General Skilled Migration Visas

General Skilled Migration visas is for skilled workers who wish to migrate to Australia permanently. Assessment is based on points and include age, qualifications, English level, work experience and so on.

General Skilled Migration visas include:

• Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189)
• Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190)

General Skilled Migration Visas – Visa Requirements

Applicants need to first submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) and then be invited through SkillSelect. If an invitation is offered to the applicant, within 60 days an application for the visa must be lodged. Information in the expression of interest cannot be updated, changed or deleted.

For the General Skilled Migration visas, applicants must:

• have not turned 45 years of age
• have competent English
• demonstrate a suitable Skills Assessment assessed by the relevant assessing authority for a nominated occupation:
• Subclass 189 or 489 Family nominated
• Medium and Long‑term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL) (section 8 of Instrument LIN 19/051)
• Subclass 190
• MLTSSL or Short-term Skilled Occupation List (STSOL) (section 8 and 9 of Instrument LIN 19/051))
• Subclass 489 Government nominated
• meet the 65 points requirement

For help with your Expression of Interest (EOI) and General Skilled Migration (GSM), contact Migration Agents Melbourne.

General Skilled Migration Visas – Points Table

General Skilled Migration Visas – Visa Charges

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