Immigration and Visa Info Australia

Skilled Visas

Australia needs skilled persons to fill current and ongoing skill shortages. In the past few years, more than half the migrants granted permanent residency visas to Australia (60,000 last year) were skilled persons.

If you have received a tertiary education or specific training in an industry in your own country and speak fluent English, you may qualify for one of three types of skilled visa:

• Skilled Independent Visa to Australia: for applicants without family sponsorship and are able to pass the minimum requirements set by Australia’s Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC), including the DIAC points test

• Skilled Sponsored Visa to Australia: for applicants with a family sponsor (who is also an Australian citizen). You must be able to pass the minimum requirements set by Australia’s Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC), including the DIAC points test

• Skilled Designated Area Sponsored Visas to Australia: this means you have a family sponsor living in a particular region of Australia. You must be able to pass the minimum requirements set by Australia’s Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC), including the DIAC points test

Need a Temporary or Permanent Visa to Australia? All the information you require to make a decision and advise and guidance.

Want to live and work in Australia? Australia needs skilled workers! Over 200,000 jobs are advertised weekly, and the unemployment rate is the lowest in years. 102,500 Skilled Visas are to be granted by June 2008.

Australian Working Holiday visa provides opportunities for people between 18 and 30 years of age from some countries to work and holiday in Australia.

Are you planning on travelling to Australia to visit family and friends? The Australian Government has now made it possible to arrange an ETA via the Internet. Issued Online.

Would you like to study in Australia? Each year over 150,000 international students from around 140 countries drawn to Australia to study, work and live in Australia. Find out if you are one of the lucky ones.

Want to manage, purchase or set up a business in Australia? The Business Skills Visa class encourages successful business people to settle permanently in Australia and contribute to the Australian economy by developing new or existing businesses.

Skilled Visas