AUSTRALIAN VISA
Australian Visa Student Visa
Visit Australia to participate in a course of study.
- You must be 6 years or older.
- You can stay for the duration of your course.
- You must be enrolled in a full-time course at a recognized educational institution.
Graduate Work stream
Australian Visa Student Visa
Australian Visa Student Visa is for international students who have recently graduated with skills and qualifications that are relevant to specific occupations in Australia needs. It lets you live, study and work in Australia temporarily.
- You can work in Australia.
- Have a qualification relevant to an occupation on the skilled occupation list.
- You can bring your family with you.
Post-Study Work stream
This visa is for international students who have recently graduated with a degree from an Australian institution. It lets you live, work and study in Australia, temporarily.
- You can work in Australia.
- You can bring your family with you.
- You need a recent degree a CRICOS-registered course.
Australia Work Visa
Short-term stream
This visa enables employers to address labour shortages by bringing in genuinely skilled workers where employers can’t source an appropriately skilled Australian.
- The occupation is on the short-term skilled occupations list
Medium-term stream
This visa lets skilled people with a relevant occupation work in Australia for an employer who can’t find an Australian to do the work.
- Your occupation is on either the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL) or the Regional Occupation List (ROL)
- You can work in Australia for up to four years.
Labour agreement stream
This visa is for skilled workers nominated by employers with a Labour Agreement. It lets you live and work in the Australian Visa temporarily.
- Your employer has to have a labour agreement.
Subsequent entrant
This visa enables genuinely skilled workers brought in to address labour shortages to bring their family. It is for family members of subclass 482 and 457 visa holders
- It is for family members of subclass 482 and 457 visa holders
Australia Permanent Residency - Subclass 189
Points tested stream
This visa lets invited workers with skills we need live and work permanently anywhere in Australia.
- You don’t need a sponsor
- You must be invited to apply
- You must be under 45 to be invited
New Zealand stream
This visa lets eligible New Zealand citizens with a New Zealand Special Category (subclass 444) visa live and work in Australia permanently.
- You must hold a New Zealand Special Category (subclass 444) visa
- You must have lived in Australia for at least the last 5 years
- You must have started living here on or before 19 February 2016
Permanent Residency (State Sponsorship) - Subclass 190
With this visa, you can.
- Work and study anywhere in Australian Visa.
- Sponsor eligible relatives for permanent residence.
- Apply for Australian citizenship, if eligible