Visa library

A permanent visa for skilled workers who qualify entirely on their own points — no employer, state, or family sponsorship. Invitation-based: you lodge an Expression of Interest and wait to be invited in a competitive round.

A permanent visa for skilled workers nominated by an Australian state or territory. Nomination adds 5 points, and applications must satisfy both the Commonwealth criteria and the nominating state's own requirements.

A five-year provisional visa for skilled workers nominated by a state or territory for a regional area, or sponsored by an eligible family member living in one. Adds 15 points, requires regional residence, and leads to permanent residence through subclass 191.

The General Skilled Migration points test scores your age, English, experience, education, and other factors. 65 is the legal pass mark; invitations go to the highest-ranked candidates, so the practical bar sits well above it.

A permanent visa for skilled workers nominated by an Australian employer — either directly or after a qualifying period on a subclass 482. Permanent residence from grant, for you and included family.

A temporary visa for skilled workers sponsored by an approved Australian employer, with streams by salary level and a defined pathway to permanent residence. Approval is required at three stages: the sponsoring business, the nominated position, and the visa applicant.

The offshore partner visa: apply from outside Australia, with subclass 309 (provisional) granted first and subclass 100 (permanent) assessed about two years from lodgement. The common route for couples where one partner is in India.

The onshore partner visa: a combined application where subclass 820 (temporary) is granted first and subclass 801 (permanent) is assessed about two years later. For spouses and de facto partners of Australian citizens, permanent residents, and certain other eligible sponsors, applying from inside Australia.

A refusal is not necessarily the end of the road, but the steps taken immediately afterwards, and their timing, largely determine what remains possible. Merits review at the ART runs to strict deadlines, and re-applying without understanding the refusal usually repeats it.