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There are four key streams through which skilled migrants can seek state nomination:
To apply for this visa you must have a nomination from the Government of South Australia and meet all nomination requirements, as well as the Department of Home Affairs eligibility criteria.
To qualify for a South Australian state nomination, there are some key requirements that you must meet.
Residency Requirement
1.1 State nomination is provided to skilled migrants who are intending to live and work in South Australia with a view to long-term settlement. This is very important to South Australian Case officer is to check your genuinity of settling down.
1.2 If you are located offshore, there are 2 pathways for you through Highly Skilled and Talented stream and Offshore stream.
Age
You must be under age of 45 at time of nomination
Occupation
You must have an occupation on South Australia’s Skilled Occupation list and meet the eligibility requirement to each occupation. Occupations are not determined by a particular title of your job, it can be varied and you have more than one options for state nomination submission.
Skill Assessment
you MUST have a valid and positive Skill Assessment from the relevant authority within 3 years from the application date and Skill Assessment must be for your nominated occupation. Each occupation has their own skill assessing authority, please refer to Department of Home Affair website for more information on Skill Assessments.
Work Experience
5.1 Each Occupation has their own employment requirement, please refer to South Australia’s Skilled Occupation List for specific requirement of your occupation.
Generally, skilled work experience must be undertaken post-course completion and is defined as a minimum of 20 hours per week or 40 hours per fortnight of paid employment in your nominated or closely related occupation (But if you apply 190 visa through SA graduate stream, long-term resident SA stream and outer regional SA stream, you must have 30 hours per week or 60 hours per fortnight.).
5.2 For South Australian work experience, the employer must have a demonstrable presence in South Australia. Where the employer is located outside of South Australia, applicants must apply though the Talent and Innovator program. Work experience performed at a residential address or shared office space for a company located outside of South Australia will be assessed on a case by case basis.
English
Each occupation or each skilled migration stream will require different English level from the minimum requirement at Competent English (IELTS 6.0 all band and Overall or Equivalent) up to Superior English (IELTS 8.0 or equivalent).
In general, if you are working in South Australia, you are required to have at least Competent English unless further requirements in your particular occupation.
– Please be careful with English requirement specified in each occupation
Are you worried that you may be left out of the state nomination occupation list?? Have no idea whether you are eligible for state nomination? What kind of occupation experience must you have? Hays is here to answer all your questions!
The list of occupations in the Northern Territory is “rock-solid.” The familiar accounting, IT, engineering, education, and social work are not left behind.
International student graduates who are unable to live in the NT for six months after completing two years of study in the NT will only be considered for a subclass 491 nomination. You must provide evidence of making genuine efforts to obtain employment** from an NT employer in their nominated occupation or a closely related skilled occupation.
You will be expected to demonstrate genuine efforts and progress towards being employed in the NT in your nominated occupation both during and after your studies. These applications will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Source from: https://theterritory.com.au/migrate/migrate-to-work/northern-territory-government-visa-nomination/eligibility/additional-requirements-for-onshore-applicants
NT resident applicants will be considered for a subclass 491 nomination if you meet the following requirements:
applicants who started living in the NT prior to 1 July 2020, must:
demonstrate that you have been residing in the NT for at least six consecutive months immediately prior to application
demonstrate that none of your migrating dependants are residing in another part of Australia, and
demonstrate full-time employment in the NT in an eligible occupation for at least six consecutive months immediately prior to applying for NT nomination and demonstrate the employment is available for at least a further 12 months.
applicants who start living in the NT on or after 1 July 2020, must:
demonstrate that you have been residing in the NT for at least 12 consecutive months
demonstrate that none of your migrating dependants are residing in another part of Australia, and
demonstrate full-time employment in the NT in an eligible occupation for at least six consecutive months immediately prior to applying for NT nomination and demonstrate that the employment is available for at least a further 12 months.
Q1. If I have applied for a 485 work visa and completed a two-year Master of Accountancy degree in the Northern Territory while holding a 485 work visa, and applied for a 408 visa with full-time work authorization after graduation, will I have the opportunity to apply for the 190 state nominated?
Q2. If I have completed two years of full-time study in the Northern Territory, but have not yet completed the course I am currently enrolled in, can I be nominated?
NOTE: It is important that if you are about to complete two years of study in the Northern Territory and your current visa is not valid long enough for you to wait for a state nomination invitation, DO NOT use your student visa to extend your visa! You can choose to renew your 408 COVID-19 visa or 600 tourist visa. Otherwise the Northern Territory government will require you to complete a new course before you submit a state sponsorship.
Q3. If I graduated from the Northern Territory but did not study in the Northern Territory for the full two years, am I eligible for a Northern Territory nomination?
Q4. For Northern Territory graduates nomination, there is a requirement to demonstrate employability. However, in remote areas like Darwin it is difficult to find work in your nominated occupation, is there any other ways to demonstrate my employability?
Q5. What is the definition of full time for the purpose of the Northern Territory Government nomination?
Q6. If I want to be considered for both 190 and 491 nominations, do I need to file separate state nomination applications?
Q7. Is the invitation to the Northern Territory passive or active? Will the invitation preferences be selected based on higher scores, or will they be approved based on the time of submission?
Migration Tasmania
Eligibility and Important Information
To be eligible to apply for state nomination, you must meet the following requirements set out by the Department of Home Affairs. You must have:
Not yet turned 45 years of age
Nominated an occupation on the relevant list of eligible skilled occupations
A valid and positive skills assessment for your nominated occupation
At least ‘Competent’ English language proficiency
At least 65 points on the Department of Home Affairs points test.
Visit the Department of Home Affairs for more detailed information on these and other relevant requirements.
Please note that you also need to meet the Tasmanian Government nomination requirements to be eligible for state nomination.
Meeting the minimum nomination requirements does not guarantee that you will be offered state nomination from the Tasmanian Government. The Department of Home Affairs sets a nomination quota for the state each year, which limits the number of applicants that can be nominated.
If you are able to meet the minimum nomination requirements, your application will be competitively assessed against other eligible applications, with a focus on your ability to address a number of criteria, including:
the demand for your particular skills and expertise, and your prospects for finding skilled employment in Tasmania
your demonstrated ability and commitment to establishing yourself, and any dependents, in Tasmania with a view to your prospects for long-term settlement in the state
the relevance of your qualifications, skills, experience and capabilities – to the needs of Tasmania’s labour market
the skills and background of dependent family members
your level of English language competency
Applicants who have skills in areas of particular need or are engaged in critical areas of the Tasmanian economy will be held in high regard, particularly if living in an area outside of Greater Hobart. See the Tasmanian Skilled Nomination Program Factsheet for details.
Applicants nominated for a Subclass 491 Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa will not be able reapply for a Subclass 190 in the future. The Subclass 491 visa provides a pathway to permanent residency by way of a Subclass 191 visa. Previous state nominees supported for a Subclass 489 visa will need to follow the pathway to permanent residency by way of the Subclass 887 visa.
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