South Australia is increasing its nominations of offshore skilled migrants from over 470 occupations for both visa subclasses: 190 Skilled Nominated (Permanent) visa and 491 Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa during the 2022 and 2023 financial year.
This is a measure to bring more skilled people to the State and help address South Australia’s urgent skills shortages. More than 1,100 candidates have already been nominated this financial year for several occupations.
If you are outside of Australia and have plans to apply for a Skilled Migration Visa within South Australia, you must follow some requirements to be nominated by the State:
How to apply for South Australia Skilled Nomination from outside Australia? – step by step
1 – Check if your occupation is on the
South Australia Skilled Occupation list (you can check it on this blog post)
Be careful: the offshore applicant’s pathway is not open to all occupations! Please contact us to assess your case in particular..
2 – Meet the basic requirements established by the Department of Home Affairs:
- score at least 65 on the points test – unless SA requires a higher score;
- have a positive skills assessment in your nominated occupation;
- be under 45 years of age;
- meet the minimum English language requirement for your occupation;
3 – Meet South Australia-specific occupation requirements – SA will be assessing offshore candidates on merit by the following factors within their nominated occupation:
- Years and field of skilled employment
- English language ability
- EOI points
Be careful: this also varies according to each occupation.
4 – Submit an expression of Interest (EOI) with SkillSelect.
5 – South Australian Government can view your application and may invite you to apply for state nomination for the 491 visa OR 190 visa in priority occupations, such as:
- Medical Specialists
- Health and Science professionals
- Nurses
- Teacher
- Defence
- Technicians
- Trades workers
Be careful: Invitations are NOT guaranteed.
South Australia is nominating offshore applicants from over 470 occupations, and as we have explained, requirements will vary for each one of them. So before you do anything, check if you meet all the requirements with one of our Registered Agents to avoid wasting time and money. We can assist you with your Skills Assessment and your EoI.
If you want to start planning your migration pathway to Australia, please get in touch with us:
? 9216 6600
?? visas@bravomigration.com.au
? DM on Instagram
