This is a temporary visa. It is for skilled workers who want to live and work in regional Australia

Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 494) – for people sponsored by an employer in regional Australia. Permanent Residence (Skilled Regional) visa (subclass 191) from November 2022.

SkillSelect is the Australian Government’s online system for skilled workers who want to express their interest in applying for a visa to live and work in Australia. You need to be invited to apply for a skilled visa.

The skilled occupation list (SOL) summarises the occupations Australia needs to fill skill shortages.

The subclass 189, 190 and 491 visas are all points based. This means to be invited to apply for one of these visas, you need to meet or exceed the points threshold of 65. As you work through your EOI you will be asked for information about your …

Skilled visa applications are processed in the following order of priority: For employer sponsored visas, visa applications in relation to an occupation to be carried out in a designated regional area*. Visa applications in relation to a healthcare or teaching occupation.

See the list of eligible regional areas for the purposes of regional migration

If you have made a visa application you can check processing times information using our visa processing times guide. Information on visa processing times for visas is updated regularly as new data is available.

Our new visa processing time guide gives you an indication of how long your visa application may take to process. This estimated timeframe is based on how long it has taken to process recently finalised applications.

Visa Entitlement Verification Online (VEVO) My Tourist Refund Scheme (TRS) SkillSelect Invitation rounds ...