Login / Join
Immigration Daily News Applying For Visa via Skilled Independent Visa (Subclass 189)Australian Immigration Daily News
Breaking Australian immigration news brought to you by Migration Alliance and associated bloggers. Please email help@migrationalliance.com.au
- Font size: Larger Smaller
- Hits: 5050
- 3 Comments
Applying For Visa via Skilled Independent Visa (Subclass 189)
Australia welcomes skilled professionals from all over the world to come and work in the country, and is the dream destination of thousands of people. The Skilled Independent Visa allows people to migrate to Australia to get employment.
In this post, we are going to discuss what you need to do to migrate to Australia through the Skilled Independent Visa route (subclass 189).
The Skilled Independent Visa (subclass 189)
This is a point based work visa recommended for people who are skilled professionals but have not been sponsored by their employers, the state or a member of their family living in Australia. Once you are granted this visa, you will be able enjoy the benefits of permanent residency in Australia, live and work anywhere in the country and include family members in your application. This permanent visa gives the applicant complete work rights.
What you need to do to apply for the Skilled Independent Visa
To apply for the skilled independent visa, you need to check if your occupation is listed in the skilled occupation list. If it is, then you need to do the following to be invited to submit an application:
- Have your qualifications assessed by SkillSelect
- Submit an expression of interest through SkillSelect
- You need a minimum of 60 points in the points test. You will be awarded points on the basis of your age, skills and qualifications, work experience, language skills, and partner skills.
- Give basic English language tests and score enough to meet the requirements
Moreover, the age of the applicant should be between 18 and 50 years to be eligible to apply for the visa and you can apply for it regardless of whether you are in Australia or abroad. Once you receive your invitation, you will have to submit your application online within 60 days. The details of what you need to include in your application and the process you need to follow will be explained in your invitation letter.
The Benefits
One of the main features of this permanent work visa is that you get to include eligible family members in your visa application. This is because the Australian government understands that living with family increases the contentment and therefore, the productivity of skilled workers.
The following family members can be included in your visa application:
- Your partner
- You or your partner’s children
- You or your partner’s dependent parents or relatives
Apart from living and working in Australia for an indefinite time period, the skilled independent visa gives you the following perks:
- Enrol on Medicare
- Study in Australia’s schools, colleges and universities
- Social Security
- Sponsor family members for permanent residency
After you have fulfilled your residency criteria, permanent residents are also able to apply for Australian citizenship so they can enjoy all the rights granted by the country to its citizens.
Comments
-
-
Monday, 07 March 2016
i m a civil engg technician .my edu and experience was assessed positive by vetasses and i got 6 bands each in pte securing 55marks (age-25,exp-15,edu-15) ,but northern teretary (NT) did not send eoi,and i reach at age 40 in march 2016,further reducing my pts to 45.
as my profession was in high priority list in NT, MY FUND WERE SUFICIENT ,lot of job advertisements enclosed.but i could not understnt why they sned unsuccessful eoi,
saying that
"u fail to demo that u will move to NT and fail to provide satisfactory links to NT and genuine intention to live and work in NT'
my wife is science graduate also.my bro is also citizen there in brisbane
plz tell me as early as possible what should i do i will b very thankful to u
lalit
Immigration blog
I have a client who is waiting for a decision on his 189. All documents have been submitted and the 28 days request has passed. I am aware that DIBP do not have to make a decision once the 28 days have passed, but it is quite disheartening to hear that our application lodged 04/11/2015, still has no decision when applicants who apply on their own in December 2015, managed to get their visa grant in January this year. I am aware that the circumstances are different, but not being able to call you check up is ridiculous. I have been told that calling the department could annoy the case officer and they can purposely delay the process. It's really hard to get the respect of DIBP when we all know, this distrust attitude by case officers towards migration agents is common sentiment.
My client needs his visa to work and his company does not want to breach his current visa (student visa - studying a postgraduate course) conditions. My client had to turn down 2 job offers, because his visa has yet to be granted. They are complaining about certain skill shortages, but taking their time to process applications. I get that the government has reduced staff and workloads have increased.
Probably going to open a big can of worms here, but I believe we can thank the carbon tax, for driving business away. Australian government are also rigid in its approval of renewable projects that could increase the countries wealth, but because of red tape (fueled by departmental laziness in my view).
Any tips on how to nicely address this issue with DIBP?