Australia–also known as ‘Down Under’ and the ‘Kangaroo Land’–encourages skilled and qualified migrants to shift to its shores on a large scale even as it offers provisional and Permanent Residence Visas to them. While the migrants get work opportunities in one of the most prosperous and forward-looking nations across the globe, Australia benefits from their expertise and skills even as it further surges ahead on the world map.
Basic Visa Requirements for Skilled Migrants
To make an entry into the nation–via the skilled immigration arrangement–the aspirants ought to fulfill certain fundamental requirements. They ought to be more than 18 years but below 50 years, possess reasonably good English language skills. They must also have trained employment experience acquired recently, or a recently concluded entitled Australian qualification. They also ought to also possess skills and qualifications for a line of work mentioned on the nation’s Skilled Occupation List (SOL).
It is also important that the applicants possess quite good character with no criminal backgrounds whatsoever. The petitions of people, with a considerable or serious criminal record, are likely to be out-rightly rejected. The aspirants must also be healthy and suffer from no serious diseases.
Australian Permanent Residency: Key Visa Classes
Skilled – Independent (Migrant) Permit (sub-category 175)
The said permit enables the candidates to shift to Down Under, in case he has reasonably good skills in the English language, and possess skills & credentials in a vocation in requirement in the Kangaroo Land. The permit employs a points test to pick-up visa aspirants with characteristics required in the country’s labour market. Significantly, there is no need of sponsorship to file a petition for this permit even as it allows the main applicant & the secondary aspirants, mentioned in the permit petition, to reside as permanent residents in the nation.
Skilled – Sponsored (Migrant) Permit (Sub-category 176)
The given permit enables the visa-aspirants to move to the nation in a situation wherein he has rather good skills in English language, and possesses skills and credentials in a line of work given on the SOL (Skilled Occupation List). The permit employs a points test to pick-up candidates with characteristics required in the country’s labour market. It is essential that the candidates have sponsorship from a qualified relative residing in Down Under, or get nomination from an involved Australian Territory or State administration organization. The permit enables the applicant, and any secondary aspirants covered in his permit submission, to reside as permanent residents in the Kangaroo Land.
