Despite being voted the fifth best city in the world, and the second best in Australia after mighty Melbourne, by an international survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit recently, the migration numbers to Adelaide are considered relatively low compared to the bigger cities and mining states. Compared to these other states, the population growth in South Australia is relatively stable with little change in the number of people coming to and leaving the state.

To turn this around and potentially boost the economy and population numbers, Immigration South Australia has introduced a new nomination pathway, chain migration*, which allows applicants with an immediate family member permanently residing in South Australia to apply for a state nominated visa.

Chain migration enables applicants to access occupations on the South Australian Graduate List and occupations listed as special conditions apply. 

Requirements

To qualify for the chain migration pathway, applicants must:

• Have completed a Bachelor degree or higher
• Meet all DIBP criteria and Immigration South Australia criteria
• Have 60 points on the DIBP points test.

To qualify for the chain migration pathway, the family member in South Australia must: 

• Be the applicant’s grandfather, grandmother, father, mother, brother or sister. Applicants can still apply if it’s a step or adoptive parent/sibling.
• Be an Australian Permanent Resident or an Australian Citizen
• Have resided in South Australia for the past twelve months.

For full details of the chain migration criteria, view the eligibility requirements section on the South website. (https://www.migration.sa.gov.au/eligibility_requirements).

*Quotas apply. Once reached, no further applications for chain migration will be accepted for the 2014/15 program year. 

Being second best is not good enough for South Australia.

Source: Immigration South Australia