Australia is an incredibly popular destination for skilled migrants, with over 128,500 places available in 2015-2016 under the country’s General Skilled Migration (Skillselect) program. Under the Skillselect program skilled worker applicants can gain a permanent Australia visa; using their qualifications, work experience and language ability to meet the Australian immigration requirements.
The General Skilled Migration (Skillselect) program replaced all other Australian skilled worker visas in 2012-2013. The system has 5 visa subclasses, and is points based; applicants must meet at least 60 points from the General Skilled Migration (Skillselect) points tables to be considered.
Basic Requirement for skilled Migration:-
There are a number of basic requirements that applicants must meet in order to be considered for the GSM program. While this is not a comprehensive list of all eligibility criteria, it does give a good idea of the minimum standards applicants must meet:
Try our free online Australian general Skilled Migration points test to see if you score enough points for you visa.
Age – you must be under 50 years of age when you apply.
English language – you should have sufficient ability in the English language to work in Australia (at least at competent level). This is measured through the International English Language Testing System
Qualifications – you must have your skills and qualifications assessed by the relevant assessing authority as suitable for your nominated occupation.
Nominated occupation – when you apply you nominate a skilled occupation, which fits your skills and qualifications. Your nominated occupation must be found on the Skilled Occupations List.
Skills assessment – before you apply, you must have your skills assessed by the Australian assessing authority designated to assess your nominated occupation.
Health assessment – you must undergo a medical assessment, and show that you are in reasonably good health.
Character assessment – you must be of good character, usually this means a criminal record check.
If you are unable to meet these basic requirements, then you should NOT continue with a General Skilled Migration application.
Try our free online Australian general Skilled Migration points test to see if you score enough points for you visa.
Further Information, help, and advice
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Further Information, help, and advice
Workpermit.com has over twenty years of experience helping people immigrate to countries all over the World. If you feel that you can pass the points test and wish to immigrate to Australia, fill out our free assessment form and one of our representatives will contact you shortly.
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