Thursday 26 April 2018

Getting PR Visa in Australia 189/190

Skilled Independent Visa Subclass 189
This is a skilled and point tested permanent visa of Australia. This visa has been designed for those skilled workers, who don’t have any family member or employer to sponsor. The applicants of this visa are also not nominated by any state or territory in Australia. This is completely independent visa. As a primary step to apply for this visa, you need to submit EOI (Expression of Interest) in online SkillSelect System of Australia. Minimum 60 points are required to be considered as applicant of this visa, based on age, education, work experience, etc. factors.
Skilled Nominated Visa Subclass 190
This particular visa of Australia is meant for the skilled workers, who have been nominated by a state or territory government agency in Australia to live and work in Australia permanently. This too is a point tested visa and minimum 60 points are required to be considered as applicant of this visa, based on age, education, work experience, state nomination, etc. factors. Points of state nomination are added in this visa category.

Subclass 189 Independent Skilled Visa:
  • Step One: Skill Assessment
  • Step Two: Expression Of Interest
  • Step Three: DIBP Visa application
Subclass 190 State-sponsored Skilled Visa:
  • Step One: Skill Assessment
  • Step Two: Expression of Interest
  • Step Three: State Sponsorship Application
  • Step Four: DIBP Visa Application
  • Another important difference between the two visas focuses upon the Skilled Occupation Lists.
The Skilled Occupations List (SOL) usually refers to the skilled list with occupations that can apply for a 189 visa
Skilled Regional (Provincial) Visa (Subclass 489):
The Skilled Regional (Provisional)-(Subclass 489) visa is a 4 year provisional visa which requires holders to live and work in a regional area to obtain permanent residence. To qualify, you will need to be sponsored by either a relative living in a designated area or a State or Territory Government.
The 489 is only a Temporary visa, which requires you to live in Regional Australia. Once you have done so for 2 years, and worked full-time for 1 year (also in Regional Australia), you will have the right to apply for the Skilled-Regional residence 887, which would essentially be identical to the 190, in that it grants you permanent residence, without any conditions
In other words, both visas can get you to permanent residence. But the 190 gets you there directly, while the 489 will take you 2 years to get to the same place. So if you can apply for either one, the 190 is the clear choice

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