You must be aged under 45 when the Department to apply for the visa.

You can still apply for the visa if you turn 45 after the Department invites you to apply.

Your occupation must be on the relevant list of eligible skilled occupations for the Skilled Visas in Australia.

You can only apply for this visa if the Department invite you to do it. To do this, you must submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) to let the Department know that you would like to apply for the visa.

After you have submitted an EOI, you will be ranked against other intending applicants and might be invited to apply for the visa. Invitations are issued regularly through Skill-select.

You may also be invited for a skilled visa from states or territories.

When you submit your EOI in SkillSelect you will be given an indicative points score based on the claims you have made. If you do not obtain a score of 65 points you will not be invited to apply for this visa.

For your application to be valid, you must have a suitable skills assessment at the time of invitation.

Delegates of the Minister will now accept a suitable skills assessment for an applicant’s nominated skilled occupation which has been obtained within the 60 day invitation period.

Your skills assessment must have been obtained in the 3 years before the date of your invitation. If the assessment was for a shorter period, that period must not have passed.

At the time of invitation, you must have at least competent English.

You and family members aged 16 years and over who apply for the visa with you must meet the Department’s health and character requirements.