Why it's the right time to apply for an Australian PR Visa?

Highlights: Apply for Australian PR Visa

• Australia is one of the popular overseas destinations among immigrants.
• To address skill shortages in the country, Australia has raised the immigration cap.
• Australia has 5 popular immigration programs.
• The places in Skilled Immigration visa have been increased.
• Australia offers 3 visa categories.

Australia has been one of the popular destinations for individuals who aspire for overseas immigration. Every year multiple individuals register for Australian immigration to study, work, live, or settle permanently in the country in the Southern hemisphere.

Now, there are reasons more than one, especially for skilled professionals, to apply for the Australia PR or permanent residency visa. In the past few years, Australia has continued to annually invite around 160,000 immigrants for permanent residency.

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To address the skill shortages in various states, for the year 2022-23, the government of Australia has extended its migration cap by 35,000. Therefore, in 2022-23, the country will welcome 195,000 new immigrants as permanent residents of Australia. Given below are some more reasons to migrate to Australia under this program year.

1. Most States invite offshore applicants to their nomination programs

The Skilled Migration programs of most states in Australia are inviting applications for nominations from international skilled professionals. Some of the state nomination programs in Australia are:

• ACT or Australian Capital Territory nomination program
• Migration Queensland State Nomination Program
• South Australia Skilled South Australia's Skilled and Business Migration program
• Victoria Skilled Migration Program
• Western Australia (WA) State nomination Migration Program

All the aforementioned programs nominate the candidates for an Australia PR visa, that is, provisional visa Subclass 491 and subclass 190.

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2. Increase in Skilled Migration visa places

Last year, the Australian DHA or Department of Home Affairs allocated 79,600 places for the visa for the category of Skilled Migration. This year, the DHA has announced an increase in the number of visa places, that is, 109,900 for the skilled migration category.

The count is likely to increase after the changes by DHA in the migration cap for each year. It is good news for international skilled professionals wanting to migrate to Australia.

3. More Occupations and Ease of Requirements

Many Australian states have added to their in-demand occupations list, that is, significant SOL or Skilled Occupation List. It means that the applicants for a skilled visa will have a broad range of occupations to select from. The major programs for state nominations have also eased their nomination requirements for skilled visa candidates.

Major Australian Visa Categories

Through the point-based GSM or General Skilled Migration of Australia, one can apply in any of the 3 skilled Visa categories. They are:

• Skilled Independent Visa Subclass 189 - Permanent Visa
• Skilled Nominated Visa Subclass 190 - State nominated PR visa
• Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) Visa Subclass 491 - Regional 5-year visa (offers Australia PR after 3 years)

Occupation Ceilings for Invitation Rounds

An 'occupation ceiling' is applicable for invitation rounds issued through autonomous and provisional skilled regional visas. It means that there will be a practical upper limit to the number of EOIs or Expressions of Interest to be invited in the stream of skilled migration from a field of occupation.

It ensures that the program of skilled migration remains steady and continues to issue invitations to immigrants across various skilled occupations.

The values in the occupation ceiling are based on the percentage of reserve employment figures for every occupation. Employment figures published by the Bureau of Statistics of Australia represent the number of individuals employed in Australia for each occupation.

Occupation ceilings are not applicable to State or Territory Business Innovation or Nominations and subclasses of investment visas.

Occupations on October 6, 2022, Invitation Round

The details of occupations-based invitations for the Skill Select Invitation Round held on October 6 2022 are given in the table below:

