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The Skilled Migration Program for 2021-22 will start accepting new Registrations of Interest (ROIs) on July, 7 2021. The Department of Home Affairs has allocated 3,500 subclass 190 places and 500 subclass 491 places to Victoria.

As part of our selection process this year, we will be looking for individuals who are presently living and working in Victoria and who are using their STEMM skills in a targeted industry. Health, life sciences, digital, medical research, agri-food, advanced manufacturing and New energy, emissions reduction, and circular economy are some of the sectors that we are focusing on.

For further information on eligibility criteria, kindly look below:

Skilled Nomination Visa (Subclass 190)

The Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) is a permanent visa for skilled migrants who have advanced talent and are presently employed in Victoria as STEMM professionals with advanced skills. Before you may apply for the visa, you must first obtain a nomination from Victoria.

Who can apply?

To qualify for a Victorian Skilled Nominated (subclass 190) visa nomination, you must:

●have been selected for Registration of Interest (ROI)
●live and work in rural Victoria
●be working as a STEMM professional in a target industry in Victoria
●must be under the age of 45
●possess adequate English proficiency and a valid Skills Assessment
●Have obtained a minimum of 65 points

How to apply?

To apply for a Victorian skilled visa nomination (subclass 190), you must:

●Make an Expression of Interest (EOI) using SkillSelect
●Fill out a Registration of Interest Form (ROI)
●Have your ROI chosen and receive an invitation to apply
●Prepare your supporting evidence to submit with your application
●Submit an application for nomination

What you will need?

You must provide the following documents with your application to show that you fulfill the requirements:

●Passport
●English language proficiency exam
●Assessment of skills
●Contract of employment
●Payslips
●Superannuation
●Description of the position
●Enrollment (if required, e.g. AHPRA)
●Form of Victorian declaration
●Form for appointing an agent (if required)

Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491)

The Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) enables skilled migrants to live, study, and work in specified regional areas for a term of five years. Before you can apply for the visa, you must first obtain Victoria’s nomination.

Who can apply?

To qualify for a Victorian Skilled Nominated (subclass 190) visa nomination, you must:

●have been selected for Registration of Interest (ROI)
●live and work in rural Victoria
●Be working as a STEMM professional in a target industry in Victoria
●must be under the age of 45
●possess adequate English proficiency and a valid Skills Assessment
●Have obtained a minimum score point

How to apply?

To apply for a Victorian skilled visa nomination (subclass 190), you must:

●Make an Expression of Interest (EOI) using SkillSelect
●Fill out a Registration of Interest Form (ROI)
●Have your ROI chosen and receive an invitation to apply
●Prepare your supporting evidence to submit with your application
●Submit an application for nomination

What you will need?

You must provide the following documents with your application to show that you fulfill the requirements:

●Passport
●English language proficiency exam
●Assessment of skills
●Contract of employment
●Payslips
●Superannuation
●Description of the position
●Enrollment (if required, e.g. AHPRA)
●Form of Victorian declaration
●Form for appointing an agent (if required)

The following are the most significant changes to the 2021-22 program:

●The requirement for minimum experience and hours worked is eliminated.
●Incremented in the targeted industries.
●Applicants must have STEMM abilities and be employed in a Skill Level 1 or 2 profession.
●Subclass 491 nomination applicants may additionally have a Skill Level 3 occupation using their STEMM skills.

Reference

International students studying in Australia may be eligible for temporary financial assistance in the state of Victoria. Australian Prime Minister stated on Thursday (June 3) that the government will provide up to 500 Australian dollars to employees harmed by the state’s extended lockdown.

Eligibility Criteria For The Emergency Financial Assistance

International students may be eligible for the Commonwealth payment, according to Federal Minister for Agriculture, Drought, and Emergency Management David Littleproud. The government said that individuals would be able to apply for the payment online or by calling Services Australia from 8 June 2021.

International students are permitted to work up to 40 hours every two weeks while studying and an unlimited number of hours during vacations. During the pandemic, the federal government has given a temporary relaxation of working hours for student visa holders. Students employed in some industries such as aged care, agriculture, tourism and hospitality, may work more than 40 hours per week.

To apply for emergency financial assistance, students must be above the age of 17 and reside or work in a commonwealth-defined hotspot region. Additionally, they must have liquid assets of less than A$10,000.

Payment would be made “week by week.” If a lockdown lasts more than two weeks, you must reapply for another weekly payment for the duration of the lockdown. Once the commonwealth no longer classifies an area as a hotspot, the payment will be stopped by the government. This indicates that if a state or territory government maintains a lockdown after removal of the hotspot criteria, the payment will end.

Reference

The Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485) allows students who want to live, study and work in Australia on a temporary basis after completing their studies.
The Temporary Graduate subclass 485 visa is a work visa for international students who have finished 2 years of study in Australia. It can last between a year and a half and 4 years relying upon your circumstance.
It is a decent method to stretch out your stay in Australia to improve your chances of getting qualified for a permanent or provisional skilled visa.
The candidate looking for a Temporary Graduate 485 Visa should be in Australia while making their application for the 485 visas and should be having a qualified student visa within a 6-month time frame preceding lodgement.
This is a temporary visa. Students can access up to two of these visas: a second 485 can be allowed to understudies who graduated from a Regional University or organization. This visa permits students to remain in Australia for up to four years.

To apply, a candidate should meet the following criteria:

  1. Age should be under 50 years
  2. Have an eligible visa
  3. Student visa should not be more than 6 months
  4. have a qualification in a CRICOS-registered course
  5. select just one stream – After applying there is no possibility to change visa streams.
  6. attach specified proofs when you apply.

The Department is thinking about choices for influenced students both in Australia and abroad because of COVID-19.
The new COVID-19 Concessions for Subclass 485 (TR) are to guarantee candidates are not impeded by conditions outside their ability to control, including border closures, restrictions imposed on businesses and the general economic downturn related to COVID-19.
The new changes revise the application requirements and visa measures for the Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visa, to help international students, by permitting applications for this post-study visa to be produced using outside Australia during a concession period. The alterations additionally permit the visa to be granted to a candidate who is outside Australia. Preceding this change, all candidates were expected to be in Australia to apply for the visa and after fulfilling this condition visa was allowed. These amendments are expected to offer former students a chance to go back to Australia by acquiring a visa the legitimate way. They can get back and relive the time they have spent in Australia.

The new changes are:

  1. Permit candidates need to apply and should truly be a Subclass 485 visa while being outside Australia during a concession period;
  2. Permit applications to be made from outside of Australia during a concession period without the standard requirements to have held a student visa within a 6-month time frame immediately before preceding making the application.
  3. Stretch out the time frame to meet the Australian Study Requirement (for example the time frame between finishing the study and applying for the Subclass 485 visa), from 6 months to 12 months for candidates kept from getting back to Australia because of COVID-19 travel limitations.