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General Skilled Part 2: Categories PART 2 Categories General Skilled Migration visa categories (Offshore) Permanent visas To apply for General Skilled Migration you need to select the visa with the requirements you believe that you will be able to meet. After reading the information provided in Part 2 and Part 3, you will be able to select the most appropriate visa using the information provided. There are 3 categories – Permanent, Provisional and Temporary. If you are not able to meet the requirements for one of the permanent visas, a provisional or temporary visa can provide a pathway to permanent residence. Note: As the following General Skilled Migration visas are ‘offshore’ visas, this generally means if you (and any dependants included in your application) are in Australia, you can apply for one of these visas but you must be outside Australia when your visa is granted. If you are a New Zealand citizen who holds a Special Category visa (subclass 444) and you apply for General Skilled Migration while in Australia, you can be in Australia or outside Australia when your visa is granted. You must be highly skilled, hold a post secondary qualification (unless you can demonstrate you have extensive, highly specialised skilled work experience in a 60 point occupation) and have good English. As these are points tested visas, you will also need to have sufficient skill points to reach the pass mark. (See Part 3 – ‘Points Test and self assessment’). 10 Important: This information is only for clients who applied for Skilled – Independent (subclass 175), Skilled – Sponsored (subclass 176) or Skilled – Regional Sponsored (subclass 475) before 1 July 2011.
General Skilled Part 2: Categories Skilled – Independent (subclass 175) To be eligible for this visa you must: • satisfy the basic requirements (see page 7); • be able to pass the points test; • at the time you apply, you must submit evidence that: – you are under 45 years of age; – you have been employed in a skilled occupation for at least 12 of the last 24 months OR you met the Australian study requirement in the last 6 months; and – the relevant assessing authority has assessed your skills as suitable for working in your nominated occupation (if the assessment is based on an Australian qualification obtained on a student visa it must have been part of a CRICOS registered course). You have up until the time of decision to provide evidence that you meet the English language requirement. However, it is advisable to provide evidence that you meet the English language requirement at the time you apply as a decision on your application will not be delayed if evidence does not accompany the application. A decision on the application may be made soon after the application has been received based on the evidence on hand. Skilled – Sponsored (subclass 176) To be eligible for this visa you must: • satisfy the basic requirements (see page 7); • be able to pass the points test; • be nominated by a state or territory government or sponsored by an eligible Australian relative; • at the time you apply, you must submit evidence that: – you are under 45 years of age; – you have been employed in a skilled occupation for at least 12 of the last 24 months OR you met the Australian study requirement in the last 6 months; and – the relevant assessing authority has assessed your skills as suitable for working in your nominated occupation (if the assessment is based on an Australian qualification obtained on a student visa it must have been part of a CRICOS registered course). You have up until the time of decision to provide evidence that you meet the English language requirement. However, it is advisable to provide evidence that you meet the English language requirement at the time you apply as a decision on your application will not be delayed if such evidence does not accompany the application. A decision on the application may be made soon after the application has been received based on the evidence on hand. Important: This information is only for clients who applied for Skilled – Independent (subclass 175), Skilled – Sponsored (subclass 176) or Skilled – Regional Sponsored (subclass 475) before 1 July 2011. 11
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