Australia PR
Australia PR
Australia PR
Australian migrants are permanent residents of Australia that hold migrant or permanent resident visas and may live and work in Australia indefinitely. While migrants are not citizens, they do have the option to become citizens after meeting the residency requirement. There are several ways to immigrate to Australia—through family, employment, refugee or humanitarian status
There are more than 40 Australian Migrant visas which allow you to work and live in Australia permanently. Here’s a quick look at some popular migrant visa categories:
Family-Based Permanent Residency
If you have an Australian citizen or Australian permanent resident family member, you may be eligible to immigrate to Australia. Migrant visas are available for:
- Partners
- Fiancé(e)s
- Children
- Dependent relatives
Work-Based Permanent Residency
There are numerous paths to Australian permanent residency through the worker category. The migrant worker categories are:
- Employer Sponsored Workers. When an Australian employer sponsors a foreign national work in Australia.
- General Skilled Migration. For people that are not sponsored by Australian employers but possess a skill valued in Australia.
- Skill Select. For workers possessing certain skills that Australia is in need of.
- Doctors and Nurses. Permanent residency is available to doctors and nurses on a need-only basis.
Australia Immigration Requirements
- Maximum Age Limit of 45 Years.
- Minimum IELTS Requirements 6 per band.
- Skilled Occupation categorized under MLTSSL, STSSL, or ROL.
- Health Assessment
- character Assessment
Points are awarded to the candidates based on the following factors
- Nominated Occupation
- Age
- English Language Proficiency
- Skilled Employment
- Educational Qualifications
- Australian Qualifications
- Regional Study
- Regional Study
- Community language skills
- Spouse/partners skills and qualifications
- Professional Year
- Nominations and sponsorship (for subclass 190 and 489 only)
Candidate needs to score minimum 65 points based on the above-mentioned factors to be eligible to immigrate to Australia.
Skillselect program is a point-based program that has a total 5 visa subclasses with 65 points being the minimum requirement to be eligible for Australia immigration as skilled worker. These subclasses of visas are as follows:
- Skilled Independent Visa (Subclass 189)
- Skilled Nominated Visa (Subclass 190)
- Graduate temporary Visa (Subclass 485)
- Skilled Nomination or Sponsored visa (Provisional) (Subclass 489)
- Skilled Regional Visa (subclass 887)
