Subclass190 Skilled Immigration through state nomination

Cost

There is also a charge for each family member who applies for the visa with you.

To work out what your visa will cost, use the Visa Pricing Estimator

The Visa Pricing Estimator does not include the second instalment or other costs. Theree are additional costs you have to pay other costs for health checks, police certificates and biometrics.

Timelines

Use the visa processing time guide tool to indicate processing times for this visa. This will show the processing times for recently decided applications. It is only a guide and not specific to your application.

We assess applications on a case-by-case basis, and actual processing times can vary due to individual circumstances, including:

• whether you have lodged a complete application, including all necessary supporting documents
• how quickly you respond to any requests for additional information
• how long it take to perform required checks on the supporting information provided?
• how long it takes to receive additional information from external agencies, particularly in relation to health, character, and national security requirements
• for permanent migration visa applications, and how many places are available in the migration program?

The following condition(s) might be attached to this visa:

 

Before you apply

You must submit an expression of interest (EOI) through SkillSelect to let us know you want to apply for this visa.

Organise health exams

We prefer that you have any health checks before you apply for the visa.

To find out the examinations you need and how to arrange them.

Help with your EOI

If you need help with your EOI you can use a registered migration agent or legal practitioner. For information on how to find someone to help you see Who can help you with your application.

Step 1.1 – Before you submit your EOI

You must submit an expression of interest (EOI) to let us know you want to apply for this visa.

Check your occupation

Your occupation must be on the relevant list of eligible skilled occupations for the Skilled Nominated (subclass 190) visa.

Get your skills assessed

You must have a suitable skills assessment at the time we invite you to apply.

The assessment must be undertaken by an assessing authority listed against your occupation in the list of eligible skilled occupations. You might have to pay for the assessment.

To be eligible for a visa your skills assessment must have been obtained within the 3 years before the date of invitation. If the assessment was for a shorter period, that period must not have passed.  We can’t accept a skills assessment issued more than 3 years before the invitation date.

If your skills were assessed on the basis of a qualification you got in Australia when you held a student visa, the qualification must be from studying a course registered on CRICOS.
 Medical practitioners

For medical practitioners, we accept evidence of registration issued by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. You must hold either:

• unconditional or general medical registration
• conditional specialist registration, which allows you to practice only in your particular speciality with no further training or supervision requirements

You must show that you hold this registration at the time we invite you to apply.

Barristers and solicitors

A suitable skills assessment for barristers and solicitors is evidence of admission to practice as a lawyer in an Australian state or territory.

The relevant legal admissions authority must have admitted you to practice at the time we invite you to apply.

Check your points

You must be able to obtain at least 65 points on our points test to be eligible for this visa. If you cannot obtain 65 points we will not invite you to apply.

If we invite you to apply for the visa, you must prove the claims you make in your EOI when we assess your application.

Use the points calculator to check how many points you might score

Check that you meet the other eligibility criteria

Check that you meet all other eligibility criteria for the visa.

If we invite you to apply for the visa, you will have to support the claims you make in your EOI as well as other criteria if you submit an application.

See what documents you will need to prove your claims before you submit your EOI in the Gather documents section below.

Step 1.2 – Submit your EOI

Submit your EOI via Skillselect. You can submit it from within or outside Australia.

Your EOI is not a visa application. There is no fee for submitting an EOI.

Select the Skill Nominated (subclass 190) visa.

You will receive an email confirming your EOI has been submitted.

Step 1.3 – After you submit your EOI

SkillSelect will estimate your points score based on the claims made in your EOI.

You must have an estimated score of at least 65 points to be invited to apply for this visa.

Once your EOI is submitted it will be visible to state and territory governments. If you have the skills they need, a state or territory government agency might nominate you for the visa.

If you are nominated, you will get an invitation to apply for this visa.

Stay lawful

An EOI is not a visa application.

If you submit an EOI in Australia and your current visa is about to expire, you must apply for another visa to stay in Australia lawfully.

You are not eligible for a bridging visa because the EOI is not a visa application. You are only eligible for a bridging visa after you are invited and apply for this visa.

Make changes to your EOI

Let us know through SkillSelect if:

• you want to apply for a different skilled visa
• your circumstances change – for example, if you change your occupation or your family structure changes
• you could score more points – for example, you have completed a higher qualification or gained new work experience
• your employment circumstances change and you are no longer working at least 20 hours per week in your nominated occupation

You must be able to meet the points score on your invitation letter if we invite you to apply or you will not be granted a visa.

