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New Occupation Lists for Orana and South Australia
Orana has revised their skilled occupation list, which will be e ffective from 1 July 2017, and reviewed its application process. These affect applications for sponsorship of Skilled - Regional Sponsored (provisional) visas [subclass 489]. Visit the Orana migration site here to learn more.
South Australia has also made changes to its state nominated occupation list. This affects those applying for Skilled Nominated 190 visas [subclass 190]. View the new list here. It is important to look through the revised list carefully as some additional requirements on English ability and work experience have been altered for certain occupations.
South Australia will also be temporarily reducing the minimum score requirement for the "high points" category from 85 to 80. Once the allocated quotas for 80 point score entries have been reached, the 85 point minimum will return. Read more other that have been made here.
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WA State Sponsorship
Applying for a Skilled Nominated 190 Visa with Western Australia
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your nominated occupation to be present on the WA's occupation list(s)
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a suitable skills assessment in that nominated occupation
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meeting the minimum Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) score of 60 on the points test (inclusive of the 5 extra points you get for state sponsorship) and other base requirements such as a health and character conditions
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committing to living and working in WA for at least the first two years upon your move to Australia should your visa be granted
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the status of your occupation on the WA occupation list is "available"
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you meet the minimum English requirement based on your occupation group
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you have a job offer if your occupation is classified under "Schedule 2" or if the applicant is outside WA
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you meet the minimum work experience requirement
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you provide evidence of sufficient migration funds
What does all the above mean for you?
"Available" Status
Additional English Requirements
It is also separated into occupation groups - managers, professionals, technicians and trades workers, and community and personal service workers. These occupation groups determine the minimum English test results that you will need to obtain to be eligible for state nomination. If your nominated occupation falls under "managers" and "professionals", you will need to meet or exceed the following English test scores:
These scores are above the DIBP minimum and are the same as the the DIBP definition of a proficient level of English ability
If your nominated occupation falls under the "technicians and trades workers" or "community and personal service workers" groups, then your minimum English scores would follow the DIBP minimum standards of a competent level of English.
Evidence of Job Offer
WA's occupation list also classifies each occupation as "Schedule 1" or "Schedule 2". If you fall under Schedule 2, you will be required to present evidence of a job offer in the form of a contract of employment for at least 12 months in WA. This job needs to engage you for a minimum of 35 hours/week. It is possible to combine 2 contracts of employment to meet the 35 hours. This requirement of employment also applies to applicants who are outside of WA (offshore or in another Australian state). This ranks above the 20 hours/week asked by other states. Furthermore, it is necessarily for you to apply with a contract that has at least 12 months remaining on it at the time of application, if you are currently working in that position. Your contract should show:
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Names of both the employer and the employee
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Timeframe or contract start date and end date (unless permanent)
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Job description
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Compensation and benefits
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Conditions of employment (other conditions agreed to, including hours and location of employment
Work Experience Requirement
All applicants are subject to work experience requirements and must have at least one year of Australian work experience in their nominated occupation in the last ten years, or hold three years of overseas experience in their nominated occupation. Work experience will be considered only post-qualification and if the hours worked are 20 hours/week or more. Simply claiming that you have the required work experience is insufficient for WA. You must obtain a skills assessment where the work experience is verified as suitable to claim the 5 points (or more) under the DIBP points system. This means that when you apply for your skills assessment, you will need to apply for assessment of your work experience as well; and assessment of your work experience is not immediately included in your skills assessment. Please be reminded that if the requirements defined by the assessing authority for your nominated occupation differs from that of WA's base ones, you must satisfy your assessing authority's requisites to achieve a suitable skills and work experience assessment.
Settlement Funds
Finally you must be able to provide material that proves that you possess the available funds to settle in WA if you are currently outside WA. These can come in the form of banks statements or asset evaluations. The guide is as follows:
Single $20,000 AUD
Couple $30,000 AUD
Every additional dependant $5,000 AUD
If WA selects you, you will be sent a nomination application form that you will need to complete in 28 days. Wanting your settlement to run smoothly, WA will also issue you three multi-choice questionnaires regarding general knowledge surrounding WA, to which you will be provided with resources that you may refer to to complete. Here is the official guide to applying for a 190 visa with state sponsorship with WA.
We don't see any relief such as waivers to requirements, quicker processing time or access to an extended list for international graduates looking at applying for WA state sponsorships, which is a real pity. There is also zero access to the Consolidated Sponsored Occupation List (CSOL). Thankfully outside this, WA state sponsorship is quite straightforward and does not impose a load of different circumstantial rules surrounding your previous residence in Australia, the residence of your next of kin or our nominated occupations. Applying for state sponsorship with WA will set you back $200. The WA state migration site publishes its current processing time, which at the time of publication of this article, sits at 5 days. What a quick turn around! This is a non-refundable fee. Meeting the requirements in no way guarantees that you will be receive state sponsorship.
By Zoe He
Senior Migration Agent (MARN: 1464926)
Australian Immigration Law Services
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