Points table for Skilled Work Visa

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: 
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  • Subclass 189 (Australian Skilled Independent Visa)
  • Subclass 190 (Australian Skilled Visa with State Sponsorship)
  • Subclass 491 (specialized visa with sponsor of sparsely populated areas and family sponsor) with the ability to become permanent

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We introduce the methods of calculating points for immigrating to Australia in each of these visas.

Age

Point

Age

33 to 39

40 to 44

Age

18 to 24

25

15

25 to 32

30

25

Points table for Skilled Nominated visa​​​​​​​

​Note

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.
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If you turn 45 after you submit your EOI but before we invite you to apply, you will not be invited to apply.

Australian Skill Visa

Education

Point

Age

Bachelor - Master 

Doctorate 

Associate Degree

Age

Diploma

25

20

10

10

Points table for Skilled Nominated visa​​​​​​​

​Education

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.

Australian Skill Visa

English Skill

Point

​English Skills

English Skills​​​​​​​

Points table for Skilled Nominated 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.

​English Skill

Australian Skill Visa

Employment 

Employment​​​​​​​

outside Australia

Experience

inside Australia

5

1-3 Years

0

10

3-5 Years

5

5-8 Years

15

10

20

Up to 8 Years

15

Points table for Skilled Nominated visa​​​​​​​


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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.

Skilled Employment Experience​​​​​​​

Australian Skill Visa

Marital Status

Marital Status

Marital Status

Point

Single person

10

Partner has a Componet English

5

10

Partner has a Component English  and skill criteria*

 partner is an Australian citizen or permanent resident

15

Points table for Skilled Nominated visa​​​​​​​

* 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:

  • were under 45 years old
  • had competent English
  • had nominated a skilled occupation that is on the same skilled occupation list as your nominated skilled occupation
  • had a suitable skills assessment from the relevant assessing authority for their nominated skilled occupation, and the assessment wasn’t for a Subclass 485 visa.

Australian Skill Visa

Other Documents

Other Documents

Point

Other 

5

Completion of a Professional Year in Australia​​​​​​​

 Masters or a Doctorate degree inside Australia 

10

5

Qualification in a credentialled community language

Points table for Skilled Nominated visa​​​​​​​

Australian Skill Visa

Nomination or Sponsership

Other Documents

Point

State Nomination

You invited by State Subclass 190

10

You invited by State Subclass 491

15

You invited by Family Subclass 491

15

Points table for Skilled Nominated visa​​​​​​​

Australian Skill Visa

for Skillvisa Subclass 190,

  • You must be nominated to be invited to apply for this visa. Provided your nomination remains in effect, you may be eligible for the award of these points. 

for Skillvisa Subclass 491,

  • ​​​​​​​You must have been nominated or stated you would be sponsored by an eligible family member to be invited to apply for this visa.

  • For nominated applicants provided your nomination remains in effect, you may be eligible for the award of these points.

  • For sponsored applicants provided your sponsorship has been approved, you may be eligible for the award of these points.