SkillSelect will update your indicative points score if you make changes to your EOI. You can change your EOI at any time before we invite you to apply for a visa.

Step 1.4 – Receive an invitation to apply for visa

We allocate places for the skilled migration program to meet the Australian Government’s migration planning levels.

Once invited, you have 60 calendar days to apply for the visa. We cannot extend this time.

You could receive an invitation up to 2 years after submitting an EOI. If we invite you to apply you will receive an email from SkillSelect. Getting an invitation does not mean you will be granted the visa.

The invitation will include the number of points you must score based on your EOI claims.

After you apply for the visa, you must show that you:

• can meet the points score on your invitation (which will include proving any claims you made in your EOI) and
• can meet all other eligibility criteria

If you do not apply for the visa after two invitations, your EOI will be removed from SkillSelect.

We will not process your visa application if you are 45 at the time of your invitation

If you can’t show you meet the points score or other eligibility criteria

If you can’t show you meet the points score on your invitation or the other visa criteria, then do not apply for the visa.

Your EOI will be suspended if an invitation is issued, but you can update information once the 60-day invitation period has passed. If this is your second invitation, you will have to submit another EOI if you still want the visa

Get help with your application

Only some people can help you with your application. If you appoint someone to give you immigration assistance they must be:

• a registered migration agent
• a legal practitioner, or
• an exempt person.

You can appoint anyone to receive documents on your behalf relating to your visa matter.

Step 2

Gather your documents

You will need to provide documents to support the claims you make in your EOI and show you meet the other visa criteria.

Provide accurate information

Provide accurate information. See what may happen if you can’t prove your identity or do not provide true information.

Identity documents

Provide the pages of your current passport showing your photo, personal details, and passport issue and expiry dates.

Also provide:

• a national identity card, if you have one
• proof of a change of name

Documents that prove a change of name include:

• a marriage or divorce certificate
• change of name documents from an Australian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, or the relevant overseas authority
• documents that show other names you have been known by

Relationship documents

If you are or have been married, widowed, divorced or permanently separated, provide proof such as divorce documents, death certificates, separation documents or statutory declarations.

If your partner or dependent children are not included in this application, tell us the reason why (for example, they already hold Australian citizenship or are a permanent resident)

Character documents

See how

Competent English documents

Provide proof you have at least competent English at time of invitation for this visa.

Partner documents

We need to see evidence of your partner’s identity and relationship with you.

Provide:

• identity documents and photos
• character documents
• marriage certificate, if applicable
• documents about other relationships, if applicable

For a de facto relationship, provide either:

• evidence that your relationship is registered by an Australian State or Territory
• enough documents to prove you have been in a de facto relationship with your partner for at least 12 months before you apply

For both married and de facto applicants you must provide evidence that you are in a genuine and continuing relationship. Evidence can include but is not limited to:

• joint bank account statements
• billing accounts in joint names
• joint leases or mortgages
• documents that show your partner has lived at the same address as you

Proof your partner has functional English

You don’t have to provide any documents to prove functional English if your partner is a citizen of and holds a valid passport from:

• the United Kingdom
• the Republic of Ireland
• the United States
• Canada
• New Zealand

Otherwise, provide proof your partner has functional English.

If you can’t show us your partner has functional English, you will have to pay the second instalment of the visa application charge when we ask you to.

Dependants under 18 documents

For every dependent 18 years old or younger who is applying with you, provide:

• copies of birth certificates or the family book showing the names of both parents of all your dependent children
• copies of the adoption paper, if applicable.

Parental responsibility documents

You must get consent for any applicant under 18 years of age to migrate to Australia from anyone who:

• has a legal right to decide where the child lives and
• is not coming to Australia with the child

They must complete either:

• Form 1229 Consent form to grant an Australian visa to a child under the age of 18 years (276KB PDF)
• statutory declaration giving their consent for the child to migrate to Australia on this visa

Alternatively, you can show us:

• an Australian court order that allows your child to migrate to Australia, or
• that the laws of your home country allow them to migrate

Include:

• an identity document that shows the signature and photo of the person who completed the form or declaration, such as a passport or driver’s licence
• adoption papers or other court documents if applicable

You don’t have to prove that your dependant under 18 years of age has functional English.

Note: If your child is likely to turn 18 while your application is being processed, you will need to provide evidence they are dependent on you. See the section ‘Dependants over 18 documents’ below for further information. A child who turns 18 while your application is being processed and who is not dependent on you cannot satisfy the criteria for this visa.

