To immigrate to Australia through a work visa or skill visa, you must first check that your field of study is included in the list of jobs requested in Australia in the new year, and then you must have at least 65 points in the Australian work visa scoring system.
Australian work visas in three categories:
We introduce the methods of calculating points for immigrating to Australia in each of these visas.
You must be aged under 45 when we invite you to apply for the visa.
You can still apply for the visa if you turn 45 after we invite you to apply.
If you turn 45 after you submit your EOI but before we invite you to apply, you will not be invited to apply.
The authority undertaking your skills assessment may determine if your qualifications are comparable to the relevant Australian qualification. Assessing authorities are listed against your occupation in the relevant list of eligible skilled occupations. You must have obtained this recognition at the time you are invited to apply for a visa.
As you are planning to incorporate to get a visa that will need you to provide proof of your English ability, there are several acceptable English tests and several other pieces of evidence that will be accepted. One of the first steps in the Australian migration process is to meet the English requirement.
Right now there are five levels of English relevant to skilled and employer sponsored visas.
You can only claim points for employment if the employment was in your nominated skilled occupation or a closely related skilled occupation; and you were employed for the relevant periods set out in the table, in the 10 years before you are invited to apply.
* For you to be eligible for the award of these points your partner must be an applicant for the same visa subclass and must not be an Australian permanent resident or an Australian citizen. Additionally, you will need to provide evidence that when you were invited to apply for this visa that they: