Australia State nomination programs are Inviting Skilled professionals for 2022-23
The State Nomination Migration Programs of Australia are inviting the overseas applicants to apply for the state nomination for Skilled Nominated Visa Subclass 190 and Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) Visa Subclass 491. Find out the key migration programs of Australian states, which are open and inviting the offshore applicants:
Western Australia Migration Program
The government of Western Australia (WA) has applied some crucial changes to its Migration Program of the year 2022-23. The state wants to facilitate the entry of overseas skilled workers in Western Australia. The changes includes increasing of the number of occupations, waiver of the application fee, and change in the program requirements, etc.
ACT inviting applicants
Canberra, is inviting the offshore applicants to apply for state nomination through regular ACT (Australian Capital Territory) invitation rounds. The latest Canberra Matrix invitation round opened on 15 August 2022, wherein Canberra issued 265 ITAs for state nomination
Victoria Skilled Migration Program
Victoria government is accepting the state nomination applications for Skilled Migration Program from applicants in Victoria and abroad. Both Onshore and offshore candidates can apply and all occupations on the applicable official occupation list of Department of Home Affairs, Australia are now eligible. Moreover, to apply, applicants do not need to use STEMM skills and working in a target industry anymore.
Migration Queensland (MQ) Program
The Migration Queensland (MQ) Program of Australian state Queensland opened on August 16, 2022 with new nomination benchmarks. From August 16, 2022. From 16 August 2022, MQ will only accept new Expressions of Interest (EOI) submitted on Skill select. The Department of Home Affairs, Australia, has also allocated Migration Queensland a limited interim nomination allocation for the business program.
South Australia (SA) Skilled Migration programs
SA’s Skilled Migration programs are inviting the candidates from outside Australia for the program year 2022-23. The General Skilled Migration (GSM) program is open to more than 500 occupations from 25 August 2022. This will help address South Australia’s pressing skills shortages.