Every year, hundreds of people from across the globe immigrate to Australia on a PR visa.
With this visa, you can live and work in Australia for five years. After three years, you can apply for permanent citizenship.
The two main eligibility criteria for visas are scoring a minimum of 65 points, and your occupation should be on the Skilled Occupations List.
You need PR points to apply to any of the following three subclasses:
The table below shows how the points are distributed:
Factors | Maximum Points |
Age (25-33 years) | 30 points |
English proficiency (8 bands) | 20 points |
Work Experience outside Australia (8-10 years) | 15 points |
Work Experience in Australia (8-10 years) | 20 points |
Education (outside Australia) – Doctorate degree | 20 points |
Doctorate or master’s degree by research in Australia or similar skilled degrees | 10 points |
Study in a regional area | 5 points |
Proficient in community language | 5 points |
Professional year in a skilled program in Australia | 5 points |
State sponsorship (190 visa) | 5 points |
Skilled spouse (Age, Skills & English language requirements to be met) | 10 points |
Spouse or de facto partner with competent English (No need to meet Skills requirement or age factor) | 5 points |
Applicants without a spouse or de facto partner or where a spouse is an Australian citizen or PR holder | 10 points |
Documentation
The following documents are required when applying for Australia PR:
The work experience is valid only when you have obtained it in the last ten years before applying.
Work experience (in Years) | Points Awarded |
Minimum 1 year | 5 |
Minimum of 3 years | 10 |
Minimum of 5 years | 15 |
Minimum of 8 years | 20 |
Points for work experience outside Australia:
Work experience (in Years) | Points Awarded |
Minimum of 3 years | 5 |
Minimum of 5 years | 10 |
Minimum of 8 years | 15 |
Points are also awarded based on your educational qualifications:
Qualification | Points Awarded |
Doctorate | 20 |
Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree | 15 |
Australian diploma or trade qualification | 10 |
Awards or qualification recognized by the assessing | 10 |
Recognized standard in the assessment of the skilled nominated occupation | 10 |
You can prove your language proficiency by taking a recognised test. Australian immigration authorities accept scores tests like IELTS, PTE, TOEFL, etc. It is important to take the test and get a high score.
Language competency is a vital fact which is taken into account. Your score will determine your points in the points calculator.
Try to score eight or more per band in each category to receive good points:
Proficiency in the English language | Points awarded |
Superior English or an IELTS score of 8 or more per band in each group | 20 |
Proficient English or an IELTS score of 7 or more per band in each group | 10 |
Competent English or an IELTS score of 6 or more per band in each group | 0 |
Get your skills assessed by the Skills assessment authority which is an organization that will assess your skills, education and work experience based on Australian standards.
For getting a PR visa in the General Skilled Migration Program, all candidates get nominations based on Medium and Long Term Strategic Skills List (MLTSS) or sponsorship based on Consolidated Sponsored Occupations List (CSOL).
Potential applicants who have their specific nominated occupation in MLTSS are eligible for the following PR visa categories and subclasses:
Potential applicants who have their occupations nominated under CSOL are eligible for the following PR visa categories and subclasses:
Step 4: Register your Expression of Interest
The next step is to submit a form online through their Skill Select website. This involves answering questions on your skills based on the visa sub–class you are applying under.
There are three visa subclasses that you can look at:
Step 5: Get your Invitation to Apply (ITA)
Provided you meet all the requirements, you will now get an invitation to apply.
Once you receive an ITA, you must submit a completed application within 60 days. This should have all the supporting documents attached to it
There are two main clearance certificates that you must submit. These would be your police and medical clearance certificates
Age is one of the main factors considered in the points system for a PR visa. Although people above 45 years of age are not eligible for a Skilled visa, different points are allotted for different age groups.
They are as follows:
Age groups | Points |
18-24 | 25 |
25-32 | 30 |
33-39 | 25 |
40-44 | 15 |
Any kind of course that you take up for at least two years in the regional parts or low population density metropolitan areas of Australia rewards you with five skilled migration points.
If your partner is moving with you to Australia, several factors can help gain five immigration points. These factors are age, language proficiency, and skills assessment based on the Skills Occupation Lists.
You can get 5 Australian Immigration points in this category. Australia’s National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI) acknowledges every interpreter level skill in a community language. This is an essential skill that will award you with valuable immigration points.
A professional year program is a program that combines education and workspace experience in one year. This course is offered at the end of the course. Taking a professional year program can help you gain industry-specific knowledge and reward you with five points.
Applicants who are applying for subclass 489 and 190 receive points for being state-sponsored by an Australian state or territorial Government.
The following table categorically divides points that you receive for the different types of nominations.
Sponsorship or nomination | Points |
Nomination by a State or territory government under a State Migration | 5 |
Plan for a Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) application | |
Nomination by a State or territory government under a State Migration | 10 |
Plan, or an eligible relative, to a designated area for a Skilled | |
Nominated or Sponsored visa (Provisional) (subclass 489) application |
The following table will give you a basic idea on PTE score that is required for Australian PR:
English language proficiency level | Test component | PTE Academic Score |
Functional | Overall score | 30 |
Vocational | Listening | 36 |
Reading | 36 | |
Writing | 36 | |
Speaking | 36 | |
Competent | Listening | 50 |
Reading | 50 | |
Writing | 50 | |
Speaking | 50 | |
Proficient (for points tested Skilled visas) | Listening | 65 |
Reading | 65 | |
Writing | 65 | |
Speaking | 65 | |
Superior (for points tested Skilled visas) | Listening | 79 |
Reading | 79 | |
Writing | 79 | |
Speaking | 79 |
The cost of applying for Australia PR varies. It changes periodically, and largely depends on a few factors. You would need to pay Skill Assessment tests, Language Proficiency tests and for state sponsorship. This varies with the tests taken, and the streams applied through.
Before immigrating, you need to pay the following:
This entirely depends on the visa category you have applied to, as well as other factors, like document submission.
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You need to achieve a minimum of 65 immigration points to get an Australian PR visa nomination or sponsorship. These points depend on various factors like age, educational qualification, skills assessment test, and language proficiency to name a few.
You have a chance of qualifying for an Australia pr visa with 65 points and more. However, it depends on the volume of applications for your particular ANZSCO code.
An applicant with 65 points may qualify only if there are very few applications for that specific occupation. For example – 65 points may be adequate for a marine engineer to get a PR visa
Yes, you can migrate to Australia without a job offer. However, a job gives you leverage over others and increases your chances of becoming a permanent resident in Australia on the basis of the points-based system.
Australia is a pretty expensive place to reside in. Therefore, you need enough finances to settle there. Other than that, you also need to provide the Australian Government with evidence that you have surplus capital essential for settling there
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