Greater Melbourne is not included in the list of designated regional areas. Consequently, three and a half years of study in Melbourne generates neither the 5 points for regional study nor eligibility for the regional extension of the Subclass 485 visa. Nor does...
No — receiving a skilled invitation does not oblige you to keep working for your 482 visa sponsor. Since 1 July 2024, condition 8607 permits you to work for other employers for up to 180 consecutive days at a time, and up to 365 days in total across the life of the...
If your 482 visa expires before you have completed two years of eligible employment, you will need to apply for a new 482 visa. The criterion for the Temporary Residence Transition (TRT) stream of the 186 visa is purely a matter of arithmetic: two years of sponsored...
The Department of Home Affairs publishes Subclass 491 processing times as 25th, 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles on its “Global visa processing times” page, and that table is updated monthly. The precise answer to this question is the figure shown on that...
The legislated pass mark for the points test in the 189, 190 and 491 visas is 65 points, and the Department of Home Affairs makes it clear that an EOI must meet or exceed that threshold. The figure of 90 is a competitive market estimate, not a legal minimum; for civil...