Job Roles	Subclass 189		Subclass 491
	Offshore	Onshore	Offshore	Onshore
Aeronautical Engineer	65	N/A	65	N/A
Agricultural Consultant	65	N/A	70	N/A
Agricultural Engineer	65	N/A	90	N/A
Agricultural Scientist	65	N/A	65	N/A
Architect	65	N/A	65	N/A
Audiologist	65	70	65	80
Biochemist	65	N/A	N/A	N/A
Biomedical Engineer	65	N/A	65	N/A
Biotechnologist	65	N/A	75	N/A
Botanist	65	N/A	85	N/A
Cardiologist	85	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cartographer	65	N/A	N/A	N/A
Chemical Engineer	65	N/A	70	N/A
Chemist	65	N/A	65	N/A
Chiropractor	65	70	N/A	N/A
Civil Engineer	65	N/A	65	N/A
Clinical Psychologist	85	65	N/A	N/A
Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher	65	65	70	75
Electrical Engineer	65	N/A	65	N/A
Electronics Engineer	65	N/A	65	N/A
Emergency Medicine Specialist	80	65	N/A	N/A
Endocrinologist	N/A	90	N/A	N/A
Engineering Professionals nec	65	N/A	70	N/A
Engineering Technologist	65	N/A	65	N/A
Environmental Consultant	65	N/A	75	N/A
Environmental Engineer	65	N/A	65	N/A
Environmental Research Scientist	65	N/A	95	N/A
Environmental Scientists nec	65	N/A	N/A	N/A
Food Technologist	65	N/A	70	N/A
Forester	65	N/A	75	N/A
Gastroenterologist	65	N/A	N/A	N/A
General Practitioner	65	65	N/A	N/A
Geophysicist	65	N/A	N/A	N/A
Geotechnical Engineer	65	N/A	N/A	N/A
Hydrogeologist	65	N/A	N/A	N/A
Industrial Engineer	65	N/A	70	N/A
Intensive Care Specialist	N/A	65	N/A	N/A
Landscape Architect	65	N/A	100	N/A
Life Scientist (General)	65	N/A	70	N/A
Life Scientists nec	65	N/A	70	N/A
Marine Biologist	65	N/A	85	N/A
Materials Engineer	65	N/A	80	N/A
Mechanical Engineer	65	N/A	65	N/A
Medical Diagnostic Radiographer	65	65	N/A	N/A
Medical Laboratory Scientist	65	N/A	70	N/A
Medical Oncologist	75	N/A	N/A	N/A
Medical Practitioners nec	65	65	N/A	N/A
Medical Radiation Therapist	N/A	90	N/A	N/A
Metallurgist	65	N/A	70	N/A
Meteorologist	90	N/A	N/A	N/A
Microbiologist	65	N/A	80	N/A
Midwife	75	70	N/A	N/A
Mining Engineer (excluding Petroleum)	65	N/A	75	N/A
Natural and Physical Science Professionals nec	80	N/A	N/A	N/A
Naval Architect	65	N/A	N/A	N/A
Neurologist	75	80	N/A	N/A
Neurosurgeon	N/A	65	N/A	N/A
Nuclear Medicine Technologist	70	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nurse Practitioner	75	N/A	N/A	N/A
Obstetrician and Gynaecologist	N/A	65	N/A	N/A
Occupational Therapist	65	65	N/A	N/A
Optometrist	N/A	70	N/A	N/A
Orthotist or Prosthetist	N/A	70	N/A	N/A
Osteopath	N/A	70	N/A	N/A
Other Spatial Scientist	65	N/A	N/A	N/A
Paediatrician	N/A	65	N/A	N/A
Pathologist	65	N/A	N/A	N/A
Petroleum Engineer	65	N/A	80	N/A
Physicist	65	N/A	90	N/A
Physiotherapist	65	65	80	N/A
Podiatrist	70	65	N/A	N/A
Production or Plant Engineer	65	N/A	65	N/A
Psychiatrist	70	75	N/A	N/A
Psychologists nec	65	65	N/A	N/A
Quantity Surveyor	65	N/A	65	N/A
Registered Nurse (Aged Care)	65	65	N/A	70
Registered Nurse (Child and Family Health)	70	65	N/A	N/A
Registered Nurse (Community Health)	65	65	N/A	N/A
Registered Nurse (Critical Care and Emergency)	65	65	70	65
Registered Nurse (Disability and Rehabilitation)	N/A	65	N/A	N/A
Registered Nurse (Medical Practice)	65	65	90	N/A
Registered Nurse (Medical)	65	65	70	80
Registered Nurse (Mental Health)	65	65	N/A	N/A
Registered Nurse (Paediatrics)	70	65	N/A	N/A
Registered Nurse (Perioperative)	65	65	N/A	N/A
Registered Nurse (Surgical)	65	65	N/A	75
Registered Nurses nec	65	65	N/A	70
Renal Medicine Specialist	N/A	80	N/A	N/A
Secondary School Teacher	65	65	75	85
Social Worker	65	65	75	90
Sonographer	65	N/A	N/A	N/A
Special Education Teachers nec	N/A	95	N/A	N/A
Special Needs Teacher	65	80	N/A	N/A
Specialist Physician (General Medicine)	N/A	70	N/A	N/A
Specialist Physicians nec	65	80	N/A	N/A
Speech Pathologist	65	65	80	N/A
Structural Engineer	65	N/A	65	N/A
Surgeon (General)	65	80	N/A	N/A
Surveyor	65	N/A	65	N/A
Transport Engineer	65	N/A	80	N/A
University Lecturer	65	65	65	65
Veterinarian	65	N/A	N/A	N/A
Zoologist	65	N/A	N/A	N/A

Process of invitation and cut-offs

The individuals who have the highest rank through the points score system are issued an invitation to apply for a suitable visa. The candidates who have the same points scores and the date of effect, which means the time at which they attained their points score for the specific subclass determine when they receive an invitation. EOIs with prior dates of effect are issued invitations before later dates of effect.

Visa subclass	Minimum points score	Latest date of effect month
Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189)	65	Oct-22
Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) –	65	Oct-22

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