Booklet 6 - Department of Immigration & Citizenship

points for Studying and living in Regional
Australia
General Skilled
Part 3: Points test and self-assessment
If you are claiming points for an Australian qualification you can also
claim points if you lived and studied in a regional or low population
growth metropolitan area of Australia for at least 2 academic years.
You need to:
• meet the Australian study requirement (this does not include any study
undertaken as distance education); and
• throughout that period have lived in a part of Australia and undertaken
your study at a campus or campuses where the postcode is listed as
being in a regional or low population metropolitan growth area.
Points
5
Regional Australia/low population growth metropolitan areas
For the list of postcodes located in regional Australia/low population growth metropolitan areas
see page 15 or visit the department’s website www.immi.gov.au/skilled/migration/
Before you lodge your application
Obtain evidence that you have lived and studied in regional Australia/low population growth
metropolitan areas:
• you will need evidence of residency which spans the 2 year period – this will usually include
documents such as rental agreements and gas, power and telephone bills; and
• you may need to provide supplementary evidence of studying at a campus in regional Australia
or a low population growth metropolitan area if your academic transcript does not identify the
campus.
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.
29