Learn about the Skilled Migration Program to land in Australia!

visamintdigital Dec 8, 2021 12:32 1311 0

Australia always welcomes skilled professionals to come and contribute to the economy of the country. The skilled migrant program is for the people who have specific professional skill set not available in Australia. Skilled migrants, therefore, play a crucial role in boosting the economy of the country.

There are different kinds of migration programs that have a range of economic and social targets to meet. The Official Australian Immigration Website has let out an overall planning level for the 2021-22 Migration program that covers planning level for 1,60,000 places encompassing the following streams.

Skill (79,600 places) – this stream is designed to improve the productive capacity of the economy and fill skill shortages in the labour market, including those in regional Australia.

Family (77,300 places) – this stream is predominantly made up of Partner visas, enabling Australians to reunite with family members from overseas and provide them with pathways to citizenship.
Special Eligibility (100 places) – this stream covers visas for those in special circumstances, including permanent residents returning to Australia after a period overseas.
Child (3,000 places) – this stream is managed outside the Migration Program as it is demand driven and not subject to a ceiling.

The overall size and specifications of the Migration program is in harmony and needs to sink into the Australian Government’s Budget’s process. This is done through many negotiations and dialogues between the Department of Home affairs and the state and the territory governments.

When planning the overall size and specifications the following things are considered: Public submissions, economic and labour force forecasts, international research, net overseas migration and economic and fiscal modelling.

Mentioned below are the State and Territory nominated visa categories for the year 2021-2022:

Skilled – Nominated (subclass 190)
Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) (subclass 491)
Business Innovation and Investment Program (BIIP)

Every state or a province selects eligible candidates based on their own selection criteria. States and Territories each assess eligible applicants against criteria unique to their jurisdiction.

Further information on State and Territory nomination requirements can be found at:

ACT – Skilled Visa - ACT nomination and Business Migration Guidelines
NSW – Visas and Immigration
VIC – Live in Melbourne
QLD – Business & Skilled Migration Queensland
NT – Northern Territory Visa nomination eligibility
WA – Business Migration Western Australia (BIIP) or Skilled Migration Western Australia (190 and 491 visas)
SA – Move to South Australia
TAS – Migration Tasmania

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