Immigration to Australia
The open migration policies of Australia are designed to attract migrations with one or more of the following:
- Post secondary qualification;
- Professional skills and expertise and/or successful business management record;
- Outstanding talent in specific field, such as the arts or sports.
According to Australian migration laws, applicants having received permanent residence status must arrive in Australia before a specified date. This is usually within 12 months of the visa being granted.
Permanent residence is granted for a period of 5 years. In order to maintain this status, at the expiration of the 5 years, you must have resided in Australia for at least 2 years during that 5 year period.
• General Skills
Under the Skills category applicants must obtain a mark equivalent to the pass mark gazetted by the Australian government. This can be changed at any time and at the time of writing is 115. The applicant must first obtain a positive skills assessment from the assessment from the assessing authority relevant to their nominated occupation. The essential components which are considered include:
• I. Age
• 18 – 29 years old: 30 points
• 30 – 34 years old: 25 points
• 35 – 39 years old: 20 points
• 40 -44 years old: 15 points
• II. English Language Ability
• Sufficient for practical use in the workplace (vocational English): 15 points
• Fluent (Competent English): 20 points
• III. Professional Qualification Points
• To obtain 60 points for your occupation, you must have worked in your own profession for at least 12 months out of the 18 months prior to your application
• To obtain 40 or 50 points, you must have worked in any of the occupations listed on the standard occupation list (SOL) for 2 years out of the three years prior to your application
• IV. Work Experience
• If you have 60 points for your occupation, you can obtain 10 points provided that you have worked in your own profession for 3 years out of the 4 years prior to your application.
• If you have 40 points for your occupation, you can obtain 5 points provided that you have worked in any other profession listed on the occupation list for 3 years out of the 4 years prior to your application.
• V. Employment Certificate from employers
If your nominated occupation is on the Migration Occupations in Demand List ( MODL ), you can obtain 10 points if you have a job offer from an Australian employer, otherwise you can obtain 5 points without a job offer.
• VI. Australian Education Background
If you have completed a full-time course that was for a minimum of 12 months full time, you can obtain 5 points for that qualification other than a PhD, for which 10 points will be awarded.
• VII. Professional Skills of Spouses
If your spouse can obtain positive skills assessment in an occupation on the SOL and meet the basic requirements of this category, you can obtain an additional 5 points.
• VIII. Bonus Points
If you satisfy one of the following standards, you may receive an additional 5 points:
• You have capital to investment of AUD$100,000.
• In the four years prior to your application, you have a minimum of six months Australian work experience.
• In addition to English, you are fluent in one of the listed community languages, which includes Mandarin.
• IX. Family Relationship
If you or your spouse have a direct relative who is an Australian citizen or permanent resident and who is willing to sponsor you, you can obtain 15 points. A direct relative is either a non-adopted child, a parents, brother or sister, or a nephew or niece.
• Business Migration
Business migration is targeted at business owners, investors, or senior executive who have expertise in business management and/or managing investments. When assessing business migrants, the Australian government pays special attention to the individuals' personal achievements.
Business migrants can be divided into the following 5 categories:
Those who have full or partial ownership of a business
Senior executives of multinational corporations
Those who have an established business in Australia
Those who have set up a business in a regional area of Australia
Investors who have the capital and are willing to make an investment in Australia.
Family migration application are assessed on the basis of the relationship between applicants and their Australian sponsors.
Australian migration laws require sponsors to be Australian citizen or permanent residents. The relationships between applicants and their sponsors must either be their spouse (including husband and wife) or prospective spouse (finac é and finac é e), or children (including adopted children and orphaned
relatives under 18 years old), or parents.
In addition, applicants who satisfy the following requirements can also apply for family reunion immigration
• Aged relatives: single, widowed, divorced or separated individuals supported by their Australian relatives
• Remaining relatives: the sponsor of the applicant must be an Australian citizen, a permanent resident or a New Zealand citizen and the relationship between them must be brothers, sisters, or step-parents. The applicant should have no other relatives abroad other than those in Australia.
• Carer visa: if the applicant's relative or family member in Australia cannot take care of themselves due to illness, and the applicant is willing and able to offer assistance in their care, he/she can immigrate to Australia as a carer on the condition that such need of his/her relative is for two years. The Australian relative will need to show that they have exhausted community services available.
It is important to note that if an Australian citizen or permanent resident becomes a sponsor, for a spouse or prospective spouse, he/she is limited to sponsoring another applicant within a defined to time. In addition, if the Australian citizen or permanent resident has sponsored a relative under the remaining relative class, he/she cannot sponsor another relative. |
