Emigrate to Australia

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Australian Emigrant Visas

Do you wish to visit, study, work or live in Australia? Contact Auckland South Immigration Consultants (ASIC) for assistance on Australia related Visa. ASIC are licensed Australian Immigration Agent registered with the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority of Australia. Check out the following Australia Visas to make your move to Australia:

Visitor Visa

This visa stream lets you visit Australia as a tourist, to go on a cruise or to visit family and friends. Apply in or outside Australia.

Visitor Visa (Subclass 600)

Types of Visa Streams under Australia Visitor Visa (Subclass 600)

Basic Eligibilty:

  • Be a genuine investor.
  • Have sufficient funds to support your stay and leave.
  • Meet Health and Character requirement.
  • Sponsor who is an Australian Citizen or permanent resident (Family Stream).
  • Perform business visitor activities (Business Stream).
Tourist Stream(Offshore/Onshore)

This visa stream allows you to visit Australia as a tourist, sightseeing, holiday, to visit family and friends or for the purposes other than business or medical.

Processing time: Up to 36 days.

This visa stream allows people who are sponsored by their family members to come to Australia to visit their family members.

Processing Time: Up to 66 days.

Business Visitor Stream

This visa stream allows you to visit Australia for business reasons. This visa stream allows you to visit Australia for business reasons.

Processing time: Up to 14 days.

Work Visa

This visa stream allows an Australian businesses or employer to get skilled workers from offshore by providing them with a job offer to work in Australia. The sponsored work visa can be applied under any of the following categories:This visa stream allows an Australian businesses or employer to get skilled workers from offshore by providing them with a job offer to work in Australia. The sponsored work visa can be applied under any of the following categories:

Employer Nomination Scheme (Subclass 186)

Basic Eligibilty:

  • You must have the necessary skills for the job
  • You must be nominated by an Australian employer
  • You must meet our health and character requirements
Direct Entry Stream

This visa lets skilled workers, who are nominated by an employer, live and work in Australia permanently.

Requirements:

  • Must be nominated by an Australian employer.
  • Occupation must be on the relevant list of eligible skilled occupation.
  • Have at least competent English.
Labour Agreement Stream

This visa lets skilled workers who are nominated by their employer live and work in Australia permanently. The Labour Agreement stream might be for you if you currently work, or will work, for an employer who is party to a labour agreement

Requirements:

  • The employer must have a labour agreement.
Direct Entry Stream

This visa lets skilled workers, who are nominated by an employer, live and work in Australia permanently.

Requirements:

  • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Hold a 457, TSS or related bridging visa A, B or C
  • Have worked for your employer full-time for at least two years
  • Nominated by your employer

Temporary Skill Shortage Visa (Subclass 482)

This temporary visa lets an employer sponsor a suitably skilled worker to fill a position they can’t find a suitably skilled Australian to fill.

Basic Eligibilty:

You must:

  • be nominated for a skilled position by an approved sponsor
  • have the right skills to do the job
  • meet the relevant English language requirements

Listed below are the visa streams that you can apply for under the Temporary Skill Shortage Stream:

Short-term Stream

This visa enables employers to address labour shortages by bringing in skilled workers where employers can’t source an appropriately skilled Australian worker.

You can stay for up to 2 years or up to 4 years if an International Trade Obligation (ITO) applies. Hong Kong passport holders may stay up to 5 years.

Requirements:

  • Occupation is on the short-term skilled occupations list
Medium-term Stream

This visa enables employers to address labour shortages by bringing in skilled workers where employers can’t source an appropriately skilled Australian worker.

You can stay for up to 4 years.

Requirements:

  • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Your occupation is on either the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL) or the Regional Occupation List (ROL)
Labor Agreement Stream

This visa is for skilled workers nominated by employers who have a Labour Agreement. It lets you live and work in Australia temporarily. Labour agreements are developed between the Australian Government (represented by the Department) and employers.

You can stay for up to a maximum of 4 years, depending on the terms in the labour agreement.

Requirements:

  • Employer has to have a labour agreement with the Australian government in effect.

Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) Visa (Subclass 491)

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

You can stay(live, work and study) for up to 5 years in a designated regional area of Australia. Apply for permanent residence after years from the time your visa is granted.

Requirements:

  • Nominated to apply by a state or territory government agency, or an eligible relative must sponsor you
  • have an occupation on a relevant skilled occupation list
  • have a suitable skills assessment for the occupation
  • be invited to apply
  • satisfy the points test

How to become a permanent Australian resident

This visa has been designed for individuals who have lived, worked, or studied in a designated region in Australia on an appropriate visa in the past.

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