilled Visa Benefits

This skilled visa enables you and your family to:

• Work and Live in Australia permanently.
• Study in australia at any grade on schools, graduate/post-graduate, vocational education etc.,
• With Skilled visa avail subsidised health care benefits
• Avail certain social security benefits or payments
• After specific period of stay you can apply for Australian citizenship
• Skilled visa enables you to sponsor family member for permanent or temporary residency

Points tested Stream

This visa lets invited workers with skills we need live and work permanently anywhere in Australia.

• You don’t need a sponsor or nominator
• You must be invited to apply
• You must be under 45 to be invited

New Zealand Stream

This visa lets eligible New Zealand citizens who have demonstrated commitment and contribution to Australia, live and work in Australia permanently.

• You must hold a New Zealand Special Category (subclass 444) visa
• You must have lived in Australia for at least the last 5 years
• You must have started living here on or before 19 February 2016

190 Skilled Visa

This Skilled visa allows skilled workers who are nominated by an Australian state or territory government to live and work in Australia as permanent residents. The requirements are “relevant occupation” as currently determined, be skills assessed for the occupation, achieve points test mark of at least 65 points, be nominated by a state or territory government agency, be under 45 years of age, achieve the required English language competency and receive an invitation to apply for the visa, from the approving state or territory government.