Dependents over 18 documents

To include your child who is over 18 in your visa application, they must be:

• over 18 years of age but not yet turned 23, and dependent on you or your partner, or
• over 23 years of age and unable to earn a living to support themselves due to physical or cognitive limitations and dependent on you or your partner

If your child is likely to turn 23 while your application is being processed, you will need to provide evidence they are dependent on you due to disability.

Provide:

• identity documents
• documents about their other relationships, if applicable

You must also provide proof the child is dependent on you.

• proof of your relationship with the dependant such as a birth certificate or adoption papers
• a completed Form 47a Details of a child or other dependent family member aged 18 years or over (307KB PDF)
• proof of financial dependency such as bank statements, money transfers and rent receipts
• if the child is aged 23 or is likely to turn 23 while your application is being processed, you must also provide a report from a qualified medical practitioner that states they are dependent on you or your partner due to the total or partial loss of their bodily or mental functions

Note: A child who turns 23 while your application is being processed and who does not meet these requirements cannot satisfy the criteria for this visa.

Proof your dependent has functional English

Skills assessment documents

You must provide documents that support the claims you made in your EOI. To check the documents you need use the points table. Depending on your claims this could include evidence of your:

• Skills assessment
• English language skills
• Australian and/or overseas skilled employment
• Educational qualifications
• Satisfying the Australian study requirement
• Specialist education
• Accredited community language
• Study in regional Australia
• Partner skills
• Professional Year in Australia

Delegates of the Minister will now accept a suitable skills assessment for an applicant’s nominated skilled occupation which has been obtained within the 60 day invitation period.

This change of approach is made as a result of the decision of Thapa v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2021] FCCA 686 (Thapa). The Minister will administer the Migration Regulations 1994 in accordance with the decision in Thapa, but the Minister reserves the right to make submissions in a Court that Thapa was wrongly decided

Medical practitioners

One of these certificates issued by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency:

• unconditional or general medical registration
• conditional specialist registration – which allows you to practice only in your speciality with no further training or supervision requirements

You must be registered at the time we invite you to apply.

Barristers and Solicitors

Proof of admission to practice as a lawyer in the relevant state or territory. You must be admitted to practice at the time we invite you to apply.

Expression of Interest (EOI) documents

You must provide documents to prove all of the claims you made in your EOI. Use the points table to check the documents you need.

Tell us you are getting help

To nominate someone to:

• receive your correspondence, use Form 956A Appointment or withdrawal of an authorised recipient (301KB PDF)
• provide immigration assistance, use Form 956 Appointment of a registered migration agent, legal practitioner or exempt person (308KB PDF).

Upload your written notification or your forms to ImmiAccount.

Prepare your documents

Translate

Have all non-English documents translated into English?

Provide original and translated documents in your application.

Translators in Australia must be accredited by the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters.

Translators outside Australia do not have to be accredited. But on each translation, they must include their:

• full name
• address and telephone number
• qualifications and experience in the language they are translating

These details must be in English.

Note: You do not need to have any documents certified.

Scan or photograph

Scan or photograph all documents (English and non-English) in colour.

The scans and photos must be clear.

If a document is more than one page, save it all as one file.

Step 3

Apply for the visa

When you have your invitation you can apply online. You can be in or outside Australia.

You have 60 days from the date of your invitation to apply for the visa.

Provide accurate information

Provide accurate information. See what may happen when you cannot prove your identity or do not provide true information.

Apply for this visa online in ImmiAccount

1. Log into your SkillSelect account. In SkillSelect, click on the ‘Apply for visa’ button. This will take you to our online system, ImmiAccount.
2. Log in or create an ImmiAccount. Your ImmiAccount login and password will not be the same as your SkillSelect login and password.
3. Attach your documents.
4. Pay the application charge. We will not process your application until you pay the first instalment of the visa application charge.
5. Note your transaction reference number (TRN).

Step 4

After you apply,

We will let you know when we have received your application.

If you are granted a bridging visa you will receive notification of your visa grant.

Step 5

Visa outcome

You can be in or outside Australia when we decide your visa application but not in immigration clearance. We will let you know our decision in writing.

If we grant your visa, we will tell you:

• your visa grant number
• the date your visa starts
• your visa conditions, if applicable

Keep a copy of the decision.

If we refuse your visa, we will tell you:

• Why did we refuse the visa?
• whether you have a right to a review of the decision

We will not refund the application charge if we refuse your application.

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Have this visa

If you are in Australia at the time you apply, you must hold one of the following:

• a substantive visa
• Bridging visa A – BVA – (subclass 010)
• Bridging visa B – BVA – (subclass 020)
• Bridging visa C – BVC – (subclass 030)

If you currently hold or your last substantive visa held was either:

• Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) (subclass 491); or
• Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) (subclass 494)

You must have held that visa for at least 3 years at the time you apply for this sub class state nominated visa

Be invited to apply

You can only apply for this visa if we invite you to. See before you apply.

Submit an expression of interest (EOI) to let us know you would like to apply for the visa.

After you have submitted an EOI, you might be nominated for the visa by a state or territory government. We will only invite you to apply for this visa if you are nominated.

Be nominated

You must have been nominated for this visa by an Australian state or territory government agency.

Submit a completed expression of interest (EOI) in SkillSelect. State and territory government agencies can see your completed EOI and might nominate you for the visa.

If you are nominated for the visa, we will invite you to apply.

All state and territory government agencies have their own criteria for deciding who they will nominate. Contact the state or territory agency directly to find out more about their nomination process and what they want from you.

• Australian Capital Territory
• New South Wales
• Northern Territory
• Queensland
• South Australia
• Tasmania
• Victoria
• Western Australia

If the state or territory agency that nominates you withdraws your nomination after you have applied, your application becomes invalid.

Have a suitable skills assessment

For your application to be valid, you must declare that you have a suitable skills assessment at the time of invitation.

Delegates of the Minister will now accept a suitable skills assessment for an applicant’s nominated skilled occupation which has been obtained within the 60 day invitation period.

This change of approach is made as a result of the decision of Thapa v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs [2021] FCCA 686 (Thapa). The Minister will administer the Migration Regulations 1994 in accordance with the decision in Thapa, but the Minister reserves the right to make submissions in a Court that Thapa was wrongly decided.

You will need to provide a copy of this skills assessment with your application.

For medical and legal practitioners, we also accept the following as proof of a skills assessment:

• full or unconditional or general medical registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
• conditional specialist registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. This only allows you to practise in your speciality. You need no further training or supervision
• admission to practice law in the relevant state or territory

Your skills assessment must have been obtained in the 3 years before the date of your invitation. If the assessment was for a shorter period, that period must not have passed.

If your skills were assessed on the basis of a qualification you got in Australia when you held a student visa, the qualification must be from studying a course registered on CRICOS.

Be this age

You must be aged under 45 when we invite you to apply for the visa.

You can still apply for the visa if you turn 45 after we invite you to apply.

If you turn 45 after you submit your EOI but before we invite you to apply, you will not be invited to apply.

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Be able to score 65 points or more

The subclass 190 is a points-tested visa.

When you submit your EOI in SkillSelect you will be given an indicative points score based on the claims you have made. If you do not obtain a score of 65 points you will not be invited to apply for this visa.

If we do invite you to apply for the visa, your invitation will state the number of points that you must score when we assess your application for grant of the visa (this score may be higher than 65 points, depending on your claims in the EOI).

When you lodge your application you must provide evidence supporting your claims.

To check how points can be awarded refer to the points calculator.

Have this level of English language

At the time of invitation, you must have at least competent English.

Meet the skills requirement

Your occupation must be on the relevant list of eligible skilled occupations for the 190 Skilled Nominated visa

Meet our health requirement criteria

You and any family members who apply for the visa with you must meet our health requirements.

If requested, family members not accompanying you to Australia might also need to meet our health requirements.

Meet our character requirements

You and family members aged 16 years and over who apply for the visa with you must meet our character requirement.

Family members not accompanying you to Australia must also meet the character requirement.

Have paid back your debt to the Australian government

If you or any family members (including those who do not apply for the visa with you) owe the Australian Government money, you or they must have paid it back or arranged to pay it back.

Sign the Australian values statement

If you are 18 years of age or older, you must:

• have read, or had explained to you, the Life in Australia and
• confirm you will respect the Australian way of life and obey Australian laws when you sign an Australian Values Statement

Not had a visa cancelled or a previous application refused

We will consider your immigration history when we make a decision on your application, which means you might not be eligible for this visa if you have had a visa cancelled or refused.

In some circumstances, you may still apply for a permanent visa if you have had a visa cancelled or an application refused see Limitations on applications in Australia (129KB PDF).

If applying for a visa from outside Australia see Can I go to Australia.

If you want immigration assistance, see Who can help with your visa application.

For latest update click on following link

https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/skilled-nominated-190#Eligibility