August 21, 2023 | State Updates Western Australia
WA 2022-23 Skilled Migration Program
Features of the 2023—24 program
The following table provides an overview of the 2023-24 requirements for each stream of the State nominated migration program, for each of the two eligible visa types.
Stream requirements | General stream WASMOL Schedule 1 | General stream WASMOL Schedule 2 | Graduate stream | |||
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Visa type | 190 | 491 | 190 | 491 | 190 | 491 |
Meet Department of Home Affairs eligibility requirements for the intended visa subclass see How to apply for WA State nomination, Step1: Lodge an expression of interest | ||||||
Nominated occupation is available on the relevant list | ||||||
Meet minimum English requirements | ||||||
At least one year Australian or one year of overseas work experience in nominated (or closely related) occupation | – | – | – | – | ||
Full time employment contract in WA for a minimum of six months in the nominated (or closely related) occupation* | – | * | – | – | – | |
Have obtained a Certificate III level or above qualification from an accredited WA educational institution | – | – | – | – | ||
Meet the two years WA study requirement | – | – | – | – |
* Applicants invited through a WA building and construction industry sector occupation (as per the WA State nomination Occupation lists) do not need to have a contract of employment.
1: Nominated occupation on the relevant occupation list
The nominated occupation identified in your skills assessment must be:
2: Skills assessments
Your skills assessment must match the occupation you nominate in your EOI, and the occupation you are invited to apply for WA State nomination through.
A provisional skills assessment issued for a subclass 485 visa application cannot be considered.
3: Department of Home Affairs requirements
You must meet Home Affairs’ requirements for your intended visa subclass, being:
4: English language requirement
To meet the English language requirement, you must meet the minimum score listed for all four components, in a single sitting of one of the Home Affairs approved English tests listed below.
Competent English bands (test) | Listening | Reading | Writing | Speaking |
---|---|---|---|---|
International English Language Testing System (IELTS) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Occupational English Test (OET) | B | B | B | B |
Test of English as a foreign language internet-based test (TOEFL-iBT) | 12 | 13 | 21 | 18 |
Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
Cambridge C1 Advanced | 169 | 169 | 169 | 169 |
5: Work experience requirement
The work experience requirement is not applicable to anyone invited through the General stream WASMOL schedule 2.
You must have:
You can only count work experience gained after you received your qualification, in paid employment, where you have worked at least 20 hours per week.
Evidence of relevant work experience may include:
Further evidence of work experience may be requested during the application process.
6: Contract of employment
The Contract of employment requirement is not applicable to visa 491 applicants, or applicants who are were invited through a WA building and construction industry sector occupation (as classified on the WA State nomination Occupation lists).
You must have a contract of employment in your nominated (or closely related) occupation for full time employment in Western Australia, for at least six months from the date of your application for State nomination. Full time employment is defined as an average of at least 35 hours work per week. You are able to provide two contracts of employment to make up the 35 hours. The contract must include:
We will also assess whether:
Independent contractors, self employment and sole traders
Employment contracts submitted by an independent contractor or for self-employment do not meet the above requirements and are not suitable to apply for WA State nomination. Employment contracts submitted by a sole trader will be considered in the following circumstances only:
1: Nominated occupation on the relevant occupation list
The nominated occupation identified in your skills assessment must be listed on the Graduate stream occupation list and eligible for your intended visa subclass.
2: Skills assessments
Your skills assessment must match the occupation you nominate in your EOI, and the occupation you are invited to apply for WA State nomination through.
A provisional skills assessment issued for a subclass 485 visa application cannot be considered.
3: Department of Home Affairs requirements
You must meet Home Affairs’ requirements for your intended visa subclass, being:
4: English language requirement
To meet the English language requirement, you must meet the minimum score listed for all four components, in a single sitting of one of the Home Affairs approved English tests listed below.
Competent English bands (test) | Listening | Reading | Writing | Speaking |
---|---|---|---|---|
International English Language Testing System (IELTS) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Occupational English Test (OET) | B | B | B | B |
Test of English as a foreign language internet-based test (TOEFL-iBT) | 12 | 13 | 21 | 18 |
Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic) | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
Cambridge C1 Advanced | 169 | 169 | 169 | 169 |
If you have a passport from the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand, the United States of America or Ireland, you don’t need to sit an English test to be eligible for WA State nomination.
5: Study requirements
To meet the study requirements You must be able to demonstrate that you meet the following five study components:
Qualifications
You will need to have gained at least one of the following qualifications from a WA educational institution that meets the accreditation requirements (outlined below) at the time of your study.
and/or
You can use study from different WA qualifications to make up the two-year study requirement component.
Study gained through an English language program can be used to meet the study requirement, if you have also gained at least one of the qualifications listed above.
WA Educational Institution accreditation requirements
The WA Educational institution/s where you completed your studies must have:
To be considered accredited, the educational institution (including providers of English language programs) must be:
In addition:
Please refer to our list of WA accredited educational institutions below, for further information.
Full time study
The educational institution determines whether a course is full time or part time based on the number of subjects a student studies per semester / trimester.
If study from your full time course was completed at a reduced study load, you will need to provide evidence demonstrating:
Credits, advanced standing or recognition of prior learning for study completed outside of Western Australia can not be used to meet the WA State nomination study requirements.
Face-to-Face
An environment where a teacher and class of students meet for group learning, on campus, at a set time in a set place is considered face-to-face learning.
For the purpose of WA State nomination, study used to meet the face-to-face study requirement component must be completed on campus, in WA.
Online study is not eligible unless you were required to complete some of your studies online due to COVID-19. In this case, you will need to show evidence that you were enrolled as an onshore WA student during this period.
Two years of academic study
You must complete a minimum two year period of academic study in WA, contributing to the completion of one or more qualification/s to meet the two year study requirement component.
Credits, advanced standing or recognition of prior learning for study completed outside of Western Australia cannot be used to meet the WA State nomination study requirements.
The onus is on the applicant to provide evidence to show two years of living and studying in WA. Additionally, the awarding institution must have met the accreditation requirements.
Evidence required
You will need to provide the following evidence:
If you were studying under an Australian student visa, you will also need to provide confirmation of enrolment/s (COEs) and/or student visa grant notice for the duration of your two years of WA study
Listed below are the current WA accredited educational institutions with a WA campus, and whether they are accredited as an English language program provider (ELP); or for vocational education and training (VET); higher education (HE); or university (U).
CRICOS number | Institution trading name/s | Accreditation | Website | |||
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ELP | VET | HE | U | |||
02398A | Academies Australasia Institute | academies.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
00958A | Alphacrucis College | ac.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03782G | AMA College | amacollege.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03703M | Apeiro Institute | apeiro.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
02645B | Australia-International Institute of Workplace Training | aiwt.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
02813B | Australasian Academy of Cosmetic Dermal Science | aacds.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
02813B | Australian College of Beauty Therapy | nicheeducation.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03375M | Australian College of Christian Studies Ltd | ccs.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03071E | Australian College of Dance | alg.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03800K | Australian College of Management and Innovation Pty Ltd | acmi.wa.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
02813B | Australian College of Specialist Makeup | nicheeducation.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03071E | Australian College of Sport & Fitness | alg.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
02650E | Australian College of Theology | actheology.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03402B | Australian Institute of Language and Further Education | ailfe.wa.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03071E | Australian Learning Group | alg.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03255G | Australian Professional Skills Institute | apsi.wa.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03437B | Australian Technical College Western Australia | atc.wa.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03691K | Australian Tertiary Institute | atiaus.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03522E | Babel International College (WA) | bic.wa.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
00463B | Canning College | canningcollege.wa.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
00219C | Central Queensland University | cqu.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03057C | College of Sports & Fitness | csf.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
02042G | Curtin College | curtincollege.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
00301J | Curtin University | curtin.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
02899B | DNA Kingston Training | dnakingstontraining.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
01312J | Edith Cowan College | edithcowancollege.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
00279B | Edith Cowan University | ecu.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
02925E | Education Training and Employment Australia | etea.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
01070M | EF International Language Schools | ef-australia.com.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03275D | Empyrean Education Institute | eei.wa.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
00231G | Endeavour College of Natural Health, College of Natural Beauty, FIAFitnation | endeavour.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03567C | Engineering Institute of Technology Pty Ltd | eit.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
02898C | Everthought College of Construction | everthought.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03564F | Global College Australasia | globalcollege.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03407G | Institute of Health & Management Pty Ltd | ihm.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03386G | Institute of Health and Nursing Australia | ihna.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03345F | International Institute of Business and Technology Australia | iibt.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03594M | International Institute of Planning and Management | iipm.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
02426B | Kaplan Business School Pty Ltd | kbs.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03425F | Keystone College of Business and Technology | kcbt.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
02543G | Kingston International College | kingstoncollege.wa.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
02139J | Language Links | languagelinks.wa.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03636F | Lead College Pty Ltd | leadcollege.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03274E | Lexis English Perth | lexisenglish.com(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03459G | Lexis TESOL Training Centres | lexis-training.com(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03468F | Macallan College Pty Ltd | macallan.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
00061J | Milner International College of English | milner.wa.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
00125J | Murdoch University | murdoch.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
00289M | Navitas English | navitasenglish.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03431G | New England School of English | nec.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03431G | New England College Perth | nec.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03420M | NIT Australia | nitaustralia.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03733E | Open Colleges School of Health | opencolleges.edu.au/school-of-health(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03802G | Pal Education | majorblueair.com.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
00986G | Perth Bible College | pbc.wa.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03282E | Perth College of Beauty Therapy | perthcollege.com.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03051J | Perth College Of Business and Technology Pty Ltd | pcbt.wa.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
02368G | Perth International College of English | pice.com.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
00066D | Phoenix Academy | phoenix.wa.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
00312F | SAE Creative Media Institute | sae.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03528K | Sero Institute | seroinstitute.com.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03391M | Sheridan College Inc | sheridan.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03548F | Skills Australia Institute | skillsaustralia.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03328G | Skills Institute Australia | skills.qld.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
01241G | Southern Cross University | scu.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03047E | Stanley College | stanleycollege.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
01701G | Sterling Business College | gillscollege.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
00197D | Stott’s Colleges, Australian Surf Industry Training School, Front Cooking School, Melbourne Language Centre, Affectors Academy | acknowledgeeducation.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03376K | Swan Institute Australia | swan.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
02948J | Sydney College of Divinity | scd.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
00020G | TAFE International Western Australia | tafeinternational.wa.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03016A | Taylor Weir School of Hairdressing | taylorweir.com.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03091A | The One International College | theoneintlcollege.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
01032F | The University of Notre Dame Australia | nd.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
00126G | The University of Western Australia | uwa.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03721J | Ti Education and Training Pty Ltd | tieducation.com.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
02200J | Victory Life International Bible Training Centre | vlibtc.wa.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
02471G | Western Australian Aviation College | waaviationcollege.com.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03548F | Western Australia College lnternational | skillsaustralia.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
03188C | West Australian Institute of Further Studies | waifs.wa.edu.au(opens in a new tab) | ||||
02123F | YWAM Training Perth |
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