Introduced as a major change in Australia Skilled Migration Program, the new SkillSelect is meant to ensure that the skilled migration program fully serves its purpose of catering the needs of Australian economy and offers best support to the government in managing the program, in terms of who can apply, when can apply and in what number.

Besides, the main aim of introducing the SkillSelect program is to address the regional skills shortage. The program comes as a big opportunity for the people wishing to live and work in the Australian states.

The SkillSelect program, on the other hand, also serves the employers facing regional skills shortages and seeks more workers to grow their business. Apart from that, the program offers a great support to both state and territory government to help migrants to settle-down in the country.

How it works

The online service (SkillSelect) fulfills the dream of skilled workers and investors seeking to migrate to Australia and also enables them to submit their personal details by filing the Expression of Interests (EOI).

Subsequently, the candidates may be invited for filing the visa application, only if they fulfill all the necessary criteria including minimum qualifying-points. It is mandatory for all the applicants to submit their Expression of Interests, in order to receive an application for submitting a visa application, as of July 1, 2012.