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Highlights: Australia to welcome 185,000 PRs in 2025

• The government of Australia has announced details about the planning levels for 2024-25 Migration program.
• As per the announcement on May 14, 2024, a total of 185,000 PRs will be welcomed in 2025.
• The 185,000 PRs were split among Skill streams and family streams with a ratio of 70:30.
• The Australian states and territories will also receive allocations through the program in the Subclass 190 and Subclass 491 visa categories.

 

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Federal Budgets of 2023–24 and 2024–25

The table below has information on the planning levels for the migration program as a part of the 2024–25 Federal Budget.

Visa Stream​	Visa Category	2024–25 Planning levels
Skill	Employer Sponsored	44,000
	Skilled Independent	16,900
	Regional	33,000
	State/Territory Nominated	33,000
	Business Innovation & Investment	1,000
	Global Talent (Independent)	4,000
	Distinguished Talent	300
Skill Total		1,32,200
Family	Partner1​	40,500
	Parent	8,500
	Child1​	3,000
	Other Family	500
	Family Total	52,500
	Special ​​Eligibility	300
Total Migration Program		1,85,000

 

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Composition of 2024-25 Permanent Migration Program

The Australian government announced 185,000 PRs in 2025 by the 2024-25 migration program planning levels.  The program focuses on filling the top sector's skill shortages and streamlining visa processing for regional Australia. The skill stream was given 132,000 places, while the particular eligibility stream received 300. The family stream was granted a total of 52,500 places, divided into 40,500 for partner visas and 3,000 for child visas.

 

The table below has complete compositions of the 2024-25 permanent migration program:

Type of stream	Number of places	Description
Skill stream	132,000 places	The stream is intended to boost the economy's productivity and fill labor shortages, particularly for those in regional Australia.
Family stream	52,500 places	The stream consists of partner visas that help overseas family members reunite with their Australian family. It also provides a citizenship pathway.
Special eligibility stream	300 places	The stream is for those in special conditions, such as permanent residents returning to the country after staying overseas for a period of time.

 

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Nomination allocations for State and territory-nominated visa categories

Nomination allocations are also issued to states and territories under the Migration program.

 

The allocations are distributed via the following streams:

 

• Skilled – Nominated (Subclass 190 visa)
• Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) (Subclass 491 visa)

 

List of 2024–25 state and territory nomination allocations

Given below is the total number of allocations that were granted to the states and territories:

State​	Skilled Nominated (Subclass 190) visa	Skilled Work Regional (Subclass 491) visa
ACT	1,000	800
NSW	3,000	2,000
NT	800	800
QLD	600	600
SA	3,000	800
TAS	2,100	760
VIC	3,000	2,000
WA	3,000	2,000
Total	16,500	9,760

 

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