Victoria’s Skilled Migration Program 2022-23Â
Victoria’s 2022-23 Skilled Migration Program is now open. It is open to applicants living in Victoria and overseas, the program provides skilled migrants with a pathway to permanent residency in Victoria. The skills that successful applicants bring to Victoria benefits employers and the broader Victorian economy.
The program provides two visa pathways. The Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) is a permanent visa for skilled migrants to live and work anywhere in Victoria. The Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) is for skilled migrants to live and work in regional Victoria and provides a pathway to permanent residency through the Permanent Residence (Skilled Regional) visa (subclass 191)external link.
As with previous years, applicants will first need to submit a Registration of Interest (ROI) and then be selected on competitive merit to apply for visa nomination.
Before submitting an ROI, applicants should ensure that they meet all eligibility requirements:
ROIs will be assessed until May 2023.
The 2021-22 program was highly competitive with over 15,000 Registrations of Interest submitted. Applicants who were not selected to apply are encouraged to submit a new Registration of Interest for the 2022-23 program.
Onshore and offshore applicants can apply
More eligible occupations
All occupations on the relevant Department of Home Affairs occupation list are now eligible, and applicants are no longer required to be using STEMM skills and working in a target sector to apply.
What nominations are eligible for fast track nomination?
What are the minimum nomination requirements?
New candidates
What about existing ROIs with an occupation on the fast track nomination occupation list?
EOIs without existing ROI for Victorian nomination
New candidates
There are four steps to subclass 491 visa nomination.
I have already applied for the subclass 190 visa nomination; can I simultaneously apply for the subclass 491 visa nomination